The U of O has cancelled classes and labs on Monday and Tuesday and will move the remainder of the semester to online or distance learning on Wednesday due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. The campus remains open and there are still no confirmed cases of the virus in the U of O community
After announcing the decision to move the rest of the semester online this coming Wednesday, the University of Ottawa is waiving fees for cancelled or postponed events on campus until the end of August if a 10 days’ written notice prior to the event is provided.
USports has cancelled the men’s hockey national championships set to take place in Halifax this weekend, due to the spread of COVID-19. The men’s hockey team was scheduled to open their play in the tournament on Friday.
USports has decided that it will hold the women’s and men’s volleyball championships in Calgary and Winnipeg this weekend behind closed doors, with only essential personnel present due to the spread of COVID-19. There is still no word on if the men’s hockey championships, taking place in Halifax, will be impacted.
The University of Ottawa says it is considering moving the rest of the semester online as early as next week, while also cancelling some events on campus and suspending university-related travel for students and staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No confirmed cases of the virus have been reported in the school community.
The University of Ottawa has introduced a new medical note policy amid the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, with two cases of the virus confirmed in Ottawa as of Thursday.
The Ontario Ministry of Health confirmed Ottawa’s first case of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, a man in 40s who contracted the virus while travelling in Austria. He is currently in self-isolation and was not symptomatic during his return flight to Canada.
Five University of Ottawa professors are receiving more than $2 million in funding from the federal government to support research projects aimed at addressing the COVID-19 epidemic.
The University of Ottawa said on Wednesday that it has launched an international travel registry, mandatory for students and non-academic staff, and suspended operations in Iran amid the spread of COVID-19. University operations in China were suspended back in January.
