Gender studies class targeted in stabbing attack will continue this week: University of Waterloo

Six days after three people were stabbed during a University of Waterloo gender studies class, the university says the course will continue this week.

Six days after three people were stabbed during a University of Waterloo gender studies class, the university says the course will continue this week. 

In a statement released on Twitter Tuesday, University President Vivek Goel said while some may choose not to continue with the course “it is essential that it remain in place.”

“We cannot go on as if nothing has changed following that horrific hate-filled attack,” Goel said in part.

“A professor and two students were brutally stabbed, and an entire class was terrorized, simply because of the subject that was being taught.”

He goes on to say the course will go ahead this week and staff will support students as they return to class.

Luc Cousineau, a contract instructor at the University of Waterloo who teaches courses on gender, was in a different building on campus on the day of the attack.

“It’s scary, it’s a thing that makes you consider your own safety and more importantly the safety of my students,” Cousineau said.