Last year, Canadian filmmakerJohn Greyson's decision to pull his film from the Toronto International FilmFestival as a protest against TIFF's decision to showcase Israeli films with aspotlight on Tel Aviv, set off a fire-storm of media frenzy and led toworld-wide celebrity support for the protest. It was a turning point for theCanadian cultural boycott of Israel,which has seen a surge of support over the past several months. Just recently,Greyson produced a video calling on Elton John to cancel his June 17 Tel Avivconcert and join the BDS movement for peace. Go to: http://vimeo.com/11584285
For another video on BDS by Greyson, please see: http://vimeo.com/12834884

The annual Toronto PalestineFilm Festival will be held from October 2-8. A non-profit organizationdedicated to bringing vibrant Palestinian cinema toToronto area audiences,TPFF's mandate is to promote the richness of Palestinian Arab culture throughcinema, music, and other forms of visual arts. TPFF was conceived in 2008 to commemoratethe 60th anniversary of Al-Nakba. For more information, go to: http://www.tpff.ca.

Several PSM activists from Canadawent to the First National Jewish anti-Zionist gathering in Detroit, June19-22, 2010. One of the many excellent workshops we attended offeredopportunities to learn more about the Jewish National Fund and possible organizingstrategies. IJAN-Canada will be working to build on the research being done inboth the U.S. and Canada. There is a good deal of information regardingthe JNF and CanadaPark available and welook forward to collaborating with others here to put together an effectiveeducation campaign.