The letter below was drawn up in response to pervasive repression of speech and scholarship on Palestinian liberation. Law students and lawyers are being threatened with academic sanctions and job loss for advocating against Israel’s atrocities in Palestine.
We are deeply concerned by the growing chorus of statements from lawyers, law firms and law schools that are conflating expressions of solidarity with Palestinians and criticism of the State of Israel as antisemitic and conduct unworthy of learning or practicing law. In particular:
- Lawyers are openly advocating on social media to blacklist law students and lawyers who have voiced support for Palestine;
- Lawyers are contacting the employers of lawyers and encouraging they be fired for their pro-Palestinian advocacy. Law firms (many of which issued unprecedented, political statements in support of Israel) are rescinding interview offers to students who sign open letters condemning Israel. Law schools are threatening those students with expulsion; and
- Lawyers are bullying and defaming others who have voiced support for Palestine or attended demonstrations in support of Palestine, calling them terrorists, antisemites, and other pejoratives. A disproportionate number of these lawyers who are being bullied, in potential violation of the rules of professional conduct, are junior members of the bar, racialized, and/or Muslim.
We reject the notion that it is antisemitic, hateful, or illegitimate to contextualize the October 7th, 2023 attack. Similarly, we reject the notion that it is antisemitic, hateful, or illegitimate to express support for Palestinians in the face of ongoing Israeli apartheid and genocide.
This is legitimate Charter-protected political expression. This speech echoes the United Nation’s Secretary General (the October 7th attack “did not happen in a vacuum”), the Executive Director of Jewish Voice for Peace (“The Israeli government has lost any semblance of humanity as they wage a genocide against the people living in Gaza”), and numerous UN General Assembly resolutions affirming the right of the Palestinians to resist their demise (UNGA Resolution 45/130 (1990); Resolution 37/43 (1982); Resolution 3314 (1974)).
Lawyers and law students are not the only people who have faced harassment, workplace retribution, or job loss for speaking out for Palestine. Ontario MPP Sarah Jama’s censure and the York University's attempt to decertify student unions are but two high-profile examples. The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association has noted that this clampdown has led to “escalating levels of Islamophobia, harassment, racial profiling, and surveillance akin to that seen post-9/11.” It is intensifying the anti-Palestinian racism in Canadian society, as described by the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association.
This chilling effect on freedom of expression and academic freedom has the hallmarks of a new McCarthyism. A failure of those of us in the legal profession to voice our opposition to this conduct will only accelerate the erosion of the very protections that make dissent – and therefore democracy – possible. It is vital that the space for scholarship, speech and activism in defence of basic human rights be preserved.
We, the undersigned lawyers, legal institutions, legal workers and academics commit not to discriminate against anyone for speaking out for justice and freedom for Palestinians.
We will mentor you. We will support you. We are proud to call you colleagues.
The following alphabetical list is being periodically updated.
Organizations
Arab Canadian Lawyers Association
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights
Law Union of Ontario
Halifax Refugee Clinic
Movement Defence Committee
No More Silence
Pivot Legal Society
Scholar Strike Canada
South Asian Legal Clinic of BC
The Legal Centre for Palestine
Toronto Metropolitan Faculty Association Equity Committee
Individuals and Firms
- Aashish Kohli
- Aaina Grover
- Aba Akyianu
- Adam Lee, LLM candidate, Osgoode Hall Law School
- Adam Veenendaal
- Adia Niah
- Aditi Iyer
- Adrian Carranza
- Adrian Smith, York University
- Afifa Hashimi
- Ahmad Barzak
- Ahmed Labib
- Ahsan Mirza
- Aidan Bullen
- Aidan "Connie" Campbell, Lawyer
- Aidan Simardone
- Aishah Nofal
- Aislin M. Jackson
- Ajay Parasram
- Alefia Ghadiyali
- Aleks Ivovic
- Alex Hunsberger
- Alex Kermer
- Alex Medley, University of Ottawa
- Alex Neve, Adjunct Professor of International Human Rights Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
- Alexa Powell
- Alexander Kirby
- Alexander Ostroff
- Alexandra Hobson
- Alexandra T. Da Dalt
- Alexandra Youssef
- Alexandria Bonney
- Ali Naraghi
- Ali Hammoudi, Windsor Law
- Aliah El-houni
Alison Symington
- Allison MacIntosh
- Ally Memedovich
- Amarkai Laryea
- Amanda Ghahremani, Emergent Justice Collective
- Amanda Venner
- Amani Rauff
- Amir Hage
- Amjad Khadhair
- Ameena Sultan
- Amnah Hasan
- Amna Rehman
- Amy Brubacher
- Amy Kishek
- Ana Mihajlovic
- Anchal Bhatia
- Andrea Ajurias
- Andrea MacNevin
- Andrea Sobko
- Andrea Vogel
- Andrea Vitopoulos
- Andrew Bigioni
- Andrew Mindszenthy
- Angela Emam
- Angela Zhu, OPSEU/SEFPO
- Anikah Ahmad, lawyer
- Anisha Nag, Anisha Nag Law
- Anita Nathan
- Anna Cooper, Pivot Legal Society
- Anna Goldfinch
- Annie Chen
- Anver Emon, Faculty of Law University of Toronto
- Arash Ghiassi
- Archana Ravi
- Ardi Imseis, Queen's University, Faculty of Law
- Ariana Agouridis
- Armaan Kassam, Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association - BC Branch, Executive Committee Member
- Asad Kiyani, Associate Professor, University of Victoria Faculty of Law
- Asaf Rashid, Asaf Rashid Law
- Ashley Jacobs
- Ashley Schuitema
- Ashley Wilson
- Ashwini Vasanthakumar, Queen's University Faculty of Law
- Astor Li
- Astrid Mrkich
- Athena Law
- Atiya Husain, Carleton University
- Audrey Axten
- Ava Armand
- Avineet Kaur Cheema
- Ayat Noori
- Ayaz Mehdi , Lawyer
- Ayesha Adamjee
- Aylin Manduric
- Baneet Hans
- Beck Park
- Benjamin Hognestad
- Benjamin Ries
- Bessma Kassim
- Bety Tesfay
- Brenna Bhandar, Associate Professor, Allard Law Faculty, UBC
- Brendan Jowett
- Breshna Durrani
- Brett Hughes
- Brittany Scott
- Bryan Birtles
- Bruce Ryder, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
- Caitlin Meggs
- Camelia Alikashani
- Camille de Vasconcelos
- Carla Martí
- Carol Drumm
- Caroline Grady
- Carranza LLP
- Catherine Lafferty
- Catherine Sadler
- Charlotte Cass
- Cheikh Sadibou Fall
- Cheryl Gaster, Human Rights Lawyer, Retired
- Chetan Muram
- Chimwemwe Undi
- Chris Rudnicki
- Christa Croos
- Christina Clemente
- Christina Shiwsankar
- Christina Wang
- Christina Vira
- Christopher Grossi
- Cindy Phillips
- Claire Kanigan
- Claire Mummé, University of Windsor
- Clémence Thabet
- Clifford Luyt, Barrister and Solicitor
- Craig Burley, Barrister and Solicitor
- Cody O’Neil
- Colette Nemni
- Coline Bellefleur
- Cynthia Khoo
- Dahlia Aeta
- Dalia Tejeda
- Damey Lee
- Damian Di Biase
- Dania Majid, Arab Canadian Lawyers Association
- Dania S., UQÀM
- Daniel Tucker-Simmons, Avant Law
- Danielle Bisnar
- Danielle Sabelli
- Danielle Sandhu
- Danika So, West Toronto Community Legal Services
- Danny Barrett
- Darcy Lindberg, University of Victoria
- Dave Steele
- David-Alexandre Bosset
- David Arruda
- David Isaac
- David Shellnutt
- David Sworn
- David W. Cass
- David Wiseman, uOttawa
- Dayeon Min
- Dayna Nadine Scott, Osgoode Hall Law School and the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University
- Debbie Rachlis, Debbie Rachlis Law
- Deborah Guterman, Cavalluzzo LLP, LLB/BCL McGill University
- Devorah Katz
- Devon Paul
- Diana Abuseedou
- Diann Chea
- Dimitri Lascaris
- Dina Finkelshtein
- Dock A R Currie
- Dustin Fox
- E. Ascencio
- E. Bala
- Elie Waitzer
- Elise Mercier
- Ella Bedard
- Ella Henry
- Ellen Campbell, University of Victoria
- Emma Conlon
- Emma Smyth
- Emmaline English
- Emmanuelle Moussa, avocate
- Emily Beggs
- Emily Denomme
- Emily Dixon Law
- Emily Lewsen
- Emily O’Keefe
- Emma Landy
- Emma Sitland, McGill University (Alumni)
- Enid Gibney
- Erica Cartwright
- Erica Olmstead, lawyer
- Eric DePoe
- Erik Taweel
- Erika Chan
- Erika Richards
- Erika Voaklander
- Erin Fletcher
- Erin Masters
- Erin Sobat
- Esther Song
- Eugene Kung
- Eugenia Cappellaro Zavaleta
- Evaleen Hellinga
- Evan Szczucinski
- F. Lam
- F. Zeenath Zeath
- Fahim Rahman
- Faisal Bhabha, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
- Faiza Khan
- Farah Malik
- Fareen Law
- Farzana Khan
- Fasiha Khan
- Fathima Cader
- Fatima Anwar, WITNESS
- Fatima Husain
- Fawad Siddiqui
- Fedora Mathieu, Immigration and Refugee Lawyer
- Flora Yu
- Florence Ashley, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta Faculty of Law
- Francesca Ghossein
- Fred Wu
- Furakh Mir
- Ga Grant
- Gabrielle Aquino
- Gabrielle Matheson
- Gachi Issa
- Gaelle Groux
- Garrett Zehr
- Geetha Philipupillai
- Golta Vahid Shahidi
- Grace Shin
- Grayson Alabiso-Cahill
- Gurkiran Dhillon
- Gwendolyn Muir
- Hajer Labidi
- Hamna Anwar
- Hana Awwad Eidda
- Hana Azzouz
- Hani Al-Dajane, Emerge Law
- Hania Jahangir
- Hannah Bing
- Hannah Shaikh
- Harpreet Grewal
- Harry Glasbeek, Professor Emeritus, Osgoode
- Harsha Walia
- Heath Soave
- Heather Joy Ross, LSM
- Heidi Matthews, Assistant Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School
- Helena Friesen
- Henry Goddard Rebstein
- Henry Off
- Hillary Winter
- Hina Ansari
- Hodan Ahmed, CAMWL
- Howard F Morton
- Humera Jabir
- Hussain Bukhari, Barrister and Solicitor
- Ike Birk
- Safia Lakhan, Iler Campbell LLP
- Ilyas Gora
- Imalka Nilmalgoda
- Immanuel F. Lanzaderas, Queen’s Law ‘08
- Imtenan Abd-El-Razik
- Ioana Dragalin-Reeves, Furgiuele Law
- Irina Ceric, University of Windsor
- Isabel Davila Pereira
- Isabelle Busby
- Iqra Azhar
- Iqra Rafique
- Jackie Esmonde
- Jack Bellemare, Avant Law
- Jack Jones
- Jackson Brown
- Jaclyn Salter
- Jacqueline Louie
- Jacqueline Ohayon, University of Victoria
- Jameela Jeeroburkhan, lawyer
- James Bray
- James Kafieh, Lawyer
- James Yap
- Jamie Liew, University of Ottawa
- Jamie Shilton
- Janet Mosher, Osgoode Hall Law School
- Jasmit Kaur
- Jason Birring
- Jasleen Kaur
- Jay De Santi, PhD student at Osgoode Hall Law School
- Jeffrey T. Garland, Barrister
- Jen Danch
- Jenn Garrett
- Jenna Meguid
- Jennifer Nedelsky, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
- Jennifer Raso
- Jeremy Greenberg (University of Toronto, J.D. 2019)
- Jeremy Lee
- Jerico Espinas
- Jessica Asch, Indigenous Law Research Unit
- Jessica Chandrashekar
- Jessica Frappier
- Jessica Gadea Hawkins, Lincoln Alexander School of Law
- Jesse Gutman, lawyer
- Jessica Mayhew
- Jia Wang
- Jillian Rogin, University of Windsor
- Jillian Toonders
- Joanna Berry
- Joanna Chan
- Joey Doyle, Lawyer, Vancouver, BC
- John No
- John Philpot
- Jonnette Watson Hamilton, Emerita UCalgary Law
- Jordyn Gooden
- Joshua Sealy-Harrington, Assistant Professor at Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University
- Joseph Heenan
- Jouman El-Asmar, Lawyer
- Joycna Kang
- Joy Wahba
- Juan Carranza
- Julia Boddy
- Julia Fyfe
- Julia McDonald
- Julia Romano
- Juliana Saxberg
- Julian Riddell
- Kally Ho
- Kareem Ibrahim Law
- Karen Segal
- Karenna Williams
- Karim Morgan
- Karla Carranza
- Kas Pavanantharajah
- Kat Owens
- Kat Snukal
- Kate Feeney
- Katie Douglas
- Katie Lay
- Katie Mysak
- Katharine Brack
- Katrina Sriranpong
- Katy O'Rourke
- Keerthana Sivapatham
- Kelly Ponte
- Kelty McKerracher
- Kendall Yamagishi
- Kendra Marks
- Kendra Strauss
- Kerry McGladdery Dent, Partner, Spero Law
- Khadi Ndiaye
- Khalid Janmohamed, Lincoln Alexander School of Law
- Khalil Jessa
- Khareem Sawwaf
- Khatima Ali Zada
- Kieran Meehan
- Kim Veller
- Kiran Kang
- Kiran Fatima, University of Calgary
- Kirsty Hobbs
- Krisna Saravanamuttu
- Krista Rodriguez Paralegal & RCIC
- Kristen Lloyd
- Kristen Thomasen
- Kristianne C. Anor
- Kristina Cooke
- Kulvinder Deol
- Kyle Thompson
- Kylie Sier
- Laith Sarhan
- Laura Mars, Lawyer
- Laura Track
- Leena Halees
- Leigh Salsberg
- Leila Gaind
- Leilani Farha
- Dr. Lena El-Malak, independent legal professional
- Lena MacNicholas
- Lily Hassall, Labour Lawyer (Vancouver, BC)
- Lina El Mugammar
- Lina Jaghnane-Elidrissi
- Lindsay Bailey
- Lindsay Holder
- Lindsay Stidwill
- Lindsey Tulk
- Lisa Leinveer
- Lisa Kelly, Queen’s University, Faculty of Law
- Lisa H
- Lisa Leinveer
- Liz Adeseha
- Liza Hughes, BC Civil Liberties Association
- Lorraine Chuen
- Lucia Flores Echaiz
- Lyndsay Watson, Pivot Legal Society
- Macdonald Scott, Carranza LLP
- Madeleine Chin-Yee
- Mae J. Nam, Lawyer
- Maggie Fleming
- Maia Rotman
- Majd Zakout
- Makda Yohannes
- Malian Levi
- Mara Selanders
- Mark Phillips, lawyer
- Marianne Salih
- Mary Boyce
- Mary Anne Vallianatos, University of Windsor
- Mary McPherson
- Mary Thibodeau
- Mary-Elizabeth Dill
- Mathieu Bélanger
- Matthew Campbell-Williams, MCW Law
- Matthew Tran
- Mediators Beyond Borders International, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Meena Dhillon
- Megan Phyper
- Megan Savard
- Meghan McDermott
- Melanie Anderson
- Melanie Snow
- Melissa Crawford
- Melissa J. McKay
- Merima Menzildzic
- Meryam Miftah-Idrissi
- Mia Bottos
- Michael Blazerts
- Michael Brito
- Michael McDonough
- Michaelin Scott
- Michelle Adormaa Owusu
- Michelle Huang
- Michelle LaFortune
- Michelle Sutherland
- Mike Leitold, sole practitioner
- Ming Cheng
- Mitchell McGowan
- Mohamed Boudjenane, Canadian Arab Federation
- Mohammad Hajivandi
- Mohammad Fadel, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
- Mohamad Jamal Bsat
- Monica Chohan, Chohan Law
- Mudasir Marfatia
- Mustafa Jilani
- N Gitanjali Lena, Lena Legal Services
- Naba Shirazi
- Nabila Khan
- Nadia El Ghandouri
- Naila Soubki
- Nana Yanful
- Naomi Moses
- Natasha Bakht, Professor, Shirley Greenberg Chair for Women and the Legal Profession, University of Ottawa
- Natasha Milne
- Navjot Jassar
- Nazanin Khodarahmi, Law Society of British Columbia
- Newsha Zargaran
- Nicole Barazan
- Nicole Freeman
- Nicole Paroyan
- Nicole Veitch
- Nick Kennedy
- Nisha A
- Nishat Hoque
- Noah Escandor
- Nofa Khadduri
- Nofil Nadeem
- Nora Fathalipour
- Nura Awwad
- Nusra Khan
- Oliver Backman
- Olivier Bishop-Mercier
- Omar Farahat, McGill University
- Orlagh O’Kelly
- Padraigin Murphy
- Paniz Khosroshahy
- Paria Saremi, Access Pro Bono Vancouver
- Parmbir Gill
- Patricia Tabascio
- Parvej Sidhu
- Paul Aubin
- Perrie Law
- Petra Molnar
- Poeme Manigat
- Pooja Parmar, University of Victoria
- Pri S, Osgoode Hall Law School alum
- Priyanka Vittal
- Quinn Candler Law
- Rabia Malik
- Raji Mangat
- Ramna Safeer
- Randa Farah, University of Western Ontario
- Randa Mouammar, Professor, School of Legal, Public and Office Administration, Seneca Polytechnic
- Randall K. Cohn
- Randy Mclin, Community Legal Worker
- Ranya El-Sharkawi
- Rashedul Amin, Rashed Amin Law
- Rathika Vasavithasan, Parkdale Community Legal Services
- Rayhan Qarqeen
- Rebecca Glass
- Rebecca Meharchand
- Rebecca Ward
- Rebekah Smith
- Renata Colwell
- Reshana Singh
- Riaz Sayani
- Richa Sandill
- Richard Elliott
- Rick Frank
- Rick Lines
- Riley McLeod
- River Shannon
- Robert Clifford, Allard Law Faculty, UBC
- Robert Patterson
- Robert Richardson, R Richardson Law
- Ron Franklin
- Rosel Kim
- Rosemary Hu
- Roxana Parsa
- Russell Chiong
- Ruth Wellen
- Ryan Deshpande
- Ryan Newell
- Ryan Krasman
- Rye Dutton
- Sabrina Sukhdeo
- Sabrina Shillingford
- Sadaf Kashfi
- Saeed Teebi
- Safiyah H
- Safwan D
- Sahar Rizvi
- Sahil Azad
- Sajeda Hedaraly
- Sajeda Win
- Sakshi Chadha
- Salematou Camara
- Sam Misra
- Sami Louzi
- Samuel Geisterfer
- Sana Fatima
- Sandra Ka Hon Chu
- Sandy L.
- Sara Ageorlo
- Dr. Sara Ghebremusse, Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario
- Sara Hanson
- Sarah L. Boyd
- Sarah Khan
- Sarah Mikhaiel
- Sarah Pringle
- Sarah R.
- Sarah Riley Case
- Sarah Weinberger
- Sebastian Chern
- Seema Shafei
- Seema Kawar
- Serena Cheong
- Sepideh Khazei
- Sevda Mansour
- Shafaq Ahmad
- Shahed Rifai
- Shailaja Nadarajah
- Shama Ansari
- Shane Martinez
- Sharifa N. Khan, Lawyer
- Sharon Crowe
- Shawn Abrahim
- Shawn Smith
- Shayla Praud
- Shayna Beeksma, Beeksma Law Professional Corporation
- Shereen Aly
- Sherif Foda
- Sherifa Hadi
- Shermaine Chua
- Sherry Ghaly
- Sheru Abdulhusein
- Silvia Neagu
- Sima Atri
- Simran Prihar
- Sonali Sharma
- Sonya Sabet-Rasekh
- Sophie Chase
- Sophie Chen
- Sophie Chiasson
- Soumia Allalou
- Stephanie Tadeo, J.D., University of Ottawa
- Stephen Ellis
- Steve Rogers
- Subuhi Siddiqui, Paths Law
- Suha Abu-Jazar
- Sukanya D Pillay
- Sukhpreet Sangha
- Sukeyeena Omran
- Sujith Xavier, Associate Professor, University of Windsor
- Summer I
- Sumrana Taher
- Sunia H
- Susan Dhaliwal
- Susan Toth, Spero Law
- Susanna Allevato Quail, Partner, Allevato Quail & Roy
- Swathi Sekhar, Sekhar Law Office, Director of Protection Initiatives, Rainbow Railroad, Adjunct Professor, Queens University Faculty of Law
- Talia J
- Talukder Law
- Tamara Ramusovic
- Tamir Israel
- Tanya Thakur
- Tara Williamson, Indigenous Law Research Unit
- Taryn Hamilton
- Tasha Donnelly, Donnelly Criminal Law
- Tasha Manoranjan
- Tasneem Jivanji
- Taylor Hanson, Lawyer
- Teddy Weinstein
- Tess Sheldon, Assistant Professor, Windsor Law
- Theresa Donkor
- Thoby King, Lawyer
- Tim Richards
- Tina Gougoushvili
- Tina Yang
- Tracy Nguyen
- Tyson Burke
- Ummni Khan, Carleton University
- Val Lem
- Valantina Amalraj
- Varda Anwar
- Vasanthi Venkatesh, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
- Veromi Arsiradam
- Veronica Martisius, BC Civil Liberties Association
- Vic Natola
- Victoria Peter
- Vincent Wong, University of Windsor
- Vinidhra Vaitheeswaran
- Vlachou Stefania, McGill University
- Vyas Saran
- Walid Ayadi
- William O'Hanley
- Xue 雪
- Yanni Nicolidakis-Mustafa
- Yavar Hameed
- Yomna Khatib
- Yumna Siddiqi
- Yvonne Mazurak
- Zachary Al-Khatib, Liberty Law LLP
- Zack Uganec
- Zainab Asadullah
- Zaineb Hussein
- Zeeshan Baig, PropertyLegal.ca
- Zosia Hortsing
- Zuzana Modrovic, Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre
Academic Colleagues (non-law disciplines)
- Aaron Doyle, Carleton University
- Abigail Bakan, Professor, OISE, University of Toronto
- Aimé Avolonto, York University
- Alan Sears, Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Amanda Glasbeek, Associate Professor, York University
- Amina Jamal
- Andrew MacIsaac (University of Manitoba Faculty Association)
- Anna Zalik, York University
- Anne-Marie Singh, TMU
- Audrey Laurin-Lamothe, York University
- Beverly Bain, Scholar Strike Canada
- Bonita Lawrence, York University
- Buddhika Bellana, York University
- Carlos Novas, Sociology, Carleton University
- Carlota McAllister, York University
- Christo El Morr, York University
- Davina Bhandar Athabasca University
- Deborah Cowen, Professor, University of Toronto
- Eduardo Canel, York University
- Enakshi Dua, York University
- Eva Jewell, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Fahad Ahmad, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Gary Kinsman
- Gail Super, University of Toronto
- Gökbörü Sarp Tanyildiz, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Brock University
- Gordon Doctorow, EdD
- Haideh Moghissi, Emerita Professor, York University
- Himani Bannerji
- Honor Ford-Smith, Associate Professor Emerita
- Dr. Jacqueline Kennelly, Full Professor, Sociology, Carleton University
- Jalal Kawash, Universtity of Calgary
- Jamie Magnusson, Scholar Strike Canada
- Jane Schmidt, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Jean-Michel Landry, Carleton University
- Jody Berland, York University
- Judy Haiven, Retired Professor, Saint Mary's University Halifax NS
- Dr. Layal Shuman, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Dr Marusya Bociurkiw, Professor, TMU
- Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
- Dr. Lila Pine, RTA School of Media, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Luin Goldring, York University
- Malcolm Blincow, Emeritus Anthropology, York University
- Malek Abisaab
- Marcia Macaulay, York University
- Merouan Mekouar, York University
- Michelle Hartman
- Mohamad Sawan, Polytechnique Montreal
- Monireh Mohammadi, author of Speech Scare: A Case for Free Speech (forthcoming, UBC Press)
- Mustafa Koc, TMU
- Nada Moumtaz, University of Toronto
- Nadya Burton, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Nahla Abdo (Ph.D.), Carleton University
- Nalini Persram, York University
- Nazia Sheikh, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Nick Mulé, PhD, York University
- Pablo Idahosa, York University
- Penni Stewart, Professor Emerita, York University
- Peter Vandergeest, Professor Emeritus, York University
- Rachel Berman
- Rachel Zellars, Saint Mary's University
- Rai Reece, TMU
- Richard Fung, professor emeritus, OCAD University
- Richard Wellen, Associate Professor, York University
- Rebecca Watson, TMU
- Roberto Perin, York University
- Dr. Sabreena Ghaffar-Siddiqui
- Saeed Rahnema, Professor rtd, York University
- Sedef Arat-Koc, Associate Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Shabnam Sukhdev, York University
- Shiri Pasternak, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Sheryl Nestel, Affiliated Scholar, New College, U of Toronto
- Steve Daniels, Associate Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Tariq Amin Khan, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Ted McCormick, Concordia
- Thy Phu, University of Toronto
- Usha Viswanathan York University
- Verónica Schild, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Western
- Vinh Nguyen, University of Waterloo
- Viviana Patroni, York University
- Yahya El-Lahib, University of Calgary
- Zahir Kolia, Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology