communications

Snow Days: we should factor them into the official schedule and workflow

It's time for York University to build in margin to its official schedule for "snow day" events. As I've discussed before, we should design and manage our university's infrastructure and processes to reflect the reality that we have to operate in the winter. Today, January 15, 2026, a snow storm has hit southern Ontario, including […]

JHSC: Testing Emergency Phones

Here at YorkU we rely on emergency phones when accidents or other bad things happen. They are a key part of our safety infrastructure. And, because of this, they need to be checked to see if they are actually functioning. Unfortunately, we've discovered that for some time now many of these safety phones are broken. […]