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=== First day ===
=== First day ===
On the morning of 27 April 2024, a Saturday, the McGill administration sent a communique to students in response to social media posts announcing the encampment on campus.<ref name="lofaro27april">{{cite news |last1=Lofaro |first1=Joe |title='Divest now': Students launch encampment at McGill University |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/divest-now-students-launch-encampment-at-mcgill-university-1.6864657 |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=[[CTV News]] |date=27 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="beaulieu29april" /> The email informed them that encampments were "not permitted on our campus" and that they "can create serious health and safety concerns while increasing the potential for escalation and confrontation".<ref name="lofaro27april" /> McGill did not initially state whether it would ask for the tents to be forcibly removed.<ref name="lofaro27april" />


[[File:Fences around the McGill pro-Palestinian encampment.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Several tents can be seen behind a long metal fence, covered in banners|A tall fence was erected around the encampment and covered with signs]]
[[File:Fences around the McGill pro-Palestinian encampment.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Several tents can be seen behind a long metal fence, covered in banners|A tall fence was erected around the encampment and covered with signs]]

On the morning of 27 April 2024, a Saturday, the McGill administration sent a communique to students in response to social media posts announcing the encampment on campus.<ref name="lofaro27april">{{cite news |last1=Lofaro |first1=Joe |title='Divest now': Students launch encampment at McGill University |url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/divest-now-students-launch-encampment-at-mcgill-university-1.6864657 |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=[[CTV News]] |date=27 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="beaulieu29april" /> The email informed them that encampments were "not permitted on our campus" and that they "can create serious health and safety concerns while increasing the potential for escalation and confrontation".<ref name="lofaro27april" /> McGill did not initially state whether it would ask for the tents to be forcibly removed.<ref name="lofaro27april" />


That same day, sometime after 1:30 PM, around 20 tents were erected on the field behind the [[Roddick Gates]], the main entrance to the McGill campus.<ref name="cherry27april">{{cite news |last1=Cherry |first1=Paul |title=Protesters set up encampment at McGill University in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/protesters-set-up-encampment-at-mcgill-university-in-solidarity-with-palestinians-in-gaza |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=[[Montreal Gazette]] |date=27 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="stevenson+nerestant1may">{{cite news |last1=Stevenson |first1=Verity |title=Student protesters at McGill encampment determined to stay after judge rejects injunction |last2=Nerestant |first2=Antoni |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mcgill-encampment-wednesday-1.7190335 |access-date=4 May 2024|work=[[CBC News]] |date=1 May 2024}}</ref> Tall metal fences were set up around the encampment and decorated with signs and flags.<ref name="feith29april">{{cite news |last1=Feith |first1=Jesse |title='Please leave the site now,' McGill tells pro-Palestinian encampment, threatening to bring in police |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mcgill-university-mulls-next-steps-pro-palestinian-encampment |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=[[Montreal Gazette]] |date=29 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="lowrie29april" /> More than 100 protesters attended the construction process.<ref name="cherry27april" /> Sometime before 3:30 PM, another larger group of demonstrators, which had been marching down [[Rue Sherbrooke]], reached the encampment.<ref name="cherry27april" /><ref name="yanezleyton27april" /> Much of the group left campus by 7:30 PM.<ref name="yanezleyton27april" /> It rained on the first night of the occupation protest.<ref name="morin-martel28april">{{cite news |last1=Morin-Martel |first1=Florence |title=Une deuxième journée pour le campement propalestinien à McGill |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/811822/deuxieme-journee-campement-propalestinien-mcgill |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=[[Le Devoir]] |date=28 April 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>
That same day, sometime after 1:30 PM, around 20 tents were erected on the field behind the [[Roddick Gates]], the main entrance to the McGill campus.<ref name="cherry27april">{{cite news |last1=Cherry |first1=Paul |title=Protesters set up encampment at McGill University in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/protesters-set-up-encampment-at-mcgill-university-in-solidarity-with-palestinians-in-gaza |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=[[Montreal Gazette]] |date=27 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="stevenson+nerestant1may">{{cite news |last1=Stevenson |first1=Verity |title=Student protesters at McGill encampment determined to stay after judge rejects injunction |last2=Nerestant |first2=Antoni |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mcgill-encampment-wednesday-1.7190335 |access-date=4 May 2024|work=[[CBC News]] |date=1 May 2024}}</ref> Tall metal fences were set up around the encampment and decorated with signs and flags.<ref name="feith29april">{{cite news |last1=Feith |first1=Jesse |title='Please leave the site now,' McGill tells pro-Palestinian encampment, threatening to bring in police |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mcgill-university-mulls-next-steps-pro-palestinian-encampment |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=[[Montreal Gazette]] |date=29 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="lowrie29april" /> More than 100 protesters attended the construction process.<ref name="cherry27april" /> Sometime before 3:30 PM, another larger group of demonstrators, which had been marching down [[Rue Sherbrooke]], reached the encampment.<ref name="cherry27april" /><ref name="yanezleyton27april" /> Much of the group left campus by 7:30 PM.<ref name="yanezleyton27april" /> It rained on the first night of the occupation protest.<ref name="morin-martel28april">{{cite news |last1=Morin-Martel |first1=Florence |title=Une deuxième journée pour le campement propalestinien à McGill |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/811822/deuxieme-journee-campement-propalestinien-mcgill |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=[[Le Devoir]] |date=28 April 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>

Revision as of 07:53, 6 May 2024

2024 McGill University pro-Palestinian encampment
Part of the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
View of the encampment from the Redpath Library
DateSince 27 April 2024
(1 month, 1 week and 3 days)
Location
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

45°30′14″N 73°34′33″W / 45.50389°N 73.57583°W / 45.50389; -73.57583
GoalsFor McGill University and Concordia University to:
MethodsOccupation protest
StatusOngoing
Parties

Organizing pro-Palestinian student groups:

McGill and Concordia chapters of:

  • Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR)
  • Independent Jewish Voices

Opponents:


Background

Student groups

Since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war on 7 October 2023, student groups at Montreal's two English-language universities, McGill and Concordia, have taken on a visible role as they have held protests and demonstrations in support of either Palestine or Israel.[1][2] According to news media, their activism led to tensions on campuses, both between groups and with their university administrations.[2][3] On 8 November 2023, an altercation erupted at Concordia after two student groups, Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) Concordia and StartUp Nation, set up neighbouring kiosks in a common space.[4] The former was raising funds for the Gaza humanitarian crisis while the latter sought to raise awareness about hostages held by Hamas.[4] Multiple injuries were reported and a student was arrested.[5]

On 19 December, McGill removed the university's name from its chapter of SPHR after reviewing a since-deleted social media post describing the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7 as "heroic".[6] On 1 March 2024, Concordia cancelled a conference organized by StartUp Nation after pro-Palestinian students highlighted that one of its three speakers, who were Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reserve soldiers, had referred to Palestinian children as "terrorists".[7][8]

Protests against McGill's investments

At McGill University, pro-Palestinian groups have protested against the institution's investments in Israel-related funds, including weapons manufacturers.[9] In a referendum held on 20 November 2024, 78% of participating students voted in favour of a policy calling on the university to cut ties with companies "complicit in genocide", as well as condemn Israel's bombing of the Gaza Strip.[10] McGill threatened to end its agreement with its student union, the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU), if the latter ratified the policy.[10] This agreement includes the SSMU's funding and their use of the McGill name.[10] The Superior Court of Quebec halted the adoption of the policy after an injunction was filed by a student.[11] On 19 February 2024, a small group of McGill students began a hunger strike to call on the university to divest from Israel.[12] A protester who did not eat for 34 days was eventually sent to the hospital.[9] On 22 February, demonstrators blocked the entrances of McGill's Bronfman building, where the Desautels Faculty of Management is located, to protest against that particular faculty's investments in Israel.[13]

Composition of McGill's endowment fund

On 18 April 2024, two of McGill's pro-Palestinian student groups published a data set compiling 50 Israel-related companies that the university held investments in as of 31 December 2023.[14][15] These investments, which were publicly disclosed on McGill's website, totalled at least $73 million.[16] Of this amount, more than $5.5 million were invested in military technology companies which have contracts with the IDF, including Lockheed Martin, Thales, Safran, Dassault, Airbus and BAE Systems.[17][18] Multiple other companies who operate in Israeli settlements, as well as large Canadian banks, listed because of their own investments in weapons manufacturers, appear in the data set.[19] McGill's endowment fund, which is managed by external fund managers hired by the institution, is worth about $1.8 billion in total.[14][16] As for Concordia University, it does not publicly disclose its investments.[17]

Encampment protests in the United States

On 17 April 2024, students at Columbia University, in New York City, set up an encampment on their campus as a form of occupation protest against their university's investments in Israel.[20] The next day, Columbia president Minouche Shafik summoned the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to dismantle the encampment, leading to the arrest of over 100 protesters.[21] The event garnered national attention and sparked the creation of pro-Palestinian encampments across the country and the world.[20]

Organizing

Pro-Palestinian students in Montreal were directly inspired by the movement of encampment protests taking shape in the United States.[22] The McGill encampment, nicknamed the "liberated zone", was first announced on social media by the McGill and Concordia chapters of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR).[23][24] McGill and Concordia chapters of the group Independent Jewish Voices were also organizers.[25]

First day

Several tents can be seen behind a long metal fence, covered in banners
A tall fence was erected around the encampment and covered with signs

On the morning of 27 April 2024, a Saturday, the McGill administration sent a communique to students in response to social media posts announcing the encampment on campus.[26][17] The email informed them that encampments were "not permitted on our campus" and that they "can create serious health and safety concerns while increasing the potential for escalation and confrontation".[26] McGill did not initially state whether it would ask for the tents to be forcibly removed.[26]

That same day, sometime after 1:30 PM, around 20 tents were erected on the field behind the Roddick Gates, the main entrance to the McGill campus.[27][28] Tall metal fences were set up around the encampment and decorated with signs and flags.[29][25] More than 100 protesters attended the construction process.[27] Sometime before 3:30 PM, another larger group of demonstrators, which had been marching down Rue Sherbrooke, reached the encampment.[27][14] Much of the group left campus by 7:30 PM.[14] It rained on the first night of the occupation protest.[30]

News media have described the McGill pro-Palestinian encampment as the first of its kind in Canada[31][32][33], although social media posts document a small set of tents on the campus of the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, on 22 April 2024.[34]

Demands

As is the case for other student protests sparked by the Israel-Hamas war, the McGill encampment demands that the universities of McGill and Concordia cut financial and academic ties with Israel.[35][36] This entails the divestment from Israel-related funds, including weapons manufacturers doing business with the IDF and companies operating in Israeli-occupied territories, as well as the cutting of ties with Israeli universities.[18][37] Additional demands include a public condamnation the Israeli assault on Gaza and the pressuring of the Canadian government in regards to its military ties with Israel.[17] In general, the encampment is also described as an act of solidarity with Palestine.[14]

Encampment

Location and members

Map
Location of the encampment in McGill's downtown campus

The "liberated zone" is located on the lower field of McGill's campus in downtown Montreal, behind its main entrance through the Roddick Gates, on Rue Sherbrooke.[14][37] On 1 May 2024, it covered an area of approximately 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft).[28] From the initial 20 or so tents, it had grown to about 100 tents by 3 May 2024.[38] As of that date, there were reportedly no plans to expand it further.[39] The encampment is mostly inhabited by students from McGill and Concordia, who organized the protest, although Montreal's French-language universities, the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and Université de Montréal, are also represented.[28] Some professors sleep at the encampment as well.[40] Besides the campers, many visitors also spend time on site and drop off supplies.[22]

Structure and installation

According to protesters, the encampment has developed an organizational structure, including a code of conduct with rules addressing issues such as hate speech and discrimination.[28][41] Campers hold a general assembly every morning, discussing the current events in Gaza and other subjects related to the protest.[28]

Overview of the dense encampment of colourful tents, with a line of wooden pallets in the center
Wooden pallets provide walkways between tents

The protesters' tents are located inside a fenced-in area.[42] The makeshift barricade was reinforced in the first week, after key figures called on the encampment to be dismantled.[43] Reporters are not allowed past the fences.[29] In front of the entrance, protesters welcome visitors coming to drop off supplies, which can include food, batteries, clothes, medicine and rain boots.[25][41] The exterior portion of the encampment was extended with sun shelters, kiosks and a small stage where a microphone and speakers can be installed.[42][44][38] Because of a largely rainy first week[45], campers dug trenches, scooped water out with plastic pitchers and placed wooden pallets over the muddy lawn to provide walkways between the tents.[41][46] Other amenities in the encampment include a generator and a portable toilet.[25][23]

Activities

Many activities are held in and around the encampment.[17] They have included poetry readings, music performances, lectures on Palestinian history,[19] celebrations of Passover,[38] debates and discussions.[40] A large screen has been set up outside of the encampment for films to be screened on.[47] Palestinian films and The Battle of Algiers (1966) have been shown.[17][47] A play zone for kids to make crafts was also set up on some days.[38][19] On 5 May 2024, Red Dress Day in Canada, events were planned to commemorate missing and murdered Indigenous women.[44] Organizers publish a schedule of activities daily.[39]

Unfolding

Response from McGill University

Photo portrait of a man with a mustache and glasses
McGill president Deep Saini

On the first day of the protest, before tents were set up, McGill emailed a communique to students stating that encampments were "not permitted".[26] After the tents were installed, McGill representatives requested for them to be removed, which protesters refused to do.[14] That day, McGill declined to state whether the tents would be forcibly removed and did not request police assistance, according to Montreal's police department, the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM).[26][24]

Two days later, on 29 April 2024, McGill stated that the situation had "shifted significantly".[48] It said the encampment, which had tripled in size since the first day, was largely occupied by non-McGill students and that it violated both university policy and the law.[48][49] McGill's president, Deep Saini, denounced "obvious antisemitism" among protesters.[29] The university further stated it was reviewing "video evidence of some people using unequivocally antisemitic language and intimidating behaviour", but did not initially disclose such evidence to journalists.[48][49] At 4 PM, a spokesperson for McGill security handed protesters pamphlets asking them to disperse.[48] He later returned to issue a "final warning" and stated the university could call the police.[48] Later that day, McGill requested police assistance to the SPVM.[36][50]

The following day, on 30 April 2024, Saini reiterated that the dismantlement of the encampment was "non-negotiable".[42] He committed to hold a forum with protesters, if they left campus, to discuss their demands "in a peaceful, respectful and civilized manner".[42][51] A spokesperson for the protesters said the offer wasn't "serious" and that they would stay until they "see a divestment".[42]

Security, legality and policing

The SPVM has repeatedly described the McGill encampment as peaceful.[52] On 30 April 2024, one of their spokespeople stated that the situation on campus was a civil matter and that "no crime [was] being committed".[41]

On the first day of the encampment, several police vehicles were parked within sight of the site, although McGill's campus security was reportedly the entity in charge of the situation.[27][26] On the evening of 1 May 2024, two minibuses of police officers in riot gear, who had been in downtown Montreal because of an unrelated protest, stopped in front of the encampment site for about 25 minutes.[42][53] The following day, due to a planned pro-Israel counter-protest, dozens of police officers on bikes and horseback were deployed.[43]

Injunction request

Counter-protest

Responses

From political figures

Allegations of antisemitism

Other responses

The protest received approval from the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) at Kahnawà:ke, a reserve south of Montreal.[28] The nation stated they were "happy to see that students within universities and colleges are occupying their campuses in solidarity with the massacred Palestinian children, women and men".[28]

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