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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 […]
Join us on October 2 at Live! on Elgin for a night of music, art, and community. We’re bringing folks together with live music from Jackrabbits and the Jackki Harrt band, live readings from local writers and artists, as well as stories from our activists on the front lines. This is not just a concert, […]
The Punch Up Collective will be facilitating a “Getting It Together: Organizing Collectives for the Real World” workshop on the afternoon of Saturday, October 4th, 2025. This workshop is for anyone interested in starting a collective, or those keen to discuss how to make a collective they’re already a part of more effective and sustainable. […]
OTTAWA TWO YEARS OF GENOCIDE: RISE UP FOR GAZA. On October 4th, we will take the streets and shut it down. We are making it clear: the people of the world stand with Gaza, and demand a total arms embargo and sanctions against Israel. As we mark two years of genocide, we recall our responsibility […]
Come work on zines with us as we work on the next issue of The Dragon Flyer, the Ottawa Trans Library’s community zine. Write, draw, scan, cut, and paste with us on our community zine or your own project, or just come hang out with us. We are collecting stories, jokes, poems, art, and more […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Medically assisted death is becoming more common globally, and yet there are few places to share about this experience. Join us as we discuss our experience and share about our loved ones who chose medically assisted death at the end of their lives. Some questions to consider: How does it feel to know in advance […]
