The Ottawa community gathered in front of the Human Rights Monument to protest what was then a week of ongoing indiscriminate attacks in Lebanon by Israel.
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As feminist professors, it is our job to engage with Palestinian justice, in part because of the pivotal role Palestine plays in increasingly popular calls for transnational feminist frameworks to dismantle the structures of racism, heteropatriarchy, economic, environmental and colonial injustice around the world.
Editor’s Note: This letter was first submitted on July 13; statistics maybe be slightly out of date. As a reader of your publication, I express my deep concern regarding the recent report by The Lancet on the true nature of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The report reveals that more than 37,000 Palestinians have been …
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.
Student protesters and community organizers from the University of Ottawa encampment held a press conference on June 27th, calling attention to the slow progress of negotiations and threats of trespassing by the university administration.
In the early afternoon of June 1, INSAF and PSA published to Instagram an update of their negotiations with the U of O administration, ahead of the university’s disclosure.
From CANSEC to Parliament Hill, community members protested throughout Ottawa for Canada to end its “complicity” in the genocide of Palestinians.
On May 27th, the 29th day of the student protest for Palestine on Tabaret Lawn, the University of Ottawa administration submitted their first proposal to organizers. In a conversation with the Fulcrum, INSAF president Sumayya Kheireddine said that the proposal is “not satisfactory.”
The pro-Palestinian encampment at Tabaret Lawn on the University of Ottawa’s campus has concluded its fourth week. Across the province, encampments are beginning to end — either by will, or force, but Tabaret Lawn remains occupied.
Organizers of the campus demonstration, INSAF and the Palestinian Students Association saw a productive meeting with university administration, who promised to publicly disclose their investments by June 1.
Day 20 of the student protest on Tabaret Lawn was marked by a community protest, an appearance from Joel Harden and a teach-in about “Artifacts of Palestine.”
Dear Editor, New Canadian sanctions against ongoing settler attacks in Palestine are reasonable but unlikely to have the desired impact. Equally important is the need for Canada to stand up against all violence against civilians, especially violence against children, to reinforce the maintenance of humanitarian access corridors, and to protect the unique needs of children …
Run by the Ottawa Socialist Literature Group, the library sees new book donations on a near daily basis. Volunteers from the OSLG lead reading groups, help people check out books and aim to make the space as welcoming as possible.
U of O announces updated list of investments to be available June 1, protesters disrupt Congrès de l’Acfas meetings on campus as protest nears third weekend.
INSAF president Sumayya Kheireddine noted the university offered a follow-up meeting tomorrow to speak more on the protesters’ main demand: divestment from “any and all corporations involved in the surveillance, occupation, and murder of Palestinians both in Gaza and the West Bank.”
Student and community protesters face off against Israeli supporters celebrating the anniversary of the country’s independence before gathering at Tabaret Lawn to raise the Palestinian flag and listen to a teach-in.
University holds meeting with protest organizers to “listen and establish parameters around future discussions,” meanwhile, faculty members hold teach-ins as protest enters third week.
The student sit-in-turned-encampment at the University of Ottawa has officially entered its second week. Organizers met with university representatives May 6 and will meet with administration again this week.
U of O encampment joined by community protesters despite rain; protesters forcibly removed from encampments at two universities in Alberta.
As the U of O student encampment nears the end of its second week, community support grows and educational events continue.
Protesters add more tent shelters to Tabaret Lawn and more chalk drawings to Tabaret Hall sidewalk during the 11th day of pro-Palestinian protests at the U of O.
Day 10 of the U of O student protest for Palestine was marked by speeches from Filipino allies and Dr. Yipeng Ge, as well as de-escalation training and internal organization meetings.
Organizers meet with administration, reject university’s demand to reduce size of encampment; Faculty 4 Palestine Ottawa releases statement in solidarity with protest.
May 6 officially marks a full week of student protest at the University of Ottawa. The day saw an emergency protest organized by the Palestine Youth Movement pass through Tabaret Lawn.
From a student sit-in to a sprawling encampment, the protest calling for divestment and disclosure from the University of Ottawa has grown significantly in its first week, beginning on April 29. Here is a review of the key events.
