What a Difference a Year Makes in Israel-Palestine: A lecture by Jon Allen

Jon Allen (LL.B., LL.M.) is a Senior Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. He joined Canada’s Department of External Affairs in 1981 and has held numerous posts including Director General, North America Bureau and Minister (Political Affairs) at the Canadian Embassy in Washington. From 2006 to 2010, Allen was Canada’s Ambassador to Israel. Allen is currently a Distinguished Fellow of the Canada International Council, the Chair of Project Rozana Canada, a not for profit whose objective is to build bridges between Palestinians and Israelis via the health sector, and a Member of the Board of AmbCanada.
Since its launch in 2021, the Foundation for Palestinian Studies Fund at the University of Waterloo has provided our students, faculty, staff, and wider community with the opportunity to learn about the rich and complex body of scholarly, artistic, literary, creative, and popular works generated by Palestinians spanning the globe.
In this ongoing lecture series, we learn about and engage with each other to understand new perspectives and to work for peace in this often volatile region of the world. Right now, when Palestinians and Israelis alike are suffering and the humanitarian situation is deteriorating, we come together again to talk and to listen.