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Take Action: Letter-Writing Campaign Urges Universities to Condemn Terrorism

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Cliquez ici pour le français October 19, 2023 B’nai Brith Canada is urging the public to join its new letter-writing campaign directed to persuade universities across the country to condemn Hamas and its terrorism. Hamas is a listed terrorist entity in Canada. Yet, since the terrorists attacked Israel on Oct. 7 — murdering some 1,400 Israelis as well as raping, […]

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Passez à l’action: Une campagne de lettres exhorte les universités à condamner le terrorisme

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CLICK HERE FOR ENGLISH Le 19 octobre 2023 B’nai Brith Canada invite le public à se joindre à sa nouvelle campagne de lettres visant à persuader les universités du pays de condamner le Hamas et son terrorisme. Le Hamas figure sur la liste des entités terroristes au Canada. Pourtant, depuis que les terroristes ont attaqué Israël le 7

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L’université Mount Royal se dissocie du prix de la paix de Calgary

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CLICK HERE FOR ENGLISH Le 16 mai 2023 CALGARY – Les membres de la communauté juive ont été outrés d’apprendre récemment que le Prix de la paix de Calgary sera décerné plus tard cette semaine à Mohammed El-Kurd, un homme qui a célébré les kamikazes comme des « martyrs », qui a ouvertement comparé l’État d’Israël

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Mount Royal University Disassociates Itself from Calgary Peace Prize

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Cliquez ici pour le français May 16, 2023 CALGARY – Members of the Jewish community were outraged to learn recently that the Calgary Peace Prize will be awarded later this week to Mohammed El-Kurd, a man who celebrated suicide bombers as “martyrs”, openly compared the State of Israel to the Nazi regime in Germany, celebrated the deadly

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L’Université de Toronto continue de geler les frais d’inscription des étudiants pour cause de soutien au BDS

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CLICK HERE FOR ENGLISH Le 15 mai 2023 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada félicite l’Université de Toronto (U de T) pour sa décision de continuer à retenir une partie des frais de scolarité des étudiants alloués au Syndicat des étudiants diplômés (SED). Ces frais, retenus l’an dernier par l’Université de Toronto dans le cadre d’une

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U of T Continues to Freeze Student Fees Over BDS Support

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Cliquez ici pour le français May 15, 2023 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada commends the University of Toronto (U of T) for a decision to continue withholding a portion of students’ tuition fees allocated to the Graduate Student’s Union (GSU). These fees, withheld in a precedent-setting development by the U of T last year, will

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B’nai Brith Canada Rejects Allegations by Teachers’ Union

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An image of the University of Toronto April 30, 2021 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada welcomes the University of Toronto’s support of recommendations made recently by former Supreme Court Justice Thomas Cromwell – but rejects the inappropriate censure of the university by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). These sentiments were expressed clearly in

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B’nai Brith Canada Welcomes New Report Concerning U of T

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TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada welcomes the publication of The Honourable Thomas A. Cromwell’s Independent Review of the Search Process for the Directorship of the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. We are proud to have contributed to this report. B’nai Brith Canada made written submissions, in December 2020, as noted in Appendix B

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University of Manitoba Shuts Down Absurd Motion to Ban IHRA Definition

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WINNIPEG – B’nai Brith Canada is pleased that a motion opposing the IHRA definition of antisemitism was defeated yesterday, on procedural grounds, at a meeting of the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA). On March 24, B’nai Brith called on the UMFA executive to reject the motion that was egregious in not only opposing the adoption of

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B’nai Brith Provides Submission to U of T Inquiry

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December 16, 2020 TORONTO — Thomas Cromwell, former Supreme Court of Canada Justice, has been appointed by the University of Toronto to inquire into the controversial events surrounding the decision not to hire Valentina Azarova as the head of the Faculty of Law’s International Human Rights Program (IHRP). Over the past few months, B’nai Brith Canada

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