Thank you for the question.
With regard to mental health, I think the number of cases has significantly increased in terms of the numbers of questions and students reaching out for forms of comfort and attention. The anxiety level is beyond what we've all seen in the past, and we have a number of students who find it quite difficult to concentrate on studies and practise social distancing. They're worried about their families, wherever they may come from, and they have very little access to the kinds of necessities of life that we just take for granted.
When you take all of those things together, the mental health and anguish are real. We at the university, through our student services, through consultations with student representatives and through parents, are trying to put some different packages together, whether it be with regard to food, tuition or meaningful dialogue.
Our faculty have reached out to the student body, in terms of…
This is exam time as we now speak. Students are writing, so faculty have reached out to try to accommodate them through remote learning. It's gone reasonably well; there are always gaps, but there is a concerted effort by the faculty, the administration and student services to be helpful to our students who find mental health to be a real challenge.