The Vancouver Island University (VIU) Palestine Solidarity Encampment has 72 hours to vacate its current location on campus after the BC Supreme Court approved injunction.
The VIU encampment, which is the last known pro-Palestinian campus encampment left standing in Canada, has been given until Sunday, Aug. 18 at 9:30 a.m. to leave its current location on campus.
The judge ruled on Aug. 15 to allow an interim injunction for 150 days on the grassy quad area where the encampment sits.
In a statement posted on Aug. 15, VIU stated they “sincerely hope those in the encampment comply with the court order and vacate the quad before the court-imposed deadline.”
While in a statement from the Palestine Solidarity Encampment posted on the same day, they stated the outcomes from the trial were expected but VIU was only granted a narrow version of what they sought.
