Our Work
Banks Off Campus
Banks like RBC invest heavily in building a positive brand perception with young customers, including programs like the RBC OnCampus branches. At the same time, they fund billions of dollars in fossil fuel expansion, violating Indigenous rights and destroying our liveable futures on a healthy planet. If we target banks at our schools and damage their reputation by kicking them off our campuses, we can push them to divest from fossil fuels and respect Indigenous sovereignty, or risk losing future customers and talent from Canada's universities.
The largest financiers of climate disaster in the country have no place on our campuses.
Students across so-called Canada are calling for our student unions and universities to end their partnerships with the Big 5 by:
- Closing accounts with the Big 5 and moving to credit unions
- Kicking out ‘RBC On Campus’ kiosks and other on campus bank branches
- Ending bank sponsorships of events and award
We’re building a mass movement of student organizers pushing banks to ditch their dirty investments or lose their access to students on our campuses. Student groups engage in a variety of tactics to spread awareness, grow our movement, and put pressure on the banks. From flyering and tabling, to rallies and sit-ins, each campus group is engaged in a unique campaign adding to the national movement against fossil fuel funding banks on campuses.
