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BEFORE COVID-19: Nicole Tomasic (third from the right) is attending law school at Dalhousie University. Before COVID-19, many of her classes involved group work. Here she participates in her first group activity as part of fall orientation last year.
APPRECIATING PROFESSORS Students are not the only ones adjusting to this new style of learning. Professors and instructors have spent the whole summer preparing to deliver their classes online – a totally different platform than most are used to. “I feel for the professors,” says Nicole, “because there’s a lot to manage on their end.” “The teachers are working their butts off. They really pulled through,” Chloe adds. She says her professors have been very accommodating, even giving her extensions on assignments because of the time difference.
UBC’s Radio Science Lab, works mostly from home. “I moved back to Powell River for the summer and worked from home,” said Tim. “I took some lab equipment with me
to keep doing my work, but it was not an adequate replacement of the state-of the art equipment at UBC. A lot of my decision to choose to work at the lab was to get access to resources I wouldn’t habve elsewhere, so moving to a work-fromhome format was not something I liked. Now, in September, we are doing a millimeter-wave measurement campaign on UBC’s campus with Rogers and Ericsson, so I am back in Vancouver. We are still working from home when we are not out in the field.” Thankfully, he will still graduate as planned. Although most schools have not made any official announcements about the second semester yet, it seems likely that the whole 2020-2021 academic year will be online. “It’s not ideal, but I’m going to make it work because I have to,” says Lauren. A sentiment shared by myself and many students across Canada.
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