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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
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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
canada
Pro-Palestinian protesters at McGill University organize for another week
A group of pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up dozens of tents at McGill University's downtown Montreal campus say they're better organized and prepared than ever as the protest stretches into a second week. Pro-Palestinian activists at their encampment on the McGill University campus in Montreal, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
world
Anti-war protesters leave USC after police arrive, while Northeastern ceremony proceeds calmly
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators remove belongings from an encampment after police arrived on the campus at the University of Southern California Sunday, May 5, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
world
25 arrested at University of Virginia after police moved in on pro-Palestinian protesters
Police with riot shields detain a pro-Palestinian demonstrator as a National Lawyers Guild representative holds up an emergency contact notebook, on the grounds of the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Va., where tents are set up, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Cal Cary/The Daily Progress via AP)
world
Students in Ireland and Switzerland join Gaza protest wave
Trinity College houses a breathtaking historic library as well as the famous ninth-century Book of Kells.
opinion
Canadian universities should let the encampments be
Marcus Gee
canada
Trudeau says universities are for ‘free speech,’ but people must feel safe amid pro-Palestinian protests
A protester rests in their tent in a pro-Palestinian encampment set up on the University of Toronto campus in Toronto on Thursday, May 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
canada
Trudeau says universities must be trusted to manage campuses as encampments crop up
A protester rests in their tent in a pro-Palestinian encampment set up on the University of Toronto campus in Toronto on Thursday, May 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
world
Police clear encampments as U.S. campus arrests exceed 2,300 amid pro-Palestinian protests
People work near police officers, where students and pro-Palestinian supporters were removed after days of encampment, outside of New York University (NYU) campus, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., May 3, 2024. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
obituary
Psychologist Sue Johnson started a global movement with her ‘emotionally focused therapy’
Dr. Sue Johnson received the Order of Canada. For obit. Courtesy of family
canada
Evening Update: University of Toronto students set up pro-Palestinian encampment
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators set up an encampment in King’s College Circle at the University of Toronto on May 2, 2024. They entered through the fencing early morning. May 2, 2024. (Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail)�
analysis
U.S. campus protests are the latest test for universities already facing heightened scrutiny
David Shribman
toronto
UofT students set up pro-Palestinian encampment, calling on university to cut ties with Israel over Gaza
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators escort a counter-protester out of an encampment in King’s College Circle at the University of Toronto on May 2, 2024. May 2, 2024. (Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail)�