UPDATE: The Brandon University senate has voted in favor of delaying the start of the Winter Term by an overwhelming majority. The delay will allow both students and faculty to prepare for remote learning for at least the first month of the term.
The start of term schedule will now be:
- University opens as scheduled on Tuesday, January 4.
- New Student Orientation will be held virtually Tuesday, January 11.
- The first day for most classes will be Wednesday, January 12.
- Classes will be mostly online until the end of January.
A full updated list of important dates for this term can be found here.
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Brandon University has asked their Senate to approve a delayed start to the Winter Term which was supposed to begin January 4, 2022. The University has also announced it will be moving to primarily remote learning until the end of January at the earliest.
If the delay is approved by the BU Senate, the school would still open as scheduled on January 4th, but classes would not start until the week after. The purpose of the delayed start is to help faculty make the shift to remote learning.
The BU Senate controls the academic calendar for the school and is expected to meet as soon as possible. Details will be shared with the BU community once the decision has been made.
Brandon University follows the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg in their decisions to start the Winter Term remotely and reevaluate mid-January, once they have a better idea of the situation.
