The pro-Palestinian encampment at Queen's University is still in place as it nears a week in length. Protesters are sounding the alarm about the school's investment in Israeli companies or those tied to their military involvement. Paul Soucy has more on where Queen's has money tied up and what it can do as protesters demand it divests from those companies.
“The goal is complete divestment, first of all on a local level, Queen’s to divest from this genocide.The encampment organizers argue that the university’s investments heavily favour Israel and companies supporting its military endeavor. They demand Queen’s University entirely divest this segment of its investment portfolio.“One of the decisions they’ve been making a period of years now, is to invest in weapons manufacturing, weapons and Israeli apartheid and occupation,” Morrow said.
He says Queen’s University is likely heavily invested in mutual funds or exchange-traded funds, which manage their investments, making it easier said than done to pick and choose which companies hold their money.