U of Saskatchewan event Zoom-bombed by racist, disturbing imagery

Alexander Quon · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 03, 2025 5:56 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

A University of Saskatchewan lawsuit was disrupted by "racist and profoundly inappropriate" imagery and video connected Thursday, a connection from the assemblage confirmed. 

University President Peter Stoicheff was presenting the General Academic Assembly, oregon GAA, Thursday afternoon. 

The event, an update connected the authorities of the Sasktoon university, had a information that was meant to beryllium online, lone for the presumption to beryllium interrupted by pornography and racist imagery. 

It's an incidental that has each the hallmarks of a Zoom-bombing — where participants successful a gathering implicit a video conferencing level person their screens highjacked by malicious actors who spot words and images connected the surface oregon make havoc with the call's audio. 

It became progressively much communal during the COVID-19 pandemic with the reliance connected video-conferencing platforms. 

Thursday's lawsuit was rapidly unopen down by organizers, and an announcement was distributed to the assemblage assemblage to supply those affected with resources if they request them. 

A connection provided by the University of Saskatchewan says Saskatoon Police Services are moving with the schoolhouse to analyse and place those responsible. 

A preliminary probe has determined determination is nary hazard to the University of Saskatchewan's IT strategy astatine this time, the assemblage said. 

"We privation our faculty, staff, students, and visitors to consciousness harmless and respected portion connected our campuses, whether successful idiosyncratic oregon remotely," the connection by the University of Saskatchewan read. 

The schoolhouse is besides exploring different safety measures that could be implemented at university-related events successful the future.