The National Post reports that rallies and protests will be occurring on several campuses in Canada today, which it notes is the third anniversary of the Hamas October 7 attack on Israel. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs released a statement calling on university administrators to “safeguard their students and staff by preventing any protests inciting violence and taking immediate action to enforce their own rules of conduct when violations occur.” At McGill University, a rally is expected to occur at the institution’s gates this afternoon, while the University of British Columbia stated that it was aware of a “range of activities on the Vancouver campus,” none of which are official institutional events. The University of Toronto has informed student groups that an event intended to “honour martyrs” will not be permitted to proceed on campus “because of significant safety and operational concerns.”
