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Major win at @UofT! Yesterday #UofT accepted all the recommendations of an internal antisemitism report, one of which included rejecting the dangerous IHRA definition, and instead embracing academic freedom on Israel-Palestine. Read more here: utoronto.ca/news/u-t-accep… #NoIHRA 
This win would not have been possible without the work of IJV members, Palestinian students & faculty, @FacultyJewish and @CAUT_ACPPU who recently voted UNANIMOUSLY to reject the dangerously-flawed #IHRA definition. Read the university's final report here: people.utoronto.ca/inclusion/anti…
The timing of all of this is significant as @JustinTrudeau recently renewed @IrwinCotler's role as Canada's Antisemitism Envoy, with a mandate to expand the use of IHRA in academia. This #UofT decision should stop Cotler in his tracks. #NoIHRA
CJPME Condemns Anti-Palestinian Prejudice at the @UofT.
We are alarmed by recent actions of the U of T that amount to censorship of critical scholarship about Israel, and should be understood as anti-Palestinian racism.
Read our statement: cjpme.org/pr_2020_09_23_… #cdnpoli #uoft
We are alarmed by recent actions of the U of T that amount to censorship of critical scholarship about Israel, and should be understood as anti-Palestinian racism.
Read our statement: cjpme.org/pr_2020_09_23_… #cdnpoli #uoft
“It is completely unacceptable that the University of Toronto would submit to external pressure and punish a scholar for their work on Palestine" - @mbueckert cjpme.org/pr_2020_09_23_…
“The effect of the university’s actions is to marginalize and silence Palestinian voices within academia, and to make it much harder to investigate and discuss Israel’s violations of Palestinian human rights. This must be properly understood as anti-Palestinian racism" @mbueckert
"They meet in person, spread propaganda, encourage each other to expand the movement. They purchase weapons & discuss training. They have also attempted to join, influence & volunteer for Cdn political parties, adopting a restrained, more palatable guise." theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
"The overarching goal for many in the Cdn Super Players chat group was the eventual creation of a white ethnostate. In the meantime, one aim was to begin gaining a foothold in a range of institutions and professions, including law, education and the military." #whitesupremacy
"Dank said that at one point he was a student teacher at a school with children in Grades 6, 7, 8, whose ethnic makeup was almost entirely white. 'It’s the ethnostate basically.' Dank told the group that he was using his position as a student teacher to influence young minds."
#UofT is home to some of best architecture in #Toronto, says @globeandmail architecture critic & @uoftalumni @alexbozikovic.
Here are 5 buildings he highlights from the downtown campus in "Toronto Architecture: A City Guide".
uoft.me/city-guide
Here are 5 buildings he highlights from the downtown campus in "Toronto Architecture: A City Guide".
uoft.me/city-guide
1. John P. #Robarts Research Library @uoftlibraries
Ronald Thom called Robarts Library a “dictionary of architectural miseries,” but in the 50 years since it was built, "Fort Book" has inspired new appreciation. @Fisher_Library “is one of the best modernist spaces in the city."
Ronald Thom called Robarts Library a “dictionary of architectural miseries,” but in the 50 years since it was built, "Fort Book" has inspired new appreciation. @Fisher_Library “is one of the best modernist spaces in the city."
2. @rotmanschool
@alexbozikovic calls it “a fascinating assemblage." Bruce Kuwabara, @KPMBarchitects told @RotmanMgmtMag that it “takes the school to another level in an urban context, in a creative city,” while providing the space and resources for 21st-century classrooms.
@alexbozikovic calls it “a fascinating assemblage." Bruce Kuwabara, @KPMBarchitects told @RotmanMgmtMag that it “takes the school to another level in an urban context, in a creative city,” while providing the space and resources for 21st-century classrooms.
