Demonstrators hold placards as they protest against antisemitism in London (Daniel Leal-Olivas - AFP) Middle East Monitor / December 2, 2021 A major Canadian academic association representing more than 70,000 academic faculty and staff around the country has rejected the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism in an effort to protect academic freedom. The motion adopted by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), states that it “supports the academic freedom of its members and recognizes the need to safeguard the rights of scholars to critique all states, including the state of Israel, without fear of outside...