Posts Tagged: Canada
Is Canada Knowingly Funding Extremism and Terrorism — Including Through UNRWA?
Canadian taxpayer money may be finding its way to Hamas, a known and documented terrorist group. The Criminal Code of Canada forbids funding terrorism, as...
Canadian Socialist Society Endorses Academic Boycott of Israel
The Society for Socialist Studies (SSS) in Canada unanimously adopted a boycott of Israeli academic institutions last month. In a motion passed at its annual general...
The Shameful Record of the Church and the Holocaust in Canada
I'm sure that I was not the only one who watched the white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia last summer -- including the chanted slogan “Jews will not...
Why Is Canada Cutting Checks to Suspected Terrorists?
It began in 2007, after a lengthy, expensive and mostly closed-door inquiry led to a $10.5 million payoff to Maher Arar. Arar was a joint Canadian-Syrian citizen...
Professor Who Called 9/11 Attacks ‘a Zionist Job’ Reinstated at University of Lethbridge
A professor who blamed Israel for orchestrating the 9/11 terrorist attacks and suggested that Washington arms the Islamic State has been reinstated at the University...
Observant Jewish Culinary School Student Alleges Toronto College Refused to Accommodate Her Holiday Needs, Causing Her to Drop Out
A culinary school student has alleged that Canada's Humber College refused to accommodate her need for time off to observe major Jewish holidays. Esther Belne told The Algemeiner...
Concordia University Urged by Major Canadian Jewish Group to Take Action After Student Government ‘Exploits Passover’ With Anti-Israel Event
An official with a prominent Canadian Jewish group demanded on Friday that Concordia University administrators take action against the Montreal school’s student union (CSU) after...
Students at Ryerson U Welcome Firing of Teaching Assistant Over ‘Purify Filth of Jews’ Comment
Jewish students at Toronto's Ryerson University applauded the school's recent decision to terminate a teaching assistant who called to "purify Al-Aqsa Mosque from the filth of Jews." Aedan O’Connor...
Two Canadian Imams Call for Death of Jews
Two Canadian imams have attracted media attention for giving incendiary, antisemitic sermons. In the first case, Ryerson University in Toronto announced that it had fired Ayman Elkasrawy from...
Jewish Group Calls on Canadian Government to ‘Finally Get Serious About Addressing Antisemitism’
The Canadian government must “finally get serious about addressing antisemitism,” the CEO of the country’s branch of a prominent Jewish organization said on Friday. In a...
Jews at Toronto’s Ryerson U Enraged to Discover Student Council President Lied About Direct Involvement in Derailing Vote on ‘Holocaust Education Week’ Proposal
Jewish activists at Ryerson University in Toronto told The Algemeiner on Tuesday that they were enraged, but not surprised, when the head of the student government was caught...
McGill Student Council Silence Over Member’s Tweet Calling on Followers to ‘Punch a Zionist’ Outrages, Frightens Jews, Pro-Israel Activists on Campus
Pro-Israel activists at Montreal's McGill University told The Algemeiner on Monday that they are outraged at the failure of the student government to condemn one of its...
Canadian Trade School Retracts Policy Rejecting Israeli Students Following Jewish Community Uproar
A Canadian trade school has retracted its policy of rejecting students based on their Israeli nationality, following major blowback from the local Jewish community. The change by the Island School of...
First-Ever Canadian LGBTQ Birthright Israel Trip Wants Participants to ‘Embrace Jewish State as Region’s Beacon of Acceptance’
The first-ever Canadian LGBTQ Birthright Israel trip wants participants to "embrace and be proud of the Jewish state as a beacon -- the only openly country...
