Several private messages show Obaid Ullah asking students to leave in order to lose quorum during a motion to organize a Holocaust education week
The Eyeopener has confirmed that Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) president Obaid Ullah initiated a planned walk-out with the RSU executive team at the RSU Semi-Annual General Meeting (SAGM) on Nov. 29.
The walk-out happened during the presentation of the motion for the RSU to organize a Holocaust education week. Samantha Cooper, a member of Hillel at Ryerson, proposed the motion and made an amendment to have the event be focused solely on the education of the Holocaust, and no other genocides.
RSU vice-president equity Tamara Jones sent The Eye a screenshot of a message Ullah sent to the RSU executive team asking them to “lose quorum.” The message was sent a 9:39 p.m. and the Holocaust education motion was presented at 9:40.
According to another screenshot obtained by The Eye, Jones responded to Ullah with a message that reads, “next person in line is zionist” and “I have her on Facebook and she’s really problematic.”
According to another screenshot sent to the The Eye by a student who asked to remain anonymous, Ullah asked the student to “please leave” at 9:42 p.m.
