Pro-Palestinian protesters were camped on university campuses across Australia on Friday, with some scuffling with pro-Israel protesters in Sydney, mirroring similar events in the United States. Students have set up encampments at universities in major Australian cities over the last two weeks to protest Israel's offensive in Gaza. The students
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. The number of protest encampments at university campuses is growing in Canada. Tents have been pitched at the University of Toronto’s downtown campus to call on the institution to cut ties with Israel over the ongoing war in Gaza. Quebec’s premier called for an end to the pro-Palestinian encampments at McGill University, saying he expected […]
Pro-Palestinian student activists in Montreal have set up camp on the grounds of McGill University this weekend, following a wave of similar protests on campuses across the United States. More than two dozen tents had been pitched at the school's downtown campus On Sunday afternoon, with a steady stream of visitors stopping by to drop off donations and supplies. "Ruth," a McGill student and spokesperson who didn't want to give her full name for fear of reprisals from the school or police,...
TORONTO - Ontario's premier called for pro-Palestinian protest encampments to move off university campuses Monday even as one Toronto university suggested it was making progress in its talks with demonstrators. Premier Doug Ford said he is “not in favour” of the encampments, which have cropped up on several campuses in recent weeks, adding he's getting messages from parents expressing concerns that their kids will be harassed or bullied because of them. “They need to move. The university...
Police Sunday morning moved onto the USC campus and cleared out a pro-Palestinian encampment after the school issued a warning to protesters.
University of Chicago's president said in a message Friday that a pro-Palestinian encampment on the South Side campus' quad "cannot continue."
Similar to protesters on other campuses, demonstrators at DePaul are calling on the university to disinvest from companies that do business with Israel, while also calling on the university to call for a ceasefire.
Encampment organizers have three demands for university leaders: disclose the schools' financial holdings, divest from companies connected to Israel, and defend Palestinian students.
Roughly 2,000 pro-Israel counter-demonstrators gathered at UCLA on Sunday to protest near a "Palestine Solidarity Encampment" that was set up last week on campus.
UCLA students are urging administrators to take action.
Reporter for the Evanston Round Table & Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism alumni Alex Harrison joins the Steve Cochran Show to discuss the campus atmosphere following a weekend of protests, the sense of unity among protesters, and he shares challenges he’s faced while reporting on the protest.
Binghamton University students organized a pro-Palestinian encampment on the university’s campus.