Political Prisoners from Turtle Island to Palestine
Monday, 2 March 2009, 7:30pm
Speakers: Bob Lovelace and Yafa Jarrar
University of Ottawa, Room: Fauteux 232
Robert Lovelace is a retired Chief of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation. On February 15, 2008, Robert was sentenced to 6 months in prison for contempt of court. His crime was taking a leadership role in securing Algonquin land and refusing to permit exploration for uranium near Ardoch, Ontario. He is an Adjunct Lecturer in Global Development Studies at Queen's University and a professor in Ecosystems Management at Sir Sandford Fleming College. He has written about community development as a de-colonizing strategy.
Yafa Jarrar is a member of the Peterborough Coalition for Palestinian Solidarity. She was born in Jerusalem, Palestine, moved to Canada in 2003 to attend Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific. She has represented Palestine in the Arab League of Nations in Cairo in 2001 to speak on the effects of the Israeli occupation on the Palestinian educational process and then elected to represent Palestine to speak at the United Nations, in the same year. She is currently finishing her degree in Politics and International Development Studies at Trent University.
Speakers: Bob Lovelace and Yafa Jarrar
University of Ottawa, Room: Fauteux 232
Robert Lovelace is a retired Chief of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation. On February 15, 2008, Robert was sentenced to 6 months in prison for contempt of court. His crime was taking a leadership role in securing Algonquin land and refusing to permit exploration for uranium near Ardoch, Ontario. He is an Adjunct Lecturer in Global Development Studies at Queen's University and a professor in Ecosystems Management at Sir Sandford Fleming College. He has written about community development as a de-colonizing strategy.
Yafa Jarrar is a member of the Peterborough Coalition for Palestinian Solidarity. She was born in Jerusalem, Palestine, moved to Canada in 2003 to attend Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific. She has represented Palestine in the Arab League of Nations in Cairo in 2001 to speak on the effects of the Israeli occupation on the Palestinian educational process and then elected to represent Palestine to speak at the United Nations, in the same year. She is currently finishing her degree in Politics and International Development Studies at Trent University.
Part 1 - Yafa Jarrar
Part 2: Bob Lovelace
