United Against Hate Canada is a new nonprofit founded by Marvin Rotrand, a former Montreal city councillor who was recently a national director at B’nai Brith
Marvin Rotrand, a former Montreal city councillor and former national director at B’nai Brith Canada, announced the incorporation of a new nonprofit dedicated to combating hate earlier this week. At a press conference on June 19, Rotrand outlined the priorities of the newly formed United Against Hate Canada (UAHC) organization. A press release from the […]
Hundreds rallied outside Toronto school board offices to protest a racism report that doesn’t mention rising antisemitism
UPDATE (6/20/24): The report was adopted by TDSB trustees with a request to incorporate data about antisemitism. A motion to include anti-Israeli racism was defeated as a result of an 11-11 vote. Hundreds of people filled the lawn in front of the Toronto District School Board (TSDB) to oppose a proposed anti-discrimination policy set to […]
Vancouver Comic Arts Festival apologized to Miriam Libicki for banning her due to past service in the IDF
VanCAF blames their own disorganized state for an unsigned announcement.
Monday morning saw the Toronto community and politicians showing support for the Chabad girls’ school struck by weekend gunfire
Mayor Olivia Chow was among those who addressed the crowd.
Gunfire directed at Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary School in Toronto draws response from police—and its principal
Security video captured what happened at 4:52 a.m. on Shabbat.
The bullying that led hundreds to join 13-year-old Eitan Cohen on his Friday morning walk in Toronto is now being investigated by his school
Bullying allegations from a student at a Toronto public school, which motivated about 200 people to accompany 13-year-old Eitan Cohen on his Friday morning walk, were briefly investigated by the Hate Crimes Unit of Toronto Police. No charges were laid as a result—but now the school plans to handle it internally, with the participation of […]
Hundreds showed up to walk a Toronto boy to school after his family said he’s been facing antisemitic harassment from other kids
About 200 people came to a suburban Toronto neighbourhood on the morning of May 17 to support a child whose family says he has been the victim of ongoing antisemitic verbal and physical harassment at school. The family, fearing for the boy’s safety, asked for the community’s support to walk with him for the one […]
Fredericton police made an arrest more than two weeks after an Israeli teen was the victim of an antisemitic beating near her high school
Read the whole story with new details about reaction to the podcast.
A sociology professor’s new attitudinal study identifies Canada’s most antisemitic elements: Muslims, activists and university students
‘Frightening’ to see data on Canadian Muslims: study
Canadian university students told a parliamentary committee about antisemitism on campus—and a failure by schools to act
Ottawa hears about the realities of the past academic year.
