July 6, 2021 TORONTO — B’nai Brith Canada is standing up for concerned 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. In speaking at a June 15 panel discussion at York University’s Osgoode Hall, Terezia Zoric, UTFA’s …
Meric Gertler June 30, 2021 President Kelly Hannah-Moffat Vice President Human Resources and Equity University of Toronto The purpose of this letter is to request appropriate responses to an act of bigotry from a member of the University of Toronto faculty. As explained below, speed of reaction matters. As also elaborated below, …
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.
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.
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 …
The University of Toronto has an antisemitism problem – and the Jewish community has had enough of it. For years now, Jewish students and faculty members at U of T have tried to call attention to the lack of action on the university’s part in preventing and addressing particular antisemitic incidents. From the infamous kosher …
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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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March 3, 2021 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is calling out the University of Toronto for using the image of a notorious Palestinian terrorist to promote an upcoming event. Tomorrow afternoon, the University’s Institute of Islamic Studies, Department of History, and Centre for the Study of the United States will co-host: “Liberated Students in a Colonised …
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March 2, 2021 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on the University of Toronto to take immediate steps to implement a recent ruling against a mandatory “BDS Caucus” for graduate students. In a landmark ruling released on Feb. 4, the Complaint and Resolution Council for Student Societies (CRCSS) found that the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union …
