Mask Mandates

• Should I wear a mask? Canadian health officials face questions amid viral surge

  Over the past year as COVID-19 levels eased, governments lifted their mandates and shifted their messaging to encourage people to keep up with protections.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2022
  
• University of Waterloo brings back mask mandate in indoor instructional areas

  The university says masks will be required starting Wednesday in lectures, seminars, labs, tests, exams and all other forms of academic instruction that happen indoors.

  Health

  Nov 8, 2022
  
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• Masks to remain optional in Ontario classrooms next year, Ministry of Education says

  In a statement, a spokesperson for Minister of Education Stephen Lecce said he was following 'the expert advice of Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health.'

  Education

  Aug 8, 2022
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• Majority of British Columbians support return of COVID-19 mask mandate, poll suggests

  In a poll released by the Angus Reid Institute, 55 per cent of people in the province would be in favour of requiring masks in public indoor spaces.

  Health

  Jul 20, 2022
• Mask mandates on planes, trains a ‘minor inconvenience’ to protect others: minister

  Dr. Theresa Tam noted during a press conference on Friday that more subvariants of the highly contagious and immune-evasive Omicron variant are circulating.

  Canada

  Jun 19, 2022
• U.S. schools bring back mask mandates amid rising COVID-19 cases

  Districts in Maine, New Jersey and Pennsylvania have brought masks back, with a few in Massachusetts also recommending them even as the school year enters its final weeks.

  Health

  May 11, 2022
• Masks stay optional after all at Thames Valley District School Board

  The decision follows consultation between the Thames Valley District School Board and the Ministry of Education after trustees voted to reenact a COVID masking requirement.

  Education

  Apr 21, 2022
• Trustee motion to reinstate indoor mask mandate fails at TVDSB meeting

  The motion was defeated after Trustee Meagan Ruddock raised concerns that it may be stepping outside of the Board of Trustees' authority.

  Education

  Apr 12, 2022
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• London, Ont. councillors reject reintroducing municipal masking bylaw

  First introduced in July 2020, London's municipal masking bylaw expired by the end of that year once provincial masking mandates had made the bylaw redundant at a municipal level.

  Health

  Mar 22, 2022
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• Education union concerned as mask mandates lift in London, Ont.-area schools

  Along with schools, mask mandates are now also lifted in most public settings across Ontario, including shopping malls, restaurants and grocery stores.

  Health

  Mar 21, 2022