When Sumayya Kheireddine crossed the stage at her convocation Sunday, cries of "Free Palestine!" rang out as she faced her fellow University of Ottawa graduates with the words "divest now" written on her hands.
"[It was] the least I can do," the Telfer School of Management graduate told CBC.
Kheireddine is the president of INSAF, one of the organizations behind the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Ottawa.
She's also one of many students who have been protesting at the university's convocation ceremonies this month.
"It's just it doesn't feel right for us to be graduating and allowing business to continue as usual when we know that there's no universities left in Gaza," she said.
We got some new stills from season 3 of Hilda, 3 weeks out from the premiere. What's On Netflix posted some in an article and Netflix quietly dropped a preview of S3 in their December showcase video. It's region locked so I'll link a reupload I made on Imgur below for all my non American and Canadian followers.
November 9th 2023 saw 4 blockade events in Canada.
In Toronto, 200+ workers blocked all access to the L3Harris' Don Mills facility to put pressure on the company and prevent sales of arms to the zionist occupation.
In Hamilton, Indigenous groups from various Nations with Euro-Canadian supporters shut down access to L3Harris' Waterdown weapons factory.
In Ottawa, 150+ people blocked Lockheed Martin's Ottawa facility.
In Montreal, activists blocked the L3Harris' Technologies' Montreal facility.
This is a beach in Ottawa! I went "running" today in the storm because I wanted to paint some snowy weather, and these seagulls kept me company while I took pics