{"id":70180,"date":"2021-01-26T14:40:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T19:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=70180"},"modified":"2021-01-26T16:27:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T21:27:34","slug":"upcoming-town-halls-to-focus-on-covid-19-response-and-budget-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2021\/01\/upcoming-town-halls-to-focus-on-covid-19-response-and-budget-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Town Halls to focus on COVID-19 response and budget update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brock University senior leaders will host virtual Town Hall meetings for faculty and staff in each of the next two months.<\/p>\n

The first Town Hall will take place on Friday, Feb. 5 and will provide an update both on Brock\u2019s COVID-19 response and on the University\u2019s budget and financial health.<\/p>\n

The second Town Hall will take place on Friday, March 26 and will provide a more detailed discussion of the budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year.<\/p>\n

Both events will run in online-only formats and take place from 9:30 to 11 a.m. President Gervan Fearon will attend both meetings, as will others from the senior leadership team.<\/p>\n

The two areas of focus for the upcoming Town Halls have been central to the University over the past year.<\/p>\n

Since making the first announcement on March 13, 2020 that all Winter Term classes would be moving online, more than 50 COVID-related mass emails have been sent to members of the Brock community, including over 25,000 student, staff and faculty. The Brock coronavirus web pages<\/a> contain 181 frequently asked questions from across the University and have received more than 300,000 page views.<\/p>\n

The pandemic has had a significant financial impact on the entire post-secondary sector in Canada. The University held a financial sustainability Town Hall in November and will provide an update on the current budget and planning for the future at the upcoming events.<\/p>\n

The meetings will start with a short overview presentation, followed by a virtual \u2018open floor\u2019 discussion with questions being submitted to the speakers. They will be open to all faculty members, librarians, staff and students.<\/p>\n

Instructions for logging into the Town Halls and submitting questions will be communicated to the Brock community closer to the events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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