NSCAD board of governors decision to remove president Aoife Mac Namara has drawn criticism from both faculty and students.

Post-secondary universities and university towns look to embrace the new normal after COVID-19 poses never-seen-before challenges.

'We need a permanent and single response to the situation,' an organizer with the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change told Global News.

"Until such time as there is a vaccine people can't for see a return to sport as we know it," said Can West President Clint Hamilton.

Kelowna likely won't see its usual influx of university students returning to class in September.

“If we can’t use that stuff, then why should we pay for it?” says the University of Saskatchewan student who started the petition.

Classes of 500 students, densely packed classrooms and communal living spaces will make post-secondary campuses difficult to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic.

Western University says it is proceeding with its 71st annual Homecoming this year online rather than on site, due to coronavirus safety concerns.

Dalhousie University says some courses aren't able to be delivered online like medicine, dentistry, select health professions and agriculture.

The University of Lethbridge announcing Tuesday it plans to primarily offer online courses this fall.