Nearly 250 people, including 153 professors, 19 students and 76 others, took part in or endorsed a nearly two-month-long, anti-Israel encampment that began on the University of Toronto campus in early May, according to a new report from the watchdog Canary Mission.
Of the 153 faculty members, 122 were professors at the public school and 31 were on faculty at other institutions, per the report. It added that 45 professors participated in the encampment and six spoke at the antisemitic protest. (JNS sought comment from the university.)
The “substantial support” that the anti-Israel encampment received from university faculty and staff had the effect of “prolonging its existence and resulting in a lack of consequences for participants,” the watchdog stated.
It added that the Palestinian Youth Movement and Samidoun, both of which support terrorism, also participated in the encampment.
Among Canary Mission’s recommendations to the school is to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, ban masks on campus and avoid negotiating with those who call for boycotting the Jewish state.
