A protest is planned to take place at the University of B.C.sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s Okanagan campus tomorrow (March 2).

Students from UBCO are joining 11 other Canadian universities to protest the Royal Bank of Canadasa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s funding of fossil fuel projects and driving the climate crisis while violating Indigenous rights.

The campus protests will be using #RBCOffCampus to stand in solidarity with Wetsa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™suwetsa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™en land defenders resisting the Coastal GasLink Pipeline.

RBC is said to be Canadasa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s largest funder of fossil fuels and the sixth largest worldwide.

Students are demanding UBCO remove RBCsa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s presence from campus.

The protest will start at 9 a.m. on the first floor of the University Centre building.

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