Canadian Jewish faculty say university EDI offices met them with silence after Oct. 7
The Conversation reports that a study of Jewish faculty and staff at Canadian universities found many respondents felt EDI offices met their concerns with silence or dismissal after October 7, 2023. A separate federally commissioned survey of Jewish students found dissatisfaction with those offices. A third survey found that Canadian university students generally expressed low negativity toward Jews and high negativity toward Israel. In 2025, Jewish people were the target of 70 per cent of police-reported hate crimes directed at a religious group in Canada, despite making up about one per cent of the population.
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An office can exist on paper yet leave people feeling unprotected. The respondents' accounts make that gap the issue.
The surveys address different groups and questions. An overall measure of students' attitudes cannot resolve whether particular complaints were handled adequately.