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Pro-Palestinian protesters have also set up encampments at the University of Toronto’s downtown campus and at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, among others, according to public ...
A counter-protest organized by health care workers was planned in Toronto for February 12, but was called off when the provincial government instituted a state of emergency. [287] In counter-protests on February 12, thousands of people joined the "Community Solidarity March" through Ottawa to demand the end of the protests.
On May 9, 2024, a peaceful encampment organized by The People's University for Palestine was established on the University of Alberta main quad in solidarity with international student protests against the Israeli actions during the Israel-Hamas war (and since the 1948 Nakba) which has been characterized as a genocide. [6]
At Durham University, over 200 university staff signed an open letter in support of the protest there on Palace Green and called on the university to negotiate with the protestors. [52] At Leeds University , members of the Universities and Colleges Union that represents academic and professional staff called for "teach outs" to be held at the ...
Maryam Alwan figured the worst was over after New York City police in riot gear arrested her and other protesters on the Columbia University campus, loaded them onto buses and held them in custody ...
The protest kicked off around 2:30 p.m., when university officials said a group of "several hundred" protesters entered the campus and "began surrounding and ultimately barricaded" the Physical ...
Pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses escalated in April 2024, spreading in the United States and other countries, as part of wider Gaza war protests.With over 3,100 protesters arrested in the U.S., universities suspended and expelled student protesters, in some cases evicting them from campus housing, and relied on police to forcibly disband occupations.
A number of monuments and memorials in Canada were removed or destroyed as a result of protests and riots between 2020 and 2022. These included six sculptures of Sir John A. Macdonald, the first prime minister of Canada, three of other figures connected to the Canadian Indian residential school system (Alexander Wood, Egerton Ryerson and Joseph Hugonard), two of Canadian monarchs (Queen ...