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With Omicron cases high, and a lack of hybrid options for most courses, students worry about their safety, and finding a short-term lease, as classes resume in the next few weeks. torstar.co/nZKp50HFn64

To Jwalit Bharwani, a Ryerson mechanical engineering student, the school’s return-to-campus plan feels premature, inconsiderate even.

All students are expected to be back Feb. 28, with some courses beginning in-person classes starting Monday.
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Being in a classroom, where he would be perpetually concerned for his health, would be uncomfortable, Bharwani said.

And for thousands of students like him who commute to school, there would be daily encounters with people who could be infectious.
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For the many students who moved back home, out of the city, while school was online, returning to Toronto for just two months of in-person classes could be logistically nightmarish, and expensive.
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“Where are they going to find a lease for two months?” said Bharwani.

"What happens to international students? They spend thousands on a flight for two months of school that could go back online at any time?"

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