Advocates brace for possible influx of Haitian asylum seekers as U.S. protections end

Jewish students, faculty and staff at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) say they have stopped wearing religious symbols, changed their routines, avoided campus events and, in some cases, concealed their identities because they fear harassment or assault. Those accounts are among the findings in a new external review of the TMU’s campus environment, which paints a picture of a “fractured campus environment” where the climate for its Jewish community has drastically worsened since Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel’s subsequent war with Hamas in Gaza. Before Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel...