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Yale Professors Depart for Canada Over Trump Administration's Higher Education Policies

Jason Stanley, Marci Shore, and Timothy Snyder leave Yale for the University of Toronto, citing threats to academic freedom and democracy under Trump's administration.

Student at the University of Toronto campus, Toronto, Canada, on Friday, August 9, 2024. New Immigration laws drastically reduce foreign students in Canada. Photographer: Angela Lewis/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Students wait in long security lines outside of Columbia University as demonstrators rallied in support of Palestine on March 24, 2025.
Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University campus in New Haven, Conn.

Overview

  • Three prominent Yale professors, known for their criticism of authoritarianism, have joined the University of Toronto, citing concerns over the Trump administration's policies targeting higher education.
  • Jason Stanley, a philosophy professor, stated that recent federal funding threats and policy changes at Columbia University highlighted a lack of institutional resistance to government pressure.
  • Marci Shore and Timothy Snyder, historians specializing in European history, moved to Canada following the 2024 U.S. presidential election, expressing fears of rising authoritarianism in the United States.
  • The Trump administration has implemented executive orders, funding threats, and investigations into universities, with Columbia losing $400 million in federal funding over alleged tolerance of antisemitism.
  • Canadian institutions, such as the University of Toronto, are actively recruiting U.S. scholars concerned about political interference, positioning themselves as havens for academic freedom.