The applicants, four university students, sought judicial review of the respondent university's decision to deny their requests for religious exemptions from its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy.
The students argued the university's decisions were unreasonable and breached procedural fairness.
The Divisional Court held that while it had jurisdiction to review the decisions, the core issue was a claim of discrimination based on creed, which should be adjudicated by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.
The court also found that the university met the rudimentary duty of procedural fairness owed to the students given the context of the pandemic and the institutional constraints.
The application was dismissed.
