COVID-19 pandemic drags on.“With merely two months left in this semester when the school plans to reopen, it is worthless to put students through this much work … I plead to Ryerson University to stay online for the remainder of Winter Semester and make more informed and data-based decisions in the future,” wrote mechanical engineering student Jwalit Bharwani.In an interview with Global News, Bharwani recalled falling ill with COVID-19 last year, but being able to complete his work virtually from home.“I had the privilege of online school … I had access to all the information on my computer.
Now, if I fall sick, the professors are not recording lectures, the labs are completely in-person, so if I miss even five days of school, which is the CDC guideline, that’s a week’s worth of lectures gone,” he said.
Dawson College expansion project faces ‘serious setback’ as province changes course Ryerson university began a gradual return to campus on Jan.
31, with a full return expected by Feb. 28, 2022. “The return to in-person learning will be program and faculty-specific,” according to its website.A petition circulating online, signed by more than 11-thousand people, is also calling for an online option for students.“Not everyone will have the ability to return in person, and (the) university is doing their students a great disservice by stripping away the choice to continue online on such short notice.