August 24, 2021 VICTORIA – B’nai Brith Canada is calling for public action to ensure that an upcoming course on antisemitism at the University of Victoria (UVic) does not become a forum for antisemitic views. CLICK HERE to contact UVic directly on this critical issue For the upcoming fall semester, UVic was originally slated to offer a course […]
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July 9, 2021 TORONTO — Earlier this week, B’nai Brith Canada drew attention to the concerns of Jewish faculty members at the University of Toronto (U of T) following problematic and antisemitic comments made by a University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) official. Now, those concerned faculty members need your support to make a difference.
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Our CEO, Michael Mostyn, penned an op-ed in the National Post about the Azarova case at the University of Toronto. CLICK HERE to read it in full.
June 7, 2021 OTTAWA – Anti-Israel activists in Canada brazenly falsified the endorsements of three leading medical student organizations last week, B’nai Brith Canada has learned. Early last week, medical student societies at Canadian universities, including McGill, Dalhousie and the University of Toronto, received an email from “National Advocacy for Palestine,” asking them to sign “a
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An op-ed in U of T’s newspaper, The Varsity, just talked about our efforts to fight antisemitism on campus. CLICK HERE to read the full article.
Pour le français, voir ci-dessous April 20, 2021 MONTREAL – The student union at Quebec’s largest anglophone university has formally abandoned its support for the antisemitic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, B’nai Brith Canada has confirmed. On April 6, the Concordia Student Union (CSU) posted a lengthy apology to the Jewish community over antisemitism, making
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March 24, 2021 WINNIPEG – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on the University of Manitoba’s Faculty Association (UMFA) executive to abandon a motion opposing “the adoption and/or use of the IHRA definition at the University of Manitoba and elsewhere.” The motion is scheduled for a vote on March 25. The “IHRA definition” refers to the International
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VISIT UOFTTOWNHALL.CA ON TUESDAY EVENING TO WATCH THIS EVENT Tuesday evening will be a night our community won’t soon forget. In an unprecedented manner, Jewish organizations and synagogues from all backgrounds and walks of community life will come together to listen to a story that has caused a lot of grief, but has largely gone
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March 9, 2021 TORONTO – A leading Canadian university has declined to respond to a report highlighting systemic antisemitism on all three of its campuses, even as incidents targeting Jewish students and community members continue to occur. In June 2020, B’nai Brith Canada’s League for Human Rights submitted a 30-page report to administrators at the University
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February 26, 2021 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on Carleton University to publicly condemn antisemitism and speak out after one of its professors alleged that Jewish money was corrupting the institution, while casting aspersions on its Centre for Jewish Studies. In a Feb. 10 online event hosted by “Carleton University Students for Scholars at
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