Nearly 80% of Canadian Jewish professors changed behavior to stay safe after Oct. 7, study suggests

Canadian Jewish professors reported a “sharp erosion of both physical and emotional safety across campuses,” according to an article published this month in the Canadian Journal of Higher Education.Lilach Marom and Leor Elizur, of Simon Fraser University, and Cary Kogan, of the University of Ottawa, drew on data from 120 Jewish professors in the country, 51 of whom were willing to sit for interviews.“Only 40% of participants reported feeling ‘somewhat’ or ‘very’ physically safe on campus” after Oct. 7, the scholars write. “Furthermore, 79.2% indicated that they had changed their behavior, such as avoiding certain areas of campus, compared to 35% before Oct. 7.”There was an even more pronounced decline in emotional safety, per the paper.“Only 14.2% reported feeling ‘somewhat’ or ‘very’ emotionally safe on campus, and 87.5% said they had experienced distress on campus post-Oct. 7,” the scholars wrote, “up from 40.8% before Oct. 7.”In 2025, Jews, who make…

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