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Keffiyeh Wednesdays at SFU beginning this fall
September 8, 2026Starting on September 9, SFU’s Faculty for Palestine (F4P-SFU) invites SFU community members to wear keffiyehs every Wednesday to show support for Palestine. Organized by members of F4P-SFU in coordination with pro-Palestine students, this campaign aims to symbolically show support for Palestinians around campus. The Peak spoke to Steff Huì Cí Ling, director of access and equity at the Graduate Student Society, and one of the students organizing with F4P-SFU. “Keffiyeh Wednesday is a way to make Palestinian struggle and resistance visible, as well as a means for students, staff, and faculty to connect through a gesture that shows our…
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SFU Faculty for Palestine responds to senior administrators meeting with Israeli ambassador
January 13, 2025In 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…
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Faculty for Palestine sends letter to SFU on May referendum breach
November 26, 2024On 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 motions around Palestinian liberation was…
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Protests against SFU’s continued investment in Israel arise at summer convocation
June 29, 2024Content 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 Joy Johnson. The convocation took…
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SFU administration to discuss divestment from Israel
June 15, 2024Content 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 after months of community pressure…
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Students occupy library to demand SFU’s divestment from Israel
June 10, 2024Content 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. A broad coalition of SFU…
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SFU faculty members express support for Palestine
March 25, 2024Content 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, and Sanctions (BDS) movement and…
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