Welcome to Radical Events Ottawa! Learn more about the list here. See the full calendar here.
Please Note: Events listed on this calendar are not organized by the Punch Up Collective unless otherwise noted in the event details.
Join us at our weekly Wednesday vigil to protest Canada's shameful None is Too Many Palestinian visa policy. To date, fewer than 2% of applicants have been directly evacuated from Gaza in over 20 months. Meet at Immigration HQ, 300 Slater, at Kent, every Wednesday from 11 am to 1 pm). 20 months into the […]
The Federal Court of Appeal will hear our case on October 8– the first major test of Canada’s UNDRIP Act, following the decision of Justice Blackhawk. The Kebaowek First Nation has recently achieved two major victories in Federal Court: in February, Justice Julie Blackhawk ruled that the CNSC had failed its constitutional duty to consult […]
Bring friends & watch award-winning film "Gaza Fights for Freedom" with rare archival footage of the historic Great March of Return in 2018. Come join us for a powerful evening in DMS Room 1160 at 55 Laurier Ave E to watch this eye-opening documentary. Witness the resilience and struggles of the people of Gaza as […]
Join us for a powerful musical experience to reflect on the personal impacts of climate change and inspiration to start again. Join CAFES and our co-host, Glebe -St. James United Church, for an evening of music and reflection on our environment. This Climate Concert Series brings together a duo of talented musicians to help us […]
Attention Ottawa-area #CatholicTeachers, education workers, parents, and communities!CUPE 2357 and OECTA Ottawa are holding a rally on October 14 to say:NO to #Bill33YES to stronger local voices and stronger #OntEd schools
Join Independent Jewish Voices, Students for Justice in Palestine, the Carleton University Human Rights Society, and the Carleton University Students Association for a Vigil for Gaza. (See Instagram slides for event schedule) Location: Vincent Massey Park, Right across the foot bridge next to Richcraft Hall Keynote speaker: His Excellency Rieaz Shaik, South African High Commissioner
NO TYRANTS/NO KINGS is an international day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allies. We’ve watched as they’ve threatened Canada's sovereignty, disrupted international trade, detained tens of thousands of people (including Canadians) in ICE concentration camps, cracked down on free speech, detained people for […]
Let’s gather and engage with our questions and feelings about: -sex after the death of a loved one. -the disenfranchised grief of polyamorous and kinky relational loss. -how pleasure and erotic energy can support our mourning. -changes in desire as death approaches for ourselves or a loved one. -cultural expectations of how a widow should […]
This event by F4P Ottawa, IJV Carleton, and INSAF uOttawa invites members of the community to learn about Canada’s complicity in the violent dispossession, ethnic cleansing, and genocide of the people of Palestine and to discuss how we can learn from Indigenous experiences and resistance to challenge entrenched institutional settler-colonial practices. Canadian institutions, including the […]
The system is failing us. Poverty is spreading, and the overdoses crisis is here to stay. The best way out is to help each other. The workshop will teach : - The basics of first aid; - How to help people who have overdosed; - How to help people who have been injured during protests […]
WHO AND WHAT? Join us for an evening with award-winning and best-selling author and scholar Robyn Maynard (@policingblack) as she launches the revised and expanded edition of her book “Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present” (published @fernpub) on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe Territory | in Ottawa. Following her […]
Landlords in Ottawa are kicking out long-term tenants under the false excuse of “renovations”— just to jack up the rent. That’s a renoviction! Thanks to tenant organizing by ACORN members across the province, Ottawa is finally developing a bylaw. So, to make sure this bylaw protects us where it counts, ACORN is consulting with the […]
