British Columbia

Jewish Faculty Network UBC is listed as a signatory on the Apartheid-Free Communities list and as an endorsing organization on the Vote Palestine website.

A Vancouver society is on the Apartheid-Free Communities signatory list and posted on its Facebook page on 2026-03-12: "Drawing Wisdom Decolonizing Society has pledged to be #ApartheidFree and oppose racism and bigotry by withdrawing all support to #Israel’s apartheid regime."

The Ubyssey reported in July 2024 that People's University UBC organized the UBC encampment that demanded UBC divest, boycott Israeli universities and institutions and condemn what organizers call a genocide.

The association adopted a member-submitted resolution at its 2024 annual general meeting that includes advocating the immediate divestment of Staff Pension Plan holdings and ceasing business with suppliers named in the BDS campaign.

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.

Massy Books

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The Vancouver bookstore signed the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge and is listed as an Apartheid-Free business by the Canadian BDS Coalition, which defines this as a commitment to boycott Israeli and complicit products.

The Vancouver literary anthology publisher is listed as a signatory of the Publishers for Palestine Statement of Solidarity (November 2023), whose demands include "Uphold the call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid."

City of Burnaby 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). Comox Valley for Palestine states on a candidate questionnaire page that the City of Burnaby has signed the Apartheid Free Communities Pledge. A Canadian Press report published on 2025-08-27 says Burnaby council passed a motion unanimously asking the federal government to impose a two-way arms embargo on Israel, and that the motion commits the city to signing an “apartheid-free” community pledge.

Tamam: Fine Palestinian Cuisine

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The Vancouver restaurant 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."

PACE Society published a statement on 2024-10-02 that says "PACE Society stands firmly in support of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement" and calls for "a total arms embargo on Israel."

Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada

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Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada published a letter to Canadian MPs on 2024-12-11 that asks Canada to "Call for economic sanctions against Israel at the United Nations" and to call for "an end to all arms transfers to Israel."

Mennonite Church British Columbia hosts on mcbc.ca the text of the Mennonite Church Canada 2016 resolution that asks regional churches and congregations "to avoid investing in or supporting companies that do business with Israeli settlements and the Israel Defense Forces", and its BC Palestine and Israel Network page says its mandate "is aligned with" that resolution.

The Vancouver arts society is named among 18 Canadian performing arts organizations in a March 2025 group endorsement of PACBI, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, and in the Writers Against the War on Gaza list of institutions endorsing the call.

The Vancouver book publisher is listed as a signatory of the Publishers for Palestine Statement of Solidarity (November 2023), whose demands include "Uphold the call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid."

Surrey Muse Arts Society is listed as a signatory of the Arms Embargo Now statement and as "Surrey Muse Arts Society, Canada" among the signatories of the Publishers for Palestine Statement of Solidarity, whose demands include "Uphold the call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid".

Leadnow's campaign page headed "Prime Minister Carney: implement an immediate two-way arms embargo against Israel" asks visitors to send "a message now demanding Canada condemn this attack and implement a two-way arms embargo against Israel". The organization is listed as a signatory of the Arms Embargo Now statement.

Health Sciences Association of BC

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Health Sciences Association of BC posted that, from a resolution brought to its 2026 convention, it signed on to the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge; its 2026 convention resolutions include "take the Apartheid-Free pledge at apartheid-free.org", and apartheid-free.org lists it as a signatory.

The Pacific Mountain Regional Council recorded on its website that its general meeting of May 30 to June 2, 2024 carried proposal WF24-05, which asks the council and the General Council to "develop and make available information to support boycott and divestment actions against products, companies and institutions who profit from or derive benefit from the occupation of Palestine".

Canadian Memorial United Church is listed as a signatory of the February 2024 open letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs that urges "halting further arms exports, alongside export and brokering authorizations, to Israel" (hrw.org, anglicanlutheran.ca, worldbeyondwar.org).

BC General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

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A BCGEU union resolution published on its International Solidarity page states "call for an end to Canada's arms sales to Israel", and the union reposted the April 2024 joint statement calling on Canada to suspend arms trade with Israel.