COVID-19 pandemic, despite the university announcing possible on-campus events just last week.“After recent conversations with both the university and Kingston community including our health care partners, the city of Kingston and police, we have made the difficult decision to cease any preparations for an in-person event this fall due to concerns arising from the COVID-19 pandemic,” Deane said in a statement Tuesday.The two on-campus celebrations were tentatively scheduled for the weekends of Oct.
15 and Oct. 29, but the university made it clear that the events would be cancelled if need be. Queen’s plans for in-person Homecoming events dependent on coronavirus pandemic Deane said Queen’s made the announcement for the in-person events.