U of T warned it would seek an injunction if the encampment on King’s College Circle was not removed by Monday morning
A woman walks between the tents in the pro-Palestinian encampment set up at the University of Toronto campus on May 26.Talks between the University of Toronto and representatives of pro-Palestinian protesters who have been camped out on campus for weeks continued late into the evening Sunday, as the school warned it would seek an injunction if the encampment was not removed by Monday morning.
They also want the school to cut ties with two Israeli postsecondary institutions – Hebrew University, claiming it has a presence in Israeli settlements, and Technion, the Haifa-based Israel Institute of Technology, which Ms. Rasikh said is working with“We hope that the University of Toronto acknowledges the gravity of the situation at hand and acknowledges that we don’t have time to waste,” said Ms. Rasikh, who is doing a master’s and studying social justice education at U of T.
Tensions ratcheted up Friday, when the university issued a trespass notice giving protesters until Monday at 8 a.m. to leave their camp, which has been in place since May 2. The university has said that if protesters do not leave, it will seek an injunction from the Ontario Superior Court to force them off campus grounds.
“It is literally unprecedented in the modern era of the relationship between the U of T administration and UTFA that there has been a public threat of mass termination of association members for exercising their academic freedom,” said Jeff Bale, faculty association vice-president, university and external affairs.The association said it is committed to protecting the rights of faculty and have been meeting with legal counsel on how to do so.
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