Category |
Current Status |
Critical |
High4 |
Moderate3 |
Low |
Waterloo |
Brantford |
Physical Campus Access |
Low |
Low |
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- Controlled access for all employees
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- Open access to all users within building hours.
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Course Delivery5 |
Low |
Low |
- Remote instruction (with specific exceptions).
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- Remote instruction. Limited on-campus instruction with restrictions.
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- Primarily remote instructions with increasing on-campus instruction with some restrictions.
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- Primarily on-campus instruction with minor restrictions.
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Cleaning5 |
Moderate |
Moderate |
- Enhanced cleaning of occupied spaces only.
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- Enhanced cleaning of occupied spaces only.
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- Enhanced cleaning for high-touch areas.
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Employees |
Low |
Low |
- Work from home.
- Essential employees on-campus only.
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- Work from home.
- Additional on-site work for functions that are best done on-campus (as allowable per square footage of space).
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- Increased on-site work as services expand on-campus or to accomodate teaching and service needs.
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- Working on-campus or under flexible working arrangements.
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Residence |
Low |
Low |
- Accommodations: Limited capacity with elevated restrictions.
- Dining: Take-out, pick-up, and restricted seating (in line with Public Health regulations).
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- Accommodations: Limited capacity with restrictions.
- Residence dining: Take-out, pick-up, and controlled seating (as allowable per square footage of space).
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- Accommodations: reduced capacity and common space use (as allowable per square footage of space).
- Residence Dining: Open with minor restrictions on service style and seating.
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- Accommodation: Full capacity with restrictions on guest access.
- Residence Dining: Open in line with Provincial guidelines.
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Student Service Delivery |
Low |
Low |
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- Primarily remote, with some student and academic services on-campus.
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- Permitted in-person with some restrictions.
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- Permitted with minor restrictions.
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Campus Amenities |
Low |
Low |
- Closed for all in-person services.
- Food Services: Take-out, pick-up or delivery.
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- Open with high restrictions
- Retail Food Services: Take-out, pick-up or delivery.
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- Open with moderate restrictions
- Retail Food Services: Minor service restrictions, and limited seating.
- Catering: Currently on hold.
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- Open with minor restrictions.
- Vaccination verification required on entry as per Public Health guidelines.
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Research Activities |
Moderate |
Moderate |
- Restricted to completion of essential research (maximum 2 researchers without human participants).
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- Approved domestic research and human participant research, with restrictions.
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- Resumption of international field research, with restrictions.
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Meetings5 |
Low |
Low |
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- Preferred virtual.
- In-person meetings may be conducted by individuals approved to be working on-campus only with appropriate restrictions.
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- Permitted in designated spaces with policy restrictions.
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- Fully resumed with policy restrictions (hospitality service limited to seated only).
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Events on Campus5 |
Low |
Low |
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- In-person events are strongly discouraged; all events should be virtual.
- Exceptional cases will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and require VP endorsement.
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- Only institutionally significant events endorsed by a VP and in line with Public Health guidelines are permitted.
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- Must be in-line with Public Health guidelines.
- Active vaccination verification required as per Public Health guidelines.
- Functions requiring hospitality service limited to seated only.
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Visitors |
Low |
Low |
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- Restricted to supporting approved on-campus activities only.
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- Some visitor/public activities open as approved.
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- Open access while adhering to all policies noted above (face covering, screening, and vaccination)
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Travel |
Low |
Low |
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- International Travel is strongly discouraged, and any exceptional requests will require prior approval from the applicable vice-president or equivalent. Requests will be assessed on a case-by-case basis, including a risk assessment.
- Domestic travel for business and academic purposes may be permitted if deemed necessary as a means to carry out university business and/or research.
- All domestic travel must align with local Public Health directives.
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- Discretionary international travel for business, academic, or research purposes must be approved by the appropriate VP.
- Domestic travel in line with local public health is permitted.
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- Must be in-line with Public Health guidelines.
- Some restrictions may apply to specific international destinations.
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