Canadian corporations are strategically using "merit"-based language to exclude women from their boards of directors, according to a new study by Wilfrid Laurier and Ottawa university researchers. It also also found women are still vastly underrepresented in high-ranking business roles.
‘Straight-Out Jew Hatred’: Canada’s Jewish Community Shaken By Antisemitic Incidents
Since the recent escalation of fighting between Israel and Hamas, media reports of violence against Jews by anti-Israel activists during protests have rocked Canada’s Jewish community.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations in every major Canadian city have included attendees holding hate-filled signage and violent outbreaks. At Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto on May 15, chants were heard of “death to the Jews” and “we will finish what Hitler started.”
“For the first time since the Holocaust, it is now socially acceptable again to be a Jew-basher,” said educator Richard Bass, author of the book “Israel in World Relations” and director of the organization For Critical Thinkers.
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I am sessional lecturer of African history and politics in the department of history at McMaster University and in the department of political science at Wilfrid Laurier University. My work has appeared in Third World Quarterly, Interventions, Small Axe, Democratization and Routledge.
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