Concordia Students Boycott Israel Studies Institute

0:00Student groups at Concordia University are ramping up calls to Boycott the Azraeli Institute of Israel Studies. Groups like the Concordia Student Union and students for Palestine Honor and Resistance say the institute normalizes ties with Israel through. Academia, they want the university to cut funding and partnerships. The institute started back in 2011 and runs in Israel Studies Minor, summer trips there and links with Israeli schools. Critics tie this to broader Boycott divestment sanctions, moves the Student Union passed in 2025, which target normalization of Israeli institutions. The university pushes back hard, calling these efforts a threat to academic freedom. They point to a vandalism attack on April 10, 2025, where protesters spray-painted genocide institute on the doors and smash day. Window, the institute's director calls Boycott's intolerant and anti-scholarship. Outside groups like Canadians for justice and peace in the Middle East, back the Boycott, saying it fights colonialism on campus.

1:03Student organizers stress grassroots Palestinian solidarity, with a Palestinian speaker noting limited English university options in Montreal. Tensions simmer as another teach, eye looms for fall 2026, highlighting deep divides over Israel Studies at Concordia. That's your Canada News today update, AI powered and always on.