Article about the U of O's dismissal of Denis Rancourt, The Chronicle of Higher Education

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CAUT report reveals pro-Israel bias and suppression of free speech at York University

In March 2005 the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) set up a committee of inquiry to investigate issues respecting free speech and governance at York University.
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The report of that committee is now available on line (in two parts, click “PDF” buttons in left column).
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The report concludes “For many faculty members and students the explanation for the contentious events that unfolded on the York campus is found in what they see as decisions by the university’s senior administration to support pro-Israel initiatives and marginalize pro-Palestinian efforts.”
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The committee concluded also that “on the face of the evidence before us we can only conclude that there were threats to and breaches of the right of free expression and academic freedom at York University.”
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Has a similar pattern emerged at the University of Ottawa?
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RELATED LINKS:

Talk Ottawa – January 8, 2009

Rabble-ca Interview

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[photo: Daniel Freeman-Maloy at an event.]

Israel lobby in action at Canadian universities

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UIA (United Israel Appeal) Federations - document (PDF)

B’nai Brith - document (PDF)

Hillel (“The Centre for Jewish Campus Life”) - document (PDF)


These three documents (above links), obtained by Professor David Noble of York University through freedom of information requests, illustrate how the Israel lobby in Canada uses its influence to attempt to suppress dissent at Canadian universities. David Noble is Jewish and an outspoken critic of the Israel lobby. The UIA (United Israel Appeal) Federations is the umbrella organization for the Canadian Jewish Congress, the United Jewish Appeal, and Hillel, three zionist organizations which Noble has sued for defamation.

Discrimination at York University

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has recently completed its Case Analysis Report, in the case of Professor David F. Noble versus York University and Robert Drummond, Lorna Marsden, and Patricia Bradshaw, in the matter of "the respondents afford[ing] privileged accommodation to Jewish students at the respondent university (York) with regard to observance of religious holidays."

The Report's conclusion is unambiguous: "The university's practice of not scheduling classes on Jewish high holy days clearly results in differential treatment on the basis of creed, in that individuals in one group (those of Jewish faith) are given preferential treatment over others."

The full report is available HERE.