Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Encampments and protests on university campuses are persisting in the U.S., even as one prominent display of Palestinian support voluntarily comes down. The movement that began stateside has since spread to universities in Canada and Europe, as students demand their educational institutions divest funds from Israeli-linked corporations
Following the violent protests in Azad Jammu and Kashmir that killed a policeman and injured more than 70, Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq said that the government has reached an
Some universities have pursued negotiations with student encampments, while others used police force
Protesters against the Israel-Gaza war took to the stage to disrupt the University of Sheffield’s education awards today (May 8). The group demanded that the university directs research projects away from arms-related work, and “cuts ties with the arms trade” as well as universities in Israel. Parts of their speech after they had taken to the stage were met with cheers. A number of university staff members at the event joined the protesters on the stage, while vice-chancellor Professor Koen...
Pro-Palestine protesters are ignoring demands to remove university encampments, with 150 classes cancelled at one campus and claims another institution threatened students with expulsion. Camps have been set up at five universities in Victoria, one in every other state and the ACT. The University of Melbourne has insisted protesters leave its Parkville campus after more […]
Communities across Australia face the possibility of heightened social unrest as supporters of Palestine call for an escalation in protest action. Activist group Disrupt Wars is urging demonstrators to “shut down your city for Palestine” on Wednesday to mark the 76th anniversary of The Catastrophe. Known in Arabic as The Nakba, the ethnic cleansing episode […]
Esther Sun For months, thousands have flooded the country’s streets in protest. But students say that the surge of encampments in America helped increase actions at Jordanian universities.
Universities are a place for dialogue, not for intimidation, violence or vandalism, education minister Robbert Dijkgraaf said on Wednesday afternoon, in response to the pro-Palestine protests in Amsterdam and Utrecht. “Universities must be a safe place for everyone,” Dijkgraaf said. The “great strength of a university is that you discuss and debate using a barrage of arguments.” Dijkgraaf also said he is in close contact with Amsterdam University’s management team and is supporting them where...
The prestige of America’s once distinguished institutions of higher education is plummeting before the nation’s eyes.
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Pro-Palestinian students were attempting to take over a university hall to protest school’s refusal to negotiate in ‘good faith’More than a dozen pro-Palestinian activists, including six students at the University of Pennsylvania, were arrested after attempting to occupy a hall on the university campus late Friday.The protesters were arrested around 9pm after trying to take over Fisher-Bennett Hall but had been met with a response from university and Philadelphia police, according to reports....
Priority items for the union include wage increases tied to cost-of-living metrics, increased pension contributions and the addition of mental health leave.