Author Archives: Mark Vandermaas

About Mark Vandermaas

I am founder of Israel Truth Week, and I'm the 'Liberate Israel Training Guy.' I train pro-Israel advocates in how to use Israel's land title deed-the Mandate For Palestine-as a powerful moral narrative to counter the false 'occupation' vilification. Also, founder of VoiceofCanada.ca and the Caledonia Victims Project.

Ann Coulter, Iranium and now…’CALEDONIA: NO MORE NIGHTMARES’

UPDATE – NEW FEATURE PAGE: ‘No More Nightmares‘ (presentation notes & video)  ———————-  The people who brought Ann Coulter and Iranium to Canada – the Free Thinking Film Society and the International Free Press Society – now bring Caledonia to … Continue reading

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Canadian Civil Liberties Association closes door on Caledonia civil rights abuses

UPDATE: TorSun founder Peter Worthington comments re CCLA lack of interest in Caledonia abuses in ‘Why is G20 outrageous and Caledonia is not?‘ ————— In reply to a joint request by CANACE and the Caledonia Victims Project, the Canadian Civil … Continue reading

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TVO’s ‘The Agenda’ tonight: ‘Christie Blatchford: Helpless in Caledonia’

UPDATED — Helpless author Christie Blatchford will be appearing on TVO’s The Agenda tonight at 8:00 PM to discuss Caledonia: Revisiting Caledonia with Christie Blatchford: Is there a double-standard of justice for aboriginals and non-aboriginals in Ontario? TVO.org, Jan 13/11: … Continue reading

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University of Waterloo takes a stand for free speech and Christie Blatchford’s Caledonia story

UPDATED — Christie Blatchford’s presentation at the University of Waterloo on Tuesday night went off without a hitch, without even a whimper of protest from Dan Kellar or the other self-appointed censors who intimidated the university into cancelling her scheduled … Continue reading

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Blatchford set to speak at UofW next Tuesday, ‘students’ promise to disrupt

Christie Blatchford’s presentation at the University of Waterloo, postponed from Nov 12/10 after intimidation by radical ‘students,’ will take place next Tuesday, Dec 07/10: Location:University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. West, Waterloo, ON Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages Bldg. … Continue reading

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Dr. Frances Widdowson on Blatchford, McHale, Vandermaas vs. academic intimidation

Dr. Frances Widdowson is the co-author of Donner Book Prize finalist Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry, and hosted the 2010 New Directions in Aboriginal Policy forum held May 05/10 at Mount Royal University in Calgary to which Gary McHale and Mark Vandermaas … Continue reading

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CANACE video – Christie Blatchford on targeting of “law abiding” McHale by “prime minister’s new best friend”

Jeff Parkinson, co-founder of Canadian Advocates for Charter Equality (CANACE), has released a short video containing highlights from Christie Blatchford’s speech to a packed crowd at Chedoke Presbyterian Church in Hamilton, Ontario on Nov 16/10. In addition to commenting on … Continue reading

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UoW pseudo-leftists create “surge” in HELPLESS sales publisher reports

Despite the shameful assault on freedom of speech and academic freedom represented by the character assassination, and intimidation that resulted in the cancellation of Christie Blatchford’s speech at the the University of Waterloo on Nov 12/10, the controversy has achieved several positive … Continue reading

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Donna Laframboise: Former VP of CCLA offers unique perspective on Blatchford UoW incident

Donna Laframboise has written for the National Post, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Chatelaine and Toronto Life. When other journalists lost interest in the notorious Guy Paul Morin case after he was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1992, she used … Continue reading

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University of Waterloo apologizes to Christie Blatchford: “freedom to speak and to learn is fundamental”

UPDATED 2030 Nov 17/10 — The University of Waterloo has issued a strongly worded apology to Helpless author Christie Blatchford after a small group of students were able to intimidate the university into cancelling her Nov 12/10 appearance at the Humanities … Continue reading

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MPP Toby Barrett: Is Blatchford’s ‘Helpless’ the final word on Caledonia?

Toby Barrett, Caledonia’s Member of Provincial Parliament (Haldimand-Norfolk) today asked the Liberal government if Christie Blatchford’s shocking book ‘Helpless: Caledonia’s Nightmare of Fear and Anarchy, And How the Law Failed All of Us’ – which hit bookshelves today – would … Continue reading

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‘Helpless’ excerpt #1: Caledonia: the town that law forgot

This is the first in a series of excerpts and related commentary from Christie Blatchford’s upcoming book, Helpless: Caledonia’s Nightmare of Fear and Anarchy, And How The Law Failed All of Us. It tells Caledonia’s story and the story of … Continue reading

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Hamilton Spec re ‘Helpless’: New OPP mission after police attacked by natives – ‘protect natives’

UPDATED – The Hamilton Spectator has published the first story based on quotes from Christie Blatchford’s book, Helpless. (Note that the date of the meeting with Inspector Getty described in paragraph 3 was actually April 28/06, not Feb 28th as … Continue reading

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Watch the inspiring promo video for ‘HELPLESS’

It’s just 52 seconds, but the inspiring Doubleday promo video shows just how committed they are to telling the terrible truth about Caledonia’s ordeal. ‘HELPLESS by Blatchford’ Project co-founder Mark Vandermaas emailed the publisher after receiving the link on Oct 13/10 with his … Continue reading

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Welcome to HelplessByBlatchford.ca

This is a joint project to help readers and researchers by key Caledonia activists who devoted thousands of hours over the past four years documenting and opposing the terrible injustices of the Caledonia crisis. We plan to add many resources over the coming weeks … Continue reading

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