By CBC News
A group of students ended a 100-hour hunger strike Friday after the University of British Columbia assured them it will fully divest its $1.7 billion endowment fund of fossil fuel investments.
The eight students, all members of climate advocacy group Extinction Rebellion UBC, began the strike on Monday.
In December, the university’s board of governors passed a resolution supporting divestment of its endowment fund from the fossil fuel industry.
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