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Let me start by saying thank you to each one of you for your tireless efforts over the last week. The University is responding to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 landscape and our team has really stepped up in our efforts to support the community. You have all done an incredible job supporting, as our President Jacques Frémont stated, “a historical migration from a physical to a virtual campus” with only a few days of notice.

You may have heard: Information Technology has a new workspace in the basement of Vanier Hall, a modernized area designed for today’s mobile worker that encourages team building and collaboration.

In order to minimize the spread of Coronavirus, most uOttawa staff, students and Faculty members are working from home. Setting up a home workspace is often easier said than done, especially when it comes to IT. Here are a few resources to get you off to a productive start.

Worldwide, there is a significant surge in email scams linked to COVID-19 and Coronavirus. For example, emails that seem to be from renowned organizations or health authorities with convincing subject lines about cures, safety tips or fundraising efforts are sometimes actually malicious, with links and attachments that contain malware.