- Join us again on August 28, 4 pm at 650 W. Georgia, Vancouver to tell ScotiaBank to stop investing in genocide and Palestinian death.
ScotiaBank’s global asset fund (1832 Asset Management) declared in its latest SEC filing that it still holds 700,100 shares of Elbit Systems valued at $US314 million (as of June 30, 2025).
More info: Scotiabank Reinvests in Genocide
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Photo Gallery for Scotiabank Pickets
CPA activists and allies joined the June 14 Day of Action across the Lower Mainland, which included the first ever Abbotsford Scotiabank picket. This was a great inaugural action with support from passers-by, and lots of honks from busy traffic at the location.
And here are highlights from the ScotiaBank picket organized by BDS Vancouver and endorsed by Retired Teachers Divest at another location in Vancouver.… Read more
June 14 Scotiabank Picket
All out to tell ScotiaBank to end its war profiteering and divest from Israeli arms dealer Elbit Systems
Picket organized by BDS Vancouver, endorsed by @retiredteachersdivestbc
June 14, 1 pm
2208 Kingsway (at Gladstone), Vancouver
More info: Scotiabank Reinvests in Genocide! – Canada Palestine Association… Read more
Scotiabank Reinvests in Genocide!
Also published in Mondoweiss: After slow divestment, Canada’s Scotiabank quietly reinvests in Israel’s genocide – Mondoweiss
For almost two years, activists in Vancouver and across Canada have been out on the streets demanding that Scotiabank divest completely from Israeli company Elbit Systems. Many sectors became involved in the campaign, from solidarity groups to artists, all to demand an end to this unholy alliance of a big bank with an Israeli arms company actively fueling genocide. … Read more
Scotiabank Preys on Genocide
Scotiabank’s global asset fund, 1832 Asset Management, has a deadly history of complicity in Israeli genocide. A year and a half ago, it owned 5% of Israeli arms company Elbit Systems worth almost $500 million US. Then, it gradually divested some of its shares and at the end of September 2024, it was down to just $118 million. This incremental “divestment” followed activist protests that spanned the country and mobilized sectors from artists to workers to community groups.… Read more
Scotiabank increases their complicity in war profiteering!
So Scotiabank’s global asset fund actually INCREASED their shares in Israeli arms company Elbit in the last quarter of 2024. They went from 557,400 to 700,100 shares now valued at $180 million US (or quarter of a billion Cdn).
We will not rest till they divest! #ShameonScotiabank
Sign the action network letter now to tell Scotiabank to end their complicity in Israeli war crimes.… Read more
Recording: Jan. 26 Webinar
A session by the Canadian BDS Coalition and International BDS Allies. Speakers: Hanna Kawas, Canada Palestine Association, Bram Hanekom, Africa for Palestine, Bana Abu Zuluf, Good Shepherd Collective, Karen Rodman, Just Peace Advocates
Moderator: Sara Farhan, PhD
BDS Vancouver marks 10 years
BDS Vancouver-Coast Salish was formed 10 years ago, and has worked consistently since then to demand “No Business as Usual” with Israel and all those complicit in enabling Zionist oppression.
The group has launched and participated in many campaigns, from Stop G4S, to Boycott Air Canada, to calling out PUMA for sponsoring Israeli teams, to Boycott Israeli Wines and most recently calling on Scotiabank to divest from Elbit Systems.… Read more
Let’s Boycott Israel: Meeting Feb. 13
Join us for this important educational and strategy planning event on Thursday, February 13, 7 pm at 1803 E. 1st Ave., Vancouver as BDS Vancouver-Coast Salish marks its ten year anniversary.
Our panel will include presentations on multiple local campaigns from Shame on Scotiabank, to Boycott Indigo Books, to Ban Israeli Wines and more. This will be followed by break-out sessions for further discussion, as we work to build BDS Campaigns as one part of the strategy for the liberation of Palestine.… Read more
Photo/Video highlights of Scotiabank Days of Action
Pickets in multiple cities and towns happened as part of the Days of Action to tell Scotiabank to divest completely from Israeli arms dealer Elbit Systems. There were 12 announced locations across the country where activists were out on the streets to demand that Scotiabank stop funding genocide!
The accompanying Action Network writing campaign has already resulted in over 5700 letters being sent to Scotiabank and its global asset fund with the same message.… Read more