July 27, 2026 On July 24, 2026, the Palestinian Canadian Congress wrote to the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, responding to his June 29 comments on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights exhibition Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present. The Minister described the exhibition as containing “words that are regrettable” and […]
MEDIA RELEASE Version française ci-dessous 22 JULY 2026 OTTAWA — Over seventy human rights, labour, faith, legal, and other civil society organizations from across Canada are speaking out in defence of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, its leadership, and its curatorial independence amidst organized pressure campaigns surrounding its exhibition Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and […]
The Palestinian Canadian Congress has joined more than 70 human rights and civil society organizations across Canada in the following statement supporting the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and its curatorial independence. We, the undersigned human rights and civil society organizations, write to express our support for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), its […]
The opening of Nakba: Past and Present at the Canadian Museum of Human Rights represents a historic achievement for Palestinian Canadians and for all those committed to justice, dignity, and truth. For the first time, a Canadian governmental agency recognizes the Nakba. This acknowledgment affirms both the historical and ongoing realities of Palestinian dispossession and […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement from the Palestinian Canadian Congress Two years have passed since Gaza was set ablaze — two years of devastation, of resistance, and of resilience. The world continues to bear witness to a people who, despite unimaginable suffering, refuse to disappear. We remember the children whose laughter was silenced, the mothers who […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2025 Ottawa, ON – The Palestinian Canadian Congress (PCC) welcomes today’s announcement by Prime Minister Mark Carney that Canada will recognize the State of Palestine. This recognition affirms the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination, dignity, and sovereignty—a right that has been denied for far too long. At the same […]
