Dozens of tents had been removed from the UBC campus by Monday, although barricades and fencing around the site remain in place
A University of British Columbia sports field that had been occupied by a pro-Palestinian protest encampment is seen after it was dismantled by its participants.A pro-Palestinian protest camp that had occupied a sports field at the University of British Columbia ’s Vancouver campus for more than two months has been dismantled by the demonstrators without fanfare or warning.
Guards patrolled the area on Monday to prevent unauthorized people from entering the field while they waited for cleanup crews to arrive. University of Victoria spokeswoman Erin Bell said “the People’s Park UVic encampment remains present on campus,” while a spokeswoman for Vancouver Island University said it had no update on the protest camp there.
“In our society, we have decided that the owner of property generally gets to decide what happens on the property,” Koehnen’s decision said. The statement said protesters would “continue to act on our campuses and apply pressure to our universities through every possible avenue.”
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