There is a List

What happens when speaking out for Palestine lands you on an anonymous online blacklist? Host Zahra Khozema speaks to Canadians targeted by Canary Mission – a blacklist that doxxes students, academics, and activists across North America, most of whom are women and people of colour.

We hear from a Palestinian-Canadian woman whose life and career were derailed after she was profiled almost a decade ago. From death threats to lost j...

Canary Mission has no public staff, no official headquarters, and yet it has the power to upend lives. How? 

In this episode, we trace the money. From a convicted felon and billionaire philanthropists to charitable foundations in California, New York, and Israel, we uncover the funding networks behind the blacklist. 

We also hear how definitions of antisemitism have been weaponized to shield Israel from criticism, chilling academic...

Since October 7, Israel has killed more than 270 journalists in Gaza, the highest toll ever recorded in a single conflict. With international media barred from entry, these journalists have been our only eyes and ears on the ground.

Episode three uncovers how Canadian journalists reporting on Palestine are being silenced through smear campaigns and institutional failures. We hear from Iman Kassam, a former CTV Montreal...

In Canada, charities are supposed to do good: feed people, educate, heal. But what happens when tax-subsidized dollars help fund groups that silence journalists and defend apartheid?

In this episode, we investigate HonestReporting Canada (HRC), a media watchdog with charitable status that’s been accused of doxxing reporters and shaping pro-Israel narratives in Canadian newsrooms. We trace where their millions come from and whose re...

In the finale of There Is a List, we explore what it means to flip the lens on surveillance. After months of investigating blacklists that target pro-Palestine voices, we meet the activists behind Reverse Canary Mission, a grassroots initiative documenting Zionist supporters, and examine the ethics of “the anti-list.”

We also hear from Dr. Yipeng Ge, a public health physician whose talk on Gaza was cancelled by Canada’s federal hea...