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A women’s studies class at the University of Toronto Mississauga campus is being cancelled this week following online threats targeted towards female students and faculty at the school.

In an email to students, Professor Hae Yeon Choo said she cancelled the first week of her Sociology of Gender course to offer students a “moment of serious reflection” about the threats.

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“I wish we could just laugh at incidents like this online threat,” Choo said. “But targeting women and feminists, as well as other minority groups, has a long history, and is a problem that still exists in our current era that requires our reflection.”

I don’t think we should stand down or miss our education for something like this

On Friday, police said an investigation into the anonymous online threats, posted in the comments section of BlogTO, has not identified any credible threat to students at the university.

Arooj Shakeel is one of the students affected by the class cancellation.

“I think every threat should be taken seriously, especially for a class this size,” she said. “My personal way of protesting (against the violent threats) would be to go to class. I don’t think we should stand down or miss our education for something like this.”

The University of Toronto has increased security presence on all three campuses in response to the threats. In a letter to students on Sunday, Ryerson University announced it has followed suit by ramping up security.