LONDON, Ont. — A protest against Western University's COVID-19 vaccine mandate drew hundreds of people to the southwestern Ontario campus on Saturday for what an event organizer called the beginning of the push to overturn the controversial policy.
Demonstrators marched around campus and listened to speakers denounce the London, Ont., university's decision to mandate at least three vaccine doses for staff, students and some visitors.
Organizer Kendra Hancock said she hoped the demonstration would lead to public negotiations and further student consultation over the university's rules, which also include
mandatory masking in classrooms.
An addendum to Western’s policy, posted on the university website, lays out several categories of “visitors” the mandate applies to, including guest lecturers, convocation attendees, contractors, and performers. Donors and prospective donors are also
excluded from the mandate, meaning they do not need to be vaccinated or show proof of vaccination to attend campus like most others do.
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