Several days after an anti-Israel protest encampment was established at Montreal’s McGill University, the school has turned to the police and students have turned to the courts to try to have the protesters removed, while encampments and protests emerge at other Canadian universities.

“We informed participants that this encampment was not authorized and gave them time to gather their belongings and leave the premises. However, most have chosen to remain,” the university said in an emailed statement to National Post. “As we have failed to reach a resolution, university leadership decided to take the final step in our protocol, and requested police assistance late afternoon yesterday.”