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 on Monday, May 12th from 11:30am to 1pm for a fun, family-friendly rally for climate justice on Parliament Hill! The demonstration is the culminating point of the two-day bike Pilgrimage for the Planet coming from Montreal to demand Canada sign onto the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FFNPT) – to end expansion of all fossil fuel projects. […]
Members of the Defend Dissent Coalition have been meeting to organize opposition to a proposed “bubble by-law” in Ottawa. City staff are currently studying options for banning protests within a certain distance of “vulnerable social infrastructure” like schools, healthcare facilities, and religious buildings using a similar by-law recently passed in Vaughan as a model. Organizations […]
Join us in Ottawa or online! // Joignez-vous à nous à Ottawa ou en ligne ! We are pleased to invite you to an evening of reflection, celebration and inspiration with social justice activists—to mark Inter Pares’ 50th anniversary! Ottawa Art Gallery | Alma Duncan Salon May 12 | 7 – 9 p.m. EDT Doors […]
Join us for the launch of Red Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future of the Left by author, social justice activist, and labour studies prof David Camfield. David will be joined in conversation by queer activist and labour organizer Genevieve Latour. Tues May 13th, 7pm-8pm. Doors open at 6:30pm. Octopus Books, 116 Third Ave. RSVP via email: events@octopusbooks.ca An […]
Join us for a community event (panel discussion with invited speakers) to learn about queer and trans solidarity with Palestine! May 16, 2025 • 7pm - 9pm Doors open at 6:30pm St. Paul University Amphitheatre, 233 Main St. Featuring: Maša Davidovic (Ottawa) Maria Fakhouri (Ottawa) Natalie Kouri-Towe (Montreal) Speakers at this event will address the […]
Community Solidarity Ottawa will share its current methodology for neutralizing far right agitators at events, and protecting event attendees. There will be an opportunity for general discussion among attendees, allowing them to ask questions, discuss current trends in far right tactics and rhetoric, and exchange tips and tricks for neutralizing their attempts to harass and […]
Join us on Saturday May 17 at 2pm at the Human Rights Monument to mark the 77th year of ongoing Nakba under apartheid israel's genocidal conditions. For 77 years, the Palestinian people have been subjected to genocide, siege, occupation, and forced displacement, enduring brutality at the hands of the zionist colonial project. In the past […]
Join us for a screening and discussion of the 2013 documentary The Lab that dives into the weapons industry of “israel”. This will be a hybrid event with an option to gather in person in Ottawa, or join virtually. We will show the documentary and close with a discussion. Masks will be made available. To […]
Panelists: John P Portelli, Editor Firoze Manji, Publisher Leila Marshy and other contributing poets Prof. Nahla Abdo Moderated by Adrian Harewood
Researchers from No Tech for Apartheid and Science for the People Canada have documented the use of science and technology in the production of military equipment currently being deployed against the Palestinian people in Gaza. Canadian companies are manufacturing parts for the F-35 jets currently being used to bomb Gaza, while tech giants like Microsoft, […]
Join filmmakers and people with lived experience of working in Ontario prisons for a viewing and panel discussion of Working for Freedom. Cost: pay what you can (proceeds go to Prisoner Legal Supports)
Join us May 28 at 7 am at the EY Centre to protest yet another display of imperialism and war profiteers hell bent on perpetuating genocide and destruction of the earth. For them, mass murder is a lucrative business, and governments, like Canada, pave the way. We (not the threat) will protest weapons companies (actual […]
