Confronting Hate: A conversation with Barbara Leimsner and Monia Mazigh
2024-04-23 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Toronto) | Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 290 Lisgar Street, Ottawa
How can we as individuals—and authors, thinkers, & advocates—keep each other hopeful and stand up collectively in the face of rising hate and Islamophobia in the world?
Join Octopus Books for a community conversation with Barbara Leimsner, author of Quitting the Master Race, and Monia Mazigh, author of Gendered Islamophobia.
Tuesday, April 23, 7pm – 8:30pm. Doors open at 6:30pm.
Woodside Hall, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre
355 Cooper St, Ottawa
Refreshments provided.
RSVP for this free event at https://octopusbooks.ca/events/33777
In Quitting the Master Race, Barbara Leimsner confronts the past to discover how one ordinary man—her adored German papa—became thoroughly indoctrinated with Nazi ideology during the Hitler years. As she weaves together the roots of her shameful inheritance, she also discovers deeper truths about herself—and the cure for hate. This thoughtful, compelling story examines the ever-present threat of racism and far-right ideologies, as well as issues of inter-generational memory, identity, and trauma.
In Gendered Islamophobia, Monia Mazigh describes the struggles faced daily by hijab-wearing Muslim women in Canada, and the assumptions and prejudices which confront them daily in the streets, workplaces, universities, and the media.
The facilitator for the event will be Kevin Skerrett, Adjunct Research Professor in the Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University and former Senior Research Officer for CUPE.
Part of the Authors Unbound literary event series.

Queer Death Salon - When abusers and jerks die
2024-04-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
This is a facilitated drop-in discussion space, with the purpose of building connection, skill, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities.
We are all present as community members and participants to discussion and resource sharing. Attendees are welcome to come with questions, stories, or special objects to share with the group. Some months, we may have a guest speaker or a community researcher for all or a portion of a session. Other months, there may be a predetermined topic of conversation for a deep-dive. These will be announced as they are scheduled.
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April’s Queer Death Salon is for those impacted by the death of someone they’ve had a bad, difficult, or abusive relationship with.
Some questions to consider:
How has the death of this person/these people, impacted me?
How have I been expected to relate to this death?
How can I make sense of the relationship(s) we had when I’m the only one left?
Participants will have the opportunity to introduce topics and ask questions of the group.

A Night of Celebration: 40 Years of SASC Ottawa
2024-04-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Allsaints Event Space, 10 Blackburn Ave, Ottawa, ON, K1N 8A2, Canada
Join us on Friday, April 26th to celebrate The Sexual Assault Support Centre of Ottawa (SASC) 40th anniversary! This event is an evening of celebration and recognition of the legacy of SASC Ottawa’s community work. Learn more about SASC Ottawa’s presence in the community, history, meet the folks through the years that made SASC Ottawa and learn how to support SASC Ottawa.

Learn how to become a donor, participate in our silent auction and meet the changemakers of SASC Ottawa!

Stories of Resilience
2024-04-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Just Food Farm, 2391 Pepin Court, Ottawa, Canada
Join us for a fundraiser event, “Stories of Resilience” in solidarity with Sudan, Congo and Palestine on April 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM at 2391 Pepin Court. Open to anyone who wants to come together in community, to honour the resilience that the Sudanese, Congolese, and Palestinian people have had to find to survive, and do what we can to support them from where we are.

This event will include a silent auction, raffle, light refreshments, and performances (poetry, music, storytelling) on the theme of resilience.

We will be collecting donations, which will be split equally between the three groups via legitimate and verified organizations. PWYC at the door, suggested donation 15$. 100% of funds going to:

Sudan: Brana Hanbanihu Youth Organization
(https://bit.ly/4ain5FY)

Congo: Friends of the Congo
(https://bit.ly/3J0jbG3)

Palestine: Palestine Children’s Relief Fun
(https://www.pcrf.net/)

Where: 2391 Pepin Court, Red Barn
When: April 28, 2024 from 2:00 PM.

~Transportation/Parking~
Bus route 25
Free but limited parking on site
Carpool encouraged!

~Facilities/Accessibility~
The event will take place in English.
The space is accessible by stair and elevator. Note the ground around the building is gravel.
Composting gender-neutral toilets, one larger stall, no handrail.
Chairs without arms.
No heat/AC – if a cooler day, please bring warm clothes, blankets.
Facemasks are welcome but not mandatory. Before attending, please do a self-assesment of your health. If you are experiencing any symptoms of any communicable virus or illness, please do not come.

All Out to UOttawa! Support the Student Sit-In for Gaza
2024-04-29 12:00 - 21:00 | Tabaret Lawn (UOttawa), 550 Cumberland Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N6N8, Canada
Support the student Sit in at UOttawa!
On Monday, April 29th from 12-9pm students at UOttawa will host a sit-in to occupy Tabaret lawn for the Popular University of Gaza, standing in solidarity with our people in Gaza who have undergone 200+ days of genocide under the brutal occupation and with Universities across North America rising up against the ongoing genocide. Join us by showing up to support our local student movement in demanding that their university divest from genocide and apartheid!

bring supplies like food, water, tarps, outdoor blankets, and other resources
e-transfer donations to insafuottawa@gmail.com
Amplify! Comment on the university’s social media pages, send emails, and who your support for students and divestment

Follow @insafottawa for the latest updates, more information about the campaign and the sit-in. Stay tuned to our Instagram for all important updates: https://www.instagram.com/insafuottawa/

How to Abolish Prisons – Ottawa book launch
2024-05-04 11:00 - 12:30 | Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, K1N 7B9
Come check out the Ottawa launch of How to Abolish Prisons featuring Rachel Herzing, Justin Piché, and special guests on Saturday, May 4th from 11:00am to 12:30pm at Club SAW, 67 Nicholson St., Ottawa.
Books will be sold by Octopus Books. Proceeds from CPEP merch sales will go towards the Coalition Against the Proposed Prison legal fund to stop Ford’s Kemptville prison plan and save farmland (https://www.coalitionagainstproposedprison.ca), as well as Prisoner Legal Supports (http://www.prisonerlegalsupports.ca).
In How to Abolish Prisons, long-time organizers Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché reveal a movement that has made the struggle for abolition as real as the institutions they are fighting against.
“How to Abolish Prisons is hope in action. It is right on time.” —Mariame Kaba, author of We Do This ‘Til We Free Us
More details: https://octopusbooks.ca/events/37080
RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/418509574105730

A New World In Our Hearts May Day Picnic
2024-05-04 13:00 - 15:00 | Jack Purcell Community Centre, 320 Jack Purcell Lane, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P1M4, Canada
This event will go ahead RAIN or SHINE! We hope to hold this event outside but if the weather looks dicey, we have a lovely room inside Jack Purcell ready to go.
Join Punch Up Collective and your favourite radicals in Ottawa for an picnic to celebrating May Day and our collective struggles for a better world!
May Day is a really important holiday for us! It’s a chance for us to remember and lift up all those in the past and present working to make this world a more just, livable, and delightful place for everyone. We hope the May Day Picnic will be a chance for us to come together and share stories about all the wonderful, inspiring, and powerful organizing taking place in Ottawa and beyond. Plus, who doesn’t just love a picnic with pals!
Let’s get together to share stories, make new friends, and collectively imagine possibilities for worlds beyond capitalism, colonialism, and extractivism.
The picnic will feature collaborative banners to color and draw on, face-painting, and other activities. Plus, it’s a park, with playground equipment and plenty of space to run around. Feel free to bring your outdoor activity of choice!
Food and Drink
Punch Up plans to provide some fruit, snacks, and drinks to share with everyone. But feel free to go all in on the picnic theme and bring snacks for yourself, or to share.
IF you do plan to bring a food to share, we will have materials on hand so you can label your shareable goodies (i.e. vegan, contains nuts, gluten-free, etc). If a kid at the potluck isn’t under your care, please check with their adult(s) before you feed them any food!
Punch Up will bring a few spare plates and cutlery, but please bring your own dishes and utensils to use for eating if at all possible.
And of course, there’s no need to bring any food! You’re more than welcome to just come and eat. There’s almost always more than enough food to go around.
Kids, friends, lovers, and others all welcome.
Accessibility
If the weather is good, the event will take place in the outdoor park space behind Jack Purcell Community Centre. If the weather is dicey, we will be using a room inside the Centre. This room is on the first floor and is wheelchair accessible.
The first floor has gender-segregated wheelchair accessible washrooms. On the 2nd floor, there is a washroom that is wheelchair accessible and gender neutral. There is elevator access to the second floor.
We request all participants refrain from wearing scents to better allow people with chemical sensitivities to attend.
If you have any other accessibility needs not listed here, please get in touch with us at punchup@riseup.net.
COVID Precautions
While masking is not required, N95 masks and hand sanitizer will be provided. We encourage anyone exhibiting symptoms of COVID or other respiratory illness to consider not attending. We will have two Hepa filters and a CR box if we are inside.

Red Dress Day 2024 - Ottawa Community MMIWG2S+ Feast and Giveaway
2024-05-05 11:00 - 14:00 | Strathcona Park, 25 Range Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N8J3, Canada
Families of Sisters in Spirit (FSIS) is hosting a family-friendly feast and giveaway at Strathcona Park to commemorate Red Dress Day on Sunday, May 5, 2024 from 11 am to 2 pm.
This grassroots event supports local families and community members impacted by the ongoing crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S+).
Strathcona Park is on the edge of Sandy Hill along the Rideau River. It’s accessible by transit and has 2 hours free visitor parking. The address is 95 Range Rd., Ottawa, ON K1N 8J3
If you want to bring your favorite dish or have something you are not using anymore, please donate it to someone else who can use it. If you need a ride for someone to pick up any donations please email : familiesofsistersinspirit@gmail.com
Everything will be donated to all who needs it.
This event is supported by Assembly of Seven Generations (A7G), the Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW) and Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak (LFMO).
KICHI MEEGWETCH KAKINA

Rally for Choice
2024-05-09 12:00 - 17:00 | Parliament Hill, Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A9, Canada
Here we go again, folks! It’s that time of year when we get together to stand up for choice and reproductive rights!
Please join us Thursday, May 9 on the west side of Parliament Hill in Ottawa at 12pm as we loudly share our support for safe access to reproductive services. As we like to always say – bring your signs, chants and sunscreen!
This event is a safe space and we will not tolerate harassment of any kind towards community members.
Organized by Defend Choice – Ottawa. More info at link below.

Harmony Circle for Palestine
2024-05-13 06:30 - 20:00 | Ontario
World-Changing Kids is proud to host the third Harmony Circle for Palestine on May 13, Monday, from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
“Join us for a conversation about Palestine, between Spiritual Advisor and Elder Albert Dumont and Moriel Rothman-Zecher, an American-Israeli writer, poet, and novelist. Born in Jerusalem, Moriel graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in Arabic and political science.
Moriel is the author of the beautiful book, “Sadness is a White Bird“. The lives of the characters in this book are framed by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Jonathan, a young Jewish Israeli, is excitedly preparing to enlist in the Israeli army, but when he meets and befriends Palestinian siblings Nimreen and Laith, the clarity he once felt about his future choices begins to crumble. Political context and history weigh heavily on all three characters as they seek to form relationships across “opposite” sides of the same conflict.”
Please share amongst your friends and neighbours, as this conversation promises to be another Circle where we learn, reflect, and take action to build peace. We are needed to build peace, not only in Israel and the Occupied Territories but we are needed to build peace in our own city, province, and country.
Blog post: https://worldchangingkids.ca/archives/8465
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1185016636007780
Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/worldchangingkids/posts/740402178264433
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6W-re-rcu8/

Foggy: Palestine Solidarity, Cinema & The Archive
2024-05-16 18:00 - 21:00 | DARC Microcinema, 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, K1N 7B9, Canada
How can family memories inform solidarity? How can avant-garde voices engaging the past contribute to activism today? How can private archives queer public histories? How do yesterday’s photographs become tomorrow’s pictures?
DARC is proud to present “Foggy: Palestine Solidarity, Cinema & The Archive” in collaboration with Cinema Politica. “Foggy” is a collection of recent short films that stage hybrid acts of montage, juxtaposition, re-enactment and dialogue, exploring the theme of solidarity. The program will begin with a short introduction by TPFF Film Residency artist in residence and DARC’s Extended Access member Deena Alsaweer.
Don’t miss this FREE screening in the Microcinema on May 16!

What is the child care situation in Canada ... and Ontario? and what can parents, educators & advocates do?
2024-05-16 19:30 - 20:30 | Online
Everyone is welcome, especially people who care about children, and child care. This webinar will fill you in on the context right now, as we begin to build a new public service. We will also talk about what organizing and advocacy can look like, here on the local level.
Our guest speaker is Liz Adamson, Research & Policy Coordinator at Child Care Now (the national organization). Canadian-born and raised, Liz moved to Australia in 2009 for a three-month internship looking at Australian ECEC policy – and ended up staying for 14 years. She completed her PhD on comparative approaches to funding and regulation of in-home child care in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. As a social policy researcher and mother to three young children, she is passionate and committed to building policy evidence that can inform the expansion of affordable, accessible and high quality ELCC for all children and families in Canada.

Rainbow Week of Action March & Rally
2024-05-17 17:30 | Confederation Park, Elgin and Laurier, Ottawa
Capital Pride and Queer Momentum are organizing a rally and march to Parliament Hill as part of the National Rainbow Week of Action. This rally joins more than 30 activities across the country to oppose rising hate and speak out for a more free and equal Canada.

CAPE art build for rally
2024-05-21 16:00 - 19:00 | Canadian Association of Professional Employees, 350 Albert Street, Suite 1800, Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 1A4, Canada
CAPE will be hosting an art build on Tuesday, May 21, from 4 to 7 pm to create signs and posters for the rally for remote rights. Please join us to help us prepare to drive home the message to Minister Anand and city leadership that remote work directly benefits this city and its residents.

Join us: https://acepcape.wufoo.com/forms/zpc285008kezpf/

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L’ACEP organise un atelier de conception d’affiches le mardi 21 mai, de 16 h à 19 h, afin de créer des panneaux et des affiches pour le rassemblement pour le droit au télétravail. Venez nous aider à faire passer le message à la ministre Anand et aux dirigeant·es de la ville que le télétravail profite directement à la ville et à ses habitantes et habitants.

Venez nous aider : https://acepcape.wufoo.com/forms/zwusu5i141vvav/

Ottawa: Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage
2024-05-22 08:00 - 13:00 | Minto Park, 315 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Join church leaders on the last leg of their pilgrimage and in a public prayer vigil for at Parliament Hill on the morning of Wednesday, May 22. Pray with us for peace in Palestine and Israel and join the Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage movement.

Register at: https://secure.kairoscanada.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=373

8:00 AM Gathering in Minto Park 8:30 AM Opening Prayers 9:00 AM Begin moving down Elgin Street in prayerful solidarity 10:00 AM Vigil at Parliament Hill with prayers and reflections from church leaders

National church leaders and representatives are gathering in Ottawa to amplifying the collective calls of their congregations, communities of faith and Canadians for a just peace in Palestine and Israel.

Our Calls to Action:
1. An enduring and sustained ceasefire. 2. Immediate flow of life saving food, water, aid, fuel and humanitarian assistance. 3. Release of all captives. 4. End all arms transfers to Israel. 5. Ending occupation so a just peace can begin.

11:30 AM Space available at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church154 Elgin Street for continued prayer and networking

Spread the Word
Please share this action with your churches and networks. Invite your family and friends and come join the Pilgrimage!

Volunteers needed
Volunteers are needed for planning, for spreading the word (on your own time), and on May 22. If you can help, please contact Kiegan Irish at Kiegan.Irish@devp.org or Shannon Neufeldt at sneufeldt@kairoscanada.org.

Register at: https://secure.kairoscanada.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=373
*Wear white, as a symbol of peace, if you can
**Dress for the weather. This outdoor event will go forward rain or shine.

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JOIGNEZ-NOUS AU PÈLERINAGE ET À LA VEILLÉE DES DIRIGEANTS D’ÉGLISE À OTTAWA
Joignez-nous aux dirigeants des Églises pour la dernière étape de leur pèlerinage et pour une veillée de prière publique sur la Colline du Parlement le matin du mercredi 22 mai.
8 h 00 Rassemblement au parc Minto
8 h 30 Prières d’ouverture
9 h 00 Début de la descente de la rue Elgin dans un esprit de solidarité et de prière
10 h 00 Veillée sur la colline du Parlement avec prières et réflexions des dirigeants des Églises
Les dirigeants et les représentants des Églises nationales se réunissent à Ottawa pour amplifier les appels collectifs des partenaires palestiniens et israéliens, de leurs congrégations, des communautés de foi et des Canadiens et Canadiennes en faveur d’une paix juste en Palestine et en Israël.
Appels à l’action :
Un cessez-le-feu durable et soutenu.
Envoi immédiat de nourriture, d’eau, d’aide, de carburant et d’assistance humanitaire pour sauver des vies.
Libération de tous les captifs.
Mettre fin à tous les transferts d’armes vers Israël.
Mettre fin à l’occupation pour qu’une paix juste puisse commencer.
S’inscrire sur le site: https://secure.kairoscanada.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=373
Faire Connaitre
Veuillez partager cette action avec vos églises et vos réseaux. Invitez votre famille et vos amis à se joindre au pèlerinage !
Visitez les médias sociaux de KAIROS et les membres d’égliseset partagez-le.
Besoin de bénévoles
Nous avons besoin de bénévoles pour la planification, la diffusion, et le 22 mai lors de l’événement lui-même.
Si vous pouvez aider, veuillez contacter Kiegan Irish à Kiegan.Irish@devp.org ou Shannon Neufeldt à sneufeldt@kairoscanada.org.

Pour les participants
Avant le 22 mai
Rejoignez-nous dans l’esprit des huit convictions fondamentales du pèlerinage du cessez-le-feu à Gaza
S’inscrire sur le site: https://secure.kairoscanada.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=373
Préparez des pancartes ou des banderoles qui expriment vos prières pour la paix et/ou celles de votre communauté confessionnelle.
Le 22 mai
Portez du blanc, comme symbole de paix, si vous le pouvez.
Habillez-vous en fonction de la météo. Cet événement en plein air se déroulera beau temps, mauvais temps.
Apportez vos pancartes ou banderoles qui expriment vos prières pour la paix et/ou celles de votre communauté confessionnelle.

Rally for remote work rights to support stronger communities
2024-05-23 07:45 - 09:00 | Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier, Ottawa
On Thursday, May 23, Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is hosting a public breakfast with Treasury Board President Anita Anand, who recently announced a plan to force workers back to the office three days per week. This announcement followed statements from Ontario Premier Doug Ford and business leaders who deemed this the best strategy to rescue downtown Ottawa’s economy. That’s not a sustainable business model for the downtown core – our city deserves better!
Join members of CAPE and other federal unions, and members and leaders of various Ottawa communities at a peaceful rally at city hall to remind federal, provincial and municipal elected officials that forcing thousands of federal employees back to insufficient and expensive downtown Ottawa offices more days a week is not viable long-term solution to fix downtown Ottawa’s decades-long economic problems.
RSVP NOW: https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-remote-work/
Federal unions and Ottawa groups rally for remote work and stronger communities!
WHERE: Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West (Laurier entrance).WHEN: Thursday, May 23, 7:45 am to 9 am, rain or shine
**Hot beverages and morning snacks will be provided**

>>> Let’s be heard! #RemoteWorks!
Tell the mayor that downtown Ottawa should be a vibrant space for everyone who calls Ottawa home, not a dead employment zone whose economy depends on federal employees’ daily snack expenses from 9 to 5 only. This model was not working before the pandemic and now is the time to reimagine the animated space that our downtown should be!
Come to promote the benefits of remote work to Canadian taxpayers and to bring attention to the opportunities to convert federal office buildings into housing and other spaces that work for residents and local businesses: daycares, youth and community centers and so much more!
Defend businesses and communities outside of Ottawa’s downtown core that have thrived with the increase in remote work. These neighbourhoods deserve a voice and our support!
Tell the president of the Treasury Board that she should not be catering to real estate corporations, the mayor or Doug Ford to the detriment of federal employees and Ottawa communities.
Share broadly:
Forward this to your friends, colleagues and members of your Ottawa communities.Ask your local to distribute it. Share the rally on social media. (Twitter (x), Facebook, Instagram)
RSVP NOW: https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-remote-work/
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Le jeudi 23 mai, le maire d’Ottawa Mark Sutcliffe organise un déjeuner public avec la présidente du Conseil du Trésor, Anita Anand, qui a récemment annoncé le projet d’obliger les travailleuses et les travailleurs à retourner travailler au bureau trois jours par semaine. Cette annonce fait suite aux déclarations du premier ministre de l’Ontario, Doug Ford, et de chefs d’entreprise qui considèrent qu’il s’agit de la meilleure stratégie pour relancer l’économie du centre-ville d’Ottawa. Ce n’est pas un modèle commercial durable pour le centre-ville – notre ville mérite mieux!
Joignez-vous aux membres de l’ACEP et d’autres syndicats fédéraux, ainsi qu’aux membres et aux leaders de diverses communautés d’Ottawa lors d’un rassemblement pacifique à l’hôtel de ville pour rappeler aux élu·es des gouvernements fédéral, provincial et municipal que le fait de forcer des milliers d’employé·es du gouvernement fédéral à retourner dans des bureaux dégradés et coûteux du centre-ville d’Ottawa plus de jours par semaine n’est pas une solution viable à long terme pour régler les problèmes économiques du centre-ville d’Ottawa qui durent depuis des décennies.
R.S.V.P. DÈS AUJOURD’HUI: https://actionnetwork.org/events/rassemblement-teletravail/
Des syndicats fédéraux et des groupes d’Ottawa se mobilisent pour le télétravail et des communautés plus fortes!
OÙ : Hôtel de ville d’Ottawa, 110, avenue Laurier Ouest (entrée Laurier)QUAND : Jeudi 23 mai, de 7 h 45 à 9 h, beau temps, mauvais temps
**Des boissons chaudes et des collations matinales seront fournies**

>>> Faisons entendre notre voix! #ÇaTravailleÀDistance!
DISONS au maire que le centre-ville d’Ottawa devrait être un espace vibrant pour toutes les personnes qui y habitent, et non une zone d’emploi morte dont l’économie dépend uniquement des dépenses quotidiennes en collations des employé·es du gouvernement fédéral de 9 à 5. Ce modèle ne fonctionnait pas avant la pandémie et il est temps de réimaginer l’espace animé que devrait être notre centre-ville!
Venez promouvoir les avantages du télétravail auprès des contribuables canadiens et attirer leur attention sur les possibilités de convertir les immeubles de bureaux fédéraux en logements et autres espaces qui fonctionnent pour les résident·es et les entreprises locales : garderies, centres de jeunesse, centres communautaires et bien plus encore!
Venez défendre les entreprises et les communautés situées en dehors du centre-ville d’Ottawa qui ont prospéré grâce à l’augmentation du travail à distance. Ces quartiers méritent d’avoir une voix et notre soutien!
Dites à la présidente du Conseil du Trésor qu’elle ne devrait pas céder aux intérêts des sociétés immobilières, du maire ou de Doug Ford au détriment des employé·s du gouvernement fédéral et des communautés d’Ottawa.

Diffusez ce message partout :
Transmettez ce message à vos ami·es, collègues et membres de votre communauté à Ottawa.Demandez à votre section locale de le diffuser. Parlez du rassemblement dans les médias sociaux (Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram )
R.S.V.P. DÈS AUJOURD’HUI: https://actionnetwork.org/events/rassemblement-teletravail/

Chili Cook-Off: Fundraiser for the Coalition Against the Proposed Prison
2024-05-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St, Ottawa
Join us for our Chili Cook-Off fundraiser on Thursday, May 23 at 6:00pm at the Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St. You’re in for a night of delicious chili and friendly competition, all in support of the fight to stop the Ford government’s planned Kemptville prison.
Chili dishes made by various Ottawa-area community groups will compete head to head as you taste and vote for your favourite! Enjoy some food, tunes, and conversation at this fun social evening. All proceeds go towards fighting the proposed prison in Kemptville. Let’s come together to make a difference and have a spicy good time!
Cash bar will be available.
Get your tickets on Eventbrite or at the door!
Standard ticket: $25
Student and low/no income price: $15
For more information on the campaign, visit https://www.coalitionagainstproposedprison.ca/

Town Hall Meeting to Defend Public Healthcare for the Ottawa Community
2024-05-23 19:00 | Jim Robillard Union Centre, 1505 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
The Ottawa Health Coalition campaign to “STOP the Privatization of OUR Public Health Care”-Featuring Natalie Mehra, Exec Dir. of the Ontario Health Coalition, Michael Hurley, President of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, Kevin Skerrett, Ottawa Health Coalition

Just Voices Spring Concert "20 Years Strong" - Special Guest Tito Medina
2024-05-24 19:00 - 21:00 | First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa, 30 Cleary Ave, Ottawa
With special guest artist Tito Medina. For 20 years, Just Voices has been singing out for peace, social justice and the environment. Come celebrate with us! Treats will be served and there will be a silent auction of handmade and local items.
For our 20th anniversary concert, proceeds will support the Ottawa Food Bank – working for ‘a city without hunger’.
Buy your tickets in advance at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/just-voices-spring-concert-20-years-strong-tickets-877532050987. Admission is $20 or pay what you can. Tickets may also be purchased at the door (cash only).
Just Voices is a choir with a difference. We choose songs that inspire us to fight for our endangered planet, and to work for social change, peace and equality. Please join us to be inspired, bring your friends and sing along!

National Mobilization Against the Arms Trade
2024-05-29 | Ontario
Canada’s largest military trade show – CANSEC is happening in Ottawa on May 29th. Join us for a National Mobilization Against the Arms Trade! #shutdowncansec
May 29th
7AM at EY Centre
12PM Parliament Hill
CANSEC, the biggest military trade convention in North America, will once again be held in Ottawa, on May 29-30th, 2024. Join us in protesting and confronting the warmongers gathering to do business with the support of the Canadian government! Let’s get organized in exposing the war profiteers and demanding an independent, in-depth, and public inquiry into the activities of CADSI – the government-funded organizer of the military trade show – and its complicity in the ongoing genocide.
The weapons and other machinery which will be sold in Ottawa will be used to further corporate interests and murder people across the world. They will be deployed to devastate whole communities. This comes at a time when the Canadian government is committing to further increase its military spending, putting more money into war while people in Canada are barely able to afford rent and groceries.

We believe that it is critical that we organize ourselves against those that are not working for our interests. We have more in common with people that are being bombed and killed, than the ones profiting from it. Let’s stand with movements, from Palestine to the Philippines, from Yemen to Wet’suwet’en territory, struggling against the arms trade, and protest the military-industrial complex that profits from innocent blood.

We The Power Film Screening
2024-05-29 18:30 - 20:30 | Pategonia Ottawa, 119 York Street, Ottawa, ON, K1N 5T4, Canada
Come watch the Patagonia Film We The Power and stay for a discussion hosted by the Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-operative (OREC) to learn ways we can work toward a community-owned energy grid.
Please register on eventbrite – limited seats available!
We The Power Film
Imagine upending the traditional energy system and giving the power of clean electricity production back to your neighbors. We the Power follows friends, families and visionaries as they break down legislative barriers and take power back from big energy companies to put in the hands of locals. The film chronicles local cooperatives from deep in Germany’s Black Forest to the streets of ancient Girona in Spain and the urban rooftops of London, England, as they pave the way for a renewable-energy revolution and build healthier, more financially stable communities.
Community Social
Come meet and chat with local community organizations to learn more and find ways to get involved. We will be joined by Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability (CAFES), Electrify613, EnviroCentre, Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa (EVCO), and the Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-operative (OREC).
Community Partners:
CAFES (Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability) – Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability (CAFES) has been working since 2010 to help community associations in Ottawa share ideas and achieve common environmental goals by uniting our voices. With a strong inner urban base, the CAFES network has been expanding our membership into Ottawa’s suburban and rural areas. CAFES acts as a network between community associations and citizens who are working to promote environmental sustainability in our city and our neighbourhoods, sharing information on concerns, community events, best practices and research. CAFES monitors City Hall, making regular and well-received public delegations on issues of concern to our members. We have a solid advocacy record, scoring ‘wins’ such as strengthening the City’s Tree Protection Bylaw and getting the City to report annually on our greenhouse gas emissions.
Electrify613 – an online community for neighbours and experts to connect with each other in making our homes more efficient and emissions-free. We’re on a mission to help fully electrify every neighbourhood in Ottawa.
EnviroCentre – an environmental not-for-profit organization located in Ottawa. For more than 20 years, we have been delivering programs and services designed to help individuals, businesses, and communities reduce their carbon emissions and lighten their impacts on the environment. EnviroCentre’s mission is to scope, design, deliver and scale practical solutions to dramatically reduce climate emissions in our communities. Our vision is that a sustainable, net-zero future is achieved in Ottawa, and we are taking action every day to support that goal.
We work in collaboration with partners and clients to implement meaningful projects and programs across Eastern Ontario. Some examples include home energy services such as Better Homes Ottawa, Home Energy Audit Services, Energy Affordability Programs, Future Homes Retrofit Accelerator, and community programs: Let’s Bike Ottawa, Rain Ready Ottawa, Ottawa School Active Transportation Program, Mini-Forests and tree planting projects, Demonstration Rain Gardens, and other Green Infrastructure projects.
We have a staff of just over 50 keen, committed, and professional people who dedicate each day to making our world a little cleaner and greener for generations to come!
EVCO (Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa) – Founded in 1982, EVCO is a non-profit, volunteer-run group of EV owners dedicated to promoting and advocating for the electrification of the transportation system. Mainly focused on light-duty vehicles, EVCO also works on the electrification of medium and heavy-duty vehicles such as OC Transpo’s bus fleet.
Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-operative (OREC) – Energy generation has long been centralized, but the landscape is changing. Meet the Ottawa Renewable Energy Cooperative (OREC) and find out how community funded renewable energy allows individuals to benefit directly from the energy transition and brings more democracy and transparency to electricity generation. With a 14 year track record and a portfolio of 24 renewable energy and 3 energy efficiency projects (and growing), OREC strives to ensure locally funded renewable energy assets are an important piece of our journey away from fossil fuels. OREC raises capital through the sale of preference shares. This capital is pooled by the Co-operative to build new or acquire existing projects, bringing them under community ownership. Revenues from the sale of renewable energy or energy savings are returned to investors in the form of interest payments, dividends, and capital repayment. Through its projects, OREC provides partners, such as businesses, school boards, municipalities and Crown Corporations with predictable electricity prices, a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and all at no upfront cost.

Rally to Protect Public Health Care
2024-05-30 12:00 | Faircrest Heights Park, 550 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Join our rally to protect public health care at noon on May 30th at Faircrest Heights Park – 550 Smyth Rd, directly across the street from the main entrance to the Ottawa Hospital General Campus. Limited parking is available in the parking lot on Lynda Lane next to the park.

Collaborative zine making night at the Ottawa Trans Library
2024-05-30 18:00 - 21:00 | Ottawa Trans Library, 1104 Somerset St. West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 3C8, Canada
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 from the trans and non-binary community in Ottawa and our friends and families.
The zine workshop is a collaborative event to discuss, share, and work on zines together.
Come tell your story.We will provide paper, templates, and whatever art supplies we have. No experience necessary. All ages welcome, children under age 13 must be accompanied by an adult.
Masking and testing the day of the event is encouraged. Accessibility note: There are two stairs at the door entrance. We have a ramp we can bring out for the door on request. There’s a washroom but it’s not large enough for many mobility devices.

Join the Chain Fast to Free the Canadian Captives June 1 to 19, 2024
2024-06-01 - 2024-06-19 | Ontario
“Feed the Hungry. Visit the Sick. Set Free the Captives.” – Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)
(Details on how to join the fast for a day or more are below, as are actions you can take even if you are not fasting! Pick a date between June 1 and 19 to fast and email your name and city to tasc@web.ca!)
INTRODUCTIONPlease pick a day to fast in support of immediately freeing and bringing home 19 arbitrarily detained Canadian Muslim men, women, and children, including the longest-held detainee at 7+ years, Jack Letts. All of them are illegally held without charge in northeastern Syrian jails and prison camps under conditions the United Nations describes as meeting the “threshold for torture, cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment under international law.”
Complete details at: https://homesnotbombs.blogspot.com/2024/05/pick-day-to-join-chain-fast-to-free.html

Exhibition: Posters for Palestine
2024-06-02 - 2024-07-07 | Gongfu Bao, 365 Bank St, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P1Y2, Canada
Solidarity Posters from the @flyers_for_falastin Project
June 2 to July 7, 2024
Gongfu Bao
365 Bank Street
Posters can be viewed during Gongfu Bao’s opening hours: Wednesday to Saturday 9am-3pm and 4pm-10pm
🖼️This exhibition features a selection of posters from the Brussels-based Flyers for Falastin project, which has created a collection of hundreds of Palestine solidarity posters available for free download.
🎨Artists from all over the world have submitted to Flyers for Falastin, which was launched in fall 2023.
Check out @flyers_for_falastin on instagram for more info and to see all the posters in their collection!
✨Exhibition Opening Event

Sunday June 2, 7pm-10pm
Talk at 7:30pm

✨Talk: The Power of the Poster (To be confirmed)

Date to be confirmed
Interactive talk on the history of poster art and the power of art as a tool of solidarity

✨Kids @ Posters for Palestine

Sunday June 23, 10am-1pm
Exhibition tour, poster-making, button-making, colouring, and chalking

✨Exhibition Closing Event

Sunday July 7, 7pm-10pm
Stay tuned for more info

🎨Posters will be available for sale with any money raised above production costs to be donated to Palestinian arts organizations and initiatives including the Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott Initiative (PACBI) (more info coming soon)
❤️Accessibility information:

StopGap ramp at entrance
Wheelchair access throughout space
Washrooms are partially accessible: Washrooms have handrails; door not wide enough for wheelchair entry
At exhibition events, masks will be required for first 1.5 hours until food is served
Outdoor patio space
HEPA filter rated for volume of space
HVAC system

❔For more info about the exhibition:

gongfu.ca
instagram: @encrenoire.illustration
PostersForPalestine@proton.me

Poster image: @catherine_corkfield

Toronto Living With AIDS Book Launch & Screening
2024-06-04 18:30 - 20:00 | DARC Microcinema, 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, K1N 7B9, Canada
Join author Ryan Conrad and HIV/AIDS activist Darien Taylor for the launch of Conrad’s new anthology titled Toronto Living With AIDS. This publication investigates an extraordinary moment in the histories of both activist media and AIDS activism: the creation of a community-driven video series about HIV/AIDS for public-access cable television in Toronto at the beginning of the 1990s. The event will feature a short screening of early Canadian HIV/AIDS activist video, a short presentation, and a dialogue between Conrad and Taylor who is interviewed in the book and who also contributed a video to the the TLWA series on women and HIV/AIDS.
This event is sponsored by DARC, Qu’ART, PUBLIC Books, Archive/Counter-Archive and the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation @ Carleton University.

25 Years of Building Mining Justice
2024-06-07 10:30 - 18:30 | NCC River House, 501 Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway, Ottawa, ON, Canada
MiningWatch is turning 25!
Join us for our in-person conference in Ottawa on June 7, which will be a special opportunity to reflect on where we were when MiningWatch Canada first formed 25 years ago and the challenges posed by a global intensification of mining today. We set out to bring people together to exchange experiences and grow solidarity and expertise to challenge the power of the mining industry and the politics that serve it, building networks, coalitions, and relationships. What have we learned? And where do we go from here? Gain important insight into how the struggle for mining justice has evolved and hear from Indigenous and other mining-affected communities about their powerful organizing strategies to protect life for generations to come.
When: June 7, 2024, 10:30 am – 5 pm, with reception to followLocation: NCC River House, 501 Sir-George-Étienne-Cartier Pkwy, Ottawa, ON K1M 2K7
This a free conference, with required registration here: https://forms.gle/d1JJAK8R81vzJdPg6

Pique
2024-06-08 14:00 | Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, K1N 7B9
The summer edition of Pique, the seasonal festival series that takes over the downtown Arts Court building complex, is always the largest and most dynamic of the year, and the 2024 summer edition is no exception. Held indoors and outdoors, Pique takes over three floors, nine stages and exhibition spaces, and half of Daly Avenue. The festival showcases innovative and underground music and art for all ages, and admission is pay-what-you-can.
Featuring performances by bold hyperpop songwriter and performance artist Alice Longyu Gao, psychotropical dub producer Honeydrip, spellbinding composer-musician Masahiro Takahashi, commanding punk rave duo Pelada, contemporary Inuit throat-singers Silla, sky-gazing performance art environmentalists Horizon Factory, high-octane selector angelphroot, community-engaged improviser Douglas Ewart, ballroom performance artists BubbleGum 007 and Fiji Siriano 007, afro-diasporic sound selector San Farafina, and many more. With programs guest curated by Chukwubuikem & Kosisochukwu Nnebe and Harley Wegner, Pique summer edition is a confluence of curatorial perspectives, and a showcase of various global subcultures.
In total, over 30 artists and curators will present work across nine stages and exhibition spaces, featuring live music, dance, performance art, visual media, and installation. Plus, the Pique art market returns to Daly Avenue featuring more than 25 artist and food vendors (learn more about how to submit at debaser.ca).
Broadcasting live from Club SAW and the SAW Courtyard, tune into the Pique live stream anywhere in the world at thisispique.com/live-stream. Featuring dynamic performances and live-to-air interviews, the Pique live broadcast features exclusive content and professional-quality audio and visuals, making it about as good as being there in person. You can also join the interactive Zoom watch party, Cybernetique, to engage with our hosts and socialize with fellow virtual attendees.
As always, tickets to Pique are financially accessible at a sliding scale of $25-50 suggested, or pay-what-you-can by registration.
PLEASE NOTE that while a tickets gains you access to the festival, each individual venue space within is subject to capacity, and your ticket does not guarantee you access to each performance. Consult the schedule and arrive early to the stage to ensure you catch the performance(s) you want to see!

Genderverse Mini-FurCon Summer 2024
2024-06-09 12:00 - 18:00 | Kind Space, 400 Cooper St., suite 9001, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Are you a trans, gender-diverse, or questioning furry? Do you have a bit of non-cis in your mostly-cis pie chart? Maybe you’re not sure, or maybe you’re a close, invested supporter?
We’d love to welcome you back to our THIRD mini-con! We’ll have music, zine making, chocolate tasting, friends-making, and lots more! You won’t want to miss it!!

Book Launch: North of Nowhere with Marie Wilson
2024-06-10 18:00 - 20:00 | National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Dr., Ottawa, K1N 9N4
Join us for a special event at the National Gallery of Canada to celebrate the launch of North of Nowhere: Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner, featuring author Marie Wilson in conversation with Duncan McCue.
Monday, June 10, 6pm-8pm
National Gallery auditorium, 380 Sussex Dr, Ottawa
Free event. No registration needed.
In English with simultaneous French interpretation.
The incomparable first-hand account of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada told by one of the commissioners who led it.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to record the previously hidden history of more than a century of forced residential schooling for Indigenous children. Marie Wilson helped lead that work as one of just three commissioners. With the skills of a journalist, the heart of a mother and grandmother, and the insights of a life as the spouse of a residential school survivor, Commissioner Wilson guides readers through her years witnessing survivor testimony across the country, providing her unique perspective on the personal toll and enduring public value of the commission. In this unparalleled account, she honours the voices of survivors who have called Canada to attention, determined to heal, reclaim, and thrive.
Part vital public documentary, part probing memoir, North of Nowhere breathes fresh air into the possibilities of reconciliation amid the persistent legacy of residential schools. It is a call to everyone to view the important and continuing work of reconciliation not as an obligation but as a gift.
