Protesters at Western University are staying put despite deadline to clear encampment

Western University's president is telling pro-Palestinian protesters on the London, Ont., campus to pack up their encampment by the end of the weekend in order to avoid disciplinary action, but protesters say they are staying put.·Pro-Palestinian protesters have been set up at Western University's "concrete beach" for over eight weeks.

"I do feel like throwing us bones and barely anything, just to say they're still talking to us," said Rios. The Western Divestment Coalition is expected to share an official response to Shepard's proposal later Thursday."The most they're giving us is a scholarship," said Rios, referring to Western's promise to increase financial support by up to $200,000 per year for students displaced by war.

On Wednesday, students at the University of Toronto cleared the campus encampment that they'd occupied for 60 days. The move came after a court-ordered deadline issued by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice granting the school an injunction to tear down the encampment on its property. She said students at Western's encampment have talked about the possibility of Western requesting an injunction and are starting to discuss next steps if that happens.In his message to students, Shepard acknowledged that the entire school community has been hurt since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, and the ongoing war that's killed innocent citizens.

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