FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press conference announces Global Sumud Canada and Canadian Boat to Gaza’s joint efforts in challenging Israel’s illegal and inhumane blockade of Gaza
March 16, 2026
Tiohtià:ke/Moonyang/Montreal – Canadian civil society organizations will announce their participation in the largest civilian-led mission for Palestine to date at a hybrid press conference this Wednesday, March 18th, at 10AM EST.
In April, Global Sumud Canada and Canadian Boat to Gaza, with support from over 70 civil society groups from across Canada, will join forces on an international flotilla and overland mission.
With over 100 boats, 1,000 healthcare professionals, and thousands of participants from over 100 countries, this mission aims to break Israel’s illegal blockade, deliver urgent life-saving aid, and support reconstruction—a direct response to Palestinians in Gaza, who continue to be subject to Israel’s genocide and ethnic cleansing, armed in no small part through Canada’s ongoing complicity.
When governments fail to act, people organize.
WHAT A hybrid press conference announcing Canadian civil society’s involvement in the
next Global Sumud Flotilla.
WHEN Wednesday, March 18th, 2026, at 10AM EST
WHERE Alternatives, 3720 Avenue du Parc, H2X 2J1, in Montreal
- Media outside of Montréal are welcome to join via Zoom — RSVP here.
WHOSpokespeople from Global Sumud Canada and Canadian Boat to Gaza will speak,
along with spokespeople of two endorsing civil society organizations:
- Coalition du Québec URGENCE Palestine
- Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) Montréal
Spokespeople will be available after for interviews in English and French.
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Global Sumud Canada (GSF) is Canada’s Delegation to the Global Sumud Flotilla, an international movement of coordinated, nonviolent action—by land, sea, and across borders—working to end Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza, confront the complicity that enables occupation, and stand with the Palestinian people.
The Canadian Boat to Gaza(CBG)is a cross Canada collective established in 2011 to challenge and break the Israeli illegal blockade of Gaza. It is a member of the international Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), and has taken part in over 10 missions to Gaza between 2011 and 2025, in addition to port visits across the Mediterranean and in Northern Europe to bring awareness to the illegal blockade of Gaza and the struggle of the Palestinian people living under occupation, siege and genocide.
Media Contact:
Global Sumud Canada
Email: globalsumudcanada@gmail.com
Instagram: @canada_globalsumud
Canadian Boat to Gaza
Email: lotayef@gmail.com
Instagram: @canadaboatgaza
