In-person Fall 2021 classes to resume for U of M students
By: Maria Garcia Manzano
Photo credits: Winnipeg Free press
Last Wednesday, the University of Manitoba announced that U of M would welcome back students to campus this upcoming fall. With the exception of large classes. Large classes will continue to be provided through remote learning, but courses of up to twenty students will attend in-person courses. The university also said that depending on which is smaller; labs will have a limit of 25 people or the “COVID room-capacity limit.”
With the expectations on the vaccine rollout and in light of the current public health advice, the university feels confident in reopening the university to resume more in-person instruction cautiously and in a safe manner. The university also said that if everything goes according to plan, they hope to announce a total return to campus for the winter term of 2022.
U of W is currently watching the vaccine rollout, and while it is optimistic about the fall term, no decisions have been made. If you check your BU email address, you will have seen that BU is currently planning for the fall 2021 term and have delayed registration as a result. They are considering all options, but the plans are being led by public health science. Brandon University would like to announce a course of action that does not require any backtracking. These are optimistic and exciting news as I am sure many students are eager to go back to school and obtain a sense of long-forgotten normalcy.