Power has been restored after an emergency electrical shutdown that started yesterday, June 24, from 10:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m this morning. There was also a WUSA IT infrastructure shutdown that day from 9:30 p.m. to June 25 at 5 a.m. that affected a big portion of campus.

Facilities services shut down electrical power to address an overheating cable. The shutdown hit a large number of campus buildings, including:

• SLC (Student Life Centre)
• DC (Davis Centre)
• MC (Mathematics & Computer)
• C2, M3, PAC, ERC, BMH/AHS, Central Plant, UC, Health Services, General Services Complex, and Commissary

What was affected?

• No power in these buildings (except emergency lighting)
• No elevator
• No wired or wireless internet, including Eduroam and ResNet
• No air conditioning
• Website and campus services may be offline
• Limited services at Turnkey Desk in SLC
• Flock Stop closed at 9 p.m. and reopened at 5 a.m.

Since the Student Life Centre was affected, all WUSA IT systems housed went offline. This included:

• wusa.ca
• clubs.wusa.ca
• vote.wusa.ca
• turnkeydesk.wusa.ca
• member.wusa.ca
• orientation.wusa.ca
• Imprint.ca
• Point of Sale systems
• fedbus.wusa.ca

Microsoft Office 365 (including Teams) was not affected.