As members of the Department of Fine Arts\ , located in the Lasserre Building\, and the Belkin Gallery on the north en d of the campus\, we were able to witness first-hand the over-whelming secu rity measures and police presence that transformed the university into a pr ison camp on Monday November 24th and Tuesday November 25. We wish to regis ter\, in the strongest terms\, our outrage that the university became the s ite for serious violations of the liberties that are basic to our democrati c society and which are guaranteed in our Canadian charter of Rights and Fr eedoms.
In view of these events\, we support the announcement from yo u office last week that the UBC Administration will encourage open discussi on and debate in the coming year around the issues raised by the presence o f APEC at the University of British Columbia.
However\, while we supp ort with enthusiasm the creation of new graduate fellowships to support M.D DA and Ph.D. research\, given the shameful events that unfolded on our camp us as a result of APEC\, we cannot accept that any such fellowship "commemo rate" the APEC meeting help here. Also\, Given that the issue of human righ ts were not placed on the APEC agenda\, and given that our own students had their civil rights threatened and removed\, we urge that the Administratio n re-name this fellowship. The new name should reflect that it was in fact issues and freedom of expression that were ultimately raised by APEC's pres ence on UBC's campus.
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