Protesters moved tents Saturday; set up plywood barricades Sunday afternoon
At around 4 p.m. on July 7, student protesters on Tabaret Lawn erected spray-painted plywood barricades, blocking the walkway in front of Tabaret Hall. Sources tell the Fulcrum that the tents inside the barricades were moved yesterday, and following the arrival of the weekly community protest from the Human Rights Monument this afternoon, barricades were erected. Both police liaisons and U of O Protection Services were seen on site speaking to protest representatives around 4 p.m.
The barricade is part of a recent trend in escalations for Palestine happening across universities in Canada, and comes as the U of O encampment surpasses two full months of occupation on Tabaret Lawn, one of the longest remaining student encampments at Canadian universities. Encampments at the University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, and McGill University were dismantled in the past week due to the threat of police violence.
Negotiations between student protesters and U of O administration have halted, as frustration with the slow progress of negotiations and threats of a trespass notice have grown.
This is a developing story. Updates on protest escalations will be published in separate articles under the series “2024 pro-Palestine encampment.”
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- BREAKING: U of O students plan sit-in for Palestine
- U of O administration responds to sit-in plans
- Student Sit-In Begins April 29th on Tabaret Lawn
- Disclosure and Divestment: A look at U of O protesters’ demands
- BREAKING: Student Sit-In turns into active encampment
- Student Sit-In Continues on Tabaret Lawn for a Second Day; Turns Into Encampment
- ‘A simple meeting is the first step’: reviewing Day 3 of U of O’s student encampment
- “Divest is the neutral position”: Recapping Day 4 of U of O’s student encampment
- “Look away like you do for genocide”: Student Encampment Continues for Fifth Day
- ‘It’s important to … remember that we’re not in this alone’: reviewing day 6 of the U of O encampment
- U of O protest continues into second week: Day 8 recap
- Negotiations with University Break Down: Day 9 recap
- Political and Social Groups Respond: Reviewing Day 10 of the U of O protest
- Tent shelters, teach-ins continue at protest: Day 11 recap
- ‘Academia should be concerned with people’: recapping the 12th day of the U of O encampment
- Second Saturday of protest marked by community presence, rain: Day 13 recap
- Week Two Recap: Encampment, community support grows as organizers set to meet with university administration
- U of O protest organizers hold preliminary meeting with university administration: Day 15 recap
- Tensions high at Ottawa City Hall as Israeli flag flies: Day 16 recap
- University agrees to give timeline for disclosure of investments: Day 17 recap
- U of O offers timeline for disclosure; protesters interrupt Congrès de l’Acfas meetings: Day 18/19 recap
- Community rally walks through campus as protest continues for 20th day
- Progress on demands or administrative performativity? Week 3 Recap of the U of O encampment
- U of O encampment remains for fourth week as others in province end
- BREAKING: U of O submits first proposal to student protesters
- ‘Canada, you’re complicit in the genocide of Palestinians’: community protests at CANSEC, police station, and Parliament Hill
- INSAF, PSA provide negotiations update ahead of U of O disclosure
- University of Ottawa sends second proposal to encampment organizers
- U of O threatens to issue trespass notice to encampment
- BREAKING: University of Ottawa encampment erects barricades outside Tabaret Hall
- BREAKING: U of O encampment for Palestine ends after 71 days
