{"id":76680,"date":"2022-02-18T15:22:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T20:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=76680"},"modified":"2022-02-18T15:22:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T20:22:15","slug":"brock-sports-recreation-updating-plans-as-province-eases-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/02\/brock-sports-recreation-updating-plans-as-province-eases-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Sports, Recreation updating plans as province eases restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brock Sports and Brock Recreation are preparing to adjust capacity limits throughout the Walker Sports Complex facilities following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.ontario.ca\/en\/release\/1001600\/ontario-moving-to-next-phase-of-reopening-on-february-17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this week&#8217;s announcement<\/a> by the Province of Ontario of easing pandemic-related restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>As of Thursday, Feb. 17, Brock is allowing spectators at its varsity home games with a 50 per cent capacity limit.<\/p>\n<p>The first game back with spectators will be on Sunday, Feb. 20, when the Brock women&#8217;s volleyball team hosts the Western Mustangs at Bob Davis Gymnasium at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Brock Recreation is maintaining its 50 per cent capacity limit with masks required at all times.<\/p>\n<p>Capacity limits are expected to gradually increase throughout the Walker Sports Complex in the coming weeks, according to Karen McAllister-Kenny, Director, Brock Recreation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will steadily increase our capacity while maintaining our priority of keeping all participants and staff safe,\u201d she said. \u201cWe continue to follow Ontario&#8217;s regulations and Niagara Region Public Health protocols.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s update from the province does not impact Brock University\u2019s existing protocols, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/coronavirus\/covid-19-vaccination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 vaccine mandate<\/a> for anyone coming to a Brock campus and everyone is strongly encouraged to get the booster dose as soon as possible<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/brock.ca1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_7TJNhzbzi0bxpNI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mandatory daily self-screening\u00a0<\/a>before arriving on campus<\/li>\n<li>A mandatory\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/01\/brock-updates-mask-requirements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">masking requirement <\/a>with medical grade masks highly recommended for students and visitors and required for faculty and staff<\/li>\n<li>If you\u2019re sick, stay home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students, faculty and staff have access to the Zone Fitness Centre, gymnasia, pool, running track and other fitness and training areas. Access must be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/recreation\/covid-safety-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">booked<\/a>\u00a0in advance.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Brock\u2019s COVID-19 response and a list of FAQs, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brocku.ca\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brocku.ca\/coronavirus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock Sports and Brock Recreation are preparing to adjust capacity limits throughout the Walker Sports Complex facilities following\u00a0this week&#8217;s announcement by the Province of Ontario of easing pandemic-related restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":76681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9794,1,58],"tags":[4437,8791,9289,5317],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76680"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76682,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76680\/revisions\/76682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}