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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello everyone!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This Thursday! Coffee & Conversation Dr. Yipeng Ge<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Health, Human Rights and Solidarity for Palestine”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, June 6<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">10:00-11:00 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">67 Erb Street W., Balsillie School of International, Waterloo<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Café in the Lobby of the building<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Organized by PhD student, Tamara Lorincz, <a href="mailto:tlorincz@balsillieschool.ca">
tlorincz@balsillieschool.ca</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(*This is buy your own coffee: There is a café at the Balsillie School lobby)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Read Dr. Ge’s powerful resignation letter to the Canadian Medical Association:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Posted on December 22, 2023<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://yipeng.ca/2023/12/22/my-resignation-letter-to-the-cma/">https://yipeng.ca/2023/12/22/my-resignation-letter-to-the-cma/</a>,<o:p></o:p></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:<o:p></o:p></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">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">
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:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_RkkfpNzAA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_RkkfpNzAA</a>
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