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Monday, March 30, 2020
Visit Carleton’s COVID-19 website. March 30, 2020 - 8:30 a.m. Good morning everyone, I hope you had a good weekend and were able to get some well-deserved rest. I write today to share some key decisions that were made by our Carleton University Senate on Friday. It was an incredible experience to chair an online Senate... More
Friday, March 27, 2020
Visit Carleton’s COVID-19 website. March 27, 2020 - 8:30 a.m. Good morning everyone, The Carleton University Senate is meeting today and that always makes it a special day. Senate, the highest academic decision-making body in the university, meets 8 to 10 times a year to consider academic regulations, new programs, curriculum changes, and other... More
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Visit Carleton’s COVID-19 website. March 26, 2020 - 8:30 a.m. Good morning everyone, Yesterday was a day of major announcements from all levels of government. Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu invoked the Quarantine Act to impose a mandatory 14-day self-isolation order on travellers returning to Canada. Here in Ottawa, Mayor Jim Watson... More
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Visit Carleton’s COVID-19 website. March 25, 2020 - 8:30 a.m. Good morning everyone, I’ve been writing daily since March 11 and I would like to thank everyone for taking the time to read these morning updates. For the first time today, I don’t have anything new or particularly urgent to report, and that may... More
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Visit Carleton’s COVID-19 website. March 24, 2020 - 8:30 a.m. Good morning everyone, If there were any doubts that social distancing measures would continue and intensify, they were dispelled yesterday. In the space of a few hours, the prime minister asked everyone to “go home and stay home,” and the premier announced that Ontario’s... More
Monday, March 23, 2020
Visit Carleton’s COVID-19 website. March 23, 2020 - 8:30 a.m. Good morning everybody, Hope you had a great weekend and were able to take some time off on the heels of one of the most challenging weeks in our history. We came through as a community, but we are not out of the woods... More
Friday, March 20, 2020
Visit Carleton’s COVID-19 website. March 20, 2020 - 8:30 a.m. Good morning everybody, Yes, thanks all around. The past week has seen absolutely unprecedented change come to our campus, and the way that our entire community has reacted to this rapidly evolving, stressful situation has been nothing short of phenomenal. Every single one of... More
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Visit Carleton’s COVID-19 website. March 19, 2020 - 8:40 a.m. Good morning everybody, Yesterday, through various alternative modes of instruction, teaching staff and students connected and resumed our march towards the successful completion of the winter semester. We’re not out of the woods yet - far from it - but we have crossed an... More
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Visit Carleton’s COVID-19 website. March 18, 2020 Good morning everyone, I hope this finds you well as classes are about to start again without the familiarity of the physical classroom. I am sure many of you, whether teaching staff or students, are facing the day with a measure of apprehension and that is completely... More
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Visit Carleton’s COVID-19 website. March 17, 2020 Good morning everyone, I hope this finds you all well as we continue to adapt to the exceptionally challenging circumstances that have come to our university, our country and indeed the whole world. As you will have seen, this morning Premier Ford officially declared a state of... More
Monday, March 16, 2020
Visit Carleton’s COVID-19 website. March 16, 2020 Good morning everyone, We find ourselves in uncharted territory this morning and that can be unsettling and stressful. The COVID-19 situation evolved incredibly rapidly over the course of the past week, and it will continue to change this week and in the foreseeable future. Being both prepared... More
Sunday, March 15, 2020
Visit Carleton’s COVID-19 website. March 15, 2020 Good evening everyone, Let me first apologize for writing over the weekend. The COVID-19 situation evolved incredibly rapidly last week and continues to change. In particular, this afternoon Ottawa Public Health has published new guidelines to maximize social distancing including recommendations... More
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