program, witnesses
& elders
PARTICIPANTS
(in anticipated order of appearance) - and more to be announced
WITNESSES: Ahed and Taha Bseiso | Ghada Ageel | Dr Hani Bseiso | Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian | Mazin Qumsiyeh | Hilal Elver | Ibrahim Abu Saqer | Michael Lynk | Ardi Imseis | Richard Falk | Balakrishnan Rajagopal | David Whyte | Dyala Hamzah | John Quigley | Mohammed Khrais | James Yap | Boutaïna Chafi | Alex Cosh | Shane Martinez | Rachel Small | Debbie Rachlis | Jeremy Wildeman | Iyas Abu Hajjar | Yavar Hameed | Tim McSorley | Karen Rodman | Alex Neve | Uahikea Maile | Maya Wind | Zahraa Al-Akhrass | Samira Mohyeddin | Yasmin Jiwani
PANEL OF EMINENT ELDERS: Kamari Clarke | Ellen Gabriel | Mireille Fanon Mendès-France | Atif Kubursi | Gayatri Spivak | Françoise Vergès
program (dETAILS TO FOLLOW)
DAY ONE (9:30 am - 4:00 pm EST): Factual, Conceptual, Legal, and Historical Foundations
Session One
Testimonies from Palestine
Session Two
Facets of Genocide
Session three
The Legal Framework: Its Potential and Limitations
Session four
Canada’s History of Enabling the Settler Colonization of Palestine
DAY TWO (10:00 AM - 5:30 pm EST): Dimensions of Canadian Responsibility and Reparations
Session One
Arms Transfers and Foreign Fighters
Session Two
Immigration and Refugee Blocks
Session three
Foreign Aid and the Charitable Sector
Session four
Corporations Including Universities
Session five
Media and Cultural Institutions
CLOSING
What Would Reparation Entail? Reflections from Palestinians in Conversation with Elders