Western students continue to press for a divestment strategy [Video]

An encampment protest was held on the university campus to show opposition to Israel’s ongoing military actions in Gaza and draw attention to the university’s funding of companies, organizations or research linked to arms development or military applications.

The encampment ended in mid-July but the issues continue to be raised, including at the University Board of Governors meeting on Thursday morning.

Lynn Logan is Vice-President of Operations and Finance at Western and responded to an inquiry from board member Noah Zabian, “we are hearing, certainly, from the community, around the human rights issues.”

Logan told the Board of Governors the military and arms divestment request is one the university has only just begun to consider, “The Investment Committee is considering it, how long it will take us to actually do the research and to the due diligence that we need to bring forward, a framework or potential resolution for Western, …