Victoria

Aunty Collective signed the 2023 Artists for Palestine - Canada letter that called the October 7 attack a reaction to decades of oppressive treatment, and pledged a cultural boycott of Israeli state-linked institutions.

In April 2018, the Victoria coalition was listed on an open letter calling for economic sanctions on Israel. The CJPME list of Canadian organizations that endorse BDS names it.

The Greater Victoria Teachers' Association lists a "Boycott, Divest, Sanction Ad Hoc Committee" on its Committees and Appointments page.

Wairua Cafe, a Victoria café, is listed as a signatory of the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge.

Labour 4 Palestine, BCGEU Caucus, a caucus of members of the BC General Employees' Union, is listed as a signatory of the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge.

BC Green Party, a British Columbia political party, is listed as a signatory of the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge.

Tadamon Coast Salish is listed as a signatory of the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge, which commits signers to "join others in working to end all support to Israel’s Apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation" (apartheid-free.org), and as an endorsing organization of the Vote Palestine platform, which calls for a full and immediate two-way arms embargo on Israel (votepalestine.ca).

On 2024-05-01 a University of Victoria student encampment named People's Park demanded that the university and its Board of Governors support BDS, cut academic ties with Israeli universities and divest.

Victoria Health Workers Against Genocide is listed as a signatory of the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge, which commits signers to "join others in working to end all support to Israel’s Apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation" (apartheid-free.org), and as a signatory of the Arms Embargo Now statement, which calls on the Canadian government to impose a full and immediate arms embargo on Israel (armsembargonow.ca).

Victoria Peace Coalition is listed on the Apartheid-Free Communities signatory list and on the Vote Palestine list of organizations endorsing a platform that asks the Canadian government to impose a two-way arms embargo on Israel, and a logo with its name appears among the endorsers on banisraeliwine.ca.

A November 2025 statement published on the Vancouver chapter's website says that Independent Jewish Voices Victoria and Vancouver "express their support for the growing initiative to Ban Israeli Wines in British Columbia".

Victoria Labour Council

October 10, 2026

In February 2026 the Victoria Labour Council published a resolution it submitted to the Canadian Labour Congress convention, resolving that the CLC "declare trade, services and relationships with Israel to be “hot cargo” and to cut ties with the Histadrut".

Rocky Mountain Books

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The Calgary book publisher signed the Publishers for Palestine Statement of Solidarity (November 2023), whose demands include "Uphold the call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid."

The Victoria organic vegetable farm signed the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge, which commits signers "to join others in working to end all support to Israel’s Apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation."

The Victoria plant and fungi grower and forager, wellness products signed the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge, which commits signers "to join others in working to end all support to Israel’s Apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation."

The Victoria non-alcoholic specialty drink shop signed the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge, which commits signers "to join others in working to end all support to Israel’s Apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation."

The Victoria herb shop signed the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge, which commits signers to "join others in working to end all support to Israel’s Apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation."

The Victoria bookstore is listed as an Apartheid-Free business by the Canadian BDS Coalition, where its entry states it upholds "the principles of boycotting Israeli and complicit products" and screened its suppliers for ties to the Israeli government. It also signed the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge.