21 hours ago
Swift News
A Vancouver Island University (VIU) student who was suspended for two years for her role in a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus has lost a court challenge over the discipline.
Sara Kishawi was suspended in October 2024 for taking part in the encampment, which was eventually dismantled after more than 100 days when the B.C. Supreme Court granted the university an injunction.
VIU handed Kishawi the suspension after a university disciplinary authority found she had committed multiple violations of the university's student conduct code, in connection with protest activity.
Kishawi was among dozens of students who participated in the encampment and asked the university to acknowledge "the genocide of Palestinians" by Israel and disclose investments "complicit in human rights violations."