So where are we at @uofg?

* The refusal to let faculty choose course formats and cutting chairs out of decision-making vanished the moment student cases began to surge.
* We're dropping our mask mandate May 1, though senior leaders already decided the policy didn't apply to them.
* We have rumours swirling about outbreaks and pivots to remote, but zero communication from leadership. Students are turning to reddit to find info.
* Many courses will likely shift to remote exams. We still have an explicitly discriminatory policy about remote invigilation software which the admin has refused to address for over a year.
* Not a single word of concern for the many students, staff, and faculty or their families as more and more test positive.

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Mar 28
For those asking, non-confidence motions by Senate or faculty or student associations are just symbolic. Senior administration appointments and removals are done by the Board of Governors. There have been examples in Canada recently, but not sure it ever accomplishes much.
Read 10 tweets
Mar 28
Does COVID affect children, is it transmitted in schools, do mask mandates work, and does ventilation matter?

tl;dr: Yes, yes, yes, and yes.

Link 🧵
Read 17 tweets
Mar 28
There is a world of possibilities between "The pandemic is over, get on with your life" and "Everyone is going to be infected no matter what we do".
COVID zero and COVID infinite are not the only two options.
The virus will not automatocally become progressively milder with each new variant. But neither do we have to allow potentially worse variants emerge unchecked and hope for the best.
Read 4 tweets
Mar 27
Some say the government has done all it can by offering vaccines. Could anything else be done?

* Regulations to improve, monitor, and report indoor air quality.

* Vaccine booster campaigns.

* Approve and promote vaccines for kids.

* Improve long-term care for seniors.

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* Mandate masks for high-risk settings, in schools, etc.

* Provide high-quality masks and rapid test kits.

* Reinstate PCR testing programs.

* Procure anti-virals.

* Hire and properly compensate nurses.

* Legislate paid sick days.

* Communicate the risks of long COVID.
* Address socioeconomic inequities that exacerbate impacts of the pandemic.

* Follow through on global vaccine equity.

* Fund research into new treatments and causes of long COVID.

* Education to dispel myths about viral transmission and variant evolution.
Read 6 tweets
Mar 26
By request, some Ontario university president salaries in 2021.

Guelph: $423,648.06
Laurentian: $271,750.96
Laurier: $363,000.05
McMaster: $389,837.46
Ottawa: $399,616.08
Queen's: $417,121.98
Toronto: $438,892.04
Waterloo: $416,486.31
Western: $484,000.00
York: $490,000.04
Given the size of the institution, cost of living, etc., the salary for @uofg is inordinately high compared to UofT and York. (Not that those aren't exorbitant too).
Senior admin salaries will be the *last* thing to get cut as universities face budget challenges.

thestar.com/business/opini…
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Mar 26
How to actually live with COVID:
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* Ventilation and air filtration and CO2 monitoring, and listen to engineers

* Masks (N95) in high transmission settings like schools when needed.

* Do not drop protections the moment cases decline. Get R below 1 and keep it there.
* Increase capacity in the health care system. Not just beds, people. Pay nurses properly.

* Stop the "almost over", "back to normal" narrative. There is no return to 2019.

* Address socioeconomic and other inquities that are exacerbated by and contribute to the pandemic.
* Invest in research into long COVID, anti-virals, and vaccines.

* Paid sick leave.

* Wastewater testing, free and available rapid test kits, and increased PCR testing.

* Provide transparent and thorough information about cases so people can make informed decisions.
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