Openly Jewish: TMU Special Symposium on Antisemitism at Canadian Universities

Across Canada, campus environments have become places where antisemitism is rationalized, minimized, reframed, or excused — through scholarship, activism, institutional neutrality, and academic freedom. The result is a climate in which many Jewish students, faculty, staff, and community members experience hostility and exclusion, along with a profound loss of confidence that universities can recognize antisemitism clearly when it appears in their own midst.

The Openly Jewish symposium brings together scholars, institutional leaders, Jewish community organizations, students, faculty, staff, and public-sector partners for a day of discussion, reflection, and practical problem-solving.
The symposium is hosted by the Toronto Metropolitan University Jewish Alliance (TMJew), a convening body for Jews affiliated with TMU, in partnership with Hillel TMU and Hillel Ontario.