Global Health News

Date: Sun. Feb. 4, 2018 @ 1 PM
Location: Council Chambers, Student Union Building, Dalhousie University,  6136 University Ave
(Dr. Kanaaneh will be connected electronically from New York) 

Dr. Hatim Kanaaneh, was born in Arrabeh, a village in the Galilee region of Israel. He left in 1960 to study in the United States, earning degrees in medicine and public health from Harvard University. After returning home, he assumed the responsibility of Sub-district Physician heading the region’s governmental health office, while continuing to reside in his ancestral village.

Kanaaneh’s attempts to make a significant contribution to his community’s health and wellbeing met with neglect and refusal from Israel’s central authority. He worked with colleagues to establish a non-governmental organization, The Galilee Society for Health Research and Services, and to lead its efforts as one of the first NGOs in the Palestinian community in Israel. This activity put him in direct opposition to his employers, leading to his forced departure from the Ministry of Health. The Society continues to contribute significantly to addressing the special health issues of its target population to this day. Kanaaneh’s civil society efforts are documented in his first book, A Doctor in Galilee: The Life and Struggle of a Palestinian in Israel (Pluto Press, 2008). His most recent book is Chief Complaint: A Country Doctor’s Tales of Life in Galilee (Just World Books, 2015).

With all the focus on the Occupied Territories, few people know about “the other side of Israel.” Come and learn.

Sponsored by:

• Canadians, Arabs and Jews for a Just Peace (www.forjustpeace.ca)
• Independent Jewish Voices Canada (www.ijvcanada.org)
• Nova Scotia Public Interest Group (www.nspirg.ca)
• Canada Palestine Association
• KAIROS Halifax (https://kairoshalifax.wordpress.com)
• United Network for Justice & Peace in Palestine & Israel (www.unjppi.org)

For more information, contact
Phone: 902-240-2782
Email: ijv-halifax@ijvcanada.org