Lawsuit Accuses Concordia, Student Union of Failing to Address Antisemitism on Campus

Published on November 17, 2023

A proposed class-action lawsuit accuses Concordia University in Montreal and its student union of failing to meaningfully address antisemitism on campus. The lawsuit application seeks $15 million in damages for members of the proposed class, which includes Jewish students, faculty, and staff currently at the school, or who attended or worked there, in the last three years. Two Concordia students and one professor are leading the application, filed in Quebec Superior Court on Nov. 16, and requesting anonymity in legal proceedings because they fear retaliation. Examples of antisemitism on campus they cite in the lawsuit include an altercation last week between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian students, that led to one arrest....

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