In November 2025 Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) administration appointed Justice Mary Lou Benotto to conduct an investigation into the two protests that took place on September 19th and November 5th. Both events led to the brutal arrests of students exercising their right to to non-violent protest.

The Benotto Report, published in August 2026, is heavily biased, racist, a threat to academic freedom, and must be rejected in its entirety. We take issue with every step of the investigation process that led up to the Benotto Report, including the flagrant, selective distrust of students during interviews, deeply flawed fact finding methods, discriminatory compassion, and explicitly biased evaluation.

We must hold the TMU administration accountable for legitimizing the blatantly racist Benotto Report.