Last updated: January 14, 2022, 1:30 p.m.
Procedure for COVID-19 cases
Reaction to a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 varies depending on whether symptoms appear on campus or at home.
On campus
- Return directly home while respecting all other safety procedures. Avoid public transit to reduce the risk to others.
- Once home, complete the COVID-19 Self-Isolation form, also available in your student or staff and faculty hub.
- Follow the instructions provided at the end of the self-isolation form.
- Advise your professor, supervisor or unit head of your medical absence.
Off campus
- Stay home, complete the COVID-19 Self-Isolation form, also available in your student or staff and faculty hub.
- Follow the instructions provided at the end of the self-isolation form.
If you were on campus 48 hours prior to developing symptoms, Environmental Health and Safety will investigate and determine if others may have been exposed.
Returning to Campus following your COVID-19 Isolation
If you or a member of your household tested positive for COVID-19 or have COVID-related symptoms but were unable to get tested, you may be eligible to end your isolation after 5 days of onset of symptoms (see Scenarios for more information). If you are unsure about when you can return to campus, please consult the Returning to Campus Following your Isolation Period tool.
For urgent questions, please email ehs@concordia.ca.
Government directives dictate what actions, if any, are to be taken when someone has COVID-19 symptoms or has had contact with a COVID-19 positive individual. The actions may differ in certain situations depending on vaccination/protection status.
In Quebec, in the context of the management of COVID-19 cases and their contacts, people are considered to be fully vaccinated /protected when one of the following situations applies:
- You have received a second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine seven or more days ago.
- You have received a dose of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine (outside Québec) 14 or more days ago.
- You have had COVID-19 more than six months ago and received a dose of vaccine seven or more days ago (if the period between the start of the symptoms or being tested positive and the vaccination is 21 days or more).
- You have had COVID-19 in the past six months.
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I have COVID-19 symptoms. |
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My test result (rapid antigen/home test or PCR) for COVID-19 came back positive |
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I have COVID-19 symptoms and my rapid antigen/home test came back negative. |
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I do not have symptoms but I took a Rapid/Antigen/home test. |
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I have been in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, and I am in the high-risk category. (For risk category, please refer to FAQs below) |
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I have been in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, and am in the moderate-risk category. (For risk category, please refer to FAQs below)
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I have been in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, and am deemed to be in the low-risk category. |
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I was in a class where someone tested positive for COVID-19 and I have received notification I am a low-risk contact. |
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I live with someone who has COVID-19 symptoms and is awaiting their test resultsthe person does not have access to a COVID-19 test, but I have no symptoms. |
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My child is home due to a confirmed COVID-19 case in their class/daycare and my child IS NOT experiencing symptoms. |
If you have not received instructions to self-isolate, you can come to campus.
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My child is home due to a confirmed COVID-19 case in their class/daycare and my child IS experiencing symptoms and we do not have access to a COVID-19 test. |
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I have returned to Canada from outside the country and I am asymptomatic. |
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I live with someone who is quarantining for 14 days after having travelled outside of Canada and the person who travelled IS experiencing symptoms. |
Please refer to “I live with someone who has COVID-19 symptoms, and the person does not have access to a COVID-19 test, but I have no symptoms.” section. | Please refer to “I live with someone who has COVID-19 symptoms, and the person does not have access to a COVID-19 test, but I have no symptoms.” section. |
I live with someone who is quarantining for 14 days after having travelled outside of Canada and the person who travelled is NOT experiencing symptoms. |
You do not need to self-isolate.
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Frequently asked questions
Montreal Public Health defines three levels of risk, when it comes to contact with someone infected with COVID-19:
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Moderate-risk contact |
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Supervisors should begin by only sending home the symptomatic employee and contacting Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) at ext. 4877 or ehs@concordia.ca. EHS will initiate a suspected COVID-19 case investigation.
- If they have not already done so, instruct them to complete the self-isolation form, located on Carrefour.
- If they are able to work and can complete their tasks remotely, there is nothing further to be done.
- If they are too ill to work remotely, please contact medicalabsence@concordia.ca so that they can be placed on sick leave, according to the rules of their contract or collective agreement.
- If they are well enough to work but cannot perform their regular tasks remotely, please contact labour@concordia.ca
Still have questions? Visit the COVID-19 Faculty and Staff webpage.
The student must call Public Health and complete Concordia’s self-isolation form on the Student Hub. Public Health will likely require that the student get tested.
Professors must contact EHS at 4877 or ehs@concordia.ca and provide them with the student’s name, Concordia ID number. EHS will initiate a suspected COVID-19 case investigation immediately.
EHS will communicate with all individuals that are required to take action and provide them with instructions. Professors or department administrators are not expected to communicate with the other students or staff.
EHS staff will speak to the person to collect information, including a list of locations they visited on campus and the names of individuals with whom they were in contact 48 hours prior to developing COVID-19 symptoms.
EHS will communicate with all individuals that are required to take action and provide them with instructions.
It is not up to supervisors or professors to notify the potential contacts. In the event that the person is COVID-19 positive, EHS staff will provide all the information they collected to Public Health officials who may perform their own investigation.
EHS staff evaluates each self-isolation form and may contact you to collect information on your particular situation. EHS may also communicate with your contacts and provide them with instructions regarding actions they are required to take while respecting your confidentiality.
If you are advised to self-isolate, you must inform your supervisor/professor that you will not be reporting to campus but do not need to provide personal medical information. While self-isolating, if you are unable to work from home, you must advise your supervisor as you would normally do in the case of a sick-leave.
Human Resources may also contact you in order to manage the sick-leave portion of your self-isolation.
Yes, you can come to campus. For more information on the risk you pose to someone who is at risk, please consult with the individual's doctor.
As a reminder, Concordia has put Public Health measure in place to prevent the spread of the virus on campus. These measures include requiring individuals to physically distance, installing physical barriers and hand hygiene stations, and calling for those on campus to wear face coverings in indoor public spaces or procedure masks during certain activities. Individuals must respect these preventive measures at all times.
Yes, you can come to campus. For more information on the risk you pose to someone who is pregnant, please consult with the individual's doctor.
As a reminder, Concordia has put Public Health measures in place to prevent the spread of the virus on campus. These measures include requiring individuals to physically distance, installing physical barriers and hand hygiene stations, and calling for those on campus to wear face coverings in indoor public spaces or procedure masks during certain activities. Individuals must respect these preventive measures at all times.
For more information related to COVID-19, including the current measures in place by the Quebec government, please visit the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Québec page.
For anything else, please do not hesitate to contact Environmental Health and Safety by phone at 514-848-2424, ext. 4877, or by email at ehs@concordia.ca.
The Self-Isolation Form does not take into account potential exposure notifications from the COVID Alert app, nor does Concordia deny campus access to individuals based on the app.
If you received a potential exposure notification from the COVID Alert app, contact your local public health authority and follow their instructions.
