Students held a pro-Palestinian camp early Saturday afternoon on the campus of McGill University, in downtown Montreal.
Dozens of tents were set up to call on universities to review some partnerships. About a hundred people were said to be at the scene by early afternoon.
If the movement was started by students from McGill and Concordia universities, students from the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) and Université Laval were also present.
Surrounding the camp are inscriptions in French and English.
Photo: Radio-Canada/Carla Oliveira
Zainab Ali, one of the McGill students participating in the camp, explains that the students are demanding this from the universities [désinvestissent] Money involved in the Zionist state and [coupent] Relations with Zionist academic institutions
.
Our tuition money is invested in companies that manufacture the weapons used against the people of Gaza
said another student.
In French as in English, the inscriptions e.g You are funding genocide
, Teachers Against Genocide
, Justin drops genocide
or Outremont for Palestine
She was seen inside the camp.
According to the Montreal branch of the Palestinian Youth Movement, this will be the first pro-Palestinian student camp in Canada.
The organization indicates via Instagram that the camp will be present for a while undefined
And it will not allow universities Be complicit in genocide
.
The McGill University administration confirmed, in a press statement, that security personnel were present at the site and that it supports this The university community's rights to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly are within the bounds of McGill policies and the law
.
We also have a duty to create a respectful environment that creates optimal conditions for carrying out our academic mission and protects the health and safety of our community.
With information from Carla Oliveira and Cassandra Yanez-Leighton (CBC News)
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