Academics for Palestine - Concordia
@a4p-concordia.bsky.social
A collective that unites members of the Concordia University community (including alumni) who advocate justice for Palestine 🇵🇸 through Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israel.
You can also find us on Insta: @a4pconcordia
📍Tiohtià:ke (Montreal)
You can also find us on Insta: @a4pconcordia
📍Tiohtià:ke (Montreal)
This initial event of 2025 was a sobering reminder of the need to amplify the collective struggle for justice, and it is the first of many. A big thank you to everyone who joined us.
January 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This initial event of 2025 was a sobering reminder of the need to amplify the collective struggle for justice, and it is the first of many. A big thank you to everyone who joined us.
In what has become standard University practice, we were confronted by campus security who first tried to block our entry to the Library Building atrium and then called the SPVM where no less than 10 cop cars showed up, with multiple officers entering the building to intimidate / surveil us.
January 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
In what has become standard University practice, we were confronted by campus security who first tried to block our entry to the Library Building atrium and then called the SPVM where no less than 10 cop cars showed up, with multiple officers entering the building to intimidate / surveil us.
Led by Nazzal, a group of faculty, students, artists and activists made their way to the front of the gallery where we took turns speaking out against the University’s efforts to academically and culturally whitewash the Occupation.
January 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Led by Nazzal, a group of faculty, students, artists and activists made their way to the front of the gallery where we took turns speaking out against the University’s efforts to academically and culturally whitewash the Occupation.
Suppression which includes harassing pro-Palestine students and faculty and #ConcordiaUniversity’s ongoing normalization of Israel’s genocide and occupation by working intimately with Zionist organizations like the Azrieli Foundation.
January 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Suppression which includes harassing pro-Palestine students and faculty and #ConcordiaUniversity’s ongoing normalization of Israel’s genocide and occupation by working intimately with Zionist organizations like the Azrieli Foundation.
Initially conceived as an artist talk, in response to escalating intimidation on campus, Nazzal followed her presentation with an invitation to join her in protest against the administration’s continued attempts to suppress Palestine solidarity on campus.
January 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Initially conceived as an artist talk, in response to escalating intimidation on campus, Nazzal followed her presentation with an invitation to join her in protest against the administration’s continued attempts to suppress Palestine solidarity on campus.
Nazzal spoke movingly of the resilience of the children and adults she had met and discussed the parallels between so-called ‘Canada’’s settler colonial project and that of the Zionist Israeli state.
January 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Nazzal spoke movingly of the resilience of the children and adults she had met and discussed the parallels between so-called ‘Canada’’s settler colonial project and that of the Zionist Israeli state.
In Nazzal's artist talk, she shared photographs taken over the course of the last year documenting the expanding violence and dispossession occurring in the West Bank - she explained that the accelerated brutality being inflicted on Palestinians in the West Bank by the IOF is no less destructive.
January 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
In Nazzal's artist talk, she shared photographs taken over the course of the last year documenting the expanding violence and dispossession occurring in the West Bank - she explained that the accelerated brutality being inflicted on Palestinians in the West Bank by the IOF is no less destructive.
"And since the attack, it’s doubled all of those anxieties. It’s made that fear real. It’s made it cemented into an actual physical manifestation of aggression and violence.”"
January 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"And since the attack, it’s doubled all of those anxieties. It’s made that fear real. It’s made it cemented into an actual physical manifestation of aggression and violence.”"
“This entire past [...] has been a constant failure by Concordia to see to the security needs of all of their student body,” he said. “I already felt like it wasn’t a very safe environment to be in."
January 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“This entire past [...] has been a constant failure by Concordia to see to the security needs of all of their student body,” he said. “I already felt like it wasn’t a very safe environment to be in."
"But since the assault, Bahnan has considered not returning to Concordia."
January 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"But since the assault, Bahnan has considered not returning to Concordia."
"In September, Bahnan was returning to university after about 15 years of professional life. He chose to join Concordia because his brother, father, and grandfather had all attended the university, with the latter joining as a mature student like him."
January 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"In September, Bahnan was returning to university after about 15 years of professional life. He chose to join Concordia because his brother, father, and grandfather had all attended the university, with the latter joining as a mature student like him."
"“ I found that very hypocritical and nonsense that they would do an email for a protest warning people about the possible dangers, but not send an email when somebody was actually attacked on campus grounds and for apparently racially motivated reasons,” said Bahnan."
January 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"“ I found that very hypocritical and nonsense that they would do an email for a protest warning people about the possible dangers, but not send an email when somebody was actually attacked on campus grounds and for apparently racially motivated reasons,” said Bahnan."
"She did not share more details on why this incident did not meet these criteria."
January 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"She did not share more details on why this incident did not meet these criteria."
"Ultimately CSPS denied his request to send out an email about the assault. “Security alerts are issued if there is an imminent or active threat to the safety of community members, as was done a number of times during fall protests when acts of violence or vandalism occurred,” wrote Fortier."
January 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Ultimately CSPS denied his request to send out an email about the assault. “Security alerts are issued if there is an imminent or active threat to the safety of community members, as was done a number of times during fall protests when acts of violence or vandalism occurred,” wrote Fortier."
“He disregarded that and said, ‘Well, our student security services are always there for the student body when they need us.’ And I said, ‘Well, very clearly they aren’t. Because I was assaulted and beaten, and your security was nowhere to be found,’” said Bahnan."
January 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
“He disregarded that and said, ‘Well, our student security services are always there for the student body when they need us.’ And I said, ‘Well, very clearly they aren’t. Because I was assaulted and beaten, and your security was nowhere to be found,’” said Bahnan."
"The following day, Bahnan received a call from the director of CSPS. Front of Bahnan’s mind was the desire to prevent this from happening to another student - he asked if they could send out a warning to the student body since the assault had occurred on campus and seemed to be racially motivated."
January 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"The following day, Bahnan received a call from the director of CSPS. Front of Bahnan’s mind was the desire to prevent this from happening to another student - he asked if they could send out a warning to the student body since the assault had occurred on campus and seemed to be racially motivated."
"When asked to comment on the incident, Concordia Deputy Spokesperson Julie Fortier wrote that she could not share information about this specific case but that “as soon as our agents are alerted to an incident, they are dispatched immediately to take whatever action is required.”"
January 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"When asked to comment on the incident, Concordia Deputy Spokesperson Julie Fortier wrote that she could not share information about this specific case but that “as soon as our agents are alerted to an incident, they are dispatched immediately to take whatever action is required.”"
"“Those security officers are always there to go and tell people, ‘Hey, you can’t smoke here, or hey, you can’t do this,’” said Bahnan. “But they’re nowhere to be found when there’s actually a violent crime being committed.”"
January 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"“Those security officers are always there to go and tell people, ‘Hey, you can’t smoke here, or hey, you can’t do this,’” said Bahnan. “But they’re nowhere to be found when there’s actually a violent crime being committed.”"
"The police arrived about 20 minutes after the attack.
Both Bahnan and Mashkuri expressed outrage that it took security so long to reach Bahnan."
Both Bahnan and Mashkuri expressed outrage that it took security so long to reach Bahnan."
January 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"The police arrived about 20 minutes after the attack.
Both Bahnan and Mashkuri expressed outrage that it took security so long to reach Bahnan."
Both Bahnan and Mashkuri expressed outrage that it took security so long to reach Bahnan."
"“This wasn’t a fight; this was a man assaulting me,” he said. “This wasn’t me getting into an altercation with somebody over a girl or a boy or a spilled drink or anything silly like that. This was straight up just a violent and aggressive assault of one student.”"
January 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"“This wasn’t a fight; this was a man assaulting me,” he said. “This wasn’t me getting into an altercation with somebody over a girl or a boy or a spilled drink or anything silly like that. This was straight up just a violent and aggressive assault of one student.”"