Pro-Palestine demonstration at UofT
Students protest University of Toronto's research alliance with Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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- OccupyUofT activists protested at the University of Toronto over the first meeting held under its research alliance with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- Protesters demanded that the university end the partnership and adopt a comprehensive academic boycott of ‘Israeli’ institutions.
Student activists with the OccupyUofT movement staged a protest at the University of Toronto this week, demonstrating against the first meeting held under a joint research alliance between the university and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and demanding that the partnership be terminated.
The protesters called on the university to cut its research ties with the Hebrew University and to adopt a comprehensive academic boycott of ‘Israeli’ institutions. The group has campaigned on the issue before.
They stated that if the university does not cut ties, they will “make these partnerships impossible to continue.”
Wider boycott calls
The protest is part of a wider push by students and faculty at the university for an academic boycott of ‘Israeli’ institutions. Members of Faculty 4 Palestine at UofT have pledged not to take part in the partnership or accept funding from it.
The university has previously rejected boycott demands, saying they conflict with its commitment to academic freedom and the free exchange of ideas.
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