A student at Toronto’s Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) University is seeking $1 million in damages after alleging she was subjected to ongoing anti-Jewish discrimination at the school.
The statement of claim, filed by the New York based Lawfare Project on behalf of Samantha Kline in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, claims there is a pattern of antisemitic harassment at the school as a result of OCAD’s alleged failure to protect Jewish students since war broke out between Israel and Hamas.
“Antisemitism has always been a problem at OCAD, and after Oct. 7 it exploded and the school did nothing about it,” Kline said at a news conference outside OCAD on Tuesday.
