Toronto (December 7, 2017) - Brandon University is the latestCanadian campus to report being the target of a recruitment campaign promotingthe hate-filled messaging of the white supremacist movement.  

Posters andstickers promoting the “European Brotherhood”, a website which sells whitesupremacist items, have appeared throughout campus since the beginning of thisweek. University officials moved quickly to condemn the posters,reaching out to FSWC to reaffirm their commitment to inclusion in a bid tocounter the divisive messaging.

“Since the beginning of the school year, universities across Canada havebeen the target of white supremacist campaigns. This is happening asgroups promoting white supremacist messages of hate and intolerance have seen aresurgence, both on and off campus," said Avi Benlolo, President and CEO of FSWC. "While the posters in this caseare connected to a group promoting European white nationalism, we have seen alltoo similar campaigns here in Canada and a disturbing interest in whitesupremacist and Nazi memorabilia." 

"Clear policies against hatespeech in all its forms combined with an ongoing commitment to promoteinclusion and understanding through education is what is called for."

Media Contact: 

Avital Borisovsky  
Communications Associate      
416.864.9735 x 29 
aborisovsky@fswc.ca

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