MRU prof calls out institution for lack of action against anti-Semitism on campus

Months after a troubling encounter on the Mount Royal University campus, which ended in a criminal charge against a protester, a professor is calling out the institution for not doing more to provide a safe environment for Jewish faculty and students.

Months after a troubling encounter on the Mount Royal University campus, which ended in a criminal charge against a protester, a professor is calling out the institution for not doing more to provide a safe environment for Jewish faculty and students.

Kelly Sundberg, a tenured associate professor at MRU and a member of Calgary's Jewish community.

He says he was approached by several students in December, just a couple of months after the Hamas-led attack on Israel that occurred on Oct. 7.

"Because of social media, the fervour and the hate, and the misinformation and disinformation about the Israeli-Hamas conflict, there was a group of students who went looking for Jewish professors," Sundberg told CTV News.

"They were looking to 'educate' Jewish professors about what they called the genocides in Gaza, whether we wanted to hear it or not."

Sundberg says one of the students suggested, "Anyone who supports the State of Israel is a baby killer."

According to Sundberg, the incident was recorded by students looking to provoke a response.