LSN: 'Three University of Waterloo (UW) professors asked the school’s board to investigate whether the president’s membership on the federal COVID task force factored into his strong enforcement of a campus vaccine mandate for staff, students, and faculty.
'“We are extremely concerned that the decisions made by UW President Vivek Goel with regard to the University’s mandatory vaccination policy – the so-called ‘Requirement’ – may have been significantly influenced by his membership in the federal COVID-19 Immunity Task Force, thereby representing a conflict of interest (COI) and therefore a violation of Policy 69 (Conflict of Interest),” the three professors wrote in an email addressed to the school’s Board of Governors and the school’s Senate in late March.
'“UW Policy 69 requires proactive disclosure of conflicts and potential conflicts, but Professor [Vivek] Goel failed to do this,” the group stated....'
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