Racist posters on campus

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Police are investigating racist posters distributed at Vancouver Island University.

Posters with Nazi imagery and swastikas were removed from the campus on Monday, just one day before the Nanaimo university was set to celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

“If anybody were to see them, they would find them to be extremely disturbing and certainly racist,” Carrie Chisels, with VIU Student Affairs, told CTV.

​RCMP seized the fliers and are looking into the incident. The B.C. Hate Crime Unit has also been consulted.

Staff say they are taking the racist act seriously, but don’t believe there is any risk to student safety.

– with files from CTV Vancouver Island