Caveat Discipulus: The University of Western Ontario Triples Down
Yes, let students beware before laying down their – or their parents’ – money. The University of Western Ontario – now just Western University – in London (which I hardly count as an alma mater, for its nourishment of my mind was nutritionally deficient, and the environment was not very motherly, but where I studied for more years than I care to recall) has just announced, after tuition payments were due, by the bye, that anyone on campus in any ‘instructional space’, be they student, faculty, staff, visitor, user of the washrooms, or some lost soul in that denizen – must be triple-vaxxed. That is, two doses, along with the booster. Are they going to have security checkpoints at all entrances?
Here is their ‘occupational health physician’, Sonya Malone:
This decision supports the safety of our students, employees and our community with the goal of preserving our in-person experience…The last school year showed us that our campus community was on board with the masking and vaccination policy, which was the key to successfully completing the fall and winter terms in person.
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc. They would have successfully completed both terms whether or not they received the vaxx, social distanced, masked, as other regions and institutions have amply demonstrated.
Even so, they seem dubiously aware that the ‘vaxxes’ don’t really work, for they “may still bring back mask and social distancing requirements”. All of these measures will be in place for at least a year, right through next summer.
We need not belabour the evidence building up with each passing day that these purported vaccines have serious side effects, particularly in the young, from paralysis, to stroke, myocarditis, to the spike in ‘sudden adult death syndrome‘, with no end in sight – except, perhaps, a very bad one.
What was that about the safety of the students?
Meanwhile, over at Fanshawe College in the same city, where, not entirely coincidentally they teach more practical disciplines, they’ve dropped all vaxx requirements. The real world matters, but I suppose not much to those in ivory-towered bubbles.
Speaking of reality, we will see which is the safer space, and whose students come through unscathed.
A Closed, Unsustainable, Descending Loop
As a follow-up to my thoughts on Payette’s payout, here be a stark image of where are here in Canada. As the graph shows in, well, graphic terms, since 2025, the public sector has contributed to 95.5% of economic growth. The private sector – which funds the public sector, or is supposed to – has[…]Continue reading→
Remembering Father Alphonse de Valk
(Today marks the sixth anniversary of the death of Father Alphonse de Valk, C.S.B., a faithful, courageous and indefatigable Basilian priest, pro-life-and-family apostle, and the founder of Catholic Insight magazine. Here is what we wrote those on his entering into eternity five years ago, as we continue to remember him in our prayers and thoughts)[…]Continue reading→
Presidential Pardon of Weronika Krawczyk
As a good news, follow-up to our story from Poland, of the persecution of Weronika Krawczyk for her pro-life views, we heard that she has been granted a presidential pardon. One might still wonder why one needs a presidential pardon for simply holding the long-held belief that the child within the womb is a child,[…]Continue reading→
Pope Leo and a Rosary for Peace
Pope Leo XIV has asked Catholics across the world to join him in a Rosary for peace today, at 18:00 Rome time (6 pm), which would be noon from where I write (EST). If you are able, whether at that time or another, and in whatever way you pray, to join in intercession with the[…]Continue reading→
Payette’s Payout
I was glancing through some headlines, and noticed a mention of Julie Payette – engineer and astronaut and sometime the Queen’s representative in Canada – which brought back vague memories. She was appointed Governor-General by Justin Trudeau in 2017. Ms. Payette resigned in 2021, amidst claims that she created a ‘toxic work environment’, with allegations[…]Continue reading→
Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów
We celebrate Saint Stanislaus today (+ April 11, 1079), in light of this Easter Octave, a bishop and martyr who accepted the episcopacy only at the direct order of Pope Alexander II. He proved a wise and courageous leader of his flock, put to death by his own king, Boleslaus, for rebuking the monarch’s ‘immoral[…]Continue reading→
Weronika Krawczyk and Injustice in Poland
Catholic Action in Poland has issued a formal statement appealing to the President of the Republic of Poland to pardon Weronika Krawczyk—convicted for warning other women against an abortion-performing gynaecologist. Catholic Action (AK) emphasizes that no apology is owed to a doctor who has performed numerous abortions and proposed others; furthermore, the organization considers the[…]Continue reading→
Three Easter Musical Gems: Bach, Palestrina and Byrd
A very blessed and glorious Easter! Christus surrexit vere, alleluia! As we begin this Easter Octave with the great Solemnity of Easter, music to lift the soul would be one of Bach’s Easter cantatas, composed during his time at Leipzig in the early 1700’s, for the six Sundays of this festive season, leading up to[…]Continue reading→
Saint Isidore of Seville, the Internet and Industriousness
Today, April 4th, muted this year by Holy Saturday, is the commemoration of Saint Isidore of Seville (560-636) a bishop and doctor of the Church during a tumultuous age, when civilization was crumbling, coming apart at its very seams, which may sound sort of au courant. Then again, the form of this world has always[…]Continue reading→
An Ancient Homily for Holy Saturday
The time between Good Friday and Easter Sunday is one of waiting, in silence, as the world wonders – anticipates – what will happen, after the death of Christ. We re-live this time each year in the anamnesis of our liturgy, and in turn look forward to the glorious re-creation of all things at the[…]Continue reading→