Western University and University of Toronto have announced they will both require all students, staff and faculty to show proof-of-vaccination in order to be on campus.
Posted Aug 12, 2021, 06:01AM EDT
Western University and University of Toronto have announced they will both require all students, staff and faculty to show proof-of-vaccination in order to be on campus.
The three affiliate colleges at Western, Huron, Kings and Brescia, will have the same COVID-19 vaccine policy.
At both universities those without proof-of-vaccination will have to be tested for COVID-19 twice a week.
Western said in a statement, the decision was made after “careful consultation with public health partners and faculty experts in medicine, law and ethics.”
U of T’s special advisor for COVID-19 Salvatore Spadafora said public health evidence shows, “Vaccination provides the best protection from COVID-19.”
Western and U of T had previously mandated vaccines for students in residences.
It comes after Ottawa University also mandated COVID-19 vaccines for all who attend campus, including students, staff and faculty, earlier this week.
Seneca College became the first Ontario post-secondary school to make vaccines mandatory.
Multiple other university and colleges in the province will require students living in residences to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
The Council of Ontario Universities and Colleges Ontario have both called for a province-wide policy that would require all students, staff and faculty to be vaccinated.
