Laugh, scream or cry. Maybe all three as a religious student at York University gets the school to permit him to somehow carry on his instruction without being in contact with women because of his beliefs. From the story written by James Bradshaw it is clear the university is utterly conflicted by this unnatural request. We say unnatural but there are probably better words to describe it. The pertinent technical point here is that the person in question enrolled for an online course never thinking, presumably, that he would have to attend a meeting with other online classmates. We foolish Canadians might call it teamwork. In future, it may be possible for the university to skirt such requests by making it clear that there will be some mixed company required as part of the course. James Bradshaw
The York administration is a disgrace to academia!