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If you are a Jewish professor at a postsecondary institution in Canada and would like to add your name to the JFN statement about the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism, please send us a message with your signature as you would like it to appear publicly. Please be sure to include an email address where we can confirm your signature.
If you are a Jewish instructor in a university or college in Canada, and you want to join the Jewish Faculty Network, please email us to be added to our list. We ask that all new members agree to our statement of principles. We host regular internal educationals and occasional reading groups. Please also feel free to reach out locally if a chapter exists in your area to join.
Other Ways to Get Involved
SIGN the Open Letter from 650+ Canadian Academics Opposing the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism: https://www.ijvcanada.org/open-letter-from-canadian-academics-opposing-the-ihra-definition-of-antisemitism/
Action Items from ARC Report on IHRA
We call on all representatives of academic associations and unions across Canada to immediately undertake the following actions:
Executive committees and other association bodies should immediately pass motions rejecting the IHRA definition of antisemitism.
Devise a statement and circulate it as widely as possible within your membership. It is paramount that all faculty understand this issue clearly if we are to prevent the IHRA definition from being adopted within our colleges and universities.
Submit a formal letter t o your local Federal Members of Parliament, Provincial Members of Parliament, and Municipal Counsellors informing them of your organization's position on this matter. It is essential that our political representatives recognize that they should not be engaging in Neo-McCarthyist censorship. Politicians should not be dictating the terms for what is legal, fundable, and admissible in university research and teaching.