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Report Dismisses Lived Experience of Jewish Students, Families, And Educators

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CIJA: REPORT DISMISSES LIVED EXPERIENCE OF JEWISH STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND EDUCATORS Toronto, ON – April 23, 2025 – In response to the Final report on the review of the Toronto...

Apr 24, 2025

Combating Antisemitism

Recommended Reading for Canadian Jewish Advocacy

Protecting Jewish Life

Update on appeal for interlocutory injunction to protect production of Canada’s kosher meat

CFIA’s unjustified and untenable imposition of conditions on shechita forces the Jewish community to seek court relief Ottawa, ON – July 12, 2024 – This week, the Centre for Israel...

Jul 12, 2024

Canada-Israel Friendship

CIJA rejects the ICJ’s non-binding opinion on Israel's policies towards the Palestinian territories, calls on the government of Canada to do the same

Ottawa, ON – July 19, 2024 – Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its non-binding Advisory Opinion regarding the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of...

Jul 19, 2024

Publications

Consultation Brief: National Forum on Combatting Hate Crimes, Terrorism, and Antisemitism

Consultation Brief: National Forum on Combatting Hate Crimes, Terrorism, and Antisemitism Objective The objective of this document is to discuss and refine key policy recommendations to address the growing issues of...

Feb 12, 2025

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CUPE Ontario president expresses 'regret' after reposting video called hurtful by Jewish members (CBC)

Fred Hahn says he 'deeply' regrets reaction to video posted on Facebook

CIJA

August 19, 2024

Associate Director, Government Relations, CIJA (Ontario)

Associate Director, Government Relations (Ontario) The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) builds and nurtures relationships with leaders in government, media, academia, civil society, and other faith and ethnic...Read More

CIJA

August 19, 2024

Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe admonishes Capital Pride for its anti-Israel stance (True North)

Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe vowed not to participate in the upcoming Captial Pride events days after Jewish rights organizations pulled support from Ottawa’s Pride organization over its anti-Israel stance.

CIJA

August 18, 2024

This Week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy, August 18, 2024

This week, we welcomed the news that an individual with a track record wholly unsuited for the job was persuaded to resign as Human Rights Commissioner, and we hosted a...Read More

CIJA

August 18, 2024

Court injunction at Vancouver Island University ends the campus encampment trend (for now) (The Canadian Jewish News)

A Supreme Court of British Columbia justice in Vancouver issued an injunction to Vancouver Island University on Aug. 15 to remove a pro-Palestinian encampment, the last of its kind at a Canadian university, from its campus in Nanaimo within 72 hours, or by Aug, 18 at 9:30 a.m. PDT.

CIJA

August 16, 2024

Vancouver activist facing hate speech probe praises Oct. 7 attack on Iranian TV (Global News)

Charlotte Kates of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network appeared recently on Iranian state television; she spoke about being arrested in Vancouver and referred to Western democracy as a “lie.”

CIJA

August 16, 2024

Canada abruptly revokes charitable status for JNF (Alberta Jewish News)

On August 10, the federal government announced that effective immediately, the charitable status of Jewish National Fund (JNF) has been revoked. The announcement was posted in the Canada Gazette, the government’s official newspaper.

CIJA

August 16, 2024

Notorious Vancouver-based leader of anti-Israel group glorifies Hamas, October 7 on Iranian state TV (Western Standard)

Charlotte Kates is the international coordinator for Samidoun, which is banned in other countries but allowed to operate freely in Canada.

CIJA

August 16, 2024

Vancouver pro-Palestinian leader praises 'heroic' October 7 massacre on Iranian TV (National Post, + Postmedia Syndication)

Charlotte Kates is the coordinator of the Vancouver-headquartered Samidoun Palestinian Prisoners Solidarity Network

CIJA

August 15, 2024

B.C. court orders pro-Palestinian camp at Vancouver Island University to shut down (Toronto Star, + The Canadian Press syndication)

Pro-Palestinian protesters who set up an encampment at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, B.C., have been told to pack up within 72 hours.

CIJA

August 15, 2024

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Report Dismisses Lived Experience of Jewish Students, Families, And Educators

Combating Antisemitism

Recommended Reading for Canadian Jewish Advocacy

Protecting Jewish Life

Update on appeal for interlocutory injunction to protect production of Canada’s kosher meat

Canada-Israel Friendship

CIJA rejects the ICJ’s non-binding opinion on Israel's policies towards the Palestinian territories, calls on the government of Canada to do the same

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Consultation Brief: National Forum on Combatting Hate Crimes, Terrorism, and Antisemitism

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