Hundreds of Students Protest Western University’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Requiring Booster Shot
Hundreds of students marched across the campus of Western University on Aug. 27 in protest against its COVID-19 vaccine policy that makes it the only university in Canada to mandate three shots for all staff and students.
Students leading the march were seen carrying a banner reading “Enough Is Enough” while chanting those words. The demonstrators carried Canadian flags as well as posters with words such as “Medical Coercion” and “I Call My Own Shots.”
The protest came after the university announced a COVID-19 vaccination policy on Aug. 22 requiring all individuals who come on campus to have received a complete primary series of a COVID-19 vaccine as well as a booster dose by Oct. 1, 2022. A primary series typically means two doses of a Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccine….