Université de Montréal publishes travel guidelines for students, staff heading to the U.S.

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 29, 2025 2:04 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

Université de Montréal has issued a bid of guidelines to students and unit who volition beryllium travelling to the United States for world purposes.

Rector Daniel Jutras says the guidelines were issued connected Thursday successful effect to galore questions from students and unit astir U.S. question concerns amid a fig of reports of detentions and denial of introduction into that state successful caller weeks.

Jutras says portion there's nary circumstantial incidental involving the assemblage community, it felt the request to respond to concerns raised.

The assemblage advises students and unit to archer the instauration erstwhile they are travelling and sermon imaginable risks earlier leaving to the U.S.

The memo includes proposal to workout caution erstwhile travelling southbound of the Canada-U.S. borderline and a reminder that U.S. customs officers person the close to inspect physics devices upon entering the U.S.

Members are besides advised to support their information by ensuring their devices don't incorporate delicate world accusation and changing passwords if they are provided to customs.

Jutras said successful an interrogation the assemblage argumentation was adopted successful 2023 and encompasses each planetary question by scholars, researchers and students going overseas — and includes situations similar sanitary concerns oregon climate-related issues successful regions wherever they are going.