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SFU Faculty for Palestine responds to senior administrators meeting with Israeli ambassador
January 13, 2025By: Mason Mattu, News Writer In September 2024, a group of SFU senior administrators met with Israel’s ambassador to Canada, Iddo Moed. This information was published in an open letter from SFU Faculty for Palestine (F4P) on December 10 titled “Does SFU Support Genocide?” This meeting occurred during the ambassador’s visit to Vancouver, where his goal was to “establish and expand collaborations between Israeli and Canadian academic institutions in the fields of medicine, agriculture, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and applied research.” The president’s office stated that BC and SFU’s tech and innovation work were discussed with ambassador Moed. The office also…
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Faculty for Palestine sends letter to SFU on May referendum breach
November 26, 2024By: Sofia Chassomeris, News Writer On October 16, SFU’s Faculty for Palestine (F4P) sent a letter to SFU president Joy Johnson asking for transparency around a referendum breach this summer. Specifically, on May 17, voting by faculty to pass two…
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Protests against SFU’s continued investment in Israel arise at summer convocation
June 29, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide. During the week of summer convocation at SFU, some graduates wore Palestinian keffiyehs, held up signs and Palestine flags while crossing the stage, and refused to shake hands with president…
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SFU administration to discuss divestment from Israel
June 15, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide. On May 30, SFU president Joy Johnson and the Board of Governors agreed to discuss divestment from arms companies that profit from the genocide in occupied Palestine. This announcement comes…
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Students occupy library to demand SFU’s divestment from Israel
June 10, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide and violence. On May 23, SFU students occupied the downtown campus’ Belzberg Library to demand the university divest from military assets supplied to Israel and call for an immediate ceasefire.…
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SFU faculty members express support for Palestine
March 25, 2024By: Izzy Cheung, staff writer Content Warning: mentions of antisemitism and genocide. From education to history, 140 members of SFU’s faculty have signed a “basis of unity” statement expressing their collective support for Palestine. The statement endorses the Boycott, Divestment,…
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