PCAAN Statements

In light of the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel in relation to grave breaches of the Genocide Convention, we are writing to you on behalf of Faculty for Palestine Canada, the Jewish Faculty Network and the Palestinian-Canadian Academics and Artists Network to request that your university take urgent […]

الفلسطينيون باقون ولن يتم افناؤهم تعبر شبكة الأكاديميين والفنانين الفلسطينيين الكنديين عن استنكارها للتجاهل العارم للصدمة والحزن الذي يمر بهما المجتمع الكندي الفلسطيني في هذا الوقت الحرج. ان المؤسسات الرسمية الكندية قد تغافلت حق الشعب الفلسطيني في التحرر وتقرير المصير والانتماء الى الأرض كما هو منصوص عليه في قرارات الأمم المتحدة، وكما تم التأكيد على

Palestinians will not be erased. The Palestinian Canadian Academics and Artists Network (PCAAN) is appalled at the wholesale erasure of the shock and grief experienced by the Palestinian Canadian community at this time. The inalienable need for liberation, the right of self-determination, and the inviolable belonging of the Palestinian people to the land, as inscribed

The Palestinian-Canadian Academics and Artists Network (PCAAN) urges post-secondary education establishments across Canada to exercise anxious scrutiny and due diligence in reviewing any and all policies, rules, regulations and practices that discriminate against, delegitimize, marginalize, silence and dehumanize Palestinian and Pro-Palestine faculty and students on Canadian campuses. It insists on a thorough and genuine stocktaking,

September 20, 2022 In late August, approximately two dozen Canadian university Presidents and other university administrators participated in a trip to Israel. The delegation included Presidents from Concordia University, Dalhousie University, University of Manitoba, McGill University, University of Ottawa, University of Waterloo, Western University, and York University, among others. The timing of this delegation raises

The Palestinian-Canadian Academics and Artists Network (PCAAN) applauds CAUT’s resolution opposing the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism (IHRA WDA) at Canadian universities and colleges. In doing so, CAUT has sent a clear message: governments and states cannot invalidate and criminalize, for the sake of their narrow self-interest, what many