In commemoration of the 60th year of the Palestinian Nakbah NECEF and SPHR present Israeli Historian and Professor Ilan Pappé in a lecture titled: "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine".

Tour Dates:

Ticket prices vary. Contact local hosts for more info.
# Tuesday - March 25th @ 7:00PM, Montreal, Concordia University, H-110  (1455 de Maisonneuve W). Contact:
# Wednesday - March 26th @ 7:00PM, Toronto, the Health Sciences Auditorium, 6th Floor – 155 College St. Hosted by Canadians for Genocide Education Contact: 416-529-6041, or Women's bookstore, 73 Harbord Street, 416-922-8744
# Thursday - March 27th @ 7:00PM, London, Ontario. University of Western Ontario. Bessie Labatt Building, Main Hall, King's College, $5 students, $10 non-student Contact: or (519)-852-0304
# Friday - March 28th  @ 7:00PM, Calgary, Alberta. Calgary University. Contact;
# Saturday - March 29th @ 7:00PM, Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch, Alice Mackay room, lower level 350 W. Georgia St. (at Homer). Contact:

A book signing cession is scheduled at the end of each lecture. Books will be sold at a special price and extra donations are welcome.

In commemoration of the 60th year of the Palestinian Nakbah Badr Islamic Centre, CJPP (Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine) and SPHR present renown journalist, political analyst, and Editor in Chief of Al-Quds Al Arabi, Abd Al-Bari Atwan in a lecture titled: " Palestine: The Way Forward"

Mr. Atwan will give two lectures in Montreal one in English and the other in Arabic with immeadiate translation into French.

Events info:

#Friday, March 14th @ 7:00pm. McGill university, FDA Auditorium. 3450 Univeristy Street. (English)
#Saturday, March 15th @ 5:00pm. Université de Montréal, Pavillon Claire McNicoll, salle Z110. (Arabic with French translation)

Contact: for info. 

28th February 2008
To: The public meeting organised by the SPHR and MMPJ

The Freedom of Expression Institute has been following with interest the events surrounding the banning of the use of the term “Israeli Apartheid” on the McMaster University campus. While such incidents no longer shock us, we are still not beyond being disgusted when they do occur.

That we live in dangerous times is confirmed by the manner in which a number of universities in the USA routinely violate academic freedom and freedom of expression on their campuses. It is concerning that this is becoming a trend in Canada as well.

25 February 2008

We, students at South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand, consider the banning of the phrase “Israeli Apartheid” a tactic similar to one that the erstwhile apartheid regime of South Africa employed and current Apartheid Israel practices; devices that attempt to silence the voices of justice and truth through intimidation and coercion.

South Africans who were part of the liberation struggle unequivocally understand Israel to be an Apartied State – in fact, some have even gone further to regard apartheid Israel worse than apartheid South Africa.

UNITED FOR STUDENT RIGHTS (U4SR) PRESENTS

Rights & Responsibilities in Political Discussion on Campus:
Who Speaks for McMaster?
 
A Public Forum
Friday, February 29, 2008 at 10:00am

Free buses will be leaving to McMaster from University of Toronto, Ryerson University and York University to attend this important meeting. The forum will begin at 10am with a rally immediately afterwards, and buses will return to Toronto around 2pm. All are welcome (you don’t need to be a university student) and transportation is free. Please RSVP as below.

BUS DETAILS 

Join Ryerson students in solidarity on Tuesday, February 26 at NOON outside the Cafeteria at the University to show our opposition to such acts.

 Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights stands shoulder to shoulder with our Black brothers and sisters at Ryerson University who have suffered from a terrorist attack on the offices of the East African Students Group (EAST).

The arson attack targeted the bulletin board of EAST witch carried posters and information against Racisim, Islamophobia, and Military Occupation. This attack follows the re-activation in Canada of the Jewish Defense League (JDL), the only Jewish group labeled by the FBI as a "right-wing terrorist group."  On February 4th at Ryesron University during events held by Black and Palestinian students, around 20 JDL members harassed students attending the lecture without police interference. This sent a message to the JDL and other Jewish supremacist individuals that it is acceptable to target visible minorities in our cities.  Furthermore, this decision by the Toronto police to stand-by idly only emboldened those who committed this terrorist action a week later.