program, witnesses
& elders

Ahed Bseiso, teenager medically evacuated from Gaza following the unanaesthetized amputation of her leg

Taha Bseiso, Ahed Bseiso’s father and caregiver

Ghada Ageel, visiting professor at the University of Alberta, who has written about the killing of her family members in Gaza for the Guardian

Wafaa Hasan, Palestinian scholar and an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto's Women and Gender Studies Institute

Hani Bseiso, Palestinian doctor in Gaza

Hilal Elver, research professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.

Ibrahim Abu Saqer, student evacuated from Gaza

Mazin Qumsiyeh, Palestinian scientist and author, founder and director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History and the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University

Suleiman Baraka, Palestinian scientist from Gaza, former researcher at NASA

Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Palestinian feminist scholar, Chair in Global Law, Queen Mary University of London and Visiting Professor, Princeton University

Michael Lynk, Professor Emeritus of Law, Western University and former United Nations Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory

Ardi Imseis, Professor of International Law, Queen’s University; former Member, UN Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen and UNRWA Legal Counsel

Richard Falk, Professor of International Law Emeritus, Princeton University, former United Nations Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory

Tara Williamson, Indigenous Law Research Unit Research Director, University of Victoria

Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Associate Professor of Law and Development at MIT, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing

James Cavallaro, co-founder and executive director of the University Network for Human Rights, former President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

David Whyte, Professor of Climate Justice and Director of the Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice, Queen Mary University of London

Azeezah Kanji, legal academic and journalist

Dyala Hamzah, associate professor of Arab History at the Université de Montréal

John Quigley, Professor Emeritus of Law at the Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University, specializing in public international law

Alex Paterson, Senior Director of Strategy & Parliamentary Affairs, Canadian for Justice and Peace in the Middle East

Mohammed Khrais, evacuated from Gaza

James Yap, lawyer, Canadians Lawyers for International Human Rights

Boutaïna Chafi, organizer with the Palestine Youth Movement

Alex Cosh, journalist, The Maple

Shane Martinez, lawyer, International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) – Canada

Rachel Small, Canada Organizer, World Beyond War

Safinaz El-Solh, Gaza family anchor

Debbie Rachlis, immigration lawyer

Hana Marku, immigration and refugee lawyer

Damey Lee, immigration and refugee lawyer

Matthew Behrens, human rights and racial justice organizer

Jeremy Wildeman, Fellow, Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC), University of Ottawa

Iyas Abu Hajjar, Palestinian academic from Gaza, Carleton University

Tim McSorley, National Coordinator, International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group

Yavar Hameed, lawyer

Karen Rodman, Just Peace Advocates

Alex Neve, international human rights lawyer, former secretary general of Amnesty International Canada

Maya Wind, academic and author, Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom

Uahikea Maile, assistant professor in the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity at the University of Chicago

Ali Salman, student organizer, Concordia University

Mohammad Yassin, Palestinian student organizer, University of Toronto encampment

Nikita Stapleton, student organizer, Memorial University of Newfoundland encampment and flotilla detainee

Devoney Ellis, student organizer, Memorial University of Newfoundland encampment and flotilla detainee

Sadie Mees, student organizer, Memorial University of Newfoundland encampment and flotilla detainee

Omar Bseiso, Palestinian student organizer, University of British Columbia

Zahraa Al-Akhrass, Palestinian journalist from Gaza, formerly at Global News

Samira Mohyeddin, journalist, producer and broadcaster, founder and editor in chief of On The Line Media, former producer at CBC Radio

Jody Chan, writer and poet, No Arms in the Arts and Boycott Giller organizer

Yasmin Jiwani, Professor Emeritus, Concordia University

Ahmed Abofoul, Palestinian lawyer from Gaza, Legal Advisor at ‎‎Al-Haq Europe