<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">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.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Best,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Chris<br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:603.2px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div style="font-size:12.8px;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><p>_____________________________________________________</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Compassion was the litmus test for the prophets of Israel, for the rabbis of the Talmud, for Jesus, for Paul, and for Muhammad, not to mention Confucius, Lao-tzu, the Buddha, or the sages of the Upanishads. <br>
—Karen Armstrong<span></span></span></p></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 5, 2024 at 3:18 PM Tamara Lorincz <<a href="mailto:tlorincz@dal.ca">tlorincz@dal.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-6603631285612368374">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello everyone!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This Thursday! Coffee & Conversation Dr. Yipeng Ge<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Health, Human Rights and Solidarity for Palestine”<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, June 6<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">10:00-11:00 a.m.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">67 Erb Street W., Balsillie School of International, Waterloo<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Café in the Lobby of the building<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Organized by PhD student, Tamara Lorincz, <a href="mailto:tlorincz@balsillieschool.ca" target="_blank">
tlorincz@balsillieschool.ca</a> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(*This is buy your own coffee: There is a café at the Balsillie School lobby)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Read Dr. Ge’s powerful resignation letter to the Canadian Medical Association:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Posted on December 22, 2023<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://yipeng.ca/2023/12/22/my-resignation-letter-to-the-cma/" target="_blank">https://yipeng.ca/2023/12/22/my-resignation-letter-to-the-cma/</a>,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Read about his courageous stand: “U of O doctor suspended for pro-Palestinian posts says he's been reinstated, won't go back”, CBC:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="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" target="_blank">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</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Learn more about his recent medical aid trip to Gaza: “Sanctioned U of O doctor describes harrowing conditions in Rafah after humanitarian trip”, CBC:
<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/university-ottawa-doctor-gaza-palestine-yipeng-ge-1.7126299" target="_blank">
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/university-ottawa-doctor-gaza-palestine-yipeng-ge-1.7126299</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_RkkfpNzAA" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_RkkfpNzAA</a>
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