Justice committee  We need to strengthen academic freedom by ensuring that there is actually a diverse set of voices on our campuses. That's one thing that needs to happen. We need to strengthen EDI. We just heard about how we can include that. We need training. We need training on anti-Semitism.

Justice committee  Sure, I can speak about that. I think we have an issue right now, and in fact, we have submitted a grant request to SSHRC, actually, to look at this issue of the way that the equity, diversity and inclusion frameworks that are on our campuses are not speaking to Jewish people, are not speaking to anti-Semitism, and in fact in some cases are using an ideological framework that divides the world into black or white, victimized or victimizer, and oppressed or oppressor.

Justice committee  I completely agree with Dr. Diamond. What we are seeing on campuses is the reduction of university freedom. This is in fact happening at all Canadian universities. It really worries me that there is only one way of looking at things in the classroom. That does not allow other people their freedom of expression.

Justice committee  I think we just need to point something out that's really important, which is based on actual data about what we know about Jewish Canadians. This is from Robert Brym's study that just came out last month, which tells us that 91% of Canadian Jews would say that they support the State of Israel and the existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish state.

Justice committee  I can respond. I would say that they haven't shown up for class. They haven't turned in the assignments, so we can't even grade them. That's where we're at.

Justice committee  Hello, Madam Chair. My name is Cary Kogan and I am a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Ottawa. We are the co-founders of the Network of Engaged Canadian Academics, or NECA. NECA is a non-partisan group of Jewish and non-Jewish academics who are united in our shared concerns about rising anti-Semitism on Canadian campuses.

Justice committee  This isn't new. Its deep roots are evident in the speed, intensity and acceleration of anti-Semitic hate. Canadian campuses began convulsing with anti-Semitic activity while Hamas terrorists were still in Israel slaughtering innocent civilians, long before Israel launched its military response.