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<A title=cynthia.wright@utoronto.ca
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=fdu@physics.utoronto.ca
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 17, 2014 5:54
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> forum on the academic boycott
and Canada-Israel links</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-CA><SPAN lang=EN-CA><FONT color=#000000
face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><STRONG>The New Normal: Canada-Israel Links,
Palestinian Rights and the Academic Boycott</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-CA><STRONG>* Linda Tabar, (U of T and
PACBI): </STRONG>The Academic Boycott: Perspectives from
Palestine</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-CA><STRONG>* Sue Ferguson
(WLU-Brantford)</STRONG> The Normalization Campaign: Canada-Israel Ties
in the Age of Boycott</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-CA><FONT size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-CA><STRONG>* Blair Kuntz (U
of T): </STRONG>Report from the Librarians and Archivists to
Palestine delegation</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-CA><FONT size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-CA>* <STRONG>Chandni Desai (U of
T): </STRONG>Breaking ties with Israel and building BDS: the student
campus divestment movement</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><SPAN lang=EN-CA><FONT color=#000000>Join
Faculty 4 Palestine for a public forum to discuss the relationship between
the intensification of Canada-Israel links and the expanding movement for
academic boycott, and to learn about our new
campaign!</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-CA><FONT
face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif>In May 2013, renowned scientist Stephen
Hawking made front-page news around the world when, in support of the
academic boycott, he publicly declined an invitation to attend an Israeli
conference. Six months later the American Studies Association (ASA) and the
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) both endorsed the
academic boycott, a move which marks a new trend in the U.S. academy which
begain with the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) endorsement
last April. In Canada, three campus divestment campaigns have been launched
since 2010 and over eleven student organizations passed resolutions in
support of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) in the past
year. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
face=arial,helvetica,sans-serif><SPAN lang=EN-CA>As the boycott movement is
gaining mainstream attention, academic ties between Canada and Israel are
increasing. The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)
recently signed a major collaboration document with its counterparts in
Israel that marks an intensification of normalizing ties. </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-CA><FONT color=#000000>This partnership agreement with the
Association of University Heads of Israel marks an intensification of
normalizing ties with Israeli institutions on Canadian university and
college campuses.The intention of this partnership is to coordinate, expand,
regularize, and institutionally entrench research, teaching and other ties
with Israeli universities.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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