It is also a fundamental principle of the University of Ottawa to ensure that our response to this crisis is compassionate, supportive, and guided by our community's shared values of equity, diversity and inclusion.
As COVID-19 continues to spread further into the population, growing anxiety can lead to harmful assumptions and actions. Targeting individuals or groups of people with fear-based bias can only compound damage already caused by this pandemic and violates the University’s policies and procedures pertaining to the prevention of harassment and discrimination.