1. Yves Engler was born on 1979 and is a Canadian Montreal-based writer and political activist.
12 Facts About Yves Engler
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Yves Engler moved to Montreal to study at Concordia University in the early 2000s, where he was elected vice president of communications with the Concordia Student Union.
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Yves Engler was suspended from the university due to his involvement in the Concordia University Netanyahu riot, which erupted in response to a visit to the campus by then-former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Yves Engler was fined $500 and expelled for one term.
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Yves Engler said he did not assault anyone or commit any vandalism during the riot.
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Yves Engler's suspension was later made permanent when he violated a ban on political activity, imposed by the university in the aftermath of the riot, by handing out anti-FTAA pamphlets on university grounds.
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Yves Engler was critical of Canada's role in the 2004 Haitian coup d'etat.
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Yves Engler co-authored a report entitled Canada in Haiti: Waging War Against the Poor Majority and helped establish a group called the Canada-Haiti Action Network.
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In June 2005, Yves Engler interrupted a press conference being held by then-Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pierre Pettigrew.
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Yves Engler is a longtime supporter of the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.
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In 2016, Yves Engler wrote an essay for the Huffington Post, titled "'Anti Semitism': The Most Abused Word in Canada".
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Yves Engler concluded that Engler "has seriously misjudged the state of anti-Semitism in Canada today".