Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME)
This report, co-authored with CJPME, reveals an explosion of anti-Palestinian racism (APR) in 2023 over the previous year.
Compiled by the CJPME, these are some resources which should be of help to people - especially those in Canada - who want to learn more (and participate in the conversation) about APR.
Arab Canadian Lawyers Association
ACLA’s Anti-Palestinian Racism report is a resource that provides a description of anti-Palestinian racism; explains how it operates to silence discourse on Palestine; and outlines the impacts of anti-Palestinian racism on individuals and the broader community.
Palestinian Canadian Congress (PCC)
The Palestinian Canadian Congress (PCC) has commissioned a pivotal new survey to investigate the alarming prevalence of Anti-Palestinian Racism (APR) in Canada. As a leading advocate for Palestinian communities, PCC’s initiative aims to address the increasing targeting of Palestinians and their allies, while bringing much-needed attention to APR as a distinct and pervasive form of discrimination.
The findings are both significant and revealing, with 81.4% of respondents sharing their personal experiences of APR. This issue extends far beyond one community, with 31% of those affected identifying as White/Caucasian, emphasizing that APR impacts individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those born in Canada. With 80.8% of respondents recognizing APR as a serious problem, this report provides a critical examination of an issue that has long been overlooked.
Carleton University
This report provides a detailed account of anti-Palestinian racism (APR) at Carleton University since October 2023. Drawing on first-hand testimonies from students, faculty, and staff as well as documentary evidence, the report demonstrates that APR at Carleton is rampant and systemic. We show that APR is embedded in administrative decisions, campus safety protocols, risk management policies, equity frameworks, and institutional norms that shape and govern campus culture.
York University
In the aftermath of October 7, 2023, Canada saw a rise in anti-Palestinian racism (APR), Islamophobia, anti-Arab racism (AAR) and antisemitism that affects many areas of life and work for Canadians. This report contributes to broadening our understanding of this troubling trend by documenting incidents of Islamophobia, APR and AAR in Canada, making visible the diversity of communities and people affected as well as the range of types of incidents.
The information included in this report is based on interviews with Canadian organizations that focus on combatting Islamophobia, AAR and APR, data that some of these organizations provided, publicly available data as well as media reports from October 2023 to November 2024 and some more recent updates. These incidents represent a small fraction of the cases reported to these organizations, but they provide important insights into the lived experiences and material realities of Islamophobia, APR and AAR in Canada.
York-REC Subcommittee (2024). “Surveilled & Silenced: A Report on Palestine Solidarity at York University.” Toronto: York University.
Surveilled & Silenced is a unique and original initiative that documents anti-Palestinian racism and the experiences of faculty members, students, and staff at York University after October 7 2023, including those who stand in solidarity with Palestine and Palestinians. The report argues that racism is shaped by academic repression and reprisals against those challenging anti-Palestinian racism (APR) and those that stand for Palestine solidarity; and that repression and reprisal are due to, and gaining strength from, the failure of the administration to take effective action when it comes to anti-Palestinian racism. As the first of its kind, this report will have implications for all Canadian universities. It documents the pervasiveness of anti-Palestinian racism and its profound impacts on students, staff and faculty. It documents the reasons this form of racism fails to get effectively addressed. And, it suggests that addressing anti-Palestinian racism requires a serious interrogation of the relationship that Canada and its universities have with Israel.
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
Islamophobia has wreaked devastating consequences in Canada in recent years. Now, communities still mourning the loss of loved ones following the mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque in 2017, and the pickup truck attack against a Muslim family in London, Ontario in 2021, are facing a new wave of hateful rhetoric and violence. During this study, several witnesses noted the increase in Islamophobic incidents over the past year. Women wearing the hijab are being harassed, assaulted, and spat on in public. Mosques are being threatened and vandalized. Canadian Muslims are being blamed for acts of terrorism abroad; some are losing their jobs due to their religious and political beliefs.
As the examples provided above demonstrate, Islamophobia was already well-rooted in Canada when the war in the Middle East began with Hamas’ attack on 7 October 2023. Nevertheless, the evidence is clear that it has since drastically escalated, alongside related forms of hate and discrimination. Many witnesses highlighted the increased targeting of Palestinians in particular, often referred to as anti-Palestinian racism (APR).