Masks Schools

• Safe schools group calls on B.C. to keep mask requirement in K-to-12 schools

  Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has already announced the mask mandate will be lifted when kids return following March break.

  Education

  Mar 21, 2022
  
• Ontario rejects TDSB’s request for more time in lifting mask rules in schools

  Masking rules are set to come to an end in most settings on Monday, but the Toronto District School Board had asked for an extension to gradually ease out of masking.

  Education

  Mar 18, 2022
  
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• Parents concerned about COVID-19 in schools, 8 in 10 support mask mandates: survey

  Parents have been watching closely as children returned to classrooms across the country during the fourth wave of the pandemic.

  Health

  Oct 12, 2021
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• B.C. Teachers’ Federation asks parents to encourage their kids to wear masks in schools

  In a letter sent to parents Tuesday afternoon, BCTF president Teri Mooring says the union is taking this step to keep teachers safe in the classroom setting.

  Education

  Nov 24, 2020
• Okanagan teachers feel lives ‘expendable’ as B.C. mask mandate excludes classrooms: union

  School classrooms are not included in the mask-wearing mandate, as Dr. Henry said a school setting differed from a public space.

  Nov 22, 2020
• B.C. teachers frustrated over ‘lax’ mask policy in schools

  The BC Teachers Federation is frustrated the province is not tightening up rules when it comes to mask wearing at schools.

  Education

  Oct 27, 2020
• Here’s how each province is preparing for back-to-school amid coronavirus

  Plans are being made across the country for how to safely send students back to school in the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

  Canada

  Sep 8, 2020