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Calls to ‘divest’ from Israel are ridiculous and impossible
Jonah Prousky
world
Yale graduates stage pro-Palestinian walkout of commencement
Graduates protest the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, during the commencement at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S., May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Michelle McLoughlin
obituary
Conservation biologist J. Bruce Falls studied the hidden rhythms of the natural world
Bruce Falls pictured on Chandos Township property that he later donated to Kawartha Land Trust. 2004. (Photo by Stephen Falls)
world
University of California academic workers strike to stand up for pro-Palestinian protesters
FILE —California Highway Patrol officers clash with pro-Palestinian protesters on the University of California, Los Angeles campus in the early-morning hours of Thursday, May 2, 2024. The Academic Senate at the University of California, Los Angeles, voted against two resolutions seeking to rebuke the school’s chancellor, Gene Block, largely over his handling of an attack on a pro-Palestinian encampment two weeks ago. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
opinion
Canada’s planned $2.4-billion artificial intelligence investment is already mostly obsolete
Joël Blit and Jimmy Lin
world
Six University of Pennsylvania students among 19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during attempt to occupy school building
A protester is taken into custody at S. 34th St. near the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia on Friday, May 17, 2024. Authorities say a half-dozen University of Pennsylvania students were among 19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during an attempt to occupy a building on campus. University police say seven remained in custody Saturday awaiting felony charges from Friday's incident, including one person who allegedly assaulted an officer. (Steven M. Falk/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
canada
University of B.C. president tells Gaza protesters school must remain neutral
The president of the University of British Columbia has responded to a series of demands by pro-Palestinian protesters, telling them the university must remain neutral on the Gaza conflict. People take over a field with tents during a student encampment for Palestine at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, April. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
british columbia
University of Victoria protest encampment eliciting more complaints, president says
Pro-Palestinian protesters hold a demonstration during a visit by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the University of Victoria, in Saanich, B.C., on Friday, April 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
canada
Quebec judge rejects McGill’s request for injunction to remove pro-Palestinian encampment
A new online opinion poll suggests that nearly half of Canadians oppose the pro-Palestinian encampments that have cropped up on a number of university campuses across the country. Pro-Palestinian activists at their encampment on McGill University campus, in Montreal, Monday, May 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
canada
Quebec judge refuses McGill’s bid for injunction to end encampment
A person walks past the pro-Palestinian encampment on McGill University campus, in Montreal on May 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
hockey
Canadiens goaltender Carey Price to receive honorary doctorate from UNBC
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price salutes the crowd during an NHL hockey game between the Canadiens and the Chicago Blackhawks in Montreal on October 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
books
Michael Ignatieff wins Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences
Michael Ignatieff, rector of the Central European University gestures during a news conference in Budapest, Hungary, December 3, 2018. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
opinion
Are the campus protests just noise? A look back at the anti-apartheid movement offers insights
Daniel Manulak
canada
Pro-Palestinian encampment set up at Dalhousie University in Halifax
More than a dozen tents are set up at a pro-Palestine encampment in front of a Dalhousie University building in Halifax on Monday, May 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lyndsay Armstrong
canada
Protesters unsatisfied by the University of Toronto’s concessions to end encampment
Pro-Palestine demonstrators mark one week since the start of their encampment at King’s College Circle at the University of Toronto on May 9, 2024. Over 100 tents have been erected as protesters continue to demand the University divests from companies connected to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory. May 9, 2024. (Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail)
canada
University of Alberta president defends calling in Edmonton police to clear pro-Palestinian protest encampment
Pro-Palestine demonstrators mark one week since the start of their encampment at King’s College Circle at the University of Toronto on May 9, 2024. Over 100 tents have been erected as protesters continue to demand the University divests from companies connected to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory. May 9, 2024. (Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail)
world
Jerry Seinfeld speech at Duke commencement prompts walkout protesting his support for Israel
(FILES) Jerry Seinfeld poses on the red carpet for the 21st Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, on October 21, 2018. Dozens of students walked out of Duke University's graduation ceremony on May 12, 2024 as comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who has vocally supported Israel over its war in Gaza, received an honorary doctorate, videos posted on social media showed. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
british columbia
Western Canada: Police action and arrests at University of Calgary change the tone for protests over Gaza war on Canadian campuses
Pro-Palestinian supporters face-off with police near an encampment at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Thursday, May 9, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
canada
Protesters return to University of Calgary campus day after riot police clear encampment
Pro-Palestine protesters with arms linked move out of the way as police move to clear a protest encampment at the University of Calgary campus, in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, May 9, 2024. The university said protesters at the encampment were trespassing and asked for help from police, who arrived in riot gear and issued multiple warnings for the crowd to disperse before starting to tear down fencing and tents. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Noah Korver
british columbia
Police launch assault investigation into incidents at University of Victoria’s protest encampment
Saanich Police say an assault investigation is underway following two alleged incidents at the protest encampment on the grounds of the University of Victoria. Pro-Palestinian protesters hold a demonstration during a visit by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the University of Victoria, in Saanich, B.C., on Friday, April 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
world
Riot gear, tear gas deployed as police dismantle pro-Palestinian protests at U.S. campuses
Police detain a protester on the University of Pennsylvania campus, in Philadelphia, on Friday, May 10, 2024. (Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
alberta
Police in riot gear order pro-Palestinian protesters to leave University of Calgary
A police vehicle is seen at Calgary Police Service headquarters in Calgary on April 9, 2020. Police in riot gear have pulled down some tents at a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Calgary. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
politics
Jewish students testify that they feel unsafe on Canadian university campuses, with some hiring private security
Almost 60 per cent of Canadians feel free speech is under threat, with nearly one in four who considers that threat to be serious, a new poll suggests. The Canada flag catches the morning light on the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
world
Ohio attorney general warns student protesters in masks could face felony charges under anti-KKK law
FILE - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost speaks during an election night watch party, Nov. 8, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio's top lawyer has advised the state's public universities that a law written to deter Ku Klux Klan demonstrations could be used to impose felony charges on students who wear face coverings while protesting the war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)
canada
Jewish students say they don’t feel safe, as MPs probe antisemitism at universities
Liberal MP and Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board Anthony Housefather speaks during a press conference at the National Press Theatre in the Parliamentary Precinct in Ottawa, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
toronto
U of T protesters say university giving them ‘the runaround,’ not addressing demands
Protesters chant outside of a pro-Palestinian encampment set up on the University of Toronto campus in Toronto on Thursday, May 2, 2024. Organizers of a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at the University of Toronto say the university is ignoring their demands and instead focusing on the logistics of the demonstration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
canada
University protest encampments opposed by nearly half of all Canadians, poll suggests
A new online opinion poll suggests that nearly half of Canadians oppose the pro-Palestinian encampments that have cropped up on a number of university campuses across the country. Pro-Palestinian activists at their encampment on McGill University campus, in Montreal, Monday, May 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
world
Police clearing pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University, dozens arrested
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 8: Demonstrators talk to a George Washington University police officer as law enforcement block H Street near George Washington University's University Yard on May 8, 2024 in Washington, DC. Pro-Palestinian encampments have sprung up at college campuses around the country with some demonstrators calling for schools to divest from Israeli interests amid the ongoing war in Gaza. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
canada
UBC president says endowment fund doesn’t directly own stocks targeted by protesters
The president of the University of British Columbia says its endowment fund doesn't directly own any stocks that are the target of divestment demands by pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up an encampment on the Vancouver campus. People look towards a student encampment for Pro-Palestinian protesters is shown at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, April 30, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Chiang
world
Some colleges that had been permissive of pro-Palestinian protests begin taking a tougher stance
Demonstrators break down fences to re-occupy an encampment in support of Palestinians at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 6, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
world
Police break up a pro-Palestinian student protest in Berlin as demonstrations spread across Europe
Police officers try to remove a banner held by pro-Palestinian activists at the university campus of the Free University of Berlin, Germany, on May 7, 2024 as police forces try to break up a demonstration of activists against Israel's war in the Gaza Strip which was sparked by Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack. According to local media reports, activists set up a protest camp with tents in a courtyard of the university. The university has ordered the evacuation and called the police, who have cordoned off the area. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP) (Photo by TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images)
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Oxford, Cambridge students set up pro-Palestinian protests in solidarity with U.S. campuses
People gather at Oxford University, outside Oxford University Museum of Natural History, as students occupy parts of British university campuses to protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, amidst the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Oxford, Britain, May 6, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams
politics
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says universities should remove pro-Palestinian encampments
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to press at the Ontario legislature, in Toronto, on Monday, May 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
world
Columbia cancels university-wide commencement ceremony after protests
FILE PHOTO: Students continue to maintain a protest encampment in support of Palestinians at Columbia University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
canada
CSIS warns ‘extremist actors’ rhetoric around Israel-Hamas war could lead to violence
A sign for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service building is shown in Ottawa, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Newly released memos show Canada's spy agency revealed its interest in people to foreign partners in two cases after receiving assurances the individuals would not be tortured, a practice human rights advocates say shirks the law and puts vulnerable detainees at risk. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick