The university has received notification of a confirmed COVID-19 case involving an employee with an external company who was on campus. The individual tested positive on Oct. 28 and has now notified the university. The individual was last on campus on Oct. 26, and prior to that, Oct. 22, in several areas of the Nuclear Research […]
Category: COVID-19 Updates
Confirmed COVID-19 case at McMaster: October 19
The university has received notification of a confirmed COVID-19 case involving a student. The student tested positive on Oct. 18 and notified the university today. The student was last on campus on Oct. 15 in several areas of the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery (MDCL). All areas of the building, as well as […]
Confirmed COVID case at McMaster: October 14
The university has confirmed today a positive COVID-19 case involving a student employee. The student was last on campus on Oct. 2 for work in the Campus Services Building. The building has since been thoroughly cleaned. Any contact tracing required is being managed by public health authorities. They will be directly contacting anyone who would be […]
A different approach to the Thanksgiving break
Taking a different approach to Thanksgiving With a long Thanksgiving weekend ahead, it’s important to remember the advice of public health officials to stay safe and help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Limiting interactions to people within your household and keeping strict physical distancing rules in place is the guidance from federal, provincial and local […]
Confirmed COVID-19 case at McMaster: Oct. 8, 2020
The university has been notified of a confirmed COVID-19 case involving a student. Confirmation was received today of the positive case. The student was on campus for a short amount of time on Oct. 6 in the John Hodgins Engineering Building. The building has since been thoroughly cleaned. The student has been very thorough in sharing […]
Confirmed COVID case at McMaster: October 4
The university has been notified of a confirmed COVID-19 case involving an employee. Confirmation was received today of the positive case. The employee was last on campus on September 29th and spent time in the Life Sciences Building. The building has been cleaned several times since that time and will undergo an additional cleaning today. […]
Confirmed COVID-19 case at McMaster: September 30
The university has been notified of a confirmed COVID-19 case involving a student. Confirmation was received today of the positive case. The student was last on campus on September 24 and had spent a short amount of time in the Psychology Building. The building has been thoroughly cleaned and the student had been following all […]
COVID-19 reporting tool, top things to know if you’re coming to campus, and library updates
COVID-19 Reporting Tool in Mosaic As COVID-19 cases increase across the province, McMaster continues to prioritize health and safety. An important component of this is the speedy reporting of confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, which has been made easier with the launch of a new self-reporting tool in Mosaic. McMaster asks all students, faculty […]
Winter term will be online: Provost’s letter
Dear Members of the McMaster community, While the fall term is only in its second week I want to update our campus community on the planning being done for the winter 2021 term. I have been leading a group with broad representation of academic and campus leaders who evaluated many options for the winter term. […]
Confirmed COVID case at McMaster: September 13
The university has been notified of a confirmed COVID case involving an employee. The areas where the employee was while on campus were thoroughly cleaned over the weekend. The employee was last on campus on Sept. 8. They notified the university on Saturday, Sept. 12 after testing positive and have been very helpful in sharing […]