Thursday night in Winnipeg, the local Jewish Business Network chapter is hosting an event on social responsibility in business and Jewish values in tikkun olam. After the speakers of a rabbi and local business professor, the group held a casino night, where members and guests bought in for $10, half the money went to the overall winner, and the other half went to Israeli humanitarian organization Save a Child's Heart.

At the University of British Columbia, students in the UBC Israel Awareness Club are preparing for Israel A Party Week next week. The week will be celebrating Israel and is being kicked off with a Tel-Aviv style house party by AEPi! Other events that week include krav maga, yoga, a movie night, fundraiser for Hand-in-Hand and an Israeli Diversity Panel. The diversity panel is also visiting the University of Victoria, and consists of an Ethiopian immigrant, Russian immigrant, gay Israel and Arab Israeli. Despite all these positives in the BC area, Simon Fraser University saw a panel discussion Wednesday night equating Gaza with a concentration camp. There were 4 people on the panel, but students of SFU Hillel were able to have some dialogue following the event and 1-on-1 conversations.