Author Archive: Joanne Hill - Correspondent

SAIA stripped of status as York U student club

Canada, Education, News | May 14, 2013

TORONTO – Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) has been stripped of its official status as a student club at York University until January 2014. University...

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Geller takes on Toronto Board of Rabbis

Beliefs and Concepts, Canada, News, United States | May 14, 2013

TORONTO – Pamela Geller struck back at the Toronto Board of Rabbis (TBR) for a critical statement it issued just hours before her appearance Monday night at the...

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BDS should stand for building, developing, supporting human rights, group founder says

Canada, Features, Israel, Middle East, Politics | May 7, 2013

Palestinians would be better served by a BDS campaign dedicated to building, developing and supporting their human rights instead of attacking Israel, says an Israeli...

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New venue found for anti-Islamist blogger Geller

Canada, News | May 7, 2013

Attempts to shut down Pamela Geller’s coming talk – about free speech, no less – illustrate what’s at stake and what must be done when Western freedoms are...

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Vote on anti-discrimination grant policies delayed

Canada, News | April 30, 2013

A vote on amending the city’s anti-discrimination and grants policies – making it possible to withhold city funding from events that provide a platform for hateful...

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