Canadians show support for pro-Palestine student protests
Pro-Palestinian protests continue to grow on campuses across North America, with encampments at 15 Canadian universities set up to date.
Tehran, Qodsna – According to CBC website, some members of the wider university and alumni communities have also pledged their support. For example, more than 4,100 University of Toronto alumni and 2,300 University of British Columbia alumni and workers signed open letters in solidarity with the student encampments at their institutions.
Some university instructors have also weighed in, including the University of Toronto Faculty Association and the Faculty for Palestine at the University of Victoria. Nearly 1,400 academics signed an open letter to censure the University of Calgary and University of Alberta for the use of force when removing the encampments.
Labour unions such as local and provincial chapters of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have also made public statements of support.
Some media outlets, including the New York Post, the Daily Mail and Politico, have suggested the protests have received financial assistance from organizations related to George Soros, who has been accused by conspiracy theorists of having a hand in everything from the Black Lives Matter movement to the deadly August 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the US.
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