Repeal UW mandatory vaccination policy
REQUESTS TO REPEAL UW's MANDATORY VACCINATION AND TESTING POLICY
A history of the UW vaccine mandate "imbroglio"
"Schrodinger's Bat":
COVID vaccine mandates are necessary because the protected need to be protected
from the unprotected by forcing the unprotected to use the
protection that didn't protect the protected.
The new book, "mRNA Vaccine Toxicity",
by Michael Palmer MD and colleagues at Doctors for COVID Ethics
From the back cover: "The mRNA vaccines that have been used against COVID-19
have caused injury and death on an unprecedented scale in the history of medicine.
This book documents some of these harms. However, its main purpose is more
general: It argues that these harms had to be expected from first principles
of immunology, and furthermore that they result from the inherent properties of
mRNA technology as such, rather than from the specific properties of the COVID vaccines.
We must therefore expect that future mRNA vaccines against other infectious
agents will be similarly toxic."
You may download the book here
or from the
Doctors for COVID Ethics website.
Michael Palmer MD, formerly a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Waterloo,
was fired in March 2022 for his noncompliance to UW's vaccination mandate.
All of the predictions of the negative effects of
mRNA vaccines made by then-Professor Palmer and co-workers at D4CE - well before the
vaccines were distributed to the public - have since been confirmed.
HOW AND WHY ALL OF THIS STARTED
In response to the decision by the University of Waterloo administration to impose
mandatory vaccination and testing on campus (See Section III, e-mail entitled, "Mandatory vaccination and
attestation," dated August 16, 2021; e-mail entitled, "Proof of vaccination now
required for campus access," dated August 24, 2021), an open letter
signed by a group of
32 people - faculty, staff, students and parents of students - was sent to the UW
administration on August 26, 2021 requesting that the mandatory
policy be repealed. On September 2, 2021, this Open Letter was sent by
e-mail to all faculty, staff and students on the UW campus.
Eventually, 155 signed the Letter.
Current version of Open Letter with signatories (as of September 29, 2021)
In the opinion of the
signatories of the letter, these mandates are unlawful.
Any mandates involving vaccination, declaration of vaccination
status and testing violate all employment contracts as well as all offers of admission
that were accepted before the mandates were imposed. The rights infringed upon include those
enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the highest law of the land.
In December 2021, a collective letter of appear from UW
faculty, staff and students was sent to the UW administration:
Collective letter of appeal to UW adminstration to terminate its mandatory
vaccination policy
On March 22, 2022, a former student and lecturer
sent this letter to all members of UW's senior administration as well
as faculty members on Senate, all Faculty Deans and all Department Chairs:
An Appraisal of the UW Vaccine Mandate by a Former Student and Current
Lecturer
For a more detailed account of recent events, please go to Section II below.
SO WHERE ARE WE AT THIS TIME?
NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES (STAFF AND FACULTY) FIRED BECAUSE OF
VACCINE MANDATES (as of April 23, 2022):
UW 50 WLU 0
WHY THE ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE?
WE PROVIDE SOME ANSWERS IN SECTION II BELOW.
ATTENTION STUDENTS!
January 21, 2022: ANNOUNCING A GROUP ON "DISCORD" TO PROVIDE A SPACE FOR UW STUDENTS WHO ARE RECORDED AS "VACCINE NON-COMPLIANT"
If you have been unfairly impacted by UW's vaccine mandate, or are fundamentally
opposed to it, then you are sincerely invited to join the group on Discord.
There are great conversations taking place, and current members are looking forward to new
ones joining the group.
You can join by following this link:
UW VNC Group
For more information, please contact: lee.chandler AT uwaterloo.ca
A series of podcasts by Prof. Jeffrey Spence (Psychology, U of Guelph) and
Prof. Dan Smilek (Psychology, UW)
Some previous episodes:
A critical examination of UW's COVID-19 "vaccination requirement"
by John Turri (Philosophy, UW).
Past articles include:
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The University of Waterloo's "vaccination requirement" was not legally
required. But the university lied by saying it was. (March 25, 2022)
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The University of Waterloo keeps changing what its "vaccination requirement"
requires. A hallmark of arbitrary and authoritarian governance. (March 25, 2022)
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The University of Waterloo's "vaccination requirement" violates its own
compulsory policy on health and safety. This makes the requirement illegitimate.
(March 27, 2022)
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The University of Waterloo's own data show that its "vaccination requirement"
failed to make the campus safer. But its President now says that compliance,
not safety, was the true goal. (March 28, 2022)
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The University of Waterloo defies public health authorities by maintaining
its "vaccination requirement". Because punishment is an end in itself.
(March 29, 2022)
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The University of Waterloo broke its promise to end its "vaccination requirement".
Now it might be breaking the law. (March 30, 2022)
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The University of Waterloo's "vaccination requirement" and the COVID-19 Immunity
Task Force. UW President Vivek Goel's undisclosed conflict of interest.
(April 1, 2022)
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The University of Waterloo's dishonest and manipulative accomodations program.
Designed to achieve "maximum compliance". (April 6, 2022)
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COVID-19 disinformation at the University of Waterloo.
UW relies on fake claims to make bad decisions. (April 8, 2022)
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The University of Waterloo spreads COVID-19 disinformation.
And they won't correct it. (April 10, 2022)
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The University of Waterloo spreads more COVID-19 disinformation. This time about
the stated purpose and history of COVID-19 "vaccines". (April 12, 2022)
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The hypocrisy of the University of Waterloo's "vaccination requirement".
Privacy for me but not for thee. (April 16, 2022)
DISPELLING THE MYTHS REGARDING THE "SAFETY" OF COVID-19 mRNA VACCINES
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM II: "SOUNDING THE CALL," A VIDEO THAT SHOULD
BE WATCHED BY EVERYONE
ON COVID VACCINES: WHY THEY CANNOT WORK, AND IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE OF THEIR CAUSATIVE
ROLE IN DEATHS AFTER VACCINATION
Note: At the times that these videos were made, Michael Palmer, MD, was still
a faculty member at the University of Waterloo.
In this episode of the Children's Health Defense "Tea Time" series, Michael Palmer, MD - yes, the Michael Palmer who was fired by UW on March 21, 2022 - discusses mRNA vaccines, spike proteins, heart and lung health, vaccine-related deaths and more. Dr. Palmer exposes the dangers of mRNA technology and how the body reacts negatively to it. Viewer discretion is advised.
Dr. Palmer has been a member of Doctors for COVID Ethics (D4CE) since its inception in April 2021.
At the D4CE site, you will be able to find much information on
COVID-19 vaccines which is contrary to
that being peddled by the mainstream media, government, established
health agencies, and, yes, academia.
A LESSON FOR ALL STUDENTS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS:
"BAD" APPLIED MATHEMATICS IN ACTION!
A "REMARKABLE" RESEARCH PAPER WHICH HAS BEEN ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION IN
THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL
A paper by D.N. Fisman, A. Amoako and A.R. Tuite entitled,
"Impact of population mixing between vaccinated and unvaccinated subpopulations
on infectious disease dynamics: implications for SARS-CoV-2 transmission",
has recently been accepted for publication in the Canadian Medical
Association Journal (CMAJ).
By "remarkable" we mean "remarkably bad" from a
mathematical modelling perspective. Most unfortunately (yet quite
typically), the media has used the paper to continue its assault of
the "unvaccinated" - see for example the CTV News
article entitled,
Being with unvaccinated people increases COVID-19 risk for those who
are vaccinated: modelling study
Here are posts
by researchers Byram Bridle (University of Guelph) and
Jessica Rose (Technion Institute) which
take this paper to task (in other words, they shred it)
and ask the CMAJ to retract it:
Anyone remotely familiar with mathematical modelling knows that
the behaviour of solutions can be very sensitive to the parameters
used in a mathematical model, especially a nonlinear model.
As such, it would seem prudent to investigate the sensitivity of solutions with
respect to the parameters of a model, if not theoretically then at least
numerically, before making any definitive statements about solution
behaviour. This was NOT done by the authors of this paper.
Indeed, both
Bridle and Rose have focussed on
a key parameter in the model, the so-called baseline immunity
among the unvaccinated,
which we'll call BI.
Fisman et al. assumed the value BI=0.2. And the basis for their
assumption? Just an assumption, with no reference to any scientific
papers! Both Bridle and Rose have cited a paper which suggests
that BI is 90%, i.e., BI=0.9.
Each of them then used the authors' software to compute solutions
corresponding to the value BI=0.85. And what did they find?
THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE FISMAN ET AL. PAPER ARE REVERSED! In other
words, COVID-19 transmission is occurring disproportionately from
vaccinated people, as opposed to the authors' original claim that
unvaccinated people are the culprits.
Another parameter of concern in the Fisman et al. paper is the
"vaccine effectiveness", VE.
The authors employed the value VE=0.8 which Bridle and Rose consider
to be unrealistically high. The reader is referred to the critiques by
Bridle and Rose for more detailed discussions.
Given that Byram Bridle is a vaccinologist, his critique covers a
number of "flaws" or "issues" from the scientific point of view.
Jessica Rose, who has been trained in Applied Mathematics, views
the Fisman et al. paper from the perspective of mathematical modelling.
Indeed, all students in Applied Mathematics who work
in the area of mathematical modelling are
encouraged to read Dr. Rose's critique.
It is very well-written and incisive.
Jessica's article
should, in fact, be included in any
course - and textbook! - on mathematical modelling.
A side note: It would be interesting to investigate the behaviour
of solutions to the Fisman et al. model for the entire range of values
0 < BI < 1, keeping all other parameters constant. Is there a
bifurcation point BI* at which the behaviour is reversed? And, of course,
it would be interesting to see how BI* changes as some of the other
important parameters - in particular the vaccine effectiveness
parameter VE - are changed.
IMPORTANT SITES
If you are a concerned active or potential student, faculty or staff at a
post-secondary insitution in Ontario, do not hesitate to reach out!
Facebook @csont.ca
The following sites are excellent sources of "non-misinformation", i.e.,
information, about COVID-19 vaccines
The following sites are excellent sources of information on ways
to fight back against vaccine mandates
From the TBOF site:
Our appeal is to both the Coronavirus-19 (C-19) vaccinated and the unvaccinated, to stand together for Freedom and Choice, and to demand of our elected officials to take steps to bring a quick end to the so-called ‘C-19 health Emergencies’ along with their unlawful ‘Mandates’.
We assert that The Supreme Law of Canada is The Constitution (Sect 52 of the Constitution Act 1982) and not Federal or Provincial edicts, laws or regulations.
THE OUTSIDE WORLD IS WATCHING UW
Here are some reports on UW's vaccine mandate from elsewhere
(for earlier events, please go to Section III below)
THE NET SCORE (as of April 23, 2022)
NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES (STAFF AND FACULTY) FIRED BECAUSE OF
VACCINE MANDATES
UW 50 WLU 0
WHY THE ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE?
IT'S NOT JUST A DIFFERENCE IN NUMBERS. IT'S A DIFFERENCE IN ATTITUDE AND
RESPECT.
WHAT IS UW'S "VACCINATION REQUIREMENT" REALLY ABOUT?
SOME INSIGHT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE FOLLOWING FACTS:
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As part of his March 23, 2022
Record article,
reporter Robert Williams
interviewed UW President Vivek Goel and asked him to respond
to Prof. John Turri's comments (see "Mandate Madness" above) that (i)
UW's own data shows virtually no change in cases on campus and (ii)
Ontario's COVID-19 data show that there is no clear evidence that
unvaccinated individuals who comply with regular testing pose an elevated
risk to a community that is overwhelmingly vaccinated. Williams wrote,
"In response, Goel said the success of the mandate is shown in the high level
of compliance the school has had." This is a remarkably revealing
statement. If the success of the mandate is not to be measured
by the reduction in cases (which was zero) but rather in the degree of
compliance, does it not seem that the principal goal of the mandate
is NOT health and safety but rather COMPLIANCE and CONTROL over the university
community?
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At least one of the employees fired at UW was a tenured faculty member.
Professor Michael Palmer (Chemistry, UW) was fired on March 21, 2022,
well beyond the date that the Province's Chief Medical Officer of Health,
Dr. Kieran Moore, recommended the removal of mandates. Nevertheless, the
UW administration continues to be engaged in an attempt to terminate
several other faculty members as soon as possible. Why is President
Goel so intent on removing these faculty members? And so quickly? Is it
truly in the interest of "public health"? A March 25, 2022
Toronto star article entitled,
"One professor fired, others face discipline as universities enforce
soon-to-expire vaccine mandates", is most revealing:
Although the province revoked its instruction to universities, and its
own rules on vaccination will change in a month's time, the University
of Waterloo says it's important to continue ongoing disciplinary action.
"If an employee has been insubordinate repeatedly, it doesn't matter if the
situation changes. That was their behaviour at a particular point in
time," University President and Vice-Chancellor Vivek Goel told the Star.
"If you're not able to use discipline to enforce your workplace rules, it
puts you in a challenging position in the future when you have some
other situation where you need to have employees follow certain rules ...
We gave people lots of notice, over months of communications that this was
going to be our requirement in our workplace. And at the time, those
individuals did not comply."
Goel noted that some people have already been terminated from the
university, so it would not be appropriate to suddenly change the process
for some because of timing.
Once again, the President's comments are remarkably revealing.
UW's vaccination requirement has been all about CONTROL and REMOVAL OF DISSENTERS.
THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS REGARDING
UW'S "VACCINATION REQUIREMENT"
SOME HAVE BEEN ASKED - AND ANSWERED - AT
"MANDATE MADNESS"
MORE HAVE BEEN ASKED IN A DOCUMENT SENT TO
MEMBERS OF UW'S BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND UW'S SENATE,
REQUESTING THEM TO INVESTIGATE MATTERS CONCERNING UW'S MANDATE:
HERE IS THE RESULT OF THE "INVESTIGATION" PERFORMED BY THE UW BOARD OF
GOVERNORS:
Clearly, the "investigation" provided no answers to the questions
raised in the formal request.
UW PRESIDENT VIVEK GOEL ISSUES A "STATEMENT ON OPEN AND CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE"
Some former UW employees who were fired because of "noncompliance" have responded to President Goel's "Statement":
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Terminating 50 employees (and counting) AFTER being 'officially' notified that your position is no longer tenable by the Province, and being officially asked to discontinue by a superior authority - is like a country being notified that a conflict/war has ended and being bound by a peace treaty, but then days later dropping a nuke on a segment of the population that you were previously in conflict with.
And thereafter asking for an open, respectful, civil and ethical community...
Well, logically the President does make some sense since all dissenters/divergent opinions have been eliminated/terminated and so now we can move on with, what he believes is some type of community consensus? I guess that's how all dictators that 'made it in the big leagues' must have reasoned to themselves and justified their actions? ....
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Well said (in response to previous comment). To think I was once proud to work for UW which is now a cesspit of authoritarianism.
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I can't see any good signs at all in this memo. Why is it necessary now
to remind people that freedom of speech has limits, that they can't just
say what they feel like? What is the occasion? The "pandemic" again -
really?
It is corporate nannyism at best, intimidation at worst. It will promote
what it ostensibly bemoans -- self-censorship. That, to me, seems very
much its purpose.
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When I received this email...at first, I laughed out loud and then I began slowly cringing at his blatant hypocrisy. These are bold yet meaningless words coming from someone who has ironically..enabled the bullying, othering, harassment, discrimination and ultimately, the marginalization of so many people at UW. I think he was definitely threatened by being called out at the recent senate meeting and is now transferring his fear of feeling "bullied" onto the general population at UW. Also, thank you to everyone who spoke up at that meeting and who has continued to stand for what you believe in all this while, although it may not be easy. Your actions give me and many others hope and are not going unnoticed. You are making an amazing difference.
His words are twisted and purely hypocritical. I'm living proof that he doesn't care about engaging in open conversation about anything at all actually, as he has yet to respond to an email I sent him long ago concerning me feeling harassed by one of his employees, for which nothing at all was done. I'd ignore him all together, as it's clear that he was always a joke, never in favour of any debate whatsoever, clearly externally incentivized, and cowardly in all his actions and responses. Again, my apologies if I sound "hateful," but I have way more respect for we, the people who have been speaking our truths...than someone like him...who is supposed to be serving us...the many students and individuals who have been unconditionally devoted to education...and he has clearly failed to do so. Thankful for you all.
"The truth will set you free." John 8:32
When the open letter was written and sent to the UW administration and ultimately
to as many members of the UW community as possible, we thought that it would
of particular interest to those at UW who felt that they would be negatively affected by the UW administration's mandatory vaccination and testing policy, i.e, those who refuse, for whatever reason, to be vaccinated or tested. Of special concern were those staff members whose duties require their presence on campus. Based on a number of messages that we received at that time, it was understanding that should these people refuse to be vaccinated or tested, they might lose their jobs. We invited those who have such concerns to consult the following resource at action4canada.com:
action4canada.com/notices-of-liability-covid-related-business_mask_jav_pcr-testing_etc
The situation then became much more serious. On September 8, 2021,
a staff member from Plant Operations was asked to LEAVE CAMPUS because of his refusal
to be vaccinated or to be tested. See updates below.
Important information for any employee who has been asked to leave the UW campus
Steps to Police Reporting
- In an e-mail dated Monday, August 16, 2021, UW President Vivek Goel and Vice-President,
Academic and Provost James W.E. Rush announce the "Mandatory vaccination and attestion"
policy of the UW administration:
Mandatory vaccination and attestation
- "Open Letter" signed by a group of 32 people - faculty, staff, students and parents
of students - is sent on Thursday, August 26, 2021 to UW administration:
Open letter to UW administration
- In an e-mail dated Friday, August 27, 2021, UW President Goel and VPAP Rush
instruct all members of the UW community to "Submit your proof of vaccination today":
Submit your proof of vaccination today
- On September 2, 2021, e-mails are sent to faculty, staff and graduate students
of all academic departments containing original "Open Letter" along with another letter,
written independently by Prof. D. Smilek, Department of Psychology, UW and
three colleagues from Wilfrid Laurier and addressed to UW President Vivek Goel
and WLU President Deborah MacLatchy:
Open letter from Smilek et al. to UW and WLU Presidents
- Letter dated September 2, 2021 is sent from UW President Goel to E.R. Vrscay
in response to "Open Letter" of August 26, 2021:
UW President Goel's response to "Open Letter"
- e-mail letter dated September 4, 2021 is sent from Dr. Myriam Nafte, Dept. of Health, A.S.,
McMaster University to UW President Goel. Dr. Nafte is the parent of two
currently-registered students at UW:
Letter from Dr. Nafte to UW President Goel
- On September 8, 2021,
a staff member from Plant Operations is asked to leave campus because of his refusal
to be vaccinated or to be tested.
- e-mail dated Thursday, September 9, 2021, sent from University Communications to
"Special list; in-person employees and students who have not yet submitted vaccination
proof". Subject:
"Action required: You are not permitted on campus":
You are not permitted on campus
- Friday, September 10, 2021: UW Daily Bulletin features an article entited,
"The facts about vaccines and COVID-19". Several "leading Waterloo experts" were
interviewed "to help sort through some common misinformation and myths on the pandemic and give us the latest facts." Issues covered include "transmission of the virus, the side effects of vaccination and the legalities of vaccine mandates."
UW Bulletin: The facts about vaccines and COVID-19
- e-mail letter dated Friday, September 10, 2021, sent from UW to staff member from
Plant Operations asked to leave on September 8, 2020
UW response to Plant Operations staff member Sept 10 2021
- e-mail letter dated Tuesday, September 14, 2021, sent from UW to staff member from
Plant Operations asked to leave on September 8, 2020
UW response to Plant Operations staff member Sept 14 2021
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September 15, 2021:
Michael Thiessen from Liberty Coalition Canada salutes our protest of UW's mandatory
vaccination policy
Ontario Mayor, University of Waterloo Faculty and Calgary Fire Fighters Protest Vaccine Mandates
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September 15, 2021: Letter from E.R. Vrscay to UW President Goel
and VPAP Rush requesting a panel discussion involving "leading Waterloo experts"
along with Prof. Michael Palmer (Chemistry, UW) on the
subject of COVID-19 vaccines.
ERV to UW requesting panel discussion to be broadcast on Daily Bulletin
- e-mail dated Thursday, September 23, 2021, sent from University
Communications to
"Special list; in-person employees and students who have not yet submitted vaccination
proof". Subject:
"Action required: You are not permitted on campus":
You are not permitted on campus
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September 27, 2021: Letter from E.R. Vrscay to Chair of Department of
Applied Mathematics, UW and Dean of Faculty of Mathematics, UW copied
to President Goel, VPAP Rush and some other administrators. Subject:
"Notice of my refusal to submit to the UW mandatory vaccination and testing
policy."
Vrscay to Chair and Dean formally refusing to submit to UW mandatory
vaccination and testing policy
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September 30, 2021: Reply from M. Giesbrecht, Dean of Mathematics, UW to
E.R. Vrscay's letter dated September 27.
Reply from Dean of Mathematics to ERV
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September 30, 2021: Open letter from E.R. Vrscay: "A plea to the Honorable
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to stop the insanity of
"vaccination mandates"
Vrscay to Ontario MPPs
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October 4, 2021: Letter from M. Palmer to Chair of Department of
Chemistry, UW and Dean of Faculty of Science, UW copied
to President Goel and VPAP Rush declaring his refusal to comply with
the UW administration's mandatory vaccination and testing policy.
Palmer to Chair and Dean formally refusing to submit to UW mandatory
vaccination and testing policy
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October 8, 2021: Open letter from a member of the UW Community: "Please rescind any support for mandatory vaccination - to the Honourable Members
of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Letter to Ontario MPPs October 8 2021
A very dark day for the University of Waterloo
An even darker day for the University of Waterloo
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E-mail dated Friday, October 14, 2021 from UW President Goel and VPAP Rush;
"Action required: You are not permitted on campus without proof of vaccination ...
If you do not provide proof of vaccination, you will be subject to progressive
remedial action up to and including termination"
Progressive remedial action up to and including termination
The darkness at UW continues: First faculty member to be suspended
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October 28, 2021: Letter from Dalinda Reese MD MA, to UW, Laurier and U Guelph
Administrations. "Urgent: Unacknowledged ethical concerns regarding
your policy to mandate COVID-19 vaccines" ANOTHER "MUST READ"!
Reese letter to UW Laurier Guelph October 28 2021
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November 19, 2021: Letter from Dean of Mathematics to E.R. Vrscay,"Re:
Non-Compliance with the University of Waterloo's COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement"
Final paragraph: "This letter is being sent as a reminder. However, if you remain
non-compliant with the Requirement by December 8, 2021, and have not taken steps
to become compliant, the University will resort to the disciplinary processes
outlined in the Memorandum of Agreement between the University and the Faculty
Association of the University of Waterloo (FAUW)."
Dean to ERV November 19 2021
A ray of light shines through the darkness at UW: Faculty member is
"unsuspended" and reimbursed for pay withheld, with apology from UW for
not acting in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement
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November 24, 2021: Letter from Associate Provost, Human Resources to Prof. Richard Mann informing him that his suspension without pay (see October 20 above) has been lifted and that he has been reimbursed for all pay denied to him. The letter acknowledged that the disciplinary action taken against Prof. Mann was not in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement between UW and the Faculty Association of UW. Followup letter from Vice President Academic and Provost dated November 25, 2021 confirming his review of Prof. Mann's grievance (filed on November 17, 2021).
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December 2, 2021: Letter from Prof. David Haskell, Wilfrid Laurier University to WLU administrators with a plea not to deregister Laurier students who are vaccine noncompliant.
Haskell to WLU Administration
A modest proposal for an alternative disciplinary process for noncompliant faculty members
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM II: "SOUNDING THE CALL" A VIDEO THAT SHOULD
BE WATCHED BY EVERYONE
ON COVID VACCINES: WHY THEY CANNOT WORK, AND IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE OF THEIR CAUSATIVE
ROLE IN DEATHS AFTER VACCINATION
A MOMENTOUS EVENT IN CANADIAN HISTORY: THE "TRUCKERS' FREEDOM CONVOY" TO OTTAWA
On Thursday, January 27, 2021, the portion of the convoy which began in
Sarnia passed by Kitchener on Highway 401 East. Here are a couple of photos of
the convoy taken from the Conestoga College walkover bridge at 2:30 p.m.
that day.
Here is a short video of the convoy taken from the bridge
UW Communications: Beware of "protests planned in Waterloo this weekend"
Some "UW mandate resisters" peacefully protest the Emergency Measures Act in front of the Waterloo riding office of
Liberal MP Bardish Jagger on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 (5:00 p.m.)
Video of a speech by Dr. Joe Pharaon (PhD, Applied Mathematics - Mathematical Biology, UW 2020) at the protest
(Prime Minister Trudeau revoked the Emergency Measures Act that day.)
Interview by Waterloo Region Record reporter
For later events, please go to Section II, "Most recent events".
Some noteworthy letters from the past
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Letter from Prof. Byram Bridle, Associate Professor of Viral Immunology,
Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, to Dr. Charlotte A.B. Yates,
President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Guelph
Letter from Bridle to Bates
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Reply from Dr. Charlotte A.B. Yates,
President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Guelph to Letter from Prof. Byram
Bridle
Letter from Bates to Bridle
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Letter dated October 15, 2021
from Prof. Philip Britz-McKibbin, Professor and Cystic Fibrosis Canada
Researcher, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
McMaster University, to Dr. Karen Mossman, Vice President of Research, McMaster University,
entitled, "Re: McMaster's Vaccination Policy - COVID-19 Requirements for Employees
and Students: A Good Faith Letter in Defense of Research Ethics and Human Dignity
Letter from Britz-McKibbon to Mossman