Western University announced it will keep its mask mandate until the end of the fall term in an update from the vice-president on Oct. 17.
“After careful consultation with health experts and members of our community, Western’s masking requirement will continue until the end of fall term,” provost and VP Florentine Strzelczyk said in a letter posted on the university’s website.
Western’s policy requires students to wear medical-grade masks in instructional places such as classrooms, labs, and seminar rooms.
Strzelczyk’s letter also said “safety ambassadors” would continue to drop in on classrooms to make sure mask mandates are being followed. She said the university made medical-grade masks available for students in the library and in front of the major classrooms….