Columbia University faculty have linked arms at the entrance of the encampment as the 2p deadline passes for students to vacate or face suspension.

An utter human rights fail @uottawa. Yes, there may be conflicting factors to balance, but a categorical statement that 'encampments and occupations will not be tolerated' blatantly gets free expression/assembly wrong, and almost certainly sets the ground for confrontation.

Also an alumni of McGill and I agree with Monia. I’m Jewish. Almost all the accusations of anti-semitism towards the pro-Palestinian movement are false.

McGill and Concordia students set up the first indefinite #Gaza solidarity encampment on #McGill University in downtown #Montreal yesterday. They say they’ll stay until both universities divest from Israeli companies and enforce an academic boycott of #Israel .

Indigenous groups and environmentalists are concerned about the spike in the number of pro-plastic lobbyists at the UN treaty negotiations on eliminating plastic pollution. Questions of conflict of interest and influential deep pockets. ctvnews.ca/climate-and-en…

MPP Sarah Jama calls the keffiyeh ban in the Ontario legislature anti-Palestinian racism & refuses to take it off. We spoke with her & the speaker after he asked her to leave the chambers. Full story: toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/…

This photo will be the one that defines these times in Canadian history. Like the face to face confrontation between a Canadian soldier and Mohawk warrior at Kahnesatake.

It is worth watching this CNN video from the moment Emory Econ Professor Caroline Fohlin came across the violent arrest of a protester on campus and asked the police, with shock, 'What are you doing?' That's all that prompted an officer to hurl her to the ground and handcuff her.

Maddening. If CSIS was serious about changing its culture it would investigate the alleged rapes and the circumstances that enabled the behaviour. To investigate the complainants shows the spy agency values the protection of its reputation over its staff. bc.ctvnews.ca/violation-csis…

Pro-plastic lobbyist presence at UN talks is 'troubling,' say advocates ctvnews.ca/climate-and-en…

The first letter I wrote to demand Canada to ask China to release Canadian citizen Huseyin Celil was in 2006. 18 years later and two primes later he is still in prison separated from his wife and children in Canada

Canadian-led research finds 56 major companies directly linked to plastic waste washing up on shorelines. Judy Trinh reports. ctvnews.ca/video/c2910601…

Delegates of #INC4 from Portugal giving Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong some appreciation for his structural commentary on turning off the source of plastic pollution. A dump truck of plastic is put in our oceans every minute.

Watch the interview. The presumption of innocence is a sacred principle. Three years to wait for the courts to clear your name is a tremendous burden.

Read this thread:

Jury acquits Umar Zameer as judges gives rare apology: 'Deepest apologies for what you have been through' - Toronto Star apple.news/ACUOohTuZRjmfZ…