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cynthia's avatar

Can you state exactly what you were fired for? What did they say and what was written? Prior to this, did you have an exemplary record with this University.? What about Christian law firms that are very pro-israel? You need to at least tell your story to the Anti-Defamation League and see what they say. This is awful.

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My suspension arrived without any formal explanation. I was simply instructed not to speak with anyone and was immediately removed from campus. The meeting itself was marked by an angry, confrontational tone from the Associate Vice-Provost, leaving me both alarmed and confused about the basis for such drastic action.

Four weeks later, I received a Human Rights complaint signed by the Vice-Provost. What struck me immediately was the shift in voice within the document — portions of it appeared to echo allegations associated with Professor Ramadan, who, to my knowledge, had never met me but had nevertheless expressed strong objections about me to senior administration. (Only one of my many inquisitors had ever met me)

The complaint characterised me as violent and a safety risk, descriptions that were profoundly at odds with my professional record. It was the start of a trial by politics and defamation - procedural fairness was never allowed on stage or even in the room. After two years, both institutions admitted that the defamatory accusations were false and fabricated to destroy my reputation. But, as they knew, the damage had been done.

It is my belief that these accusations were triggered, at least in part, by my public condemnation of Hamas and support for Israel, which I had described in stark terms. I said it to a man not affiliated with the Unversity and one disgruntled student formed a mob with the professor to get me fired. The professor actively courted third party extermist orgs to get their members to write in to defame me and call for my termination. The University was aware of all this but did nothing.

From that moment forward, the institutional posture toward me appeared to harden considerably.

For approximately eighteen months that followed, I experienced what I perceived as ongoing threats and administrative pressure. My opportunity to respond consisted of roughly ninety minutes with an investigator retained by the university — a process that, from my perspective, did not provide a meaningful chance to address the allegations or present a full defence. She shouted at me in the meeting and accused me of absurd things; my response was laughter.

What remains most troubling is that throughout this period, I never had a substantive conversation with the Vice-Provost, the Associate Vice-Provost, the President of the University of Guelph, or the senior officials whose names ultimately appeared on termination documents. Decisions of enormous consequence were made without, it seemed to me, any direct engagement. During an online meeting, the Provost refused to acknowledge me, and the union told me not to speak. Bad actors throughout the university had poisoned the workplace against me. I never had a chance, and that seemed the plan.

When the termination letter finally arrived, it offered little clarity. It referenced “offences” but did not specify conduct in a way that allowed for meaningful understanding or response. My appeals were returned unread.

I recognise that institutional representatives may offer their own narrative of these events. Mine is different. Based on the sequence of actions and the absence of articulated reasons, I believe my termination stemmed from the controversy surrounding my statements and from my insistence on being heard when I believed collective agreement provisions and human rights obligations were not being followed.

At one point, my efforts to assert procedural fairness — simply expecting a response and making that expectation known — were themselves characterised as harassment. That inversion remains difficult to comprehend.

When a long-serving employee with an otherwise unblemished record is dismissed through a process in which key decision-makers have never spoken to him, speculation becomes almost unavoidable. One is left to reconstruct the rationale from fragments rather than from a transparent explanation.

Prior to these events, I was largely unknown to both union leadership and senior administration. Yet after expressing support for Israel in response to what I perceived as antisemitic rhetoric abroad, the institutional reaction felt swift and severe — less like a measured administrative process and more like an emotional rupture.

I continue to believe that what occurred raises serious questions about procedural fairness, institutional responsibility, and the obligation to hear before condemning.

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Freedom To Offend's avatar

I’ve talked to them. They are unclear if they will or can help

JVG's avatar

Have you reached out to The Free Press? I think they’d find your story interesting and it would give it very wide circulation. That, in turn, can put you in touch with some powerful people.

cynthia's avatar

Yes, Barri Weiss at the Free Press. This is a very important story because we are appreciative of Christian supporters. In a world where people don't care if this is becoming 1939 Germany, your voice is very important

JVG's avatar

She might be a bit busy right now. Maybe reach out to one of her contributors for faster response. Coleman Hughes, Rafaela Siewert or Matti Friedman might be receptive. All three are on X and maybe Substack too.

Freedom To Offend's avatar

I was fired six weeks ago.

Freedom To Offend's avatar

I contacted them.

Elliott Steinberg's avatar

Allies for a Strong Canada is a non-Jewish advocacy group with serious connections. They may be helpful.

Ana's avatar

You have moved me to tears. Thank you for standing unflinchingly with the Jews.The sins of Canada will go down in history as a blight and brutal stain on the entire society that is joining or staying silent in the face of Jew-hatred.

Thank you again for being righteous among the nations. I will not forget you and your bravery.

Also, I would suggest reaching out to Stand With Us Canada. Although you are not Jewish, you are definitely experiencing extreme discrimination due to anti-semitism.

They may have legal resources for you.

https://standwithus.com/canada/

Andrew's avatar

Do you have any opinion about what happened with the Canadian truckers strike? Do you see any common cause with them? It is a distinction that matters little to your plight, but I believe you have fallen on the wrong side of a fight about politics as opposed to anything about anti-Semitism. You arent even Jewish.

Protect Civilization 7's avatar

Thank you very much, from a Jewish girl in Canada. God bless you.

Freedom To Offend's avatar

Thank you. My two appeals were both rejected yesterday at university. Both unread, as all my defence documents were never read. It’s a bit crushing, I never thought my academic colleagues of 14 years could be so dishonest. But reason doesn’t work on the unreasonable. Hate has turned them into well dressed drooling idiots.

cynthia's avatar

Also, reach out to "Stand with Us."

Freedom To Offend's avatar

I’ve tried a few times. They’ve never responded.

JD's avatar

Thanks for sharing your story.

The greatest difference between the 1930s and now is, of course, Israel.

The Canadians accuse Israel of unforgivable colonial crimes while importing the British king to assert their sovereignty.

Laurentina's avatar

I went to the University of Guelph. This is horrifying.

I loved it when I went there. Even with the rising antisemitism. This was long ago, and it was only the fringe anarchists who spent their time in clubs and magazines than the average student, who cared more for parties and grades and relationships, than obsessing over Israel.

I'm reading this a year later, and I don't know where your situation is at now, but I'd like to offer at least moral support. As someone who used to live and to study in Guelph.

And now I live in Jerusalem. When you visit, reach out - I'd love to offer you a cup of tea and show you around.

Freedom To Offend's avatar

I have a lawyer but with union abandonment there is a limited amount they can do

rita bachar's avatar

Thank so much for standing with us. I admire your courage when so many of my fellow Jews stand by shamelessly silent.

I am an ordinary, elderly, jewish, very proud Israeli who in her teens ( in the fiftees) lived in Montreal for several years. I loved and respected Canada but eventually chose Israel as my home as I understood that this is the only place on earth for the Jews.

My heart bleeds for Canada, home of the free.

Unfortunately I am afraid that the western world will wake up too late to see reality.

Again thank you from the bottom of my heart for your courage and strength.

Eriko's avatar

I fear the situation is much the same at Australian universities. Will these institutions ever return to what they once were? Thank you for standing up to them. I hope I would be as brave if they came for me.

Jenifer Maslow's avatar

I’m so sorry for what’s happening to you. Please continue to write the next chapters. I knew Israel was in this conclusion. Mazel Tov!

Harry's avatar

I hope you are suing the university, that particular vice-provost, and anyone in their HR department involved in this travesty. Hamas traces its lineage directly to the Nazis, this is not some calumny you invented. I am almost sorry that I am not an alumnus of that university, as I’d love to be able to tell them to go pound sand when they call looking for donations. Although I did tell the University of Toronto to do so this year, for similar reasons.

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I am taking them to the Human Rights Tribunal, but that will take at least a year. I am not prepared to play an amateur lawyer, but I hope CIJA will help me; I can pay some, but I can’t go up against a multimillion-dollar state-funded institution. I’m not sure what my civil options are. I just added up how much they have spent attacking me, not including internal labour (just call that a sunk cost), but $300K for salary cover and legal (I bet my legal is too low). I am using every regulatory agency I can to investigate them, making FOI requests on all of them, and I am Chat GPT arguing with their lawyers and keeping everything. But the bigger thing than the suspension is the defamation and the slander; that’s where the PTSD came from; the dog barks and my whole body goes into combat mode. I will recover, but the insanity of this. I called Hamas Nazis, and I upset a radical antisemite whose entire social portfolio violates the speech code a hundred times over, and they let that go completely; they don’t care; I’m not sure if they hate Jews that much or if they are just afraid of losing their huge Muslim student base.

Harry's avatar

The infuriating thing is, Hamas ARE literally fucking Nazis. The HRT is pathetic. You need a pit bull of an employment lawyer and a go fund me to help pay the bills. This has got to be the best wrongful dismissal suit ever- lawyers should be calling you wanting the case.

Zevik's avatar

I’ve been following your story. Even though it seems extreme, there are enough similar reports of antisemitism in academia that it is entirely believable. I did some Google searches and learned about your original post that… “Most reasonable people would probably consider the response to be slightly over-caffeinated but well within the bounds of fair comment.” So, thank you for your “fiery” defense of Israel, which you have understated in this post. As you probably know, we Jews are often shocked but never surprised when these sorts of things happen. So sorry it’s happening to you for merely defending us.

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I'm not sure if anyone is still following my story. I am still suspended, but my "with pay" suspension is now without pay. I have learned many things in the last 13 months, and one is that these institutions that set their own rules have such an easy time breaking them; I have hundreds of examples. The final "report" on me, which is officially non-disciplinary but essentially political cover for management, comes out at the end of Jan. Prof Ramadan, who is the accuser, along with the VP Melanie Spence Ariemma, continues to post anti-semitic bile; he is thoroughly protected. I am ramping up and ensuring that the individuals involved in my suspension and persecution, not to mention defamation, are held to account, and multiple investigations are proceeding with the University of Guelph. The irony is that Ramadan, whose actions and posts have been dismissed and ignored, violates the free speech code with a rating of 9/10, according to an analysis of speech codes. I violated it at 1.5/10 (based on accusations without evidence). What is particularly disappointing is the lack of support at the university from Jewish professors, students and staff; some say they are scared, but mostly they are cowards, and you have one Jewish professor who just quit but refuses still to get involved, and one who though 70 years old seems still afraid, and told me to "just keep quiet and listen to the union." The union that represents me is being sued for anti-Semitism and has refused to meet me once or file a grievance, nothing in 13 months. Sorry, I'm not a Jew, but the be meek and maybe they will be nice to us tactic doesn't work. Weakness is like blood to these savages, which only puts them in a frenzy. The University of Guelph and Humber College are in for a hell of a fight; they have no idea. I don't care about money; I lost my dad recently, and on his grave, I will not be silenced, and I will fight these bastards. To fire a professor who said, "I stand with Israel," based on the complaint of a professor (who has faced no sanction) who said, "Hamas are noble warriors", is a red line that, when they cross, needs to be met with extreme resistance.

https://www.freedomtoffend.com/p/is-the-university-of-guelph-the-modern?r=iy2ds

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They promised to help but when I was fired did nothing. I’ve been abandoned. The only one I can rely on is myself.

Sam's avatar

I’m just reading this. Are you telling me there isn’t a single(Jewish) attorney/law firm Jewish Charity/Orgsnization representing or supporting you on this?

Freedom To Offend's avatar

A lot of promises. Was rejected last week again. I’ll find my own if I can get someone on contingency. While individual Jews have been supportive, the orgs have done nothing, or a token effort whereby after they claim to have supported me and I don’t know how. My plan is to go to the Labour Board and face their lawyers alone. I have built my case alone and nobody wants to get their hands dirty and learn such a complex care. The university has spent over one million cad fighting me. I’ve spend $3000 and it was a waste, they rewrote an appeal I wrote and it was returned unread and the idiot lawyer just accepted that and asked me for more money. I told them to get bent. But I’ve been rejected by non Jewish orgs too, they are worse.

cynthia's avatar

I'm sorry that you had to deal with the Jewish people that won't get involved. Unfortunately we have learned in America that about 40% of our Jews will not speak up and they're actually buying all the Hamas propaganda which is not true. We've learned that Jews come in all shapes and sizes and the reality is that many are Jews in name only. The reality is that not all Jews have a Jewish soul and jewishness is not important to many Jews at least in America and I'm assuming in England and Canada. We have a simulated so much that jewishness has just become sort of sometimes religion to some people. Just like Catholicism is a sometimes religion to some Catholics like on Christmas and Easter. But then of course there are others much closer to the Holocaust in terms of years, so are assimilation Isn't So assimilating. Anyhow you should contact Ben Shapiro. He's in Florida. And I would contact " Stand with Us",

Bill Mayer may be interested. Definitely, Barri Weiss at the Daily Free Press. We need Christian friends and we don't want them to become afraid. All of these people are also on substatic so you could send your story and then I would follow up with phone calls. Andrew Fox is a military war expert and very pro-israel. He is so knowledgeable about what's going on in Israel and he fights all of the propaganda. He's a Christian and he might be able to put you in touch with some people. Because it has a great title. "A Canadian pro Israel professor loses his job because he stated that he stands with Israel. "

I would just send your story to all of the pro Israel podcasters and substackers and make a point to say your Christian.

Good Luck! Keep me informed.

( I'm going to send your story to a friend who is a retired Federal prosecutor in the states and see if she has any ideas)

Frankly the fact that you're a Christian carries a lot more weight than if you were a Jew. Technically this isn't your fight right now. However when people don't understand is that what starts with the Jews never ends with the Jews. And when Jews are kicked out of countries, the countries never fare well.

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I’ll try contacting these again. I have screenshotted this post. I am just exhausted. I am learning that all Jews are not good but overall they are better. I just got cheated out of $11k by a man I hired because because he was Jewish. I fired him and hired another Jew :) my email is Pfinlayson30@gmail.com

Freedom To Offend's avatar

Thank you. I am a bit confused by the Jewish prof who hides behind a Palestinian flag on stage - my colleague - and a Jewish stranger who helps out so much

Freedom To Offend's avatar

Fired six weeks ago

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I’m so sorry

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rita bachar

Thank you so much for standing with us. I admire your courage when so many of my fellow Jews stand by shamelessly silent.

I am an ordinary, elderly, jewish, very proud Israeli who in her teens ( in the fiftees) lived in Montreal for several years. I loved and respected Canada but eventually chose Israel as my home as I understood that this is the only place on earth for the Jews.

My heart bleeds for Canada, home of the free.

Unfortunately I am afraid that the western world will wake up too late to see reality.

Again thank you from the bottom of my heart for your courage and strength.

Freedom To Offend's avatar

Thx. I’m not going to go silently and they won’t buy my silence. I’m old enough and have the means not to be desperate.

Freedom To Offend's avatar

Thank you. I didn’t do much, I thought I was normal. But while with their lawyers and their public safety officers and threats they are doubling down and trying to break me I am more resolved. My tribe is the Jews though I am not a Jew and I won’t be budged. Please say a prayer for me, sometimes it is overwhelming, new threats all the time. A girl threatened to make false sexual allegations if I didn’t bank off. I ignored her so she did. They are so dirty.

cynthia's avatar

This is just wrong. Try contacting Ben Shapiro. He has a large audience and is also an attorney. He will appreciate a Christian standing up for the Jews. Also, Bill Maher.. he's also Catholic but a staunch pro Israel supporter. On Instagram there are hundreds of pro-israel podcasters, and I'm sure many would like to amplify your story.

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You tried the ADL, Honest Reporting, Alan Dershowitz, Ben Shapiro, and the Pro Israel podcasters? Someone should be able to point you in the right direction. Have you written your story and sent it to the Jerusalem Post? Perhaps camera.org could help you find someone. So just to reiterate. You are not Jewish and you are standing up for Israel and because of that you are being fired and harassed? You say that all the Jewish professors at the University don't want to get involved? I'm trying to understand your story. Also can you list your first and last name? I'm sure there's information about this on Google.

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Honest reporting interviewed me. I am too small for those other people. One podcast in Israel interviewed me. But without mainstream media support, it is impossible. The large Jewish orgs did nothing. But the CBC, when a paramedic accused Jews of luring kids to a garbage dump to murder them, supported her. My position was unpopular, so I received very little coverage. This empowered the university. At this point I was fired six months ago, so the story is dead.

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I tried, no response. thx

Harry Storm's avatar

You really ought to be recording all your conversations at this point. What's happening to you is beyond disgraceful, and if you're fired you should take these BDStards to court where allegations require proof. Thank you for your persistence in this travesty of justice.