Thousands of students across three B.C. post-secondary schools are calling for a pivot to online learning as classes resume during the pandemic’s fifth wave. Petitions have been launched by students at Langara College, BCIT and Douglas College, urging the schools to move online to protect students and staff from the highly transmissible Omicron variant. The BCIT petition has garnered 3,779 signatures so far. In the petition, students call for BCIT to update their COVID safety measures. “While teachers are protected by plexiglass and a 6-foot distance, students are crammed into small classrooms with no free seats,” the petition states.
