IAW 2010 Guelph

Israeli Apartheid Week Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

In solidarity with the people of Palestine, a week of events building the growing Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement.
For expanded info/resources/outreach material please visit: iawguelph.wordpress.com

Or email: iawguelph@gmail.com

List of Events

Monday, March 1

Personal Testimonies from Palestine
12:00pm – 2:00pm
Branion Plaza, University of Guelph

Come read and listen to testimonies of those who were directly impacted by the violence of the ongoing conflict in Palestine. These testimonies were gathered and published by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.
Please email hroevent@uoguelph.ca if you would like to read one of the testimonies or help with event set-up.
Sponsored by the CSA Human Rights Office

Tuesday, March 2

Occupation 101 and Speaker
5:30-7:30
Mackinnon Rm 229, UofG

Occupation 101: A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict — ‘Occupation 101′ presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions.
Michael Keefer is a professor at the UofG that will be talking about “the Attack on Palestinian Human Rights in Canada”.

Wednesday, March 3

Zero Degrees of Separation
5:30pm – 8:30pm
Mackinnon Rm 229, University of Guelph

Zero Degrees of Separation looks at the Middle East conflict and the
Palestinian Occupation, through the eyes of mixed Palestinian and
Israeli gay and lesbian couples.
Sponsored by the Queer Media Collective

Thursday, March 4

Art as Resistance
7pm-9pm
10 Carden Street, Downtown Guelph

Come check out a presentation of various Palestinian and Anti-Occupation art and artist. Learn about how Israeli Apartheid and Occupation is being resisted through graffiti, cartoons, visual art, poetry and music with performances and presentations.
Sponsored by OPIRG-Guelph

Friday, March 5

Yves Engler – “Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid” Book tour
5:30pm – 7:00pm
UC 103, University of Guelph

Yves is a Montreal activist and writer, and he’s promoting his new
book called “Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid”.
This book is the first critical primer about Canada’s ties to
Israel. It is a devastating account of Canadian complicity in 20th and
21st century colonialism, dispossession and war crimes.
Sponsored by the CSA Human Rights Office

Saturday, March 6

A People's History of Israel
1pm-5pm
10 Carden St, Downtown Guelph

Presentation by Amir Locker-Biletzki and two documentaries.
Amir is a UofG PhD candidate in history and a former Israeli Defence Forces soldier and war resistor. He will be showing two movies and talking about militarism and Israeli culture, being a war resistor and progressive Jewish movements within Israel.
Movies:
“Izkor: Slaves of Memory” – An Israeli documentary which provides a critical look at how the israeli educational system shapes a national “official memory” and provides support for militarism.
“Matzpen” – The film touches on the main issues of the Zionist-Palestinian struggle, through the eyes of some of the Matzpen socialist organization’s prominent figures, their ideas, opinions and activities, then and today.
Recent interview with Amir on Migrant Matters Guelph: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/40188&62187
Sponsored by the Guelph Peace Alliance

Sunday, March 7

Slingshot Hiphop
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Bookshelf Theatre, 41 Quebec Street

Slingshot Hip Hop braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel as they discover Hip Hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. From internal checkpoints and Separation Walls to gender norms and generational differences, this is the story of young people crossing the borders that separate them.
Suggested Donation of $5 at door goes to support the Cinema Jenin Project (http://www.cinemajenin.org)
Sponsored by the Bookshelf