03/08/2023
The Ukrainian Students’ Club at York is by the growing hate and harassment directed towards the Ukrainian community at York University. Russian propaganda, Marxism flyers supporting the Russian war/invasion, flags, and Professors using personal and class time to rationalize genocide against Ukraine continue to appear on campus grounds. We have made consistent efforts to receive support from YFS and York University, but little action has been taken, making campus an unsafe space for students of Ukrainian heritage. We call on YFS and York University to take accountability for their inaction, broken promises, and performative activism towards the Ukrainian community, which have directly enabled hate acts and Russian
disinformation to take place on campus.
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We ask the wider York and Toronto community to advocate with us for a safe space for all students on campus and to continue supporting those impacted by Russia's agression in Ukraine, which is officially recognized as a genocide by the Canadian Government.
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We also stand with and many others who has experienced harassment and hate-speech in recent months, as well as all other Ukrainian students in Canada who are facing hate.