Fleming College
1 Auk Trail, Box 5500 K9V 6G6 Lindsay, ON, Canada

Fleming's Housing Services Off Campus Housing Office and Trent University Housing Department are hosting a session online to help student renters understand their rights during this challenging time. Join Jasmine Singh, Justice & Health Manager/Lawyer of the Peterborough Community Legal Centre, on Wednesday April 15th at 2:00pm.

HOUSING SERVICES IMPORTANT UPDATE (Updated March 16, 2020) With all of the changes and uncertainty going around, please note, residence is open and prepared to support you should you wish to or need to stay on campus. Our full time and student staff are here to answer your questions. We are taking all of the preventative and cautionary measures recommended to ensure you have a safe place to study, sleep and socialize. However we strongly encourage students to consider moving ...back home if they are able to make travel arrangements. What to do if you plan to move out of residence: All students planning to move out of their residence space must properly check-out of residence. This includes taking all your belongings when you leave your room and returning your keys to the Residence Office. Please refer to the Move out Checklist. If you plan to leave you must submit a Residence Withdrawal via the Housing Portal. (https://residence.flemingcollege.ca/StarRezPortalX) At this time the College has not finalized how a refund process might be applied. This would apply to a number of services, including Residence. A communication regarding this will be sent out in the coming days. If you are staying in residence: All residence buildings will remain open with regular services at this time. We strongly recommend that students continue to take preventative measures in and outside of their residence communities. This includes frequent hand-washing, covering your nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing, cleaning and disinfecting objects, and avoiding touching your face. Students in residence are encouraged to visit the College’s website for up-to-date information on COVID-19 information. Additional updates will also be posted on the Housing Portal Please refer to Fleming’s COVID-19 webpage for updates: https://flemingcollege.ca/covid19

Over the weekend, the COVID-19 situation has evolved rapidly. Fleming College is putting the additional measures in place to maintain the health and safety of o...ur Fleming College community. -On-site classes are suspended. There will be no in-person classes held on any Fleming campuses for the remainder of the Winter semester. -Online and alternate delivery of courses will begin next Monday, March 23. Please note that this has changed from our original announcement to allow more time to prepare for online and alternate delivery of courses. -Students are not expected to return to campus for the remainder of the semester. The semester will be competed through online and alternate delivery. Students will receive program information from their faculty by Friday, March 20. Plans to address final exams, projects and assignments are being prepared and information will be shared in the coming days. -We recognize that there will be challenges in delivering some courses in alternative formats. We will make every effort to complete the semester as best we can, knowing that there will be some exceptional circumstances. -Student placements are suspended for the remainder of the semester. -Students in residence are encouraged to return home, however residence buildings will remain open. Assistance will be provided for those requiring alternative accommodation. Further communication will be sent to students who live in residence in the coming days. -College buildings will be closed with limited access to students and employees for the period from March 16 to April 3 unless otherwise notified. Students and employees will have access to the buildings from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and will be required to sign in and out. During those hours, employees can access the building to pick up materials or technology to support their work from home. -On Monday March 16, employees can access the building to pick up materials and technology to support their working from home. -On-campus recreational facilities at the Peterborough Sport and Wellness Centre and the Lindsay Recreation Complex are closed. -All employees (except noted in the following) will be expected to work from home during the period from March 16 to April 3. There will be some employees identified to provide required services. Those employees will be contacted by their managers directly. Unless they have heard otherwise, employees should assume that their attendance on campus on Monday morning is not required and they should follow up with their manager to receive directions for the remainder of the week. -Managers are expected to be at work onsite on Monday, March 16 to make plans for the March 16 to April 3 time period. -Due to these exceptional circumstances, all staff (full, partial load, part time and student employees including work study students) who would normally be scheduled to work during this period will receive pay consistent with their regular schedule. No one will suffer a loss of pay of their regular earnings as a result of limiting on-site work during this time period -As per the Government of Canada travel advisory, anyone returning from any travel outside of Canada is required to self-isolate for 14 days. -Additional information for International students will be available on Monday, March 16. Please direct any questions to: [email protected]. Updates will be shared on our social media and our website here: https://flemingcollege.ca/covid19