Members of Occupy Vancouver vow they will peacefully resist a B.C. Supreme Court injunction handed down Friday ordering the closure of the tent city at the Vancouver Art Gallery by Monday afternoon.

“This is a change in system,” said Casey Wood, 22. “If we fully abide by their rules, what change are we really causing? But it will be peaceful. You can resist in a peaceful way. It doesn’t always have to include violence.”

The injunction came after three days of legal arguments.

Associate Chief Justice Anne MacKenzie found the city trespass bylaw was breached and ordered Occupy Vancouver participants to remove all tents and structures at the art gallery plaza by 2 p.m. Monday.

“I’m disappointed,” protester Sean O’Flynn-Magee said outside of court after the judge’s ruling.

“She had the opportunity to be part of the change and she chose to maintain an unsustainable status quo,” he said of the judge.

O’Flynn-Magee was named as a defendant in the city’s application for an interim injunction to shut down the encampment, which began Oct. 15.

Like Wood, Christopher Lutwick, 29, anticipated peaceful resistance.

“I know people are going to sit down and have a peaceful protest — not move,” he said.

“I think it would have looked really good for whoever the mayor is going to be if we had Vancouver as the longest running [Occupy protest] to show how open-minded everybody is.”

Defence lawyer Michael McCubbin had asked the judge if she could delay enforcement of the injunction for up to five days to allow occupiers to remove their belongings and take down structures.

“Five days is far too long,” said the judge and granted participants about 72 hours.

After Monday’s deadline, police can arrest those who don’t comply with the court order.

Those who refuse will be cited for criminal contempt of court and will have to appear before the judge for sentencing.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson said earlier this week he wants the tent city gone by Grey Cup weekend, which is a week away.

The mayor said he doesn’t want to issue an ultimatum but wants Occupy Vancouver to end peacefully.

On Friday, Robertson said he is confident the group will comply.

“We expect that the encampment will be ended peacefully and respectfully,” Robertson said. “We have our city’s fire, housing and engineering staff on site through the weekend, to Monday afternoon, to assist the protesters in finding housing, if that’s required, and also to help take down structures and help clean up the site.”

“We fully expect people to comply with the Supreme Court injunction and to pack up their gear peacefully by Monday afternoon.”

Robertson would not comment on what the city would do if the protesters did not comply.

“There are very significant consequences to defying a Supreme Court injunction, so we’re expecting that people will go pack their gear and go and we won’t have issues on Monday.”

“I don’t think it really has any connection to the civic election. Our focus ... and my focus as mayor, has been to seek a peaceful resolution to this, and that’s why we have sought a Supreme Court injunction. It’s good I see we have that now. We have the weight of the courts behind in achieving a peaceful resolution to this.”