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CPPIB Invests at least 7 percent of our public pension in Israeli war crimes

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The 2022 CPPIB Year-end results show increased public pension investment in Israeli war crimes CPPIB had $524M (up from $513M in 2021) invested in 11 companies of the 112 companies listed on the UN Database as complicit with violations of international law. Investments in WSP, the Canadian headquartered company providing leadership to the Jerusalem Light …

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Congratulations to AMS Council on their votes to urge UBC to divest from apartheid Israeli

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Breaking News, March 24, 2022   Congratulations to UBC AMS on their successful divestment motion, UBC SPHR and the other 19 organizations involved in bringing the motion forward.   UBC students join with two Montreal universities, McGill and Concordia and the University of Toronto in successful motions calling for boycott and/or divestment from companies that …

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Congratulations to The University of Toronto Students’ Union on Divestment Motion Victory!

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A HISTORIC VICTORY UTSU Just voted to divest tonight 299 in favour – 143 Against!!! The University of Toronto Students’ Union represents more than 38,000 full-time undergraduate students at the University of Toronto St. George Campus.. The University of Toronto Students’ Union advocates on behalf of students at the University of Toronto. Representing over 50,000 …

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Canadian BDS Coalition Working for Freedom, Equity and Justice

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The following is a report on the work of the Canadian BDS Coalition during 2017. The Canadian Coalition come together in the spring/summer of 2016. Report from 2017 The Canadian BDS Coalition formed in 2016 bringing together organizations in Canada that support the Palestinian Civil Society Call through the BDS National Coalition (BNC). By the …

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Canadian Labour Has Been Supporting Boycott, Divestment for 17 Years

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    June 8, 2023, 36K member CUPE Manitoba pass BDS! Joining a 17 year Canadian tradition CUPE Manitoba passes BDS, joining a 17 years of Canadian Labour Movement Support for BDS   Over the 15 year Canadian labour has continued to support boycott, divestment and sanctions, with public sector unions joining in, and in …

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25+ Student Led BDS Victories BDS on Canadian University Campuses

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The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement is supported by multiple Canadian labor groups, various student unions at universities around the country, and the United Church of Canada. (Photo: @bccla/Twitter) Over the last 15 years, there have been at least 25 BDS victories on Canadian University Campuses. Simon Fraser Student Society, Palestinian Liberation Policy, April …

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Congratulations to students at King’s University College and UBC

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The Canadian BDS Coalition congratulates the King’s BDS Network at the University of Western Ontario and the Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) at the University of British Columbia. At King’s University College at University of Western Ontario, 76% of the students who cast a vote in a recent referendum supported their student council in …

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G4S announces end of most business with Israel

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As reported on bdsmovement.net, the world’s largest security company, G4S, announced last week that it is selling most of its Israeli business after an effective campaign against the company, waged by the Palestinian-led, global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights, caused it “reputational damage.” “We have succeeded to push one of the …

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