Six prominent Canadian universities are facing a series of proposed class-action lawsuits with claims that Jewish students are unsafe on campus.

Six prominent Canadian universities are facing a series of proposed class-action lawsuits with claims that Jewish students are unsafe on campus.

The list includes Queen’s University, York University, Concordia University, Toronto Metropolitan University and the University of British Columbia. The prominent Toronto-based personal injury law firm, Diamond and Diamond, has also listed many of their student unions.

Hamilton, Ont.'s McMaster University and its student union are the latest to face legal action. A statement of claim, dated Jan. 3, alleges that “McMaster University has become, for over a decade, home to systemic discrimination, harassment, hatred, antisemitism, violent discourse, and actual or threatened physical harm amongst the student body.”

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  • spider
    161·
    10 months ago

    And all of these lawsuits are filed within days or weeks of each other.

    Hell of a coincidence, ain’t it?

    Reminds me of copycat legislation in state houses across the U.S.

    • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
      263·
      10 months ago

      It’s an attempt to force university administrators to repress speech about Israel committing genocide.

      • spider
        141·
        10 months ago

        And it’s not necessarily limited to universities:

        House Declares Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism, Dividing Democrats

        More than half of House Democrats declined to back the Republican-written resolution, as some argued that equating criticism of the state of Israel with hatred of the Jewish people went too far.

        “Under this resolution, those who love Israel deeply but criticize some of its policy approaches could be considered anti-Zionist,” Representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York and the longest-serving Jewish member of the House, said in a floor speech before he voted “present.”

      • breakfastmtn@lemmy.caOP
        71·
        10 months ago

        The article specifically addresses this:

        Zisckind says she takes no issue with free speech on campuses.

        "You can disagree with Israel, you can say there needs to be a ceasefire, those are things that are tantamount to free speech, but you cannot say we need to kill the Jews,” she explains.

        • jonne@infosec.pub
          94·
          10 months ago

          So do they have any evidence of someone saying that and having University administrations backing them? And no, ‘from the river to the sea’ doesn’t count.

      • spider
        2·
        10 months ago

        You’re welcome; thanks for the heads up. Was not aware of that, and it wasn’t needed to get my point across anyway.