What Universities Can Do To Fight Anti-Israel Propaganda & Jew-Hate On Campus: A Fireside Chat With Artur Wilczynski, University Of Ottawa's Special Advisor On Antisemitism

The now-dismantled anti-Israel occupations on some Canadian university campuses may have garnered public attention, but they were just the latest manifestation of anti-Israel propaganda on universities. For years, anti-Israel activists, whether in the classroom as professors, in student government, or playing roles elsewhere in faculty have used and abused their authority to promote a fanatical anti-Israel agenda, often veering into Jew-hate. On an institutional level, what steps can be taken to help address these challenges? The University of Ottawa recently appointed Artur Wilczynski, a former Canadian ambassador to Norway and longtime senior national security official in the federal public service, as the university's first special advisor on antisemitism. It is believed to be the first such position at a Canadian university. Artur Wilczynski joins us to discuss what the role entails, what his goals and deliverables are, and the message it sends to Canadian Jews, and the wider public at large.