Credit: Journal File Photo In a message to students on April 26, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Mark Green and Associate Vice-Principal (Human Rights, Equity, and Inclusion) Stephanie Simpson announced they have encouraged instructors to provide additional academic accommodation and flexibility for students in light of the recent killing of Daunte Wright in Minnesota and the final verdict regarding the murder of George Floyd on April 20. “We have encouraged instructors to take into account the profound and unprecedented stresses being experienced by many students at this time, and to provide flexibility for students to complete their courses successfully,” reads the statement. In the announcement posted on OnQ, the university’s learning management system accessed by all students, Green and Simpson acknowledged that these events have “resurfaced trauma for Black community members in the US and Canada.”