The McGill teaching assistants' and invigilators' union wrote that its General Assembly voted on November 20, 2024 "to adopt the Palestinian Boycott, Divest, and Sanction (BDS) Guidelines", and that it moved its website off Wix, "a website builder owned by an Israeli company", after a 2023 motion to "boycott Israeli products and services".
Last reviewed October 11, 2026
On November 20, the General Assembly, AGSEM’s highest governing body, overwhelmingly voted to adopt the Palestinian Boycott, Divest, and Sanction (BDS) Guidelines. ... The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) sets out clear guidelines for the economic, cultural, and academic boycott of Israel ... AGSEM calls on all other unions to adopt and implement similar positions on BDS
In October 2023, AGSEM’s Delegate Council adopted its Motion of solidarity with Palestine, which resolved that “AGSEM Delegates’ Council will take tangible steps to boycott Israeli products and services, such as by transitioning away from website and email servers hosted by a company that benefits from the occupation of Palestinian land.” This resolution referred to our use of WIX, a website builder owned by an Israeli company. ... We formally transitioned to a new website not built with WIX in December 2024.