Severely Prejudiced Medical Students

"The office of the lieutenant-governor of Quebec has removed Ahmad Mousattat's name from the Quebec lieutenant-governor's medal register, and he has been notified of this decision." 

"Dawson College sent us a letter asking us to withdraw its recommendation to support Mr. Mousattat's candidacy."

"[Dawson] confirmed to us that the student had admitted to writing messages that were, shall we say, inappropriate."

Ian Prefontaine, spokesperson, Lt.-Gov. Manon Jeannotte

 

"We have never requested the removal of a Youth Medal to a student though we have rescinded the recommendation of a student to the lieutenant-governor's office for a Youth Medal."

"The selection of recipients of the Youth Medal lies solely with the lieutenant-governor's office, and by extension one would assume, the removal as well."

Donna Varrica, spokeswoman, Dawson College

Screenshot of Ahmad Mousattat from video on Islamic Relief Canada via YouTube.

"On May 9, 2025, an anonymous email sent to Dawson College denounced a social media chat group between students from different institutions."

"The comments were described as hateful, antisemitic, racist and threatening to various groups. Among the main participants in this group was a student from the college. The email included several screenshots illustrating these exchanges."

"Faced with this situation, the college took swift action. The articles concerning the student were removed from the college’s website and a meeting was arranged with him."

"During this meeting, he confirmed that he was the author of the messages and provided some explanations."

Dawson College report to Quebec Ministry of Higher Education  

In the final analysis, Universite de Sherbrooke declined to refuse the student admission to its medical school: "Although some comments were deemed inappropriate, they did not constitute incitement to violence", their report concluded.That decision by the university was viewed with alarm by other students admitted to the medical college, amplified by a response from the Association des médecins juifs du Québec and Doctors Against Racism and Antisemitism (DARA) in Toronto, both of which groups relayed concerns to the university. Leading to a subsequent meeting between Rector Jean-Pierre Perreault and some physicians concerning Mousattat.

Mousattat posted a picture of a refrigerator filled with weapons following a post where a symbol of LGBTQ Pride appeared. He could also be seen sharing elsewhere an image of a man wearing a vest with explosives and another image of an armed man.

In another message, he used the "n-word" and, in another, he mentioned medical school admission policies that, according to him, favored gays, Blacks, Jews, and trans people. "The Islamic State of Quebec," he wrote in response to a user who wrote "Quebec is over, we dominate soon."

A student with extremist views admitted to medical school  Actualité

Undeniably, Ahmad Mousattat, as reported by the Journal de Montreal, posted social media remarks unambiguously antisemitic, homophobic and sexist. Convincingly enough to cause him to be stripped of a youth medical conferred on him by the lieutenant-governor of Quebec. In obvious recognition that such sentiments, even expressed in a closed group chat platform like Discord (aptly named) in conversation with others sharing similar sentiments, identify an individual with strong racist antipathies. As a nascent member of the Canadian medical community it is obvious that someone of this mentality practising medicine can constitute a danger to those patients whose demographics he despises.

 

The conferring of medals such as the one withdrawn as a result of revelations of the man's character is made when an invitation is circulated from the lieutenant-governor's office inviting recommendations to be forwarded of potential recipients, those who distinguish themselves as model citizens, who extend themselves in ways that mark them as exceptional, and a credit to their community and society at large. Clearly, anyone who recommended this man did so from a perspective either ignorant of his bigotry, or sharing his deep-seated prejudices.

 

That the Universite de Sherbrooke saw fit to overlook the man's 'indiscretions', betraying him as a potential threat to the larger community as a practising member of the medical community burdened with a deep contempt for others unlike himself, is in and of itself troubling. The man in question, Ahmad Mousattat claims to be the victim of "baseless" allegations by an anonymous group. 
Bakgrounded by revelations that the Discord social media platform for medical school applicants revealed comments described as hateful, antisemitic, racist and threatening to a number of groups within society.

 

When the situation was revealed in July by a number of prominent news reports, Dawson College was apprised that among the medical students engaging in pejorative comments against minority groups was a main participant who was a student from Dawson College. The College then undertook to meet with the student involved: "During this meeting, he confirmed that he was the author of the messages". Which failed to impress on the college just how inappropriate it would be for an individual with that mindset to train in the healing arts. And this was but one of the medical students involved in those incendiary chats. 

 

Screenshot of a Facebook Médecine Montérégie group showing Université de Sherbrooke medical students, including Ahmad Mousattat in the bottom left corner Facebook Médecine Montérégie