Commentary Recently there appeared a rousing “Statement of Non-Compliance with Mandatory Vaccination in Canadian Universities” by Maximilian Forte, professor of sociology at Concordia University (Forte also joined with others to publish an op-ed in the Toronto Sun against vaccine passports). Forte’s online statement calls on university personnel across the country, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated, to refuse to comply with their universities’ recent mandate that all students, staff, and instructors provide proof of vaccination in order to work on campus. At present, a large, and growing, number of Canadian universities have implemented vaccine policies, while those that haven’t are coming under pressure by their own faculty to do so. Perhaps Forte’s words can awaken the slumbering consciences of at least some of his fellow professors. A vaccine mandate, Forte explains, makes little sense as a public health measure, having no scientifically indisputable role in reducing COVID-19 transmission (in fact, countries, such …