The union representing academic workers at McMaster University says three students who are also connected to the labour group have been banned from campus activities after they participated in a pro-Palestinian protest earlier this year.
The students are elected leaders with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3906. CUPE 3906 said on social media late last week they each received a notice from the Hamilton university that they have been declared “persona non grata.”
According to McMaster’s Student Code of Rights and Responsibilities, that designation is given to someone who is “denied the privilege” of entering specific parts of the university.
“If PNG individuals are found or seen in the area they are denied, then they will be subject to a charge by Security Services under the Trespass to Property Act,” the policy states.