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 SPHR CONFERENCE CALL-OUT
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) is proud to invite you to its 11th annual conference scheduled for May 1-3, 2009. The conference will be held this year at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, where the SPHR chapter Students for Palestinian Rights (SFPR) is currently active.
The Israeli massacres committed in Gaza at the beginning of 2009 came as a painful reminder of the realities of daily Palestinian life and the need for continued struggle in Palestine and abroad to help alleviate the suffering of innocent civilians and to bring an end to the injustices committed in Palestine. As this sad reality daunts our memory, we choose to dedicate this conference to the people of Palestine and especially the people of Gaza who suffered much pain and heartache in the past few months. To Gaza, with love.
The preliminary schedule of the conference is as follows: Friday – May 1st 2009Opening lecture titled Real Solutions featuring a panel of our distinguished speakers Ali Abunimah and Rezeq Faraj
Brief Bio: Ali Abunimah is a Palestinian American journalist and co-founder of Electronic Intifada, a not-for-profit, independent online publication about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
Rezeq Faraj was born in Palestine before the Nakba (the Catastrophe) of 1948 and the establishment of the State of Israel. Pacifist and champion of justice and human rights, he worked in several organizations working in the field of national and international solidarity. In November 2000, he founded with his friend Bruce Katz Agency Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU) and he is also a founding member of the Coalition for Justice
and Peace in Palestine. Saturday – May 2nd 2009 
Sunday – May 3rd 2009 
Registration details:
Conference registration includes lunches, refreshments, free entry to evening public panels and one year membership in SPHR National for non-students.
Cost: $25 for students and $35 for non-students for the whole conference,
$5 for the opening plenary on Friday May 1st 2009
Location: All events/workshops will be held at the University of Waterloo.
For registration, email
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or at the conference starting May 1 @ 5pm.
Accommodation details, prior to the conference date.
***Accommodation Information –Important*** Individuals can make reservations through a online reservation form at https://info.uwaterloo.ca/conferences/registration.html or by calling our Reservation Department directly at 519-884-5400 or 1-800-565-5410. Individual guests must provide a Visa, MasterCard or AMEX to guarantee their reservation. For more information on the Conference Centre visit www.conference.uwaterloo.ca. Individuals can register a double room provided that they give their roommates name and are also paying for the full room. $28 for a double and a $37 for a single before taxes and there's free parking!!! For more info please contact
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Workshop Speaker Bios:
Farrah Alami – is currently completing a double degree in Psychology and Bio-Sci at the
University of Lethbridge where she is also the president of the SPHR Chapter.
Nancy Jibbe – President of the Palestinian-Canadian Student Society, University of Calgary
Chapter. Graduated from the same university with a BA in Communications, her current focus is
gender and development in the Middle East.
Ward LeRoy Churchill – is an American writer and political activist. He was a professor of ethnic
studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1990 to 2007. The primary focus of his
work is on the historical treatment of political dissenters and Native Americans by the United
States.
Jamila Ghaddar – Political activist and candidate in local Hamilton elections (under the
Independent Renewal banner). Jamila has been active with SPHR McMaster for many years and
continues to be active within Southern Ontario. Jamila has a long history of working with
indigenous rights movements.
Danah Abdulla – University of Ottawa Graduate with a BA in Communications. She was a
member of SPHR Ottawa for four years. She currently works in the marketing sector with a
focus on social media. She is also the author and owner of several blogs and publications.
Louisa Worrell – is a member of SPHR at University of Ottawa. She is a secular anti-Zionist Jew
that has been in Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid, as well as High Schools Against Israeli
Apartheid. She organizes with Indigenous People's Solidarity Movement Ottawa and is
currently working on reaching out to youth in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. She is working
on popular education campaigns with high school students and politicizing youth through
workshops, visual art and hip-hop.
Denis Rancourt - was a professor of Physics at the University of Ottawa. Rancourt is an expert
in spectroscopy but is more widely known for his critical approach to modern pedagogy.
Rancourt conducted an Activism course at the University of Ottawa where the course was
student-driven and relied on a pass/fail system.
Margaret Pappano – Professor at the Queen’s University and a member of Faculty 4 Palestine.
Margaret is also an advisor on the SPHR National Board.
Matan Cohen – Coordinator for SJP Hampshire College and co-founder of Anarchists Against
The Wall (AATW). AATW is a direct action group comprised of Israeli anarchists and anti-
authoritarians who oppose the construction of the Israeli Gaza Strip barrier and Israeli West
Bank barrier. AATW coordinates with Palestinians and groups like the International Solidarity
Movement to organize nonviolent marches, civil disobedience, and direct action. - Download poster in pdf format
- Download Conference call-out in pdf format 
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