Category: Events

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

Gaza Freedom Flotilla Global Day of Action

Rally and March
 Date: Saturday, June 5, 2010
 Time: 1:00 p.m.
 Location: Vancouver Art Gallery (Georgia Side)
750 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC

Facebook Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=118805384828639

On Saturday, June 5, human rights and community organizations will mobilize to join an emergency Global BDS Day of Action called by the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC). In Vancouver, join us to protest the fatal attacks by apartheid Israel on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip (please see full BNC call-out at:
http://bdsdayofaction.net/2010/06/02/emergency-bds-day-of-action-june-5th-2010/… Read more

A Sea of Black: Protest the Israeli Massacre of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla!

Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
 Time: 6:00pm – 8:30pm
 Location: Vancouver Public Library (Hamilton Side)

There will be a demonstration at*** 6 pm tomorrow at the Vancouver Public Library*** to denounce the Israeli military massacre of activists on a Gaza aid convoy. (To show solidarity with those brave activists who were killed fighting for the rights of Palestinians we ask that everyone please wear black and a kuffiyeh if you have one.)… Read more

Emergency Protest to Condemn Israeli Attack on Gaza Aid Flotilla

Date: Monday, May 31, 2010
Time: 12 Noon
 Location: 300 W. Georgia (at Hamilton St)

Israeli forces have attacked a flotilla of humanitarian aid-carrying ships aiming to break the country’s siege on Gaza.
Reports are still coming in, but according to the latest news 16 human rights activists were killed and many more injured when Israeli commandos stormed the Freedom Flotilla early on Monday.… Read more

Seeking Mandela: Peace, Justice and Equal Rights for Palestinians

SPHR 2010 National Conference

Start Time: Friday, May 7, 2010 at 6:30pm
 End Time: Sunday, May 9, 2010 at 4:30pm
 Location: Vancouver, BC

Featuring keynote speakers Kogila Moodley and Heribert Adam
Authors of the book Seeking Mandela: Peacemaking between Israelis and Palestinians

Keynote Address: May 7th, 2010 at 6:30 PM.
Admission: Minimum $10 dollar donation.
Location: University of British Columbia, Wood 2

Conference Registration fee is $25 including admission to the Keynote event.… Read more

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 2009

Women speak out on Palestine and Gaza!!

Date: Friday, November 2nd, 2009
 Time: 7:00pm
 Location: SFU Harbour Centre, , Fletcher Challenge Theatre, Room 1900, 515 W. Hastings, Vancouver
 Admission: Admission by donation: suggested minimum donation $5

Update: Download video recordings of the event and guest speakers here: http://workingtv.com/int-day-pal2009.html

Guest Speaker: Huwaida Arraf

Leading Palestinian-American woman activist Huwaida Arraf is a cofounder of the International Solidarity Movement and Chairperson of the Free Gaza movement that was the first to the break the horrific siege on Gaza by boat.… Read more

Under the Volcano 2009: Gaza to Gustafsen: The Link Between the Intifada & Indigenous Sovereignty

Gord Hill – Indigenous Intifada? From Gaza Strip to Six Nations
Watch a video for Gord Hill from the kwakwaka’wakw nation speaking at a Under the Volcano 2009 workshop about Indigenous Intifada? From Gaza Strip to Six Nations

Hanna Kawas – Colonization and Aparthied in Palestine
Watch a video of CPA Chairperson Hanna Kawas, speaking at a Under the Volcano 2009 workshop about Colonization and Apartheid in Palestine:

Watch also a video of Llanna Weaver, an Israeli anti-Zionist from the U.S.,… Read more

Canada-Israel Committee Harasses CPA Pickets/2008

Dear Friends:

After Canada Palestine Association in Vancouver announced its next “Boycott Israeli Wines” picket for Oct. 18th, 2008, we were informed about the following “Urgent Action Alert” issued by the Canada Israel Committee CIC. Since we began this campaign in BC against the sale of these wines under the “Israel” label in BC Liquor Stores (see our callout below), the local Zionists have reacted in an aggressive and “over-the-top” manner.… Read more

Palestinian “National Poet” Dies

Source: BBC

Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish has died after surgery at the age of 67, hospital and Palestinian officials say. He suffered complications after undergoing open-heart surgery in Houston, Texas, said a spokesman for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

The Canada Palestine Association will be holding a memorial event in Mahmoud’s honour:

Mahmoud Darwish
Memorial – Saturday August 16th, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Dr.,… Read more

Source: BBC

Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish has died after surgery at the age of 67, hospital and Palestinian officials say. He suffered complications after undergoing open-heart surgery in Houston, Texas, said a spokesman for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

The Canada Palestine Association will be holding a memorial event in Mahmoud’s honour:

Mahmoud Darwish
Memorial – Saturday August 16th, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Dr.,… Read more

Picket BC Liquor Store

BOYCOTT ISRAELI WINES 
June 7th 2008 Picket, BC Liquor Store, 1520 Commercial Dr., Vancouver

On this 60th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the Israeli government has announced plans to “rebrand” its 60 years of dispossession and ethnic cleansing. Here in B.C., the focus of this “rebranding” is the promotion of wines under an Israeli label in B.C. liquor stores, which are now carrying products from the Galil Mountain Winery, the Golan Heights Winery and the Dalton Winery.… Read more