DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UniversityOfToronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfToronto</span></a> hires three prominent Yale <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/professors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>professors</span></a> worried about Trump </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> scholar <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JasonStanley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JasonStanley</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/historians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historians</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TimothySnyder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimothySnyder</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarciShore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarciShore</span></a> have taken jobs at the University of Toronto amid concerns about the second <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration</p><p>by Allison Smith, Mar 26, 2025</p><p>"U.S. President Donald Trump’s reelection has spurred several high-profile Yale <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/professors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>professors</span></a> to leave New Haven for jobs at the University of Toronto. </p><p>"Bestselling author Timothy Snyder and historian Marci Shore are on leave from Yale and joined UofT earlier this year.</p><p>"Snyder and Shore, who are married, will begin teaching courses at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy this fall. </p><p>"Shore told TorontoToday they plan to stay at UofT 'for the long-term.' </p><p>"Snyder is the New York Times bestselling author of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OnTyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnTyranny</span></a> and The Road to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Unfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unfreedom</span></a>, and an outspoken critic of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration. </p><p>"UofT began recruiting her and Snyder two years ago, Shore said, 'and we were seriously considering the offers long before the November 2024 presidential elections.'</p><p>"'Both Toronto and the Munk School were and are very attractive places unto themselves, even bracketing the American descent into fascism,' she said in an email.</p><p>"'All that said, yes, of course our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanCatastrophe</span></a> played a role in our final decision.'"</p><p>Rea more:<br><a href="https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/education/university-toronto-hires-three-prominent-yale-professors-worried-about-trump-10433643" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">torontotoday.ca/local/educatio</span><span class="invisible">n/university-toronto-hires-three-prominent-yale-professors-worried-about-trump-10433643</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UofT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UofT</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>