Federal envoy urges Ontario to act on antisemitism in its public schools
ONTARIO, CANADA, JUL 13 – The federal report links the 781 incidents to the Israel-Hamas conflict and finds nearly three-quarters occurred in three major Ontario school districts, affecting about 3,000 Jewish students.
- Canada’s Special Envoy on Antisemitism, Deborah Lyons, states that Ontario must take antisemitism in public schools seriously due to the targeting of Jewish students.
- A survey commissioned by Lyons revealed 781 antisemitic incidents affecting Jewish children in Ontario's public schools.
- Michael Levitt, a former Liberal MP, described the findings as 'a searing indictment' of the treatment of Jewish students in the education system.
- The Ontario government acknowledges that antisemitism is unacceptable in its schools.
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