Université de Montréal lecturer who told a group of Jewish students at Concordia to go back to Poland is arrested in France
Joel Ceausu is now the full-time Quebec correspondent for The Canadian Jewish News, who can be reached at [email protected]. The former Université de Montréal lecturer who participated in a fracas inside Concordia University last Nov. 8, and was recorded calling Jewish women “whores” and told Jewish students to “Go back to Poland,” has been arrested in […]
What happens when professors bring anti-Israel views into Canadian classrooms?
A look at ‘abuse of podium’ claims from across the country.
Canadian students remember the six murdered Israeli hostages with campus vigils
Jewish students across Canada organized vigils to commemorate the six Israeli hostages who were murdered in Gaza last week. The Israeli Defence Forces announced Sept. 1 that the bodies of six hostages, who had been abducted on Oct. 7 during Hamas attacks on Israel, were discovered in a tunnel in Gaza. Anastasia Zorchinsky, a […]
Jewish organizations start September ready to tackle antisemitism on university campuses
As students return to university campuses this week, Jewish organizations throughout Canada say they are preparing to take action against the antisemitism that marked last academic year. Ariel Burle, a fourth-year commerce student at University of Guelph and a member of his campus Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) chapter, said the fraternity is prepared to show […]
Jewish students worry ahead of what could be another turbulent year on campus
A cross-country checkup as the summer break winds down.
Vancouver Island University seeks injunction to remove the last encampment on a Canadian campus
A pro-Palestinian encampment on the campus of Vancouver Island University (VIU) in Nanaimo, B.C., believed to be the last of its kind in Canada, continues despite the issuing of a trespass notice and VIU’s subsequent move last month to take the protesters to court. Injunction proceedings will be heard on Aug. 8 and 9 at […]
University of Windsor offers a separate agreement to Jewish students after making a far-reaching deal with pro-Palestinian encampment protesters
The University of Windsor issued an olive branch on July 16 to its Jewish students—and to Canada’s Jewish community and its allies—pledging to take “tangible” steps to make all students feel included, safe and welcome on the campus. The unexpected statement was released just days after Jewish groups reacted with outrage to the school’s July […]
University of Toronto doctors will stop acknowledging their affiliation with the medical school over its ‘failure’ to protect Jewish students and faculty
Over 100 Jewish doctors who are faculty members at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine (TFOM) will stop acknowledging their affiliation with the school in response to what they see as a failure to protect Jewish students and faculty. The doctors will continue to perform all of their regular roles and responsibilities. However, […]
University of British Columbia’s senate defeated a motion to cut ties with Israeli universities
By a vote of 49 to 16, the Vancouver Senate of the University of British Columbia rejected a motion put forward June 3 at a special meeting—the first held at the school during the 2023-24 academic year—to cut or suspend ties with Israeli government entities, including public universities, after discussing the issue for 90 minutes. […]
Watching movies at UQAM’s now-dismantled pro-Palestinian encampment leads McGill student Ben Wexler to reflect on the protesters’ success—and the message for Jews
UQAM’s pro-Palestinian encampment was scheduled to come down on June 6, after protesters reached a resolution with university administration. McGill student Ben Wexler visited the site on its final weekend… I promised myself I would watch more films this summer. So when I saw that the al-Aqsa encampment at the Université du Québec à Montréal […]
