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The province’s Return-to-Campus Guidelines aims to help post-secondary school students resume in-class learning this fall.
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Return to in-person learning following restart plan
Published 10:23 PDT, Mon July 5, 2021
Last Updated: 10:47 PDT, Mon July 5, 2021
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Students, faculty and staff at B.C.'s colleges and universities are being supported to come back together for in-person learning this fall.
”The pandemic has made the past year and a half difficult for post-secondary students and institutions, but now, thanks to vaccines, brighter days are right around the corner," says Advanced Education Minister Anne Kang.
The Return-to-Campus Guidelines are designed to parallel the province’s four-step restart plan. The transition period between Step 3, which took effect July 1, and the beginning of September is a crucial time, as post-secondary institutions ramp up operations and welcome back faculty, staff and students. The guidelines highlight the importance of public health measures, such as daily health checks and hand hygiene, as well as classroom logistics and on-campus student housing and dining services. For example, on-campus student housing providers can plan for close-to-full occupancy for the fall. Access to mental health supports for students, faculty and staff, Indigenous gathering places and accommodations for on campus-services are also outlined to support the transition.
"We have made excellent progress with our provincial immunization program in B.C. That, along with declining case counts and low hospitalization rates, means we can gradually and safely move ahead with our restart plan—including in-person learning at our colleges and universities," said provincial health officer. "We will continue to carefully monitor any transmission episodes on campuses, just as we do with influenza or other respiratory illnesses this fall, to keep students, faculty and staff safe. This is something we have shown we can successfully manage in B.C."
The new Return-to-Campus Guidelines are the result of consultations with a broad team of experts from the public post-secondary sector, including Indigenous organizations and student associations, alongside faculty and staff unions, in partnership with the ministry and public health experts from the BC Centre for Disease Control, regional health authorities and the Office of the Provincial Health Officer.
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