At a general meeting on September 13, 2024, MUNFA members passed a motion to "make efforts to ensure the divestment" of Memorial University's funds "from the State of Israel and all Israeli and international companies that sustain Israeli apartheid, war crimes, and occupation".
Last reviewed October 13, 2026
Final Motion (ACCEPTED) - Divestment Motion on Crimes Against Humanity and Divestment from Israeli Companies ... We thus move MUNFA to: 1. Make efforts to ensure the divestment of the Memorial University's pension fund, endowment fund, and non-endowment fund and any other financial holdings from the State of Israel and all Israeli and international companies that sustain Israeli apartheid, war crimes, and occupation.
Motion on Crimes Against Humanity and Divestment from Israeli Companies ... 37 in favour, 25 opposed, 2 abstentions. The motion passed.
At the 2024 MUNFA Extraordinary General Meeting, ASMs passed a motion directing the MUNFA Executive Committee to pursue divestment of the Memorial University Pension Fund from the State of Israel and from companies materially implicated in sustaining war crimes. ... At the meeting on May 11, 2026, the following motion was put to the committee: "that the University-wide Pension committee commit to ensuring the divestment of the Memorial University Pension fund from the State of Israel and all Israeli and international companies that sustain Israeli apartheid, war crimes and occupation."