First, the report is based on an online survey that lacked proper screening. For example, Dr. El Jones—an Associate Professor in political and cultural studies who is neither a student nor Jewish—was able to complete the survey, twice.

Second, the survey’s recruitment process, which prioritized explicitly Zionist organizations such as Hillel and Chabad, resulted in a clearly pro-Zionist bias: the report found that 86.8% of the survey respondents indicated that “Zionism” is very or somewhat important to them, despite the fact that a 2024 survey found that only half of Canadian Jews identify as Zionist.

Moreover, the report’s authors failed to consult with anti-Zionist Jewish organizations, such as Independent Jewish Voices, who could have shared the survey with its hundreds of student members. (The survey only included 900 respondents.) Indeed, the report itself admits it cannot be relied on as a representative sample of Jewish student experiences, noting that “[t]he Jewish survey is not weighted,” such that the results can only be “interpreted descriptively rather than as precise population estimates.”

Despite these glaring issues, mainstream media outlets were largely uncritical in their reporting. CBC, for example, initially reported in their article subheading that “95.7% of Jewish students say they saw or experienced antisemitism in 2025.” After the report was criticized, the article subheading was changed to “95.7% of surveyed Jewish students say… .”