Program, Witnesses & Elders

Participants

(in anticipated order of appearance) — and more to be announced

Ahed and Taha Bseiso | Ghada Ageel | Dr Hani Bseiso | Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian | Hilal Elver | Ibrahim Abu Saqer | Michael Lynk | Ardi Imseis | Richard Falk | Bev Jacobs | Balakrishnan Rajagopal | 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 | Maya Wind | Zahra Al-Akhraas | Yasmin Jiwani | Atif Kubursi

Program

(more details to follow)

Day One Sessions

Factual, Conceptual, Legal, and Historical Foundations

1. Testimonies from Palestine
2. Facets of Genocide
3. The Legal Framework: Its Potential and Limitations
4. Canada’s History of Enabling the Settler Colonization of Palestine

Day Two Sessions

Dimensions of Canadian Responsibility and Reparations

1. Arms Transfers and Foreign Fighters
2. Immigration and Refugee Blocks
3. Foreign Aid and the Charitable Sector
4. Corporations Including Universities
5. Media and Cultural Institutions

Closing: What Would Reparation Entail? Reflections from Palestinians in Conversation with Elders