[KWPeace-groups] This Thursday! Coffee & Conversation Dr. Yipeng Ge at BSIA “Health, Human Rights and Solidarity for Palestine” June 6 at 10am

[Christina Mills]

Thanks, Tamara. His case is highlighted in Judy Haiven's most recent blog.
I wish I could be there! Hope there's a good turnout.
Best,
Chris

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On Wed, Jun 5, 2024 at 3:18 PM Tamara Lorincz <tlorincz at dal.ca> wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
>
>
> This Thursday! Coffee & Conversation Dr. Yipeng Ge
>
> “Health, Human Rights and Solidarity for Palestine”
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> Thursday, June 6
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> 10:00-11:00 a.m.
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> 67 Erb Street W., Balsillie School of International, Waterloo
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> Café in the Lobby of the building
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> Meet the courageous Canadian medical doctor, Dr. Yipeng Ge, who resigned
> from the Canadian Medical Association to stand in solidarity with Palestine
> & recently went to Gaza to provide medical care.
>
> Organized by PhD student, Tamara Lorincz, tlorincz at balsillieschool.ca
>
> (*This is buy your own coffee: There is a café at the Balsillie School
> lobby)
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> Read Dr. Ge’s powerful resignation letter to the Canadian Medical
> Association:
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> Posted on December 22, 2023
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> https://yipeng.ca/2023/12/22/my-resignation-letter-to-the-cma/,
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>
> Read about his courageous stand: “U of O doctor suspended for
> pro-Palestinian posts says he's been reinstated, won't go back”, CBC:
>
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> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/u-of-o-doctor-suspended-for-pro-palestinian-posts-says-he-s-been-reinstated-won-t-go-back-1.7088887
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>
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> Learn more about his recent medical aid trip to Gaza: “Sanctioned U of O
> doctor describes harrowing conditions in Rafah after humanitarian trip”,
> CBC:
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/university-ottawa-doctor-gaza-palestine-yipeng-ge-1.7126299
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>
>
> Listen to this interview with Dr. Yipeng Ge about his Reinstatement and
> Resignation – he discusses racism and censorship in the medical field &
> academia, February 1, 2024, The Fulcrum:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_RkkfpNzAA
>
>
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