Montreal, QC – August 26, 2025 – Doctors Against Racism and Antisemitism (DARA) expresses dismay at the University of Sherbrooke’s decision to admit a student who served as the lead moderator of a Discord forum filled with antisemitic, misogynistic, racist, and extremist content. This student began medical school at University of Sherbrooke on Monday.

As moderator, he was responsible for both authoring violent hate speech targeting identifiable groups including Jews, women, African Canadians and LGBTQ2+, and for permitting the circulation of antisemitic propaganda.  Entrusting such an individual with medical training is a violation of the moral integrity of the medical profession.

 

A Sample of the Posts Authored by the Student Himself:

  • Regarding admission to medical school, “Guys est-ce que j’ai mes chances? S’il est Gay + Black + Juif + Trans ça va.” “Guys, do I have a chance? If he’s Gay + Black + Jewish + Trans, it’s fine.”
  • In response to LGBTQ+ content, he posted an image of a locker full of rifles.
  •  In response to another user writing “Fini le Québec on domine soon” (“Quebec will be dominated soon”), he replied: “l’État islamique au Québec” — “The Islamic State in Quebec.”
  •  “En parlant des juifs, you doxx them, I hunt them. En vrai c’est une meilleure carrière que med.” — “Speaking of Jews, you doxx them, I hunt them. Honestly, it’s a better career than medicine.”
  • “Vote pour moi comme chef du bloc pour que je légalise capital punishment pour ces negs.” — “Vote for me as head of the bloc so I can legalize capital punishment for these n*****s.”

An Example of One of the Many Posts He Permitted as Moderator

  • A reference to a potential medical school interview question “Anne Frank est cachée dans le grenier… les SS viennent frapper… dites leur de gazer le rat dans le grenier au plus vite.”  “Anne Frank is hiding in the attic… the SS knock on the door… gas the rat in the attic as quickly as possible.”

 

All Medical Schools Were Warned

In May 2025 (before the medical school acceptances were sent out), DARA formally alerted every Canadian medical school to the existence of this Discord forum and warned that applicants participating in it would be seeking admission. The University of Sherbrooke has a duty to protect the public by ensuring its admissions process selects candidates who embody compassion, moral integrity, and respect for human dignity. Patients deserve integrity. Trainees deserve safety. The University of Sherbrooke has failed both.

 

DARA calls for immediate and urgent action:

  • The University of Sherbrooke must immediately suspend the student’s admission and launch a transparent review.
  • Quebec’s medical leadership especially the Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ) must publicly affirm that antisemitism, misogyny, and extremist ideology have no place in medicine or in medical training.

 

About Doctors Against Racism and Antisemitism 

Doctors Against Racism and Antisemitism (DARA) is a grass roots organization of health care professionals whose activities are directed at upholding human rights in the medical realm and academic environments.

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