{"id":20803,"date":"2021-07-12T17:01:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T21:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campusmentalhealth.ca\/?p=20803"},"modified":"2021-07-12T21:25:52","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T01:25:52","slug":"colleges-universities-grapple-with-making-vaccines-mandatory-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campusmentalhealth.ca\/fr\/news\/colleges-universities-grapple-with-making-vaccines-mandatory-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Colleges, universities grapple with making vaccines mandatory for students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Canada appears to be hitting a complacency wall, with the lowest uptake being among the university-age demographic, the 18- to 29-year-olds<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Toronto\u2019s Seneca College is finding itself in an elite group of the world\u2019s top post-secondary institutions \u2014 Berkley, MIT, Harvard \u2014 with its new coronavirus rule: Only those fully inoculated against COVID will be invited back to campus this fall.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While a smattering of other Canadian colleges and universities, most in Ontario, are requiring that students living in residence be immunized, Seneca is making vaccinations against COVID-19 a condition for students and employees to come on campus for the September term, and not just those moving into dorm rooms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Exemptions for medical reasons will be respected, with the appropriate documentation. The policy doesn\u2019t apply to fully online learning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything that we\u2019re doing as a country is trying to beat this virus. We know the way we can do that is to get vaccinated and stop the spread,\u201d Seneca president David Agnew said. \u201cIt was just the right thing to do to continue to protect the health and safety of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re certainly in good company.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are now well over 500 colleges and universities in the United States that are requiring vaccinations to come on campus in the fall, including the entire New York and California public systems,\u201d Agnew said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As for Canada, \u201cI think we\u2019re the first,\u201d he said of Seneca.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/news\/canada\/universities-grappling-with-whether-to-require-mandatory-vaccines-for-students\/\">Read the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada appears to be hitting a complacency wall, with the lowest uptake being among the university-age demographic, the 18- to 29-year-olds &nbsp; 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