‘We will not leave’: University students dig in heels at fossil fuel divestment protest

Written By Peter Allan

Amy Mann, co-organizer of the protest, says the students will not leave until Victoria College joins the University of Toronto and divests from fossil fuels — or police forcibly remove them. Photo by Abdul Matin for Canada's National Observer.

By Abdul Matin Sarfraz

A group of students camped out in a Toronto university building say they're not leaving until their school commits to a timeline for divesting from fossil fuels.

More than 200 students have joined the 16-day occupation of the “Old Vic” building located on the University of Toronto’s downtown campus, says Erin Mackey, co-coordinator of Climate Justice U of T, the student group organizing the protest. Victoria University, whose undergraduate section is known as Victoria College, is part of U of T.

“We are not leaving until we see a tangible action divesting from fossil fuel by Victoria College,” said Amy Mann, a second-year student and co-organizer of the protest. “We have been waiting for too long.”

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