Campus re-opens today at noon

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Published December 17th, 2025; last updated December 18th, 2025
Brandon dodged the worst impacts of the blizzard, but this morning still saw high winds, challenging road conditions, difficult or impassable sidewalks with blown-in drifts, and a closed Trans-Canada Highway. We are thankful that we made the prudent choice yesterday to close campus yesterday evening and this morning.
With conditions expect to continue improving through the morning, the Brandon University campus will re-open for noon today, as planned. (Students, staff, and faculty at the Winnipeg campus will follow the status of the University of Winnipeg.)
This afternoon’s exams will begin at 2 p.m., as scheduled. As previously messaged, affected exams from yesterday evening and this morning will now be written at new times:
  • If you were scheduled to write an exam yesterday evening — Wednesday evening exams will now be held Thursday evening (that’s tonight!) in the same location, at the same start time (7 p.m.)
  • If you were scheduled to write an exam this morning — Thursday morning exams will now be held Friday afternoon (tomorrow), in the same location, starting at 2 p.m.
  • An updated exam schedule has been posted.
  • If this has put you into a conflict with any of your exams, please reach out to Registrar@BrandonU.ca.
If you are in a situation where you cannot reasonably attend an exam without undue hardship (for example due to closed highways, lack of childcare and closed schools, etc.), you should reach out to your instructor as soon as possible to request a deferred exam (and provide clear explanation of your situation). Specific information on exam attendance and deferred exams is in sections 4.1.3 and 4.1.8 of the University Testing & Examinations Policy.
A reminder that parking lots were cleared this morning in priority order to support this afternoon’s exam locations and parking in all lots will be free to reduce stress on snowy city streets.
As always, please ensure that you stay safe no matter the weather. Wear warm winter clothing, check the forecasts and highway conditions, and allow extra travel time.
A big thank you to everyone who worked hard yesterday, overnight, and this morning to support our community and to ensure that safe access to campus was restored as swiftly as possible.