Free Gaza: A Teach-in

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1:30 Welcome to Free Gaza: A Teach-In

Workshops: The Crisis in Gaza - History and Context

A) Israel, Gaza and the War on Terror

1. Ahmed Habib (Anti occupation and anti apartheid organizer, media activist, from Iraq)
2. Abbie Bakan (Professor of Political Studies, Queen's University in Kingston. Faculty4Palestine, Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) and Not In Our Name: Jewish Voices Opposing Zionism (NION))
3. Margaret Pappano: Moderator (Associate Professor, English, Queens University, Faculty4Palestine)

B) Gaza, Israeli Apartheid and the Political Economy of the Middle East

1. Adam Hanieh (Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid, Labour4Palestine)
2. Sedef Arat-Koc: Moderator (Associate Professor, Dept. of Politics & Public Administration, Ryerson University and Faculty4Palestine)

C) Canada's Complicity, Zionism and Islamophobia

1. Sherene Razack (Professor, Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education)
2. Dan Freeman-Maloy (Toronto-based writer and activist who has spent a number of years researching Canadian Zionism and foreign policy towards Israel/Palestine)
3. Doreen Fumia: Moderator (Department of Sociology at Ryerson University, and Faculty4Palestine)

D) Media Mythology: "Rebranding" Israel and Covering the War

1. Christo El Morr (Assistant Professor of Health Informatics, School of Health Policy and Management, York University, and Faculty 4 Palestine). Author of the forthcoming book "Media Promises and Illusions of Freedom", February 2009, in Arabic, Beirut-Lebanon
2. Sue Ferguson (Assistant Professor, Journalism and Contemporary Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University and Faculty4Palestine)
3. Kole Kilibarda(Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid)
4. Dina Georgis: Moderator (Assistant Professor, Women and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto, and Faculty4Palestine)

3:15-4:15 Gaza: The Humanitarian Crisis

1. Harry Shannon (Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University)
2. Yafa Jarrar (Currently finishing a degree in Political Science and International Development Studies at Trent University, organizer in Peterborough Coalition for Palestinian Solidarity)
3. Kevin Moloney (Contract faculty, Dept. of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, York University; university teacher in Palestine, and Faculty4Palestine)
4. Shahrzad Mojab (Academic-Activist, Marxist-Feminist, an area of specialization is women, war and learning, imperialism and feminism. Professor at the Department of Adult Education and Counselling Psychology, the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE/UT))
5. Shaila Kibria (Fundraising for Gaza through Islamic Relief)
6. Issam Alyamani (Palestine House)
7. Mustafa Koc: Moderator (Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Ryerson University. Former Chair of Food Secure Canada and a co-founder of Centre for Studies in Food Security)

4:30-5:30 Building Solidarity: Next Steps

1. Khaled Mouammar (National President, Canadian Arab Federation (CAF))
2. Ali Mallah (Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and Canadian Labour Congress (CLC))
3. Golta Shahidi (Golta Shahidi is an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto and an active member of the Students Against Israeli Apartheid)
4. Denis Lemelin (National President, Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW))
5. Rafeef Ziadah (Palestine House and Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA))
6. Cynthia Wright: Moderator (Member of CUPE Local 3903, contract faculty in Women's Studies, Geography, Sociology; History at York University. Labour 4 Palestine and Faculty4Palestine)

5:30-5:45 Closing Remarks

1. Issam Alyamani (Palestine House)
2. Mary-Jo Nadeau (Contract Faculty, Sociology, Trent University and Wilfrid Laurier University; Faculty4Palestine and Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid)

Organized by: Palestine House, Canadian Arab Federation and the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid