Category: Events

Upcoming and past events organized or sponsored by the Canada Palestine Association.

Events in Solidarity with Palestine

Friday, Nov. 3, 5:30 pm:  Surrey Central Plaza (south side of Surrey City Hall) to raise our voices once again for Palestine.


Saturday, Nov. 4, 2 pm Nanaimo Maffeo Sutton Park
FB event page: National Day of Action: Nanaimo for Palestine | Facebook

Vancouver, Nov. 4, 11 am, Vancouver Art Gallery
Vigil organized by WILPF to highlight the call for a ceasefire
WILPF Canada (@wilpfcanada) • Instagram photos and videos

Vancouver Events 4 Palestine, Defense Fund

Legal Defence Fund
The unprecedented harassment of our community and supporters is increasing daily; we are setting up a defence fund to assist the youths that have been targeted by police and arrested at recent pro-Palestine actions, one of whom is a minor. We are also hoping to legally challenge the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Police for their racist intimidation. Donations to the fund can be sent by etransfer to cpavancouver@gmail.com

Oct. 26th in Squamish:  Squamish-All out for Gaza Vigil | Facebook

 Fundraising by Tamam Restaurant, Oct. 29, 1-5pm: Tamam: Fine Palestinian Cuisine (@tamamfinepalestiniancuisine) • Instagram photos and videos

Rally/Vigil October 19th, Vancouver City Hall: We Stand with Palestine

Join us on Thursday October 19th at 6 pm to show that Vancouverites stand with Palestine and to mourn with Gaza as they bury the most recent victims of this ongoing genocide. Just today, Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza City, massacring hundreds (estimate so far is 800), including refugees taking shelter there.

Mayor Ken Sim has been vocal about his support for Israel since October 7th (and before) and also been smearing Palestinian supporters as “terrorists”. He issued an official statement on Oct. 9, saying that in response to “anti-Israel rallies”, he has asked the Vancouver Police Department to “investigate”. And indeed, on October 12th, the VPD Chief issued his own statement, announcing they have activated their “Operations Centre” incorporating “specialized resources and a senior command structure”. All this while reiterating multiple time that there is “no specific threat identified”.

We know the result of this: the rally on Oct. 13th on Commercial Dr. was one of the most heavily policed Palestine rallies in Vancouver history. But we are undeterred and will continue to speak up for Palestinians currently facing a real-time genocide.

This demonization from politicans matters. Just this week, a 6 year old Palestinian American boy was brutally stabbed to death near Chicago in a senseless racist attack. Join us for a rally and vigil at Vancouver City Hall to show that we will never abandon the Palestinian people!

Cosponsors: Canada Palestine Association, BDS Vancouver, Samidoun, Youth for Palestine Vancouver

Vancouver Stands with Palestine

On October 9, over 500 people came out in the Vancouver rain to show their support with the Palestinian people and to highlight they will not be intimidated by the biased disinformation coming from Western politicians and the media. Multiple speakers at the rally, which was followed by a march thru the downtown, emphasized that the Palestinians have been struggling against a vicious settler colonial project for 75 years and that this is the root of the ongoing violence. Many also called out the hypocrisy of Canadian officials who have fastidiously ignored Palestinian suffering through the decades, and are now rushing to see who can be more pro-Israel as it commits additional war crimes in Gaza.

The action was clear: We Stand with Palestine, and Our Voices will Never be Silenced!!
(Photos courtesy Michael YC Tseng)

Harsha Walia

Hanna Kawas

Khaled Barakat