Montreal — Canadian Jewish advocacy group B’nai Brith Canada published screenshots this month, which it says show current and aspiring Quebec medical students posting antisemitic, racist, and misogynistic material on a public Discord server.
B’nai Brith said the server was visible to about 1,400 members and that the posts were not hidden in private channels. The organization described the space as a “cesspool of antisemitism, racism, misogyny, and hate” and urged institutions to act.
Screenshots circulated by B’nai Brith and by watchdog group Doctors Against Racism and Antisemitism include explicit examples. They show Holocaust denial, calls invoking the “Final Solution,” jokes about Anne Frank, racial slurs, and statements suggesting Jewish doctors would be untrustworthy if identified by religious markers.
“Almost no one spoke up,” B’nai Brith said in its public post. “These are not anonymous trolls. They are future doctors. And this kind of hate does not stay online. It follows them into classrooms, clinics, and operating rooms.”
The revelations drew immediate concern from Jewish medical professionals. Lior Bibas, president of the Association of Jewish Doctors of Quebec, said he was appalled and called for an urgent, transparent inquiry to identify those responsible. He said candidates who express such views should not be admitted to medical programs.
The material also prompted wider alarm. Doctors Against Racism and Antisemitism said the posts reflected a failure by institutions to confront rising antisemitism in medical faculties since October 2023. The group urged expulsions for students identified in the screenshots and stronger screening of applicants.
A report circulating among Jewish doctors, said to run to more than 100 pages, includes many of the screenshots and names at least one Dawson College student and one current Quebec medical student among those who posted. Dawson College officials have been reported to be investigating alleged involvement.
Quebec’s health ministry declined specific comment and referred questions about professional conduct and admissions standards to the Collège des médecins and to individual faculties of medicine. The Collège des médecins sets an ethical framework for licensure, but community groups say more immediate action is required to safeguard patients.
Jewish leaders said the silence by bystanders in the server is itself worrying. “Silence enables this rot to spread,” B’nai Brith said. Community advocates urged medical schools and licensing bodies to review admissions, interviewing, and disciplinary procedures to ensure applicants who hold or spread hate are identified and barred from patient care.
Medical schools and Quebec universities have acknowledged receiving inquiries. Some institutions have indicated they will examine the allegations and consider appropriate disciplinary or administrative measures where members are identified. Community groups said they will press for transparency and for clear safeguards to protect patients from practitioners who hold extremist or dehumanizing views.
For Jewish and pro-Israel readers, the episode underscores a broader concern about rising antisemitism in Canadian campuses and professions. Leaders say decisive institutional responses are needed now to preserve trust in the health system and to ensure medicine remains grounded in ethics and respect.
This article is based on verified information from B’nai Brith Canada, The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, and The CJN.