Aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on the El-Remal area of Gaza City, October 9, 2023. Photo courtesy the Palestinian News & Information Agency-WAFA/Wikimedia Commons. Send a letter to Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly, to use her power to suspend arms transfers to Israel by clicking here. Dear Minister
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Canadian Dimension: Jewish faculty in Canada against the adoption of the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
The IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism equates Jewishness and Judaism with the State of Israel—effectively erasing generations of debate within Jewish communities. Image from iStock. We write as Jewish faculty from across Canadian universities and colleges with deep concern regarding recent interventions on our campuses relating to Israel and Palestine.
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: More Than 900 Scholars and Lawyers Call on Government to Defund Police
Riot police at the G-20 Summit, Toronto, June 26, 2010. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. In light of ongoing police violence against Black, Indigenous and racialized people in Canada and around the world, a group of scholars from various Canadian universities have collectively penned an open letter to all levels of
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