Montreal’s Concordia University closes campus amid violent campus protests

Concordia University shut down its downtown campus after two non-student anti-Israel activists were arrested with incendiary devices during protests marking two years since the Hamas-Israel war

PRO-PALESTINIAN groups block entrances to the Bronfman Building on the McGill University campus in Montreal, last month.

PRO-PALESTINIAN groups block entrances to the Bronfman Building on the McGill University campus in Montreal, last month.

(photo credit: BARAK LAPID)

ByMICHAEL STARR

OCTOBER 12, 2025 21:30