“Bruce Ryder, a professor at York University’s law school, said the ruling … highlights an ongoing debate about how and when the Charter is applied to universities.
“The problem with saying that the Charter doesn’t apply — and the reason why the university argued for it not to be bound by the Charter — is it leaves them the option of imposing unreasonable limits on protest,” Ryder said.
"That’s not a healthy thing for campus life or for our democracy.”
The courts should work to develop an understanding of universities as “distinct spaces” that are not entirely private nor public, said Ryder.
What emerges from the story of encampments across the country is the question of who makes up a university, Ryder said.
In the U of T case, although the university is legally the property owner, Ryder said there’s a greater conversation to be had about the role of faculty, staff and students in the school’s identity.
“I find it upsetting to read an opinion, to hear about a trespass notice or an opinion that refers to the university and collapses [it] into its governing council," Ryder said. "The university also consists of the people who are being asked to leave."”

THAT’S RIGHT: THE UNIVERSITY IS **STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND OTHER WORKERS**, NOT THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OR THE UPPER ADMINISTRATION (WHO ARE A TINY MINORITY)

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