university of regina to start winter term with remote classes
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the university of regina is pushing back its plan for delivering most winter term courses in person due to the uncertainty caused by the arrival of the omicron variant of covid-19.classes were to resume primarily in person jan. 5. a letter from university of regina president jeff keshen sent tuesday to the campus community announced the start of classes will be delayed to jan. 10 and will be delivered remotely through jan. 22, with a tentative date of jan. 24 set for the resumption of more in-person learning.updates are expected in mid-january to advise students of any further changes.in the meantime, u of r staff who can work from home have been encouraged to do so, subject to approval from their managers. research activities are to continue on campus, subject to current health and safety measures.“this is not how we envisioned starting the winter 2022 term, but it is our hope that delaying in-person instruction for two few weeks will help the university of regina resume near-normal operations sooner rather than later, and allow us to return to campus in the safest environment possible,” keshen wrote.as of early tuesday evening, the university of saskatchewan was still planning its resumption of mainly in-person classes for the winter term. an update posted tuesday on the u of s website outlining expectations for the winter term noted the university remained ready to “quickly pivot to changes in class delivery to ensure the safety of all students, faculty, and staff” should the pandemic situation worsen due to the omicron variant.the news seems to be flying at us faster all the time. from covid-19 updates to politics and crime and everything in between, it can be hard to keep up. with that in mind, the regina leader-post has created an afternoon headlines newsletter that can be delivered daily to your inbox to help make sure you are up to date with the most vital news of the day. click here to subscribe.
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