Medicine on the Frontlines: Healthcare and Palestinian Statehood

Join us in Recital Hall at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre on November 5, 2025, at 7:00 PM (Eastern Time) for Medicine on the Frontlines: Healthcare and Palestinian Statehood, an evening with Dr. Tarek Loubani.

Dr. Loubani is a Palestinian Canadian physician, an associate professor at the Schulich School of Medicine at Western University, and co-founder of GLIA, a global innovator of high-quality medical equipment operating on the principle that quality healthcare should be accessible to all. For the past fifteen years Dr. Loubani has trained medical staff in Gaza and worked at Nasser Hospital this summer. He will discuss the systemic destruction of Palestinian healthcare infrastructure in a time of genocide and how local-global alliances can build support for Palestinian life, sovereignty, and statehood.

Co-sponsored by: The President’s Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Equity, and Decolonization; Social Justice Research Institute; Faculty for Palestine - Brock Chapter; Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies; MA in Social Justice and Equity Studies; Indigenous Educational Studies at Brock University; Zanab Jafry Shah; Niagara Movement for Justice in Palestine/Israel; 905 Palestine, Independent Jewish Voices - Hamilton; Jewish Faculty Network - Southwest Ontario; Silver Spire Church; Muslim Medical Association of Canada (MMAC)—Niagara Chapter.

IMPORTANT INFO: This is a FREE event, however, we ask that attendees register in advance. Please print or have your ticket ready on your phone when you arrive, and arrive by 6:40 PM. Registration will open at 6:10 PM. Students, staff, and faculty at Brock University can register on Eventbrite or ExperienceBU. Students are encouraged to use ExperienceBU to apply this event to the campus-wide cirriculum.