Posted on Friday, March 20th, 2020
While teleworking we can continue to cultivate our inner workplace warriors by doing 10 minutes of yoga and meditation at our desk. These goods acts, which can enhance one’s well being, will radiate out to co-workers and can be reproduced at your desk. Check out zen4ten here!
Posted on Friday, March 20th, 2020
As we all adjust to working from home and exercising social distancing, we want to ensure that you have all the support and resources you need right at your fingertips.
The following tips and strategies are to help you adapt to teleworking and deal with this temporary “new normal.” These tools will also help you in supporting our learners to succeed.
Working From Home – Tips & Strategies
Posted on Thursday, March 19th, 2020
Exercise is so important to your physical and mental well-being and is a key component to self-care during this
turbulent time. While many of us are encouraged to stay home and practice social distancing, there are still great
options available to us to keep active and stay healthy. Check out the links below for information on LIFT session, a virtual fitness provider, through your EFAP website.
LIFT Promo – Employee Version (Mar 2020)
Posted on Wednesday, March 18th, 2020
We recognize that these are unusual times for our employees and families. We have gathered information and resources from various sources to help keep kids active and busy as we continue to adapt. Check out the resource page below, for articles, learning resources and activities to try out with your young ones!
Posted on Wednesday, March 18th, 2020
Dear Colleagues and Learners,
I promised you I would be in touch with updates as necessary and I have more information to share with you today.
Before I do that, I want to thank all of you for the tremendous work you’re doing to keep our College operating through these challenging times. I know you may wonder if your efforts are going unnoticed, but I am receiving daily feedback and compliments about what you are accomplishing and how hard you are working under these unprecedented circumstances. I know our learners are doing their best to keep up with their studies and that our employees have transformed home space into work space — juggling new tasks and demands for the College while simultaneously caring for their families. I want you to know how much your efforts and dedication are appreciated.
The biggest task at hand is still dealing with community efforts to control the spread of COVID-19. For this reason, the College has decided to close building entrances to all regular public access at the Ottawa, Pembroke and Perth Campuses until further notice.
Students are asked not to attend the College unless it is to retrieve personal items or access services that may still be operating on site for a specific purpose.
You can still enter the College in the following locations:
Ottawa Campus: Only the Main Entrances at C Building, E Building (Students Commons) and CA (ACCE) Building are accessible.
Pembroke Campus: Only the South Entrance is accessible from Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Perth Campus: The Main Entrance will remain locked, except for staff who require access to the building.
If you require further information, you may contact the College in the following ways:
Students: Contact your professors/instructors or academic program coordinators.
Students of the International Education Centre: Contact IEC Support at iecsupport@algonquincollege.com.
For general information, updated daily: www.algonquincollege.com/coronavirus/
These restrictions on access will be lifted as soon as possible. For now, I call on everyone to please respect this temporary inconvenience. I promise that, hopefully in the not-so-distant future, our doors will be open once again, welcoming everyone to our campuses to work, study and connect as freely as possible. Until then, I ask you to keep doing what you’re doing — be safe, be strong and continue caring for each other.
Posted on Tuesday, March 17th, 2020
As per the Government of Canada’s efforts to prevent non-essential travel and repatriate Canadians traveling abroad, the following administrative exceptions will apply under the emergency out-of-country travel coverage for employees who are leaving Canada to travel on or after March 18, 2020. Read more about the changes here.
