Pro-Palestinians protesters at UVic told they must leave by 8 a.m. Monday.
Post-secondary institutions on Vancouver Island are hardening their stance towards pro-Palestinian encampments, with both University of Victoria and Vancouver Island University serving trespass notices to protesters this week.
“As we see no further prospect for successful dialogue, the university has advised the People’s Park UVic that they are trespassing and asked them to leave university property,” the statement said. Protesters said they presented a third and final version of a “collaboratively edited” agreement to UVic on July 16, but were unexpectedly stonewalled by university administration.
UVic, which publicly said on June 4 that it would not negotiate with protesters unless they agreed in writing to refrain from disrupting campus operations, did not respond to questions about the negotiations. Encampment representatives did not respond to questions from the Times Colonist about whether they intend to remain after the Monday deadline.
VIU has filed a notice of civil claim in the B.C. Supreme Court, seeking an injunction against the camp and damages from the protesters after they did not comply with a trespass notice that requested the encampment be disbanded by July 15.
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