Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Sept. 4, Western University approved a new policy limiting on-campus protests, with several other universities taking action against encampment protests from over the summer. But as Amira Benjamin argues, if universities truly want to make their campus a better place, they’ll work with the students who are actively contributing to that very effort.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn 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.”
Reading Time: 5 minutesOrganizers 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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDay 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.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesU 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.
Reading Time: 4 minutesINSAF 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.”
Reading Time: 4 minutesStudent 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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUniversity holds meeting with protest organizers to “listen and establish parameters around future discussions,” meanwhile, faculty members hold teach-ins as protest enters third week.
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe 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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesU of O encampment joined by community protesters despite rain; protesters forcibly removed from encampments at two universities in Alberta.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs the U of O student encampment nears the end of its second week, community support grows and educational events continue.
Reading Time: 2 minutesProtesters 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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDay 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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOrganizers meet with administration, reject university’s demand to reduce size of encampment; Faculty 4 Palestine Ottawa releases statement in solidarity with protest.
Reading Time: 3 minutesMay 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.
Reading Time: 5 minutesFrom 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.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn the evening of Tuesday, April 30, the second day of the sit-in for divestment and solidarity in Gaza, an active encampment has begun on Tabaret Lawn as a result of administrative silence.
Reading Time: 3 minutesStudents are sitting in on Tabaret Lawn to protest university investments in Israeli institutions, in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Come back for live updates.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn the evening of April 28, the night before a planned student-organized sit-in on Tabaret Lawn, associate vice-president of student affairs published a statement on Instagram.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWithout the archived minutes and streams publicly available online, those who are unable to attend are left unaware of what occurs during the meeting.
