Resources for Return to Campus
If you're returning to campus, take a moment to familiarize yourself with these documents and training modules.
Return to Campus
Information for the campus community
Decision on fall 2021 classes
The university has not made a decision on the delivery method (face-to face or online) for classes in Fall 2021. This decision will be made in April and will be communicated to students through email and on the web.
Working from home will continue until June 30, 2021
The University of Calgary has decided to extend work from home for most of our employees who are able to do so through to June 30, 2021 – the end of the academic year. Learn more.
Important Information for International Students traveling to Canada this term
Learn more.
Emergency warden program update
Due to the current COVID-19 situation and resultant work from home mandate the Emergency Warden program does not function as intended and has been suspended.
Though the Emergency Warden program has always functioned as a volunteer best efforts initiative during regular business hours to supplement the engineered Fire Alarm systems in our buildings and assist first responders (primarily Campus Security and the Calgary Fire Department) with information related to the event, during this time previously identified emergency wardens will not be active in evacuation events.
Everyone - whether student, faculty, staff, tenant, contractor or visitor - is required to evacuate and not re enter a building in alarm. Follow the emergency instructions below, these emergency instructions are posted in all campus buildings and can also be located on the Emergency Management web page.
Evacuation Instructions
Shipping and receiving update
Please note the following updates regarding shipping and receiving, effective Dec. 14:
Cases on campus
Up-to-date information on COVID-19 cases on campus: View the COVID-19 dashboard
We would like to remind our campus community of the updated isolation guidance for employees and students which include a guide of when to come on campus
If you're returning to campus, take a moment to familiarize yourself with these documents and training modules.
This document outlines rules that the campus community must follow when coming onto any UCalgary campus
Before you return to campus, review these quick online modules to ensure you know your responsibilities and how to stay safe.
To maintain a safe campus community it is important that people we invite to campus follow the university’s COVID-19 protocols.
This document provides guidance on how to prepare and consume meals (and beverages) in faculty and staff spaces, student lounges and faculty study spaces. Download the visual guide.
(for children under 18), page 1-2
(for adults 18 years and over) page 3
Please submit any COVID-19 questions or feedback to covid19comms@ucalgary.ca
While most students, faculty and staff continue to work from home, we know there are many questions about returning to campus
Includes information about services, resources, textbooks, medical notes and more.
Includes information about course materials, learning technologies, face-to-face classes and more.
UCalgary students, faculty, post-doctoral fellows, staff, and visitors to campus are required to wear face coverings in indoor public spaces at all Calgary campuses.
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Starting Aug. 17, buildings on main campus will be unlocked between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, and will be locked overnight and on weekends. Outside of these hours, buildings can be accessed by electronic or key access only. Faculty and staff who normally can access our buildings with their Unicard or issued keys can still do so.
More information, including building specific details for the Physical Plant, Child Development Centre, Spyhill Campus, Foothills Campus, Taylor Family Digital Library, Downtown Campus and City Building Design Lab, is available here.
As was shared earlier with the campus community, we remind everyone that only those who need to be on campus should be on campus. If your studies or work require you to come to campus in person, please practice the social distancing guidelines recommended by the Government of Alberta, such as: Keep at least six feet (the length of a bicycle) from others. Avoid overcrowding in elevators or other enclosed spaces. Wash or sanitize your hands after touching communal surfaces.
We also ask that you take safety precautions that reflect how quiet campus is right now. If you have to come to campus in person, please let somebody know where you’ll be and how long you’ll be there, or come with a (six-foot-away-from-you) buddy. Please don’t be surprised if a member of our Campus Security approaches you to see if you’re OK. Your safety is important to us.
Effective Sunday, March 22 all faculty and staff who can perform their work from home should do so, until further notice. Only those that are performing functions that require them to be on site should work on campus.
Need IT help? How to use Office365, map to a network, use VPN/MFA from home etc.
Improve Your Ergonomic Approach at home. Learn more.
Employees who require their desktop computing equipment at home are required to complete the IT Equipment Agreement.
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