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Yves Engler
black-and-white image of Yves Engler wearing a light shirt, looking right of camera and appearing to speak
Engler in 2005
Born1979 (age 46–47)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
GenreNonfiction
Subject
  • Politics
  • activism
SpouseBianca Mugyenyi[1]
Website
yvesengler.com

Yves Engler (born 1979)[2] is a Canadian writer, political activist, and critic of Canadian foreign policy based in Montreal. In addition to twelve published books, Engler's writings have appeared in alternative press and in publications such as The Ecologist.[3]

Engler announced his candidacy in the 2026 New Democratic Party leadership election in July 2025 with the backing of the NDP Socialist Caucus. He was deemed ineligible to run by the party in December.

Life and career

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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.[4] He 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.[5][6]

A self-described "political activist agitator", Engler is known for his tactic of filming his street confrontations with cabinet ministers and other politicians on issues such as Israel–Palestine relations, Canada's involvement in Haiti, and Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.[7]

NDP leadership campaign

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In July 2025, Engler announced his intention to run as a candidate in the 2026 New Democratic Party leadership election.[8][9] His campaign was supported by the NDP Socialist Caucus.[10] Engler officially submitted his application in November.[11] In December, he was deemed ineligible by both the NDP's leadership vote committee and an independent review committee, which alleged he had "harassed, intimidated, and confronted" elected officials and repeated disinformation about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, favouring Russia.[12] The reasoning for his disqualification also mentioned an "unclear commitment to the NDP", referencing a Bluesky profile with Engler's name that posted about running for the Green Party, which Engler claims was someone falsely impersonating him.[13] In January 2026, his wife, Bianca Mugyenyi, who helped coordinate his campaign and ran a left-wing foreign policy think tank until 2025, filed to run in the race.[14] She was also rejected by the party's vetting committee, being deemed a "proxy candidate".[15]

Views

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Haiti

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Engler presenting Pierre Pettigrew with a copy of the "Griffin Report on Human Rights Abuses in Haiti"

Engler was critical of Canada's role in the 2004 Haitian coup d'état. In June 2005, he interrupted a press conference being held by then-Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pierre Pettigrew. Engler poured a bottle of cranberry juice onto Pettigrew and said, "Pettigrew lies, Haitians die".[16] The juice was meant to represent the blood Engler said was on the hands of the Canadian government due to its alleged involvement in the 2004 coup and subsequent United Nations peacekeeping mission.[17]

Israel

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A vocal critic of Israel, in 2010, Engler wrote the book Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid on the history of Canada's ties with Israel.[18] He is a longtime supporter of the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against the Israeli occupation of Palestine.[19]

In 2016, Engler wrote an essay for the Huffington Post, titled "'Anti Semitism': The Most Abused Word in Canada".[20][21] A week later, The Canadian Jewish News editor Yoni Goldstein criticized the text in an opinion piece, concluding that Engler "has seriously misjudged the state of anti-Semitism in Canada today".[22] Engler has said that the charge of antisemitism is wrongly used to shut down criticism of Israel and that he strongly condemns real antisemitism.[23]

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In 2002, a student tribunal found Engler guilty of assault and vandalism for his part in the Concordia University Netanyahu riot. He was fined $500 and expelled for one term. Engler said he did not assault anyone or commit any vandalism during the riot.[5] His attempt to appeal the suspension was rejected by the Supreme Court of Canada.[24] 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.[6]

In 2006, Engler pleaded guilty to forgery and was fined $100.[25]

In 2022, he was charged with assault and causing a disturbance near a public place but was acquitted after agreeing to stay out of trouble for 12 months.[25]

In February 2025, Engler was accused of online harassment of a pro-Israel social media personality and then of harassing and obstructing a police officer investigating the allegations by coordinating an email campaign urging her to "drop charges" against him.[25][26][citation needed] On November 28, he stood trial on three charges relating to the officer, after the original charges of harassment were dropped.[27] In January 2026, Engler was convicted of two counts of harassment and one count of obstruction for the email campaign. He is scheduled to be sentenced in March.[26]

Published works

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  • Canada in Haiti: Waging War on the Poor Majority with Anthony Fenton. Co-published by RED Publishing and Fernwood Publishing, August 2005. ISBN 1-55266-168-7[28]
  • Playing Left Wing: From Rink Rat to Student Radical (RED/Fernwood Publishing, 2005) ISBN 978-1552661697[29]
  • The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy. Co-published by RED Publishing and Fernwood Publishing, April 2009. ISBN 978-1-55266-314-1[30]
  • Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid. Co-published by RED Publishing and Fernwood Publishing, February 2010. ISBN 978-1-55266-355-4[31]
  • Stop Signs: Cars and Capitalism on the Road to Economic, Social and Ecological Decay with Bianca Mugyenyi, Published April 2011; ISBN 978-1-55266-384-4
  • Lester Pearson's Peacekeeping The Truth May Hurt. ISBN 978-1-55266-510-7 Fernwood Publishing (September 1, 2012)
  • The Ugly Canadian: Stephen Harper's Foreign Policy. Co-published with: Red Publishing ISBN 978-1-55266-530-5 (Published: 2012)
  • Canada in Africa: 300 years of aid and exploitation. Co-published by RED Publishing and Fernwood Publishing, August 2015. ISBN 978-1-55266-762-0
  • A Propaganda System — How Government, Corporations, Media and Academia Sell War and Exploitation, Fall 2016.
  • Left, Right: Marching to the Beat of Imperial Canada. Black Rose Books, 2019. ISBN 978-1-55164-663-3
  • House of Mirrors: Justin Trudeau's Foreign Policy. RED Publishing/Black Rose Books, 2020
  • Stand on Guard for Whom? — A People's History of the Canadian Military Black Rose Books, October 2021 ISBN 978-1-55164-757-9

References

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  1. ^ "Yves Engler's wife applies to join NDP leadership race after his bid to run was rejected". The Globe and Mail. January 5, 2026. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  2. ^ "The Black Cook of Canadian Foreign Policy / by Yves Engler". gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  3. ^ "Yves Engler". The Ecologist. February 13, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  4. ^ "Yves Engler". Fernwood Publishing. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Spivak, Rhonda. "Yves Engler at U of M explains his suspension from Concordia University after Netanyahu's aborted speech in 2002". Winnipeg Jewish Review. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Bernans, David (October 9, 2008). "Concordia Activist Faces Expulsion". rabble.ca.
  7. ^ Woolf, Marie (November 20, 2025). "Prospective NDP leadership candidate Yves Engler has history of confronting politicians in the street". Globe and Mail. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  8. ^ Coyne, Andrew (July 11, 2025). "New leader, or new system? The Conservatives ponder life under two-party politics". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
  9. ^ Thurton, David (September 28, 2025). "Edmonton MP Heather McPherson enters NDP leadership race". CBC News. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
  10. ^ Woolf, Marie (November 10, 2025). "Left-wing activist Yves Engler applies to join NDP leadership race". Globe and Mail. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  11. ^ Baxter, Patrick (November 10, 2025). "Montreal activist Yves Engler officially looking to enter NDP leadership race". City News Winnipeg. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
  12. ^ Woolf, Marie (December 9, 2025). "NDP rejects Yves Engler as leadership candidate". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved December 10, 2025.
  13. ^ Baxter, David (December 10, 2025). "Self-described 'agitator' Yves Engler barred from running for NDP leadership". CBC News. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
  14. ^ Woolf, Marie (January 5, 2026). "Yves Engler's wife applies to join NDP leadership race after his bid to run was rejected". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  15. ^ "NDP blocks Yves Engler's wife from leadership race, calling her a proxy candidate". theglobeandmail.com. January 29, 2026. Retrieved January 29, 2026.
  16. ^ "Canada acting badly in Haiti, protester claims". CBC News. June 18, 2005. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
  17. ^ Engler, Yves (June 17, 2005). "Pettigrew's Painter speaks about Haitian Blood on the hands of the Canadian Government". haitiaction.net. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
  18. ^ Marshy, Leila (June 1, 2010). "Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid". Montreal Review of Books. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  19. ^ "500 Artists Against Israeli Apartheid". Tadamon!. February 25, 2010.
  20. ^ Engler, Yves (April 18, 2016). "Why 'Anti-Semitism' Is the Most Abused Term in Canada". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016.
  21. ^ Engler, Yves (April 16, 2016). "'Anti Semitism': The Most Abused Word in Canada". Dissident Voice. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  22. ^ Goldstein, Yoni (April 27, 2016). "Getting the facts wrong about anti-Semitism in Canada". Canadian Jewish News. Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  23. ^ "Controversies". Yves Engler. September 12, 2020.
  24. ^ "Yves Engler v. Concordia University, et al". Supreme Court of Canada. October 11, 2005. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
  25. ^ a b c North, Harry (February 22, 2025). "'Agitator' Yves Engler charged with harassment and obstruction of justice". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
  26. ^ a b Cherry, Paul (January 23, 2026). "Self-described 'agitator' Yves Engler found guilty of harassing Montreal police officer". The (Montreal) Gazette. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  27. ^ Cherry, Paul (November 28, 2025). "Yves Engler's trial begins on harassment charges involving a Montreal police detective". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  28. ^ "Canada in Haiti". Fernwood Publishing. Archived from the original on January 28, 2010. Retrieved November 19, 2009.
  29. ^ "Playing Left Wing". Fernwood Publishing. Retrieved November 19, 2009.
  30. ^ "The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy". Fernwood Publishing. Retrieved November 19, 2009.
  31. ^ "Canada and Israel". Fernwood Publishing. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
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