April 9^th

All Teachers and Staff at Bond Academy and Bond International College received the Staff Vaccination Eligibility Letter today April 9^th. It is the official notice that the mentioned staff member is eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine starting from April 12^th. The location of Bond schools is in Toronto which has been identified by the Ontario Ministry of Health as a Covid-19 “hot spot,” as indicated by the postal code beginning with M1P.

The Ontario Government announced Wednesday, April 8^th that Educators in high-risk neighbourhoods in Toronto and Peel can be vaccinated starting next week. As more vaccines become available the program will be expanded to educators in other hot spots including Halton, Hamilton, York, Durham and Ottawa, Education Minister Lecce said.

(The province also announced that it will set up pop-up clinics and mobile teams to vaccinate all people over age 18 in hot spot neighbourhoods of Toronto and Peel.)

This includes education workers who provide direct support to students with special education needs across the province, and all education workers in select hot spot areas, beginning with Toronto and Peel, then rolling out to priority neighborhoods in other hot spot regions including York, Ottawa, Hamilton, Halton and Durham. This will be followed by a rollout across the province as supply allows. There will be specific instructions and information shared in short order. This incremental step will continue safeguarding staff and students and the Province will roll this out as quickly as supply allows. 

Before the announcement, Educators were scheduled for vaccines in June, although some may qualify earlier based on their age, health conditions or whether they live or work in high-risk neighbourhoods.