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From Catherine Dauvergne and Wade Parkhouse | Next steps for our return to campus and links for tomorrow's townhall

June 09, 2021

This email is sent on behalf of Catherine Dauvergne, vice-president academic and provost, and Wade Parkhouse, vice-provost and associate vice-president, academic. It has been sent to all faculty and staff.

As vaccination rates climb in BC and the number of COVID cases fall, we are on track to move to Stage 3 of ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’s Campus Recovery Plan by late June or early July while maintaining the health and safety of our community.

Many of us have been working remotely for more than a year, so our return is being carefully planned and will be gradual over the summer while increasing density on campus as we prepare for a full return to campus in fall. Many units have already started this work and should continue to transition their teams back while we are in Stage 2.  

We will provide a further update in a couple of weeks but in the interim, there are several resources available to support this transition including the COVID-19 Resources section of the 

Attend the virtual Townhall this Thursday at 11 am

¶¡ÏãÔ°AV is hosting a townhall for faculty and staff to answer questions and solicit employee feedback to help guide the return for all faculty, staff and students. The ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Executive panel will be joined by Dr. Réka Gustafson, B.C.’s deputy health officer, who is among the province’s foremost public-health experts. Learn more .

You can participate in the townhall on Thurs., Jun. 10, 2021, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m., in one of two ways:

  1. Zoom webinar. Attendance is capped at about 1,000 attendees. With this option, you can read and upvote questions posted by colleagues. You can access the webinar .
  2. If you can’t get into the Zoom meeting, you can watch the LiveStream .

Faculty and staff are encouraged to submit any questions ahead of time using this  or by email to covid19@sfu.ca.

Thank you. We appreciate the dedication of the teams across ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV who have been working tirelessly to bring our community back together. 

Sincerely,

Dr. Catherine Dauvergne, QC
Vice-President Academic and Provost

Dr. Wade Parkhouse
Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Academic