COVID Update September 8, 2021
There have been some significant new developments in the implementation of University policies regarding COVID.
Checking compliance in the Uleth Safety App. Possible evidence of high student vaccination rates.
There have been some significant new developments in the implementation of University policies regarding COVID.
Checking compliance in the Uleth Safety App. Possible evidence of high student vaccination rates.
Months ago, when the University of Lethbridge promised an in-person campus experience for Fall 2021, there was cautious optimism about the pandemic from our respective memberships.
With classes just under two weeks away, there has been a number of important developments with regard to the University’s return-to-campus plans for the fall semester:
We encourage you to review the list and consider nominating yourself and/or your colleagues (with their permission).
GFC Nominations Committee Seeks Academic Staff Members Read More »
ULFA fully supports Alberta nurses, and all healthcare workers, who are standing up for safe patient care and against understaffing, bed closures and rollbacks.
Accommodations: What are they and how are they obtained?
Human Rights law sets out a number of protected grounds. These protected grounds are outlined in the Alberta Human Rights Act and include:
Accommodations: What are they and how are they obtained? Read More »
Like many of you, I was shocked by the decision of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Health’s announcement last week regarding the elimination of isolation requirements for COVID-positive individuals, of testing for asymptomatic individuals, and similar regulations.
Message From ULFA President About the Return to Campus Read More »
On July 26th 2021, the Health and Safety Advisory Committee had an extraordinary meeting to discuss the planned return to campus and start of classes in September 2021.
We would like to express our deepest condolences to all those impacted by the confirmation of 751 unmarked graves on the Cowessess First Nation near the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School (Saskatechewan).
There are no words adequate to express the horror and sadness of the discovery last week of the remains of two hundred and fifteen missing Indigenous children in Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc territory.
ULFA Statement on the missing children of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc, near Kamloops, B.C. Read More »