On May 30, Palestinian solidarity encampment organizers People’s University UBC released a statement calling on the Board of Governors to have a special meeting in the next 30 days to discuss the encampment’s demands.
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On May 28, Palestinian solidarity encampment organizers People’s University UBC released a response to the UBC president’s May 16 statement on the encampment’s demands and May 27 speech on Parliament Hill.
The Ubyssey has reported on the MacInnes Field Palestinian solidarity encampment and the associated protests and vigils since its inception. Here's what's happened on campus this past month.
Around 25 protesters from the Palestinian solidarity encampment blocked the University Boulevard and Wesbrook Mall intersection Wednesday morning.
On May 25, the new executives and councillors met for the first time to appoint councillors to committees and to approve fee changes for three constituencies.
The AMS is hosting a special general meeting on June 4 at 10 a.m. in the Lower Atrium of the Nest.
On May 15, around 50 protestors affiliated with the Palestinian solidarity encampment occupied the seventh floor of Koerner Library to call on UBC to release a statement within 24 hours responding to the encampment’s demands.
On May 16, UBC President Benoit-Antoine Bacon released a statement responding to each of the Palestinian solidarity encampment’s demands.
UBC Okanagan community members began an encampment on May 13 at the UBCO Central Courtyard in solidarity with Palestine.
At last night’s Senate meeting, protestors from the Palestinian solidarity encampment held a vigil and read statements calling on UBC to cut ties with Israeli universities.
International students have expressed discontent after the provincial government announced new permanent residence restrictions through the Provincial Nominee Program.
Protestors have started to occupy campus buildings to increase pressure on the university to meet the Palestinian solidarity encampment’s demands.
Emily Carr University students held a protest outside the Chan Centre, which is hosting the university’s graduation ceremony.
UBC President Benoit-Antoine Bacon said UBC’s endowment fund “does not directly own any stocks in the companies identified by the movement.” Companies identified as complicit in Palestinian human rights violations account for about 0.28 per cent of the endowment fund, according to Bacon.
Around 5 p.m. on Sunday, a counter-protest in support of Israel assembled around the Palestinian solidarity encampment's perimeters on MacInnes Field.