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Union of National Employees

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On 2024-05-28 the Union of National Employees published a statement saying "Immediately implement a two-way embargo of arms' and military equipment's trade with Israel".

Council of Canadians is listed 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), and as a signatory on the copy of the Arms Embargo Now statement published by the Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council (canadianmuslimpac.ca).

Ottawa Raging Grannies is listed 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), 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).

Ottawa Healthcare Professionals for Palestine is listed 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), 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).

Labour for Palestine Ottawa is listed 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), 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).

Climate Justice Ottawa is listed 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), 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).

Scholarly Communications Lab (ScholCommLab)

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On 2025-06-16 the Scholarly Communications Lab (SFU and uOttawa) published a statement that it "asserts its commitment to align its activities with the principles laid out by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)."

Canadian Federation of Students

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A national student federation posted on its Facebook page on 2025-04-15 that it "called on the Canadian government to implement an arms embargo on Israel now", and on its website calls for "an immediate material divestment from Israel".

Canadian Union of Postal Workers

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At its national convention held 13 to 17 April 2008 in Ottawa, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers passed resolution 338/339 supporting the international campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel, as reported by two third-party sources.

Association of Professors of the University of Ottawa

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At its annual general meeting on 2025-04-30 the APUO approved a motion resolving that the APUO "immediately and permanently divests from institutions, corporations and other entities enabling human rights violations, war crimes, and any other breaches of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory".

The Ottawa chapter of Independent Jewish Voices Canada 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."

Arc Poetry Magazine

October 10, 2026

The Ottawa magazine 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 Ottawa handmade soap maker 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 Ottawa photo studio rental space is listed by the Canadian BDS Coalition as an Apartheid-Free business, a list that defines such businesses as "committing to the boycott of Israeli and complicit products in solidarity with Palestine."

The Ottawa photo and video studio is listed by the Canadian BDS Coalition as an Apartheid-Free business, a list that defines such businesses as "committing to the boycott of Israeli and complicit products in solidarity with Palestine."

The Ottawa bakery is listed by the Canadian BDS Coalition as an Apartheid-Free business, a list that defines such businesses as "committing to the boycott of Israeli and complicit products in solidarity with Palestine."

The Ottawa residential-schools education project is listed by the Canadian BDS Coalition as an Apartheid-Free organization, which the list defines as "upholding the principles of the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign".

The Ottawa student public interest group at Carleton University declared itself an Apartheid Free Zone on the Canadian BDS Coalition list, and its website says "we are committed to calling out and boycotting companies that support and legitimize Israel's continued and systematic dispossession of the Palestinian people."

The Ottawa online fair trade marketplace is listed by the Canadian BDS Coalition as an Apartheid-Free business, a list that defines such businesses as "committing to the boycott of Israeli and complicit products in solidarity with Palestine."

The Ottawa faculty union passed a motion on October 31, 2024 (128 to 65) that calls on Carleton University to suspend its involvement with Israeli academic institutions that support the occupation and divests its strike fund from corporations it says enable Israeli war crimes.