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UBC Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights

Vancouver (Operates in this area)
Organization
Education
Also known as: Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights Club at UBC, SPHR UBC, UBC SPHR
Profiles: Instagram
Boycott pledgePublic statement

A UBC student club is named in a 2022 Ubyssey report as a proposer of an AMS motion that called on UBC to divest from nine companies, and appears on the Apartheid-Free Communities signatory list.

Last reviewed October 18, 2026

Evidence

3 items
Apartheid-Free Communities pledge signatory (Students, Teachers and Educational Groups) (listed as of 1 October 2026)
Listed under "Students, Teachers and Educational Groups (62)": "UBC Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, University of British Columbia". Pledge text: "WE AFFIRM our commitment to freedom, justice, and equality for the Palestinian people and all people; WE OPPOSE all forms of racism, bigotry, discrimination, and oppression; and WE DECLARE ourselves an Apartheid-free community and to that end, WE PLEDGE to join others in working to end all support to Israel’s Apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation."
Source
Pledge list
Date said
Date unknown
Scope
This location
Captured
October 11, 2026
Ubyssey: AMS divestment motion proposed by the Divestment Coalition including SPHR
Evidence screenshot for UBC Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (News, April 15, 2022). The Ubyssey, April 15, 2022: "The motion was proposed by the Divestment Coalition of 20 student groups including the Social Justice Centre (SJC) and Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR)."
The motion — which required the AMS to pen a letter condemning “the Israeli state's system of apartheid and its occupation of Palestine” and call on the Board of Governors and UBC to divest from nine companies — passed on March 23 at AMS Council. The motion was proposed by the Divestment Coalition of 20 student groups including the Social Justice Centre (SJC) and Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR).
Source
News
Date said
April 15, 2022
Scope
Whole brand
Captured
October 18, 2026
AFC Turtle Island Signatories, a Google Doc copy of the Apartheid-Free Communities signatory list linked from the British Columbia affinity group page on apartheid-free.org
Evidence screenshot for UBC Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (Pledge list). Entry "UBC SPHR (Vancouver)" in the "AFC Turtle Island Signatories" Google Doc
WE PLEDGE to join others in working to end all support to Israel’s Apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation. [Signatory list: "UBC SPHR (Vancouver)"]
Source
Pledge list
Date said
Date unknown
Scope
Whole brand
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October 27, 2026