BC University Gives Pro-Palestinian Protesters Trespass Notice, Deadline to Vacate

People gather and pitch tents at a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, on April. 29, 2024. The Canadian Press/Ethan Cairns

Vancouver Island University says it has issued a trespass notice to pro-Palestinian protesters, telling them to vacate their encampment on the campus in Nanaimo, B.C., by July 15.

The university says in a statement the notice was issued on July 12 and if protesters aren’t gone by 8 a.m. July 15, the university will “take all legal steps necessary to remove them.”