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Olive Branch is listed on the March 19, 2025 letter to the Prime Minister that calls on Canada to "impose a two-way weapons embargo" and the Vote Palestine platform that asks for "a full and immediate two-way arms embargo on Israel".

Femme Art Review is listed among the organizations on the 2021 Koffler Centre of the Arts boycott pledge (not to show at, collaborate with, or participate in events at the Koffler until it divests from the UJA) and under "Institutions Endorsing the Call" on the Writers Against the War on Gaza cultural boycott page, which lists organizations that made PACBI commitments.

Artistes pour la paix is named as a signatory of the 17 August 2026 Club anti-apartheid des artistes québécois declaration backing the Projet Montréal motion to cut Montréal's ties with Israel, of the pivot.quebec letter of the same date headed "La Ville de Montréal doit suspendre ses liens avec Israël", and on the Arms Embargo Now list of organizations calling for an arms embargo on Israel.

Centre des travailleurs et travailleuses immigrantes (CTTI) is listed as a signatory of the August 2026 open letter "La Ville de Montréal doit suspendre ses liens avec Israël", which calls on the Montréal city council to commit the city to suspend all of its ties with Israel (liguedesdroits.ca and pivot.quebec).

A press release dated 2026-08-17 lists Grande Mobilisation pour les Arts (GMAQ) among cultural organizations that endorsed a joint statement urging Montreal City Council to vote for a motion calling on the City to suspend its institutional ties with the current Israeli government.

In 2017, the Faculty Council voted 15 to 7 to recommend that the dean not seek a new agreement with the Arava Institute. York University said no boycott was voted on. The CJPME list of Canadian organizations that endorse BDS names the faculty.

In 2021, the Toronto arts organization signed a pledge not to show at, collaborate with or take part in events at the Koffler Centre of the Arts until it divests from the UJA. NOW Toronto named it among the signers on 2021-05-25.

In 2018, the Quebec foundation was listed on an open letter calling for economic sanctions on Israel. In January 2021, it was listed on an open letter asking the Canadian government to cancel the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement.

Montreal community organization that endorsed a March 2024 call by the Coalition du Québec URGENCE Palestine to join the BDS movement, signed a September 2025 letter calling for the Israel Premier Tech team to be excluded from the Grands Prix Cyclistes and for support of BDS, and signed an August 2026 open letter calling on Montreal to suspend all ties with Israel, including cultural, academic and sports exchanges.

Sheer Spite Press

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The Montréal small press and zine distributor stated in an August 27, 2024 post on its website that it will always abide by the terms of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), and it appears on the Publishers for Palestine and Writers Against the War on Gaza signatory lists.

Plein(s) Écran(s)

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A press release dated 2026-08-17 lists Plein(s) Écran(s) among cultural organizations that endorsed a joint statement urging Montreal City Council to vote for a motion calling on the City to suspend its institutional ties with the current Israeli government.

The Montréal theatre company 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.

Funambules Médias

October 19, 2026

A press release dated 2026-08-17 lists Funambules Médias among cultural organizations that endorsed a joint statement urging Montreal City Council to vote for a motion calling on the City to suspend its institutional ties with the current Israeli government.

Les éditions du remue-ménage

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The Montréal 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."

Les Éditions de la rue Dorion

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A Montréal publishing house posted on its Instagram account on 2026-08-17 that its collective signed the Quebec artists anti-apartheid declaration, which asks the City of Montréal to suspend its institutional ties with the current Israeli government.

Réalisatrices Équitables

October 19, 2026

A press release dated 2026-08-17 lists Réalisatrices Équitables among cultural organizations that endorsed a joint statement urging Montreal City Council to vote for a motion calling on the City to suspend its institutional ties with the current Israeli government.

Two BDS supporter lists (CJPME and the Canadian BDS Coalition) name the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group.

A Trent University archive poster says OPIRG Peterborough and Sustainable Trent hosted a Divestment Week on 2015-01-26 to 30 that aimed at bringing attention to the BDS movement, and two BDS supporter lists name OPIRG Peterborough.

Centre justice et foi is listed as a signatory of the 2024 call "Ensemble pour Gaza et la Palestine! Pour la fin de la complicité du Canada!", which calls among other things for an end to military exports to Israel (liguedesdroits.ca), and is also named on the CJPME page "Who Supports BDS in Canada?", a list of Canadian organizations that have endorsed the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement (cjpme.org).

The Socialist Project posted on its Facebook page on 2026-08-15 a post about Elbit with a link to armsembargonow.ca titled "Arms Embargo Now!" and an image reading "ELBIT OUT OF".