When universities welcomed students and staff back to campus this fall, not everyone was keen to return - at least not full-time. The experiences of the past 18 months had inspired new ideas on how and where employees could work. University staff, like those in many other sectors, started questioning the need to be physically present in the office every day. At the same time, administrators had seen opportunities in the shift to remote work.
In response, many Canadian universities started testing remote or hybrid work arrangements. Paula Mendonça, director of innovation and entrepreneurship at Memorial University, is participating in one of seven flexible work pilot projects being run at her institution. She and three of her office's five team members are working in a hybrid arrangement that sees them in the office at least two days a week, including one day a week when the entire team is present. Otherwise, they are free to work from home.
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