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Reid said “our return-to-campus plan is aligned with public health recommendations to gradually increase capacity limits and ease physical distancing requirements at universities.” as the pandemic continues to unfold, with rising COVID-19 cases, a new variant and with the province pausing its opening plan, Carleton, like the other Ottawa Region institutions, is continuing to take a safe and gradual approach to its return to campus.” The university has said it will boost on-campus classes to 50 per cent, up from the current 30 per cent, but has also said students may have to wait until early January - right before the term starts - before they find out schedules.Ĭarleton spokesperson Steven Reid said the school’s “return-to-campus decisions are made with the health and wellness of students, faculty and staff as our top priority. “None of that is forthcoming.”Ĭlarke’s son, a first-year biology student, has no in-person classes and it’s unclear what his winter term will look like. “This is a public institution and these students, and their parents and the alumni are owed answers,” said Clarke. The complaint by Carleton parent and Ottawa lawyer Paula Clarke comes as frustrations mount with continued online learning, which some schools have relied on as others have returned to mostly in-person classes given the high COVID-19 vaccination rates on campus, mandatory masking indoors and the go-ahead from the provincial government. The provincial ombudsman has been asked to look into Carleton University’s decision not to offer more in-person classes in the new year by a parent who says the school has provided little information about the situation.