CJPME invites you to its “Championing Human Rights” Annual Fundraising Dinner. Please join us as we celebrate CJPME’s accomplishments, and hear a presentation by former MP and Solicitor General Warren Allmand. Have a great time, while actively supporting CJPME’s work for human rights in the Middle East.   Continue reading

CJPME invites you to its “Championing Human Rights” Annual Fundraising Dinner. The event will include dinner and music, along with a brief talk by John Greyson, a Canadian detainee in Egypt for over 50 days. Have a great time, while actively supporting CJPME’s work for human rights in the Middle East. Continue reading

CJPME is delighted to invite you hear Palestinian Christian leader and author Rev. Alex Awad Tuesday, Oct. 22 in downtown Montreal. Rev. Awad is Dean of Students at Bethlehem Bible College, Pastor of East Jerusalem Baptist Church, and Director of the Shepherd Society. He is also the author of Palestinian Memories: The Story of a Palestinian Mother and Her People. In his book, Awad shares his family's struggle after his father is shot in 1948 in front of their home in East Jerusalem, and his mother's superhuman struggle to raise seven children on her own. Continue reading

Israeli-American peace activist Miko Peled, author of "The General's Son -- Journey of an Israeli in Palestine", gives a series of lectures hosted by CJPME in seven Canadian cities, September 30 to October 8. Peled, son of a prominent Israeli General and uncle of a suicide bombing victim, will discuss the arguments in favour of the “one-state” solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.   Continue reading

Six of Canada's top writers give a benefit reading for CJPME. The writers include: two-time Governor General 's Award winner Nino Ricci, Wayson Choy, Terry Fallis, Lee Maracle, Giller winner Joseph Boyden and Kyo Maclear. These six writers, along with Yann Martel, Michael Ondaatje, and Margaret Atwood, are among the over 100 Canadian authors who co-signed the Canadian Writers' Open Letter to Israeli and Canadian leaders this summer. Continue reading

CJPME brings this heart-wrenchingly beautiful collection of drawings from Gaza to New Brunswick. The exhibition includes 26 drawings created by children in Gaza between with ages of 5 and 14 for the exhibition, following art therapy.

Join us as Mr. Peled talks about his journey as the son of Israeli general Mattityahu Peled, an Israeli national hero, to extreme disillusionment with and opposition to Israel's occupation of the Palestinian Territories.

Veteran Middle East journalist Robert Fisk has “seen it all” in his 30+ years of international journalism. Yet perhaps nothing could compare to the upheavals in the Middle East which began in 2011 – what some have termed the “Arab Spring.” Join us, as Fisk talks about his reporting from the epicentre of the tensions with his honest and insightful perspective.

Join us as Dr. Barghouti discusses Palestinian political dynamics, and his perspectives on a just peace in Israel-Palestine. Dr. Barghouti's speaking tour will stop in three Canadian cities: Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. Continue reading

  Please join us for our fundraising dinner and concert, Experiencing Arabia, with traditional Arabic music featuring Canada's qanun virtuoso, Georges Sawa, and his chamber ensemble