Yves Engler Explained

Yves Engler
Birth Date:1979
Birth Place:Vancouver, Canada
Occupation:Writer
Language:English
Genre:Nonfiction
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Yves Engler (born 1979) is a Canadian Montreal-based writer and political activist. In addition to twelve published books, Engler's writings have appeared in alternative press and in mainstream publications such as The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen, and Ecologist.

His 2009 book, The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy, was short-listed for the Quebec Writers' Federation Mavis Gallant Prize for Nonfiction.[1] [2]

Concordia University

Engler moved to Montreal to study at Concordia University in the early 2000s, where he was elected vice president of communications with the Concordia Student Union.[3] He was suspended from the university due to his involvement in the Concordia University Netanyahu riot, which erupted in response to a visit to the campus by the then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The riot involved the breaking of windows at a number of university buildings and assaults on Holocaust survivors.

A student tribunal found Engler guilty of assault and vandalism for his part in the event. Engler contends he never assaulted anyone or committed any vandalism during the riot.[4] His attempt to appeal the suspension was rejected by the Supreme Court of Canada.[5] Engler's suspension was later made permanent when he violated a ban on political activity imposed by the university in the aftermath of the riot.[6]

Haiti

Engler was critical of Canada's role in the 2004 Haitian coup d'état. He co-authored a report entitled Canada in Haiti: Waging War Against the Poor Majority and helped establish a group called the Canada-Haiti Action Network.

In June 2005, Engler interrupted a press conference being held by then-Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pierre Pettigrew. Engler poured a bottle of cranberry juice onto Pettigrew and said, "Pettigrew lies, Haitians die."[7] The juice was meant to represent the blood Engler said was on the hands of the Canadian government due to its alleged involvement in the 2004 coup and subsequent United Nations peacekeeping mission.[8] [9]

Israel

A vocal critic of Israel, in 2010, Engler wrote the book Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid on the history of Canada's ties with Israel.[10] He is a longtime supporter of the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.[11]

In 2016, Engler wrote an essay for the Huffington Post, titled "'Anti Semitism': The Most Abused Word in Canada".[12] A week later, Canadian Jewish News editor Yoni Goldstein criticized the text in an opinion piece. He concluded that Engler "has seriously misjudged the state of anti-Semitism in Canada today".[13] Engler offered an explanation of the controversy on his webpage: he maintains that the charge of antisemitism is wrongly used to shut down criticism of Israel, but the rise of neo-Nazism shows that it was wrong for him to downplay the threat of antisemitism. Engler strongly condemns antisemitism on his webpage.[14]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The QWF Literary Awards . February 17, 2010.
  2. Web site: Shortlist for 2009 QWF awards. February 17, 2010.
  3. Web site: Yves Engler . November 8, 2023 . fernwoodpublishing.can.
  4. News: Spivak . Rhonda . YVES ENGLER AT U OF M EXPLAINS HIS SUSPENSION FROM CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY AFTER NETANYAHU'S ABORTED SPEECH IN 2002. June 15, 2021 . Winnipeg Jewish Review. n.d..
  5. News: Blackwell . Richard . Activist loses fight to re-enter Concordia . September 22, 2019 . The Globe and Mail . October 7, 2005.
  6. Web site: Concordia Activist Faces Expulsion. October 9, 2008.
  7. Web site: Canada acting badly in Haiti, protester claims . June 18, 2005 . CBC News . August 7, 2009.
  8. Web site: Pettigrew's Painter speaks about Haitian Blood on the hands of the Canadian Government . June 17, 2005 . August 7, 2009.
  9. Web site: Griffin Report - Haiti Human Rights Investigation . November 11–21, 2004 . Thomas M. Griffin, ESQ. . Center for the Study of Human Rights, University of Miami School of Law - (Professor Irwin P. Stotzky, Director) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090320032959/http://www.law.miami.edu/cshr/CSHR_Report_02082005_v2.pdf . March 20, 2009 .
  10. Web site: Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid . November 9, 2023 . fernwoodpublishing.ca.
  11. Web site: Tadamon!: 500 Artists Against Israeli Apartheid.
  12. Web site: "Anti Semitism": The Most Abused Word in Canada | Dissident Voice. April 16, 2016.
  13. News: Goldstein . Yoni . Getting the facts wrong about anti-Semitism in Canada . September 22, 2019 . Canadian Jewish News . April 27, 2016.
  14. Web site: Controversies – Yves Engler. September 12, 2020.
  15. Web site: Canada in Haiti . Fernwood Publishing . November 19, 2009.
  16. Web site: Playing Left Wing . Fernwood Publishing . November 19, 2009.
  17. Web site: The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy . Fernwood Publishing . November 19, 2009.
  18. Web site: Canada and Israel . Fernwood Publishing . May 24, 2010.

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