Honourary Members

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The following Honourary Members have endorsed the expanded mandate and principles of the Seriously Free Speech Committee. 

New and Renewing Honourary Members of the Seriously Free Speech Committee:

  • affiliation for identification purposes only / à des fins d’identification seulement

Cindy and Craig Corrie, Directors, Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice
Naomi Klein, writer
Avi Lewis
,
film maker
Chandler Davis
, American-Canadian mathematician, writer and educator. Refused to cooperate with US McCarthy hearings and brought a free speech test case before the US federal courts 1957-1960, currently cooperating with the Center for Constitutional Rights in the USA, active in the Committee on Human Rights of Mathematicians in both the American Mathematical Society and the Canadian Mathematical Society.*
Chris Ferguson, Global Mission Personnel, United Church of Canada*
Joey Hartman, President, Vancouver and District Labour Council*
Donald Grayston, former Director, Institute for the Humanities, Simon Fraser University*

Complete alphabetical list of Honourary Members of the Seriously Free Speech Committee

  • affiliation for identification purposes only / à des fins d’identification seulement

Ali Abunimah, co-founder of The Electronic Intifada
Tariq Ali, writer
Dr. Federico Allodi, Founder Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture
Rachad Antonius, professeur, département de sociologie, Université du Québec à Montréal *
The Rev. Robert Assaly, Chair, Canadian Friends of Sabeel
John Bail
, National Director, Pacific Region, CUPW*
Normand Baillargeon, essayiste, Université du Québec à Montréal *
Omar Barghouti, independent Palestinian analyst and human rights activist
Brian Barton, président du Comité de solidarité de Trois-Rivières *
Gregory Baum, théologien et sociologue, Montréal, Québec
Matthew Behrens, Toronto Action for Social Change (TASC)*
Phyllis Bennis, author and analyst, Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies (Washington D.C.)*
Ronald Cameron, ex-président, FNEEQ * (Fédération nationale des enseignantes et enseignants du Québec), qui appuie la campagne BDS
Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology*
Craig and Cindy Corrie, Directors, Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice
Michel Chossudovsky, professeur invite, département de science économique, Université d’Ottawa *
Kathleen Christison, author and former CIA analyst
Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Professor, Political Science/Women’s Studies, Simon Fraser University*
Dr. J. F. Conway, professor and chair, Department of Sociology, University of Regina*
Libby Davies, former M.P., Vancouver-East
Chandler DavisAmerican-Canadian mathematician, writer and educator. Refused to cooperate with US McCarthy hearings and brought a free speech test case before the US federal courts 1957-1960, currently cooperating with the Center for Constitutional Rights in the USA, active in the Committee on Human Rights of Mathematicians in both the American Mathematical Society and the Canadian Mathematical Society.*
Murray Dobbin
, author/journalist
Francis Dupui-Déri, professeur en science politique, Université du Québec à Montréal *
Nick Dyer-Witheford, Associate Professor, Faculty of Information & Media Studies, University of Western Ontario*
Ivar Ekeland, former President, University of Paris-9*
Kim Elliott, Publisher, rabble.ca
Dr. M. I. ElMasry
, Professor Emeritus of Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Founding Editor and Publisher of TheCanadianCharger.com
Jon Elmer, journalist
Yves Engler, author and journalist
Najwa Farah, Palestinian writer and author
Rafiq Farah, Archdeacon Emeritus, Anglican Church of Canada
David Fennario, écrivain dramatique
Chris Ferguson, Global Mission Personnel, United Church of Canada*
Bill Fletcher Jr., writer/activist
Maurice J. Freedman, Past President, American Library Association*
Dr. Qais Ghanem, physician, professor, broadcaster, activist and poet; Director of the Sleep Centre, University of Ottawa*
Cy Gonick, founder and publisher of Canadian Dimension Magazine
Donald Grayston, former Director, Institute for the Humanities
Simon Fraser University*
John Greyson,
filmmaker, Assistant Professor, York University*
Malcolm Guy, réalisateur et producteur, Productions Multi-Monde *
Marta Harnecker, writer
Joey Hartman, President, Vancouver and District Labour Council*
Jamelie Hassan, artist
Chris Hedges, author, columnist, a senior fellow at The Nation Institute. Anschutz Distinguished Fellow at Princeton University, spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent for the New York Times and other major newspapers.
Edward S. Herman, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania*
George Heyman, President emeritus, BC Government Employees Union*
Robert Jasmin, avocat et écrivain
Sister Elizabeth Kelliher, SA
Hilla Kerner-Soliman for the collective of Vancouver Rape Relief & Women’s Shelter
Dorothy Kidd, Professor, Department of Media Studies (University of San Francisco)*
Bonnie Klein, film-maker
Naomi Klein, writer
Pierre Jasmin, pianiste
Adah Kay, writer/researcher, City University, London UK*
Joel Kovel, independent scholar
Anton Kuerti, O.C., musician
Susan Lambert, Former President B.C. Teachers Federation*
Michael Lebowitz, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Simon Fraser University*
Raymond Legault, Collectif Échec à la guerre *
Mark Leier, Head of Labour Studies, Simon Fraser University*
Avi Lewis, film maker
Thekla Lit, human rights and peace educator
Tim Louis, lawyer
Irene MacInnes, Vancouver Citizen Peace Award winner
Dr. Sally Mahood, professor of family medicine, University of Saskatchewan*
Michael Mandel, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School*
Gabor Mate, physician and author
Serge Mongeau, écrivain
Laura J. Murray, co-author of “Canadian Copyright: A Citizen’s Guide”
Norman Nawrocki, writer and performer
Derrick O’Keefe, co-chair Stopwar.ca and editor with Rabble.ca*
Cindy Oliver, President, Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC*
Ilan Pappe, Chair of Department of History, University of Exeter (UK)*
Bill Pegler, National Representative, Canadian Union of Public Employees*
Nurit Peled-Elhanan, recipient of Sakharov prize for Human Rights and Freedom of Speech (awarded by European Parliament) and one of the initiators of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (2009), along with Leila Shahid and the late Ken Coates
James Petras, Professor Emeritus, Binghampton University*
John Pilger, writer and film-maker
Jean-Marc Piotte, professeur émérite, département de science politique de l’Université du Québec à Montréal *
Justin Podur, writer
Badri Raina, Professor (retired), New Delhi University*
Diana Ralph, Administrative Committee member Independent Jewish Voices (Canada)
Judy Rebick, Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy, Ryerson University*
Blair Redlin, Research Representative, Canadian Union of Public Employees*
Carl Rosenberg, editor, Outlook: Canada’s Progressive Jewish Magazine*
Richard S. Rosenberg, president of the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
Satinath Sarangi, member Bhopal Group, an organization campaigning for justice for the survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal (India)
Bill Saunders, former President, Vancouver and District Labour Council*
Sid Shniad, Administrative Committee member Independent Jewish Voices (Canada)
Chris Spannos, media activist*
Sid Chow Tan, ACCESS (Association of Chinese Canadians for Equality and Solidarity Society)*
Harold Steves, one of the founders of the Agricultural Land Reserve in BC
Sunera Thobani, University of British Columbia*
Alan Twigg, Publisher, BC Bookworld
Harsha Walla, No One is Illegal (Vancouver)
Nettie Wild, film-maker
Adrienne Wong, co-artistic director, neworld theatre*
Haifa Zangana, author (UK)
Elia Zureik, emeritus professor of sociology, Queen’s University*

*affiliation for identification purposes only / à des fins d’identification seulement

2 Responses to Honourary Members

  1. I have a deep interest and involvement with the case of Mordachai and Canwest. I have noticed the bais reports in Vancouver Sun and the Province newspapers when BC Court of Human Rights was deeling with the complain against Maclean. Canwest was advocating the free speach for the magazine but at the sametime deniying the same right s to Mord.

  2. Is that the same ElMasry on your list who launched the Section 13 complaint agaist Levant and Steyn? Is this a joke?

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