Delegates on the Canadian Boat to Gaza, the Tahrir, November 4, 2011 shortly before being taken by force by the Israeli Navy. Photo: Lina Attalah
Two Canadians who were on the Gaza blockade boat the Tahrir will embark on a national speaking tour to address Canada’s role in the Gaza blockade. David Heap and Ehab Lotayef will give a firsthand account of their capture at sea in nine Canadian cities, beginning February 15, 2012.
David Heap is a linguistics professor at the University of Western Ontario, while Ehab Lotayef is an engineer, poet and writer from Montreal.
Both David and Ehab were on board the Canadian Boat, the Tahrir, when it was seized by the Israeli navy in international waters. They were held in an Israeli prison for six days.
Tour link: http://www.tahrir.ca/speaking-tour-2012
Printable poster: http://www.tahrir.ca/download-speaking-tour-2012
Tour video: http://www.tahrir.ca/en/video-blockade-gaza-canadas-role
Facebook events: https://www.facebook.com/CanadaBoatGaza?sk=events
Halifax, NS
Wednesday, 15 February, 2012 – 17:00 – 18:30
Location: Just Us Café 2nd floor, 5896 Spring Garden Road
Speaker: David Heap
Sackville, NB
Thursday, 16 February 2012 – 13:00 – 14:00
Bennett G 03 Lecture Hall Sackville University
Speaker: David Heap
Fredericton, NB
Thursday, 16 February, 2012 – 19:30
Carleton Hall, Room 139, UNB, Fredericton
Speaker: David Heap
Moncton, NB
le 17 février, 12-13h15 Présentation au local 328 de l’édifice Taillon, Université de Moncton.
19h00 Présentation au 2 du Centre Aberdeen
Speaker: David Heap
Saint John, NB
Saturday, 18 February, 2012 – 13:00, 1 Bayard Drive
Speaker: David Heap
Vancouver, BC
Saturday, 18 February 2012, 19:00
Alice McKay room, Vancouver Public Library
350 West Georgia
Speaker: Ehab Lotayef – Intro by Libby Davies
Nanaimo, BC
Sunday, 19 February 2012, 13:30 – 15:00
Bowen Park Complex, 500 Bowen Rd.
Speaker: Ehab Lotayef
Victoria, BC
Sunday, 19 February 2012, 19:30
Room 105 in the Harry Hickman Building at the University of Victoria
Speaker: Ehab Lotayef
St. John’s, NL
Monday, February 20 2012, 19:00-21:00
E.B. Foran Room, St. John’s City Hall, 10 New Gower Street
Speaker: David Heap
