In July, the University of Windsor signed two agreements – one with the demonstrators, and another with the Students’ Alliance – to end a nine-week protest occupation on campus.
Now, some alumni are withholding their financial support as a result, including alumni Stephen Cheifetz, who is also the president of the Windsor Jewish Federation.
“I think they (the University) thought, ‘Oh it’s just the little Windsor Jewish community, who cares? They’re not going to do anything.’ Boy, did they miscalculate,” said Cheifetz Monday. “They didn’t think about the consequences of their actions.”
Cheifetz has decided to cancel his $40,000 bursary – named in his family’s honour – which supports second and third-year law students.
“When I saw those agreements and I saw what the university had given up when other universities had used the trespass mechanism to deal with the issues, I thought what the University of Windsor is doing …