After occupation, students meet with U of T president

 

The meeting about the university's investments in Israel's army was disappointing but revealing, say organizers, who for months had tried unsuccessfully to get some face time

Student-organizers of the two-day occupation at the University of Toronto (U of T) say they left their Apr. 3 meeting with the school’s top brass feeling “a lot of disappointment” at their lack of commitment to stop investing in companies supporting Israel’s military. 

After the meeting with U of T president Meric Gertler and two others administrators, three student-organizers representing Occupy U of T said their main goal had been to at least establish an “ad hoc committee for divestment." But the best they got, they said, was a commitment to officially respond to their three demands by Monday, Apr. 8. They are doubtful it will be anything substantial.

The organizers, who remained unnamed during a live streamed debrief, said while the administrators appeared “apologetic,” they offered no real solutions.

“We expected a lot more. And unfortunately, we were just left with a lot of disappointment,” they said, adding that they felt the meeting was just a “tactic” to get them to end the occupation “and to simply give us nothing but blatant and empty words.”  (more...)

After occupation, students meet with U of T president

The universities, research centers and think tanks who have over the years invited Israeli military personnel to share their 'expertise', warfare methods, tools and tecniques, have ultimately contributed to normalise Israel's occupation and its oppression of the Palestinian… https://t.co/okn7SkW59S

— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) April 4, 2024