Six prominent Canadian universities are facing a series of proposed class-action lawsuits with claims that Jewish students are unsafe on campus.
The list includes Queen’s University, York University, Concordia University, Toronto Metropolitan University and the University of British Columbia. The prominent Toronto-based personal injury law firm, Diamond and Diamond, has also listed many of their student unions.
Hamilton, Ont.'s McMaster University and its student union are the latest to face legal action. A statement of claim, dated Jan. 3, alleges that “McMaster University has become, for over a decade, home to systemic discrimination, harassment, hatred, antisemitism, violent discourse, and actual or threatened physical harm amongst the student body.”
I don’t know if there’s anything to this litigation but their previous and current class action lawsuits seem non-frivolous. Their class action against Monsanto for Roundup causing cancer seems serious enough. A look at their list of current litigation shows them representing workers with non-paying employers (Amazon), victims of revenge porn, and victims of various privacy breaches (ex. 23andMe). The harms seem legitimate and there’s nothing you wouldn’t expect to be pursued as a class action.