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  • Tags: Community Building

Presentation given to a class at McGill in 2024, tracing the importance of divestment, the Divest McGill campaign history, the challenges faced, and next steps for climate activism on campus.

Attendees of the Divest McGill victory party doing dishes together after the celebration.

This article describes, through an interview with a Divest McGill member, the motivations, reasons, and intertwined demands underlying the one-minute scream action held in November 2022.

Article in Le Pivot on the McGill Arts Building occupation by Divest McGill, highlighting the various reasons for this occupation (solidarity with Wet'suwet'en, democratizing and decolonizing McGill, community building and popular education).

Photo of the pin the tail on the unelected McGill board of governors' game. The game highlights the problematic corporate ties of the BoG members and some of their outrageously high salaries.

Photo of the daily activity board used to inform people of the activities of the day during the occupation of the Arts Building. Schedule includes a communal lunch and various workshops.

Photo of a sign reading "Support education not occupation", highlighting McGill's continuing colonial occupation of unceded land.

Photo of the Divest banner at the entrance of the occupation space. Attendees are sitting on benches and on the ground, in the background.

Photo of Wet'suwet'en elder, Marlene Hale, drumming during the Divest McGill occupation.

Photo of a hair cutting session out on the steps of the Arts building, during the Divest McGill occupation.
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