SFU Students For Justice in Palestine
Protest for Palestine held at SFU’s Employee Appreciation BBQ
Peak Web September 14, 2024By: Tam Nguyen, Staff Writer and Hannah Fraser, News Editor Content warning: mentions of genocide. On August 14, SFU held its annual Employee Appreciation BBQ at the AQ Pond to celebrate faculty and staff. Around the start of the BBQ, an independent group of SFU students and staff marched in front of attendees to protest SFU’s continued investment in military arms companies that supply weapons to the Israeli military amid the Palestinian genocide. A divestment petition from the SFU Faculty for Palestine details SFU’s investment in BAE Systems, Booz Allen Hamilton, and CAE Inc., noting that “the weapons and services…
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Protests against SFU’s continued investment in Israel arise at summer convocation
Peak Web 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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