COVID-19 and Return to Campus Updates

Fall 2021 Update

We’re excited to begin welcoming more students back to campus.

As Ontario progresses through its re-opening plan, Sheridan is preparing to welcome more students back to campus for in-person learning this fall.  Our Fall term runs from September 7 to December 17, 2021. This site includes updated information about the outstanding learning opportunities that you can expect from Sheridan.  

Our academic, facilities, and health and safety teams are readying our campuses for more opportunities to connect with your faculty and peers in person, and access in-person supports to help you succeed. Whether you’re in our classrooms, libraries and learning commons, laboratories, studios, or cafeterias, we’ll continue to uphold our strict safety and hygiene practices to keep our community healthy. 

We’re also preparing innovative virtual learning experiences and tools to support remote access where required. Whether you’re learning in-person, online, or a combination of both - you will be immersed in meaningful learning experiences, engaged, supported and connected. To learn the delivery mode for your specific program, please visit myOTR.

Sheridan will require everyone who comes to campus to demonstrate that they are fully vaccinated. An option will exist for individuals to apply for an exemption. Those who are not vaccinated will be provided with information on vaccines and required to participate in routine, rapid antigen testing. Sheridan will offer vaccination for all members of the community through our Health Centre. Individuals may seek vaccine accommodation for medical/disability, creed, or other grounds protected under the Ontario Human Rights Code. To begin the process to apply for accommodation, please download a fillable form from the Synergy Gateway platform (link will be provided on Sept. 1, 2021).

As Ontario continues to re-open, we will work in partnership with our public health and provincial partners to determine the extent to which our on-campus facilities such as our bookstores, libraries and learning commons, studios, cafeterias and gyms will be available for use this fall.

This page will be updated regularly as we prepare for Fall 2021. Please continue to check back for the latest information about campus access, student supports service delivery, health & safety precautions, and more. 

Note for international students: Sheridan is on the Government of Canada's Designated Learning Institutions list, with an approved COVID-19 Readiness Plan. This designation confirms our eligibility to welcome international students travelling to Canada. To learn more about the DLI designation, please visit the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada site. 

Read Sheridan’s Continuity of Education Plan

While our campuses will provide limited access to those who require on-campus/in-person programming, we're still here to support everyone!

Many of our services and business operations continue to operate in alternative formats, with staff working remotely to support you online and/or over the phone. Please connect with us!

Important Health, Safety, and Campus Access Information

As we welcome more students and employees back to campus, your health and safety remains our top priority. We will continue to uphold intensive cleaning protocols, screened access to campus, enforcement of physical distancing and mechanisms to report and alert the community about illnesses on campus.

Learn more about campus access protocols

Privacy Notice of Collection

Personal information including, but not limited to, proof of vaccination, supporting evidence related to vaccine accommodation, and any other documentation collected for this purpose, medical or otherwise, is being collected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, under the authority of O. Reg. 364/20: Rules for Areas at Step 3 and at the Roadmap Exit Step under the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, as per the instructions of the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health.

Personal information collected will only be used, disclosed, stored, and / or retained in order to verify your vaccination status or for the purposes of verifying eligibility for accommodations as per the Ontario Human Rights Code.

For questions related to the collection, use, disclosure, or retention of your personal information, please email privacy@sheridancollege.ca.