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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: University of Windsor cut a deal with a pro-Palestinian encampment in July. What’s happened since?
Description: It’s been nearly five months since officials at the University of Windsor signed what many observers describe as the most far-reaching agreement by any post-secondary school in Canada to meet the demands of pro-Palestinian students who erected protest encampments in the spring. In return, the Windsor student council and the so-called Liberation Zone protesters agreed in July to dismantle their encampment peacefully, with no academic penalties.
But the terms of the deal outraged Jewish leaders in the city and across the country: they felt it went too far, rewarded illegal activities, and ignored the trauma felt by the sm...