In May, members of the University of Saskatchewan’s Faculty Association passed a motion at their AGM to support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, joining over a dozen other faculty unions in Canada that have voted in recent months to support boycotts and/or divestment from Israel. University of Saskatchewan (USask) faculty members passed two additional motions condemning Israel’s scholasticide in Gaza and urging USask to support Palestinian scholars and students by providing opportunities, scholarships, and financial aid to those affected by the current crisis.
We caught up with Dr. Colleen Bell and Dr. Maurice Jr. Labelle from the USask chapter of Faculty for Palestine, which brought the motions forward, to discuss the significance of these motions, how universities in Israel are enabling the genocide, and what universities in Canada can do to support the liberation of Palestine.
How do you see the role of universities, and specifically faculty associations, in the Palestine solidarity movement? (more...)
USask faculty association votes to support boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement
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