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Lesley Wood

Lesley Wood was arrested in November 2023 for vandalizing a Jewish-owned business during Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists.

On November 22, 2023, Lesley Wood was arrested and charged with “mischief over $5000” and “conspiracy to commit an indictable offence,” according to records obtained from the Toronto Police Service Hate Crime Unit.

The incident occurred at the Indigo bookstore in Toronto during Israel’s war against Hamas. Israel launched the war after the October 7, 2023, terror attacks. Hamas murdered approximately 1,200 Israelis, injured thousands and kidnapped hundreds more that day. For more information, see the Canary Mission page on Hamas.

On November 27, 2023, The Globe and Mail reported that Lesley Wood was one of three other York University (York) employees who "have been placed on leave from their jobs after they were charged in connection with hate-motivated mischief over the defacing of a Toronto Indigo bookstore."

On November 30, 2023, Wood posted on her personal website about her arrest: "I, like others charged, have been suspended from my position at the university."

As of March 2025, Lesley Wood was listed on York website as a professor in the Department of Sociology. York is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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