Roberta Lexier is a Professor, cross-appointed to the Departments of General Education and Humanities. Trained as a historian, her research focuses on social movements, left politics, and feminism in Canada, global citizenship, and decolonization. Her current work examines the pro-Palestinian encampments at Canadian universities, placing these ongoing actions in historical context while seeking to understand: the demands and how they’re framed; the organizational structure of the encampments; the response from authorities; and the possible path forward.