In my last thread on harassment of students, residents & learners, I mentioned Dr. Olga Shmuilovich deserved her own thread. Her posts (Irony_stop) are egregious and abundant. I organized them into categories: racism, harassment, pro-genocide, atrocity denial, and antivax. A 🧵
I got involved with Dr. Shmuilovich because she was part of a harassment campaign against a medical student even after he was cleared in a thorough investigation. But what I found looking through her timeline was deeply concerning.
Here are a few examples of her racist tweets. She appears to subscribe to the "Great replacement" theory and posts virulently racist tweets about any non-whites. I'm keeping it to 4/category for brevity.
Here is a sampling of Dr. Shmuilovich's pro-genocidal views
And a sample of Dr. Shmuilovich's atrocity denial
These posts are so extreme, so I filed complaints with the university, and am preparing a CPSO complaint for submission as well. I've included the complaint below in several parts to accommodate Twitter's limits. 1-4/15
Dr. Shmuilovich complaint, 5-8 / 15
Dr. Shmuilovich complaint, 9-12 / 15
Dr. Shmuilovich complaint, 13-15 / 15
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Today, criminal charges against me were dropped for spraying ketchup to protest Peter Fragiskatos' support for januside. These charges are among a sea of police repression of human rights voices, with physical brutality, arbitrary arrests, and trumped up charges like these. A 🧵
Almost a year ago, on November 15, 2023, a squad of police cars and officers arrested me - six by my count - on suspicion that I sprayed ketchup on MP Fragiskatos' office during a protest to symbolize him having blood on his hands. Spoiler alert: I done it
I suspected and discussed publicly at the time that this was a political decision, and that municipal, provincial, and federal politicians colluded with police forces across the country to shut down protests against Isrralli crimes against Gz and Lb.
Credible reports are emerging LHSC will fire its CEO(s) next week and hire Altaf Stationwala. Don't recognize that name? Stationwala engaged in anti-Palestinian racism when he suspended Dr. Ben Thomson for advocating against dehumanization of Palestinians. A deep dive in this 🧵
I suspect that because Stationwala bungled Dr. Ben Thomson's suspension and put Mackenzie on the hook for potentially millions, that he is now trying to make an exit or is being shown the door. I agree: #FireStationwala . But LHSC?? No thanks. We've had enough CEO scandal here.
Recap: Dr. Ben Thomson was targeted by an organized harassment campaign based on his fact-checking of dehumanizing atrocity propaganda that is now thoroughly debunked. Stationwala suspended him personally. I wrote about it at the time, but there's more now
Western University's Schulich medical school is by now an active supporter of Israel's brutal atrocities in Gaza, which they refuse to condemn. Instead, they condemn and attack students standing against an obvious gen cide, including by promoting people who harm students. A 🧵
The med school and Western are capable of righteous moral outrage. 18 months before the war crimes ramped up in Gaza, they expressed shock and solidarity with Ukraine. They humanized Ukrainians' struggle against Russian occupation, showcasing them in official publications.
In the past 6+ months, not a word of support, outrage or condemnation for 40k+ Palestinians killed: doctors, nurses, medics, patients, and children killed at dizzying rates. None for attacks on ambulances, hospitals, universities, nor for what the ICJ ruled is plausible jenacide
Why on earth was Dr. Kershin allowed to "voluntarily" recuse herself from the process. Why wasn't she immediately terminated? Is she seriously supposed to preside over the academic future of residents who are now admitted with this supposedly fair process?
Does UO believe Dr. Kershin is the only person engaging in this process? I've shown she's part of a larger effort to suppress doctors who advocate for human rights and against genocide. UO is actively choosing not to protect the best learners through faculty's actions & omissions
Dr. Carly Kirshen is a program director for Dermatology at UOttawa. In a message responding to a CBC expose on student harassment, she asked for the list of students. We can assume she intends to use it to screen CaRMS applicants to her program. UOttawa knows and did nothing.
Concerned doctors saw these posts and privately wrote to University of Ottawa >2 weeks ago requesting action. Their demands are simple: immediate action to stop abuse of students; accountability; transparency. The university has not yet responded or acknowledged the messages.
The University of Ottawa is aware of these letters and has not yet taken any action. Dr. Kirshen remains the PD. She remains in charge of the CaRMS process. UOttawa has not said anything publicly or privately. Not one word in response to the complaint, even to acknowledge them!
It is no secret that students, residents, physicians, and others are being harassed for their human rights positions. The scope of this harassment is wide. I will dissect one such campaign, how it is executed, and why the template is so easy to repeat. Anatomy of a campaign. A 🧵
The first part of a harassment campaign is a group willing to create a mob and direct its energies. Journalists have reported on several such initiatives. Below is a message in one group specific to medical students seeking to target an essential part of their medical education.
This campaign is still in progress. People involved above didn't stop because they were exposed - They deviated behaviour to increase perceived safety. I will post more about this campaign when it makes sense to do so. Meanwhile, let's examine a campaign we can now go public with