The University of Calgary is aiming to allow approximately 30 per cent of its students to attend each campus at any given time, while Mount Royal University is preparing for the possibility of moving classes online next semester. Mount Royal UniversityIn-person classes so far are still suspended at MRU as part of the effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. Timothy Rahilly is the president and vice-chancellor at Mount Royal University, located in southwest Calgary. (Helen Pike/CBC)That would be unfair, he said, to students taking online classes from outside of Calgary and to students with health conditions that would still prevent them from attending in person. Mount Royal University recently extended mandatory unpaid leave to an unspecified number of employees whose job tasks, the school said, could not be performed remotely.
Source: CBC News May 14, 2020 18:02 UTC