Dear ChemE community,
The province entered the Roadmap Exit Step of its Reopening Plan on March 1, 2022, and as a result, many public health restrictions have been relaxed or removed. The EHS COVID-19 page has been updated: https://ehs.utoronto.ca/covid-19-information/. Policies and procedures will continue to be reviewed and updated on an ongoing basis.
The current status is as follows:
- Masks are still required everywhere indoors on campus, with recommended masks being medical/surgical ASTM level 2 at minimum (N95s and KN95s are above this standard)
- Health screening i.e. UCheck (http://ucheck.utoronto.ca) for all members of the community including faculty, staff, students, visitors and contractors remains required
- Enhanced cleaning is still required until further notice
- The weekend access protocol for research remains in effect
- Maintaining 2m physical distancing where food and beverages are consumed remains recommended. In ChemE, this includes:
- Meeting rooms where food and beverages are served
- Common rooms and lounges
- Offices (both staff and research)
- Computational/dry labs
- Food must be pre-packaged for each consumer, no buffets or pizza until further notice
- 2m physical distancing in the following spaces is no longer required:
- Instructional spaces
- Study spaces
- Research labs
- Meeting rooms where food and beverages are not consumed
- Offices where food and beverages are not consumed
- Washrooms
- The University has suspended the use of the following tools:
- RAOR (Request to Access On-Campus Research)
- General Assessment Tool (GAT)
- EAT (Event Assessment Tool)
- SAT (Student Society General Assessment Tool)
- SEAT (Student Society Event Assessment Tool)
- In their place, organizers of on-campus activities should use the COVID-19 Safety List for planning
- Contact tracing is no longer required:
- Maintaining SharePoint calendars is no longer required
- Submitting attendee lists for meetings is no longer required
Thank you,
Ramin