Stop investing in genocide

We are students, staff and faculty at UBC who are standing united in our cross-campus call on the university to divest from all companies complicit in Isreali apartheid, occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine and Palestinian people. We believe that UBC has a responsibility to align its investments with its values.

Join us in our campaign to divest from companies that profit from the oppression of Palestinians. Here are some steps you can take right now:

We are students, staff and faculty at UBC who are standing united in our cross-campus call on the university to divest from all companies complicit in Isreali apartheid, occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine and Palestinian people. We believe that UBC has a responsibility to align its investments with its values.

Featured Posts

• Endowment in Arms: How UBC Funds a War Machine While Preaching Global Citizenship

  Updated: Nov 29, 2024 at 2:44 PM

  In 2023, UBC invested an estimated $113,852,076 of its endowment into Israeli apartheid, settler-colonialism, and genocide.

• UBC Holds Shares in Genocide

  Updated: Mar 22, 2024 at 7:49 PM

  With its endowment, UBC holds shares in companies that are complicit in the Isreali occupation of Palestine.

• Our Take: UBC's Statement on BDS

  Updated: Mar 22, 2024 at 7:42 PM

  A year and a half ago, former UBC President and Vice-Chancellor Santa Ono issued the statement that the university does not support BDS. This remains the university’s position.

Recent Posts

• The UBCO Student Encampment

  Published: May 13, 2024 at 5:00 AM

  As the Genocide in Gaza Continues, Students and Community Members Set Up Encampment at UBC Okanagan to Call for Divestment and Solidarity with Palestine.

• Letter to Dr. Lesley Cormack

  Published: Feb 15, 2024 at 11:43 PM

  We the students, staff, and faculty of UBC are extremely disappointed in your overwhelming silence and continual inaction regarding Israel’s ongoing occupation, ethnic cleansing, and genocide of Palestine and Palestinian people.

• Letter to Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon

  Published: Feb 15, 2024 at 11:33 PM

  We the students, staff, and faculty of UBC are extremely disappointed in your vague and misinformed public statements, overwhelming silence, and inaction regarding Israel’s ongoing occupation, ethnic cleansing, and genocide of Palestine and Palestinian people.