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From Israeli citizens to Celine Dion – please cancel your performance in Tel Aviv

BDS Coalition Actions, Campaigns / March 10, 2020

Message from Boycott! Supporting the Palestinian BDS Call from Within (aka Boycott from Within). Also see below. Check out the letter sent in November 2019 by over 50 artitsts to Celine Dion coordianted by the Canadian BDS Coalition. Artists who wish to join in adding their name can do so HERE. Individuals wishing to write […]

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Green Party of Canada: Seems you forgot to update your Policy in regard to Palestine in your Election Platform.

News / October 29, 2019

The Green Party of Canada has ignored its approved policy on Palestine. We expect better, and call on the three elected MPs to make this right.

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#BoycottPuma Round Two

BDS Coalition Actions, Campaigns, Uncategorized / October 15, 2019

Last June, the Canada BDS Coalition joined groups in more than 20 countries joined the first Global #BoycottPuma Day of Action, with protests at Puma shops and offices and at Puma-sponsored teams. On social media, #BoycottPuma was THE most tweeted Puma-related hashtag that day.

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Cross Country Day of Action in Solidarity Against Canadian Complicity with Israeli War Crimes and Apartheid

News / May 17, 2019

Tomorrow, Saturday, May 18 people will join together from Victoria, British Columbia to St. John’s, Newfoundland to mark a Cross Country Day of Action to name Canadian complicity in regard to war crimes and apartheid by the state of Israel on the people of Palestine.

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Ramadan 2019: Be sure you know where your dates are from!

Analysis, BDS Coalition Actions, Campaigns, Take Action / May 7, 2019

Fruit and vegetables are one of Israel’s biggest exports and all Israeli agricultural exporters are complicit in Israel’s violations of international law as they operate on stolen Palestinian land.
In case of Medjoul the products are from the Jordan Valley in occupied Palestine, and therefore from an illegal settlement on stolen land. These are not from Israel, these are from illegal settlements. Look and Act.

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Open Letter from Canadian BDS Coalition to Government of Canada, Cities of Vancouver and Montreal

BDS Coalition Actions, Campaigns, News, Take Action, Uncategorized / December 18, 2018

Over 5,000 signatures to date on this call: Don’t Dance on the Ruins of Palestinian Childhood. Add your signature by clicking HERE. December 18, 2018. The following letter has been sent to: Pablo Rodriquez, Federal Minister of Heritage Ambassador Deborah Lyons, Canadian Ambassador to Israel Kennedy Stewart, Mayor of Vancouver Valérie Plante, Mayor of Montreal

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Israeli Law passed which effectively declares itself an apartheid colonial-settler state

BDS Coalition Actions, Campaigns, News, Take Action, Uncategorized / July 25, 2018

The Canadian government is called to condemn this law and uphold its own Special Economic Sanctions Act. “The Canadian government is called upon to immediately condemn Israel’s apartheid law by putting sanctions in place as is required under Canada’s own domestic law. The Canadian BDS Coalition joins with the Palestinian people and the Palestinian BDS

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Canadian BDS Coalition Working for Freedom, Equity and Justice

BDS Coalition Actions, News, Reports, Uncategorized / July 13, 2018

The following is a report on the work of the Canadian BDS Coalition during 2017. The Canadian Coalition come together in the spring/summer of 2016. Report from 2017 The Canadian BDS Coalition formed in 2016 bringing together organizations in Canada that support the Palestinian Civil Society Call through the BDS National Coalition (BNC). By the

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Canadian Labour Has Been Supporting Boycott, Divestment for 19 Years

News, Reports / July 13, 2018

August 6, 2024, OPSEU: 180 K members, Congratulations OPSEU on your BDS Statement! November 2024: Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) 25,000 members April 2024, British Columbia branch of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE BC) 100,000 members June 2024: Nanaimo District Teachers’ Association (NDTA) June 8, 2023, 36K member

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25+ Student Led BDS Victories BDS on Canadian University Campuses

News, Uncategorized / July 13, 2018

The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement is supported by multiple Canadian labor groups, various student unions at universities around the country. (Photo: @bccla/Twitter) Over the last 18 years, there have been about 30 BDS victories on Canadian University Campuses. Dalhousie Student Union (DSU) (March 2024), 20,000+ undergraduate students, divestment from companies complicit in genocide Carleton

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