Yipeng Ge 葛义朋

I don’t know what to say anymore. As doctors, we can’t stop a genocide and we can’t end a famine. We provided a diagnosis - genocide. We provided a prescription to end the genocide - for Canada to end its complicity and direct involvement in Israel’s crimes now.

Very grateful to see our @CanadaBoatGaza team put out this solidarity statement with Cuba. End all sieges and blockades. Free the people, free the land. Solidarity forever! canadaboatgaza.org/2026/11/1…

Abolish the war machine. Remember all the victims of war. Let us work towards a world free of war, conflict, and genocide. Learn more here: - vowpeace.org/peace-poppy-cam… - peacepoppies.ca - ppu.org.uk/remembrance-white…

The downtown electoral riding of Laurier—Sainte-Marie in Montreal has an upcoming federal by-election coming up on December 7, 2026. If I could vote in this by-election, I’d be voting for my friend Nimâ Machouf. Nimâ has committed her life to helping others and engaging in activism for social political movements both locally and globally. She is trained as a clinical epidemiologist in public health, and knows so clearly the importance of centring the health and wellbeing of communities. She demonstrates a commitment to action and international solidarity for collective liberation when institutions maintain the status quo of structural oppression. I am so grateful for public health colleagues like Nimâ who put their values and principles to work, in building a different world where human rights for all and the life of our shared home and planet is our guiding light. So much love for you Nimâ Machouf and the campaign you are building in Montreal. ❤️❤️❤️ nimamachouf.ca

So grateful for all the work you do, @leilanifarha, in fighting for a different world. A world where every person counts, people have the right to housing, and human rights prevails. ❤️

A dear fellow activist, Jeff Houlahan, passed away on October 14, 2026, age 67. What an immense loss for our world. He dedicated so much time and energy to love and solidarity work, including for Palestine. He was working on this initiative right before his passing. I hope you consider taking part. ❤️‍🩹 “Writing the names of the murdered children of Gaza is a simple act that any of us can do. Azeer Al-Shaair writes a name on tape that he places on his face when he plays for the Houston Texans of the NFL. We write a name on a stone and place the stone conspicuously around our communities. We write the murdered child’s name on one side of the stone and “killed by Israel” on another side. We do this to honour and remember the murdered children of Gaza. And to remind people that children continue to be murdered everyday in Gaza.” - Jeff Houlahan writetheirname.com/

One of the precious memories I have now from visiting Cuba was meeting the therapeutic clowns at the William Soler Pediatric Hospital. As part of the Mariposa Brigade we brought many suitcases of medical supplies, infant formula, and medications to this children’s hospital. The U.S. blockade on Cuba has made treating pediatric patients in this hospital increasingly challenging because of the fuel shortages and lack of essential supplies. Meeting and playing with the therapeutic clowns at the William Soler Pediatric Hospital reminded me of my training with Molly-Penny the therapeutic clown when I was in medical school. When there are things beyond our control, sometimes it’s important to find joy and laughter even in the most difficult moments. Kindness and care can sometimes be the best medicine. There is something deeply moving to see fellow healthcare workers valuing the importance of love as a practice of humanity in our work in medicine both within the hospital setting and beyond. And solidarity work is an expression of our love for humanity and commitment to collective liberation. Let Cuba live! 🇨🇺 Photos 1-2: With the therapeutic clowns at William Soler Pediatric Hospital in Cuba, October 2026. Photos 3-4: With Molly-Penny the therapeutic clown in Ottawa, Canada, June 2019. ❤️

“Canada has a responsibility to ensure that weapons and military equipment produced here are not used to harm Palestinian civilians or contribute to violations of international humanitarian law. We call on the Government of Canada to end all direct and indirect transfers of arms and military equipment to Israel.”

When I spent time in Cuba a bit over a week ago, one of the really special moments was meeting Palestinian medical graduates, Dr. Ihab and Dr. Motee, with my friend Rania who was also on the Mariposa Brigade with me. Cuba has been training medical students from all over the world, and sending doctors on medical brigades to support communities in need around the world. While facing an immensely difficult U.S. blockade, the Cuban medical system continues to train medical students from all over the world. Meeting medical students who are training to be doctors who understand their role to advocate for changing the social and political root causes of disease and illness affecting the populations they care for, was deeply inspiring and hopeful for a practice of medicine that is grounded in international solidarity and a shared love for collective humanity and liberation.

Last week I was in Cuba. We bore witness to the impacts of the over six decades long U.S. blockade and siege on the people of Cuba. We brought donated medical supplies, medications, and other essential items but this is not a sustainable solution. The people of Cuba are struggling immensely. There is a dire lack of energy and fuel, leading to blackouts and water shortages. Food costs are high, people can’t afford to feed their families. Medication is unavailable or on extremely short supply. This blockade maintained by the U.S. must end. Today there was a United Nations resolution on condemning the economic embargo imposed on Cuba. Canada must do more to support the people of Cuba as they continue to suffer the consequences of Western imperialism and interference with their sovereignty, independence, and self-determination. Let Cuba live! 🇨🇺

So very grateful for the birthday wishes. So much love to all the people who I have befriended on this magnificent journey we call life. The world can be a scary place with injustices everywhere we look, but the extraordinary people I’ve met along the way show me a different world is always possible - one that is filled with joy, laughter, and care. I’m so thankful for my parents who brought me into this world and taught me to not take myself or anything ever too seriously, and most importantly to be a good human being to others on this shared planet we call home. ❤️

Today’s the day Ottawa will get out to vote. 🗳️ I will be voting for Neil Saravanamuttoo for mayor. Polls are open 10am-8pm. Go vote! 🗳️

Thank you for having us @Writersfest! ❤️ With @ChrisLynnHedges

Reunited with @BenNephrology ❤️‍🔥 So very grateful for my fellow medical colleagues who speak truth to power, and know their work extends beyond the clinic or hospital to advocate for human rights for all peoples without exception. Free Palestine. 🇵🇸

Join us today! ❤️‍🩹

Elbit systems is Israel’s largest private weapons company. They provide many of the weapons and infrastructure carrying genocide and occupation in Palestine. Canada has an ongoing arms trade with Israel, including weapons shipments to Elbit systems, from local suppliers across Canada including from here in Ottawa. Billet Precision is a local parts manufacturer here in Ottawa. They have partnerships with defence contractors and governments. They make parts for military aircraft, other vehicles, and weapons, communications, and surveillance systems. They recently shipped weapons components to an Elbit Systems facility in occupied Palestine. This horrific genocide is made possible because of companies in our own backyards supplying the Israeli military with the means to carry out mass slaughter. You can oppose this reality by: 1) Demand that Billet Precision stop shipping components to Elbit Systems (visit the website armsembargonow.ca/elbitout for more information and template letters) 2) Put up posters in your neighbourhood, and talk about this issue 3) Demand that Canada sanction Elbit Systems We all have a role to play in ending these atrocities against the Palestinian people being committed by Israel, supported by our taxpayer dollars and companies in our backyard.

I’m so grateful to have spent some time in Cape Town, South Africa - connecting with some incredible and inspiring public health colleagues and comrades who have been so very steadfast in their solidarity organizing for Palestinian life and liberation. Our work in public health is inseparable from a commitment to social political movements for human rights, and Palestine is never an exception but rather a guiding light. Free Palestine. 🇵🇸

Supporting draft legislation to bring Canada into alignment for its commitments under international treaties to prevent human rights violations, will get you demoted in this Canadian government. Says a lot about this current Canadian government.

Love seeing the other opening acts pull out from the Ed Sheeran concert line up, in solidarity with Palestine and opposing the repression of @macklemore. This is how it’s done. I wasn’t alive to see the international solidarity boycotts that ended South African apartheid, but this feels monumental towards the direction of ending apartheid and genocide in Palestine. Free Palestine. 🇵🇸

Exactly this.