Israel's Systematic Assault on Gaza's Healthcare: A Conversation with Dr. Tarek Loubani

Dr. Tarek Loubani—a Palestinian Canadian physician and co-founder of GLIA, a medical solidarity organization—will discuss the systematic destruction of healthcare in Gaza, which has been described by the British Medical Journal as “the paragon of healthocide,” and has involved, according to The Lancet, “at least 772 attacks on health care, with 94% of hospitals damaged or destroyed and more than 1500 health-care workers killed — the highest toll ever recorded.” Dr. Loubani and Professor Sealy-Harrington — the Windsor Law Chair in Palestinian Human Rights in Canada — will discuss Israel’s assault on Palestinian health infrastructure, the relationship between Israel’s destruction of Palestinian healthcare and the genocide in Gaza, as well as how Canadians can support Palestinians against Israeli oppression and for Palestinian liberation.

Date: November 28, 2025
Time: 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Location: TBD

Agenda:
5:30-6:00 PM - Arrival & Refreshments
6:00-7:00 PM - Panel
7:00-7:30 PM - Q&A 

Dr. Tarek 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 has recently returned from a medical aid mission at Nasser Hospital. 

Joshua Sealy-Harrington is an Associate Professor and the Chair in Palestinian Human Rights in Canada at the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law. Before joining Windsor Law, Joshua was a Law Clerk at the Federal Court and Supreme Court of Canada, as well as an Assistant Professor at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law, where he was awarded “Professor of the Year” by the student body and “Person of the Year” by the faculty association for his steadfast defence of academic and Palestinian freedom. Joshua’s teaching, research, and advocacy apply critical legal theory to questions of socio-legal identity and justice, with a particular focus on Black and Palestinian solidarity/resistance.

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