Vote NO TSSU

The results are in and SFU’s Teaching Support Staff Union has voted NO on the BDS referendum!

To those of you who voted NO, we can't thank you enough for coming together with us and standing up for the values that make SFU such an amazing place.

Thank you to the strong coalition of professors and students who worked so hard to defeat BDS!

To those of you who campaigned on the "yes" side or voted yes, we extend our hand.Our political disagreements should not prevent us from working to make our campus a better place for all students, and doing what we can to make life better for Israelis and Palestinians.

We wish everyone a wonderful summer!

Over 90 SFU professors have sign our letter OPPOSING a referendum that threats our academic freedom http://stopbds.ca/for-academic-freedom/ Who are the professors?

SFU is holding a wonderful event about diversity and inclusion, while TSSU is threatening our academic freedom www.votenotssu.com

While some people work against academic values, others promote a progressive flow of ideas!

Their statement condemns boycotts that contravene core democratic values and threaten “the free flow of information and ideas,” which functions as “the lifeblood of the academic world.”

VOTING IS NOW OPEN! If you are a TSSU member make sure that you follow the link in your email and Vote No to secure academic freedom.

Are you a sessional profesor or a grad student at SFU ?

Academic boycotts target ALL Israeli professors regardless of political position, effectively punishing even the most progressive of individuals. Boycotts of this kind serve only to create barriers between people and make peace harder to achieve.

If the boycott applies only to Israeli Jews, then something is really wrong

If universities are willing to fight the (U.S) government’s travel ban against students from Muslim-majority countries, why are members of their faculties fighting to prevent exchange with academic counterparts in Israel?

Vote NO TSSU Stand against the Teacher's Union at SFU! they'll be hosting a referendum on May 15-19 calling for a cultural/academic boycott against Israeli professors

"On the same grounds, we recommend that other academic associations oppose academic boycotts. We urge that they seek alternative means, less inimical to the principle of academic freedom, to pursue their concerns" (Fichtenbaum)