Dear colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The University has undertaken extensive planning<\/a> this year to support a safe and gradual return to York\u2019s campuses. Our plans have enabled us to increase in-person courses from around five per cent in summer to 33 per cent in the fall, and all buildings on York\u2019s campuses are now open, including offices and research spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The combination of our safety protocols<\/a>, along with optimistic public health indicators, improving vaccination rates and forecasts from the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, provide a level of assurance that we can proceed with the planned full return to on-campus academic activities for the Winter 2022 term. (See the Senate Executive communication<\/a> published on Oct. 7.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n I would encourage all community members to refer to the Senate Executive update<\/a> for further details, but in brief, the winter term projections allow us to plan for a student learning experience that looks much closer to what was possible prior to the onset of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Under this scenario, courses are being planned without class size caps or temporal gaps between classes. We know that students and instructors alike share a deep appreciation of the tremendous value of in-person instruction to achieve student learning outcomes, engagement, connection and overall well-being. We expect mask protocols among other health and safety measures to remain in place, and ask for everyone\u2019s co-operation in continuing to observe them now and into the winter term. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There will be a small amount of flexibility for continued remote learning this winter. Many programs will continue to offer online courses or components (as they did prior to the start of the pandemic) to accommodate the diverse needs of students and to enrich the student learning experience. We have also learned a great deal about technology-enhanced learning these past 19 months, and some colleagues are planning to pilot new e-learning methodologies this winter for potential longer-term adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Such long-term changes to courses and\/or programs do, however, require appropriate governance approval in contrast to the emergency remote teaching implemented in response to the pandemic. <\/strong>To facilitate the sharing of high-quality pedagogical innovation, and to develop recommendations for the University beyond the pandemic, the provost will be establishing a collegial Task Force on the Future of Learning at York University. More information on this will be shared shortly, and colleagues who are interested in participating should contact the Provost\u2019s Office directly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the short term, some important reminders regarding the winter term are provided below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n As always, our plans continue to be informed by the Ontario government, Ontario\u2019s chief medical officer of health and Toronto Public Health. In the event that guidance from these authorities changes, we will adapt plans accordingly, including reinstating additional emergency measures, if required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I want to thank you all once again for your ongoing commitment to upholding a community of care<\/a> while on York\u2019s campuses and for continuing to use YU Screen<\/a> daily to screen for COVID-19 symptoms. Please continue to visit the Better Together<\/a> website for the latest updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I look forward to seeing more of the York community safely on our campuses this winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rhonda Lenton Chers membres de la communaut\u00e9 de York,<\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u2019Universit\u00e9 a entrepris une planification approfondie<\/a> cette ann\u00e9e pour soutenir un retour s\u00e9curitaire et progressif sur les campus de York. Nos plans nous ont permis de faire passer les cours en pr\u00e9sentiel d\u2019environ 5 % cet \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e0 33 % cet automne. Tous les b\u00e2timents des campus de York sont d\u00e9sormais ouverts, y compris les bureaux et les espaces de recherche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n La combinaison de nos protocoles de s\u00e9curit\u00e9<\/a>, des indicateurs de sant\u00e9 publique optimistes, de l\u2019am\u00e9lioration des taux de vaccination et des pr\u00e9visions de la table scientifique COVID-19 de l\u2019Ontario nous donne l\u2019assurance de pouvoir proc\u00e9der au retour complet des activit\u00e9s acad\u00e9miques sur le campus pour le trimestre d\u2019hiver 2022 (voir la communication du S\u00e9nat<\/a> du 7 octobre 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n J\u2019encourage tous les membres de la communaut\u00e9 \u00e0 se r\u00e9f\u00e9rer \u00e0 la mise \u00e0 jour du S\u00e9nat<\/a> pour plus de d\u00e9tails, mais en r\u00e9sum\u00e9, les projections pour le trimestre d\u2019hiver nous permettent de planifier une exp\u00e9rience d\u2019apprentissage qui ressemble beaucoup plus \u00e0 ce qui \u00e9tait possible avant le d\u00e9but de la pand\u00e9mie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dans ce sc\u00e9nario, les cours sont planifi\u00e9s sans plafonnement de la taille des classes ni d\u00e9calage temporel entre celles-ci. Nous savons que les \u00e9tudiants et \u00e9tudiantes ainsi que le corps enseignant valorisent \u00e9norm\u00e9ment l\u2019enseignement en personne pour atteindre les r\u00e9sultats d\u2019apprentissage et pour am\u00e9liorer l\u2019engagement, la connexion et le bien-\u00eatre g\u00e9n\u00e9ral. Nous nous attendons \u00e0 ce que les protocoles relatifs aux masques restent en place, parall\u00e8lement \u00e0 d\u2019autres mesures de sant\u00e9 et de s\u00e9curit\u00e9, et nous demandons la coop\u00e9ration de tous et toutes pour continuer \u00e0 les observer maintenant et pendant le trimestre d\u2019hiver. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Il y aura un peu de flexibilit\u00e9 pour l\u2019apprentissage \u00e0 distance cet hiver. De nombreux programmes continueront \u00e0 offrir des cours ou des composantes en ligne (comme ils le faisaient avant le d\u00e9but de la pand\u00e9mie), pour r\u00e9pondre aux divers besoins des \u00e9tudiants et \u00e9tudiantes et pour enrichir leur exp\u00e9rience d\u2019apprentissage. Nous avons \u00e9galement beaucoup appris sur l\u2019apprentissage assist\u00e9 par la technologie au cours des 19 derniers mois. Certains coll\u00e8gues pr\u00e9voient faire l\u2019essai de nouvelles m\u00e9thodologies d\u2019apprentissage \u00e9lectronique cet hiver en vue d\u2019une \u00e9ventuelle adoption \u00e0 plus long terme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n De telles modifications \u00e0 long terme des cours et\/ou des programmes n\u00e9cessitent toutefois une approbation appropri\u00e9e, contrairement \u00e0 l\u2019enseignement \u00e0 distance d\u2019urgence mis en \u0153uvre en r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 la pand\u00e9mie. <\/strong>Afin de faciliter le partage d\u2019innovations p\u00e9dagogiques de haute qualit\u00e9 et d\u2019\u00e9laborer des recommandations pour l\u2019Universit\u00e9 au-del\u00e0 de la pand\u00e9mie, la rectrice mettra sur pied un groupe de travail coll\u00e9gial sur l\u2019avenir de l\u2019apprentissage \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 York. De plus amples informations \u00e0 ce sujet seront communiqu\u00e9es prochainement. Les coll\u00e8gues qui souhaitent y participer doivent contacter directement le bureau de la rectrice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00c0 court terme, vous trouverez ci-dessous quelques rappels importants concernant le trimestre d\u2019hiver :<\/p>\n\n\n\n Comme toujours, les directives du gouvernement de l\u2019Ontario, du m\u00e9decin hygi\u00e9niste en chef de l\u2019Ontario et du Bureau de sant\u00e9 publique de Toronto continuent d\u2019orienter nos plans. Si les directives de ces autorit\u00e9s changent, nous adapterons nos plans en cons\u00e9quence, y compris en r\u00e9tablissant des mesures d\u2019urgence suppl\u00e9mentaires au besoin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je tiens \u00e0 vous remercier une fois de plus pour votre engagement continu \u00e0 maintenir une communaut\u00e9 de soins<\/a> sur les campus de York cet automne et pour continuer \u00e0 utiliser quotidiennement l\u2019outil YU D\u00e9pistage<\/a> pour d\u00e9pister les sympt\u00f4mes de la COVID-19. Veuillez continuer \u00e0 visiter le site Better Together<\/a> pour les derni\u00e8res nouvelles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n J\u2019ai h\u00e2te de voir davantage de membres de la communaut\u00e9 de York sur nos campus cet hiver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sinc\u00e8res salutations,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rhonda Lenton<\/strong> Improving vaccination rates and forecasts from the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table provide a level of assurance that will allow the planned full return to on-campus activities for the Winter 2022 term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":294485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yfileauthor":[204],"qualifier":[],"yfile-author":[],"tags-to-show":[169],"workflow":[],"class_list":["post-294473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","yfileauthor-yfilestaff","tags-to-show-teaching-and-learning"],"acf":{"internal_publish_date":null,"original_image":null},"yoast_head":"\nKey components of winter term planning<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
President & Vice-Chancellor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nMise \u00e0 jour sur le trimestre d\u2019hiver <\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Composantes cl\u00e9s de la planification \u00e0 long terme pour l\u2019hiver<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Pr\u00e9sidente et vice-chanceli\u00e8re<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"