Punch Up Collective

Toronto Living With AIDS Book Launch & Screening
2024-06-04 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Toronto) | 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.

Discussing Making Love with the Land with Joshua Whitehead
2024-06-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Rossy Pavilion, 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Update: The live event is sold out, but you can access the live stream: https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/36739
Our Stories: Indigenous Book Club is back for Indigenous History Month and you’re invited to join in! In partnership with Ottawa Public Library, this session features Making Love with the Land. On June 11 at 7pm EDT, join us for this conversation with author Joshua Whitehead (Oji-Cree – Peguis First Nation) to discuss the book and connect directly with the author and other readers.
In celebration of National Indigenous History Month, the eBook and eAudio versions of Making Love with the Land are available to all OPL readers and listeners from May 17-June 30. Check out a copy from the Ottawa Public Library (physical or digital) before June 11 to participate in the NAC Book Club, Making Love With the Land | Ottawa Public Library | BiblioCommons.
Books will be available to purchase from Octopus Books.
This event is free but seating is limited. Registration required.
About the Book
Making Love with the Land is a startling, challenging, uncompromising look at what it means to live as an Indigenous person “in the rupture” between identities. In these ten unique, heart-piercing non-fiction pieces, award-winning writer Joshua Whitehead illuminates the complex moment we’re living through now, in which Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples are navigating new and old ideas about “the land.” He asks: What is our relationship and responsibility towards it? And how has the land shaped ideas, histories, words, our very bodies?
About the Author
Joshua Whitehead (he/him) is a Two-Spirit, Oji-nêhiyaw member of Peguis First Nation (Treaty 1). He is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary where he is housed in the departments of English and International Indigenous Studies (Treaty 7).
He is the author of full-metal indigiqueer (Talonbooks 2017) which was shortlisted for the inaugural Indigenous Voices Award and the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry. He is also the author of Jonny Appleseed (Arsenal Pulp Press 2018) which was long listed for the Giller Prize, shortlisted for the Indigenous Voices Award, the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Amazon Canada First Novel Award, the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award, and won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction, the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction and Canada Reads 2021. Whitehead is the editor of Love after the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction, which won the Lambda Award in 2021.

Climate Justice, Imperialism, and Palestine
2024-06-13 18:30 - 21:00 | Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St, Ottawa
Palestine is a climate justice issue.As we witness the genocide of Palestinians unfold in real time, it is essential that our movements broaden as we build toward a just future for all. That means learning about the connections between the struggle for climate justice and the fight against imperialism and settler colonialism, from Turtle Island to Palestine.Join Climate Justice Ottawa for an in-person screening of a webinar on Climate justice, imperialism, and Palestine and a community discussion on what the climate movement in Ottawa can do to contribute to the struggle for Palestinian liberation.We thank the Mauril-Bélanger Social Innovation Workshop (the Atelier) for providing the space for this event.#freepalestine #ottawa #climatejustice @climate4palestine

Antifascist Theory and Practice: A Double Book Launch for Three Way Fight and Genealogies of Antifascism
2024-06-14 18:00 - 20:00 | Ottawa Trans Library, 1104 Somerset St. West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 3C8, Canada
An evening of discussion with Xtn Alexander, D.Z. Shaw, and Rob Luzecky.
Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism, edited by Xtn Alexander and Matthew N. Lyons, brings together more than thirty essays, position statements, and interviews from the Three Way Fight website and elsewhere, spanning from the antifascist struggles of the 1980s and 1990s to the political upheavals of the twenty-first century.
Three way fight politics argue that the far right grows out of an oppressive capitalist order but is also in conflict with it in real ways, and that radicals need to combat both. The three way fight approach says we need sharper analysis of far-right movements so we can fight them more effectively, and we also need to track ongoing developments within the ruling class, including liberal or centrist efforts to co-opt antifascism as a tool of state repression and system legitimation.
Aimed at a politically committed activist audience, D.Z. Shaw’s Genealogies of Antifascism: Militancy, Critique, and the Three Way Fight provides a snapshot of this evolving philosophy of antifascism that grapples with the theoretical and practical challenges presented both by recent events and by the historical foundations of North America’s settler societies.
Learning from the past to build a revolutionary antifascism for the present and future!
More about each of these books here:
Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism
Genealogies of Antifascism: Militancy, Critique, and the Three Way Fight

Harmony Circle for Palestine with Spiritual Advisor Albert Dumont and Friends
2024-06-17 18:30 - 20:00 | Online
Join us for a conversation about Palestine, between Spiritual Advisor and Elder Albert Dumont and Sarena and David from the United Jewish People’s Order / Morris Winchevsky School. You can find out more about them on their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/WinchevskyCtr

After the formal conversation, we will open up the meeting for a Sharing Circle where all participants are invited to ask questions or share what is on their heart.

With this Harmony Circle, we want to create a safe space for people, especially youth, to:* learn more about the current genocide happening in Palestine* express their pain at the injustice of the situation* feel that they have a voice and are not being silenced* dive deep into the practice of unlearning and learning* create harmony within our communities

We will end the Harmony Circle with concrete social justice actions we can take to help. This is an invitation to do something in a time of great suffering, devastation and emotional turmoil.
To register for this free, online event, please fill out this Google form:https://bit.ly/4bMecFG

The event will take place over Zoom. A link will be sent to you the day of the event.
Session Standards:* This event is for people who are curious, open to learning and unlearning and believe in social justice* There will be zero-tolerance for violent, abusive, or racist comments* Everyone in attendance agrees that first and foremost, we stand to defend a human being’s right to live in a peaceful and secure space

Book Launch: A Communist for the RCMP by Dennis Gruending
2024-06-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Ottawa Mennonite Church, 1830 Kilborn Ave., Ottawa, K1H 6N3
Join us for the launch of A Communist for the RCMP, Dennis Gruending’s exposé of Canada’s nefarious and disruptive surveillance practices. Dennis will be joined in conversation by writer and a former Canadian diplomat Geoff White.
Monday, June 17 starting at 7:00pm
Ottawa Mennonite Church, 1830 Kilborn Ave., Ottawa
Refreshments will be served
In 1941, the RCMP recruited Frank Hadesbeck, a Spanish Civil War veteran, as a paid informant to infiltrate the Communist Party. For decades, he informed not only upon communists, but also upon hundreds of other people who held progressive views. Hadesbeck’s “Watch Out” lists on behalf of the Security Service included labour activists, medical doctors, lawyers, university professors and students, journalists, Indigenous and progressive farm leaders, members of the clergy, and anyone involved in the peace and human rights movements.
“The Canadian government has made exceptional efforts to erase or seclude documents related to decades of RCMP dirty tricks, but A Communist for the RCMP provides stunning insights into the nuts and bolts of the force’s infiltration campaigns. Dennis Gruending provides a rich and masterful narration of previously unseen informant files, creating an unrelenting account into the everyday work of RCMP infiltration… it is a must-read for anyone looking to understand the politics of RCMP spying.” – Jeffrey Monaghan, co-author of Policing Indigenous Movements: Dissent and the Security State
Dennis Gruending has written and edited eight books. He has worked as a print and television journalist and as a CBC Radio host. Gruending served as a New Democratic Party MP in the 36th parliament and was his party’s critic for the environment and for international development.

Cap Pollution: Making polluters do their fair share through policy and people
2024-06-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Impact Hub, 7th floor, 123 Slater Street, Ottawa, K1P 5H2
The oil and gas emissions cap is a key climate policy for Canada. Emissions released from the production of oil and gas are the largest source of pollution in Canada. Since 1990, oil and gas pollution has nearly doubled. Without the cap, oil and gas emissions will continue growing unchecked, further threatening our health, environment and economy.
Join us and our special guests for an in-person panel discussion on the impacts of fossil fuel pollution on our daily lives, and how you can take action in your community.
Mix and mingle with like-minded individuals on how we can push for more ambitious climate policies, and engage with our elected officials to keep Canada on track to meet its climate goals.
Event Details:
Date: Wednesday, June 19th, 2024
Time: 6 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Location: Impact Hub Ottawa, 7th Floor (123 Slater Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H2)
Panelist Details:
-Dr. Sehjal Bhargava (Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Family Medicine Resident Physician, CAPE)
-Skw’akw’as Lillian (Member and former chair of the Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Youth Council)
-Alex Stratas (co-president of Climate Justice Climatique uOttawa)
Light refreshments and snacks will be provided!

No Pride in Genocide On-line Teach-in
2024-06-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Youtube
This teach-in will make connections between the current genocidal attacks on the Palestinian people, on Indigenous people on Turtle Island, on people in Sudan, and on attacks on queer and trans people in Canada and beyond. Mainstream white homonationalist LGBT and Pride organizations in Canada have refused to support the call for an end to the Israeli genocide of Palestinians and instead support the genocidal Canadian state as well as corporations and banks that are supporting the ongoing destruction of Palestine. This teach-in is the lead in to our anti-genocidal, anti-racist and anti-fascist Abolitionist Pride of resistance and love while opposing those who believe Pride can be based on genocide.

FSIS Fundraiser Auction for Mutual Aid
2024-06-20 - 2024-07-02
FSIS is continuing to fundraise in support of a beloved grassroots Indigenous Auntie! We will continue auctioning off stunningly beautiful items (beadwork, clothing, accessories, health and beauty!) to raise money to cover their living and medical expenses. Show some love during solstice, Indigenous Peoples’ month and ‘canada’ day!
If you would like to send a financial donation – emt familiesofsistersinspirit@gmail.com

***This auction opens on Thursday, June 20 at 7:00 PM EST and will close Tuesday, July 2, at 12 pm EST.***

Auction Guidelines:
1. Bidding is open until ‘CLOSED’ is written on each post in the comment section.
2. Refresh “all comments” or “newest comments” to keep track of bidding.
3. If you are the winner, we will notify you on the post with further instructions.
4. Free pick-up available in east Ottawa (preferred). Shipping or Delivery extra.
5. Payment via e-transfer to familiesofsistersinspirit@gmail.com
6. Please notify if your name on FB is different from the name associated with your bank account.
7. If payment is not received within 72 hours, item will be offered to the second highest bidder.
Credit to Onaman Collective Auction 4 Action for direction on the above instructions.
‘Mutual Aid is Love’ graphic by @elisadoesstuff

Kidical Mass Ottawa Bike Ride - Alta Vista
2024-06-22 09:30 - 11:30 | Alta Vista Park, 1309 Randall Avenue, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Join us for a fun-filled bike ride in Alta Vista! This event is perfect for families or anyone looking to enjoy a slow ride. Everyone is welcome: participants of all ages, abilities, and caretaking responsibilities (that means you too grandparents, aunts, uncles, babysitters, and community members who love kids!). We will be travelling at a very slow pace. Whether your child is a pro on two wheels or just starting out, this event is perfect for riders of all ages, abilities, and skill levels.
Schedule
9:30 AM
Meet at Alta Vista Park: decorate bikes, dance, chalk, and bubbles
10:05 AM
Bike Ride Begins! We will ride in a loop through the community ending at the Alta Vista Farmer’s Market (2345 Alta Vista Drive).
11:00 AM
Post-ride gathering. Participants are encouraged to bring snacks, picnics, or money to spend at the market.

Details
Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult and are welcome to ride their own bikes or on board with another rider.
Bright colourful clothing and accessories are encouraged.
We will have some bike decorations, but you are encouraged to bring your own as well.
Sign-up is not required, but it is encouraged so we can get in touch if there are any updates to the event (e.g., weather issues, travel disruptions, etc.). SIGN UP HERE!
Let’s come together as a community, promote cycling, and create lasting memories. Mark your calendars and get ready for a wheely good time at Kidical Mass Ottawa!
We are also seeking volunteers and donations (prizes, snacks, bike decorations, and services including videography/photography and children’s entertainment). Are you a bike-friendly or kid-friendly individual or business that would like to be involved with this event? Please reach out to us at kidicalmassottawa@gmail.com.
The Alta Vista ride is the second one of our 2024 season. More information on our future rides, including “the big one” on September 21 (in collaboration with similar events around the world) will be shared soon. You can find all of the dates on our colouring page event poster – print your own copy, colour it in, and post it in your community. Tag us on social media too, we’d love to see the hard work of our local young artists!
About Kidical Mass
Kidical Mass is an international movement inspired by ‘critical mass’ events held to emphasize the number of people who want to ride bikes and to call for infrastructure improvements. Kidical Mass expands on that idea with a focus on children and families. These events celebrate the joy of biking asking cities to make streets safe for kids and therefore safe for everyone. We believe children should be able to safely and independently travel to school, parks, sports, and other destinations. With climate change already impacting the lives of children, safe streets for kids also means seriously addressing the climate emergency. There are measures – both big and small – that cities like Ottawa can pursue to make this possible.
What makes streets safer for kids?– A true Vision Zero strategy that focuses on proactive design action to eliminate road deaths and serious injuries. A key tenet of Vision Zero is that street design can ensure that when mistakes happen they don’t cause life-changing impacts.– Separated and wide bike lanes that provide access to children’s destinations like schools, libraries, parks, and community centres– Traffic calming features and reduced speed limits on arterials and residential streets– Car-free streets including parkways and school streets– Elimination of right-turns on red lights-Streets that address climate change by reducing private vehicle use– Vehicle size regulations and safety testing that includes the safety of people outside of the vehicle
About the Event Hosts
Bike Ottawa is a not-for-profit volunteer-based advocacy group. We believe riding a bike in Ottawa should be a fun, safe, and easy choice for all ages and abilities. We are committed to advocating for a vibrant and equitable Ottawa where active transportation plays an important role in year-round mobility.
For Our Kids Ottawa Gatineau is a community of parents, grandparents and families who are concerned about climate change. We organize family-friendly activism and information activities and provide a space to connect and take action together. We strive to be a welcoming place for all parents, guardians, grandparents, caregivers, and community members to connect and act together.
School Streets Ottawa is a coalition of local volunteers along with supporting organizations who advocate for kids to have healthy and safe ways to get to school. Our mission is to have more students using travel modes that are active, safe, and sustainable.
Alta Vista Community Association provides a forum where Alta Vista residents can dialog with each other and with the levels of government on matters affecting the quality of life in Alta Vista; and facilitates the work of committees and grass roots project groups endeavouring to improve the quality of life in Alta Vista.
Questions about the event can be sent to kidicalmassottawa@gmail.com

Film Screening: Israelism
2024-06-25 18:30 - 21:00 | First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa, 30 Cleary Ave, Ottawa
Join First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa for a screening of the 2023 documentary Israelism. The film follows the changing perspectives of Simone Zimmerman, co-founder of If Not Now and Eitan, a former IDF soldier, exemplifying sweeping grassroots changes among young Jews in response to Israel’s brutal treatment of Palestinian people. ​The screening will be followed by a panel discussion led by Professor Mira Sucharov.
Tuesday, June 25 – 6:30pm
Fellowship Hall, First Unitarian
30 Cleary Ave, Ottawa
“Two young American Jews – Simone and Eitan – are raised to defend the state of Israel at all costs. Eitan joins the Israeli military. Simone supports Israel on ‘the other battlefield:’ America’s college campuses. When they witness Israel’s mistreatment of the Palestinian people with their own eyes, they are horrified and heartbroken. They join the movement of young American Jews battling the old guard over Israel’s centrality in American Judaism, and demanding freedom for the Palestinian people. Their stories reveal a generational divide in the North American Jewish community as more young Jews question the narratives they were raised on.”

DARC's Big Gay Screening
2024-06-26 18:00 - 21:00 | DARC Microcinema, 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, K1N 7B9, Canada
IT’S BIG! IT’S GAY! IT’S A CELEBRATION OF 2SLGBTQIA+ FILM, ONLY AT THE DIGITAL ARTS RESOURCE CENTRE! 🌈
DARC is excited to present a FREE screening of short films by queer Canadian artists in honour of pride month! As a proudly female and 2SLGBTQIA+ led organization, DARC is excited to showcase the work of queer Canadians and bring together the media arts community around an event celebrating and exploring queer stories. Don’t miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of queer narratives and show your support for talented artists from the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

Nothing to Celebrate: Canada’s role as a settler colonial state from Turtle Island to Palestine
2024-06-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
To mark Indigenous Peoples Month, join CAPE for Palestine for a webinar on connections between settler colonialism on Turtle Island and the occupation of Palestine. Every July 1st, Canadians are told we should celebrate living in so-called Canada. But what is there to celebrate when we see Canadian officials continue to support a genocide? There is no cause for celebration. Nor has there been for years, as Indigenous leaders have highlighted Canada’s active and ongoing role in genocide against Indigenous peoples.CAPE 4 Palestine recognizes that as public servants, we have a distinct responsibility to hold our employer, the Government of Canada, to account and to understand how settler colonialism operates across borders. We must stand in solidarity with Indigenous peoples in so-called Canada and Palestinians fighting for liberation and freedom.

Collaborative zine making night at the Ottawa Trans Library
2024-06-27 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-25 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.

Pride CoffeeHouse
2024-06-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Little Victories Cafe, 44 Elgin St, Ottawa, Canada
Pride Event!
Performers needed! Members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community and allies welcome.
16+ event.
To attend or perform contact Jessica at youthsysnav@inuuqatigiit.ca. Registration and sign-up required.Brought to you by Inuuqatigiit, Odawa Native Friendship Centre and Tungasuvvingat Inuit
Featuring coffee service, pastry service

Pride Month: Embodying Love as Resilience - Author Kai Cheng Thom
2024-06-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Ottawa Public Library – Nepean Centrepointe, 101 Centrepointe, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Drawing from over 15 years of queer and trans advocacy, Kai Cheng Thom will offer a revitalizing perspective on the meaning of love in the program called: Embodying Love as Resilience.
Happy Pride!
Register it’s free : https://tinyurl.com/34h5ph26

Palestinian Tatreez Keychain Workshop
2024-07-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Kind Space, 400 Cooper St., suite 9001, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Join Oasis and @tatreez_by_yasmen for a Tatreez workshop at kindspace (400 Cooper street) on July 2nd, 6-9pm.
Everyone will create their own Palestinian Tatreez Keychain that they can bring home from the event. Please register here so we can bring the right amount of materials for everyone!
This will be a PWYC event and all proceeds will be donated to Sudan and Palestine relief funds. This event is masked, and masks will be provided at the door.

Support LCBO Workers! Keep LCBO Public!
2024-07-04 17:30 - 18:30 | LCBO, 953 Bank Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Support LCBO workers! Keep LCBO Public! Join us!

LCBO workers are on strike - join a picket in solidarity!
2024-07-05 00:00 - 2024-07-20 00:00 | Multiple Locations
The information below is sourced from Horizon Ottawa and Justice for Workers:

Horizon Ottawa:
Show your solidarity with striking LCBO workers by joining them on the picket!
OPSEU union members are standing up against the privatization of alcohol sales and fighting for more permanent work. Local workers will be striking at several LCBO stores across the city from 9am to 8pm – use locator tool to find a picket near you:
https://www.campaigndashboard.app/opseuregion4/
Justice For Workers:

The Ottawa LBED picket line finder lists picket options. Current priorities include 1980 Bank Street (just south of Walkley) and 1100 Polytek Street especially from midnight to 8am. Both sites have picket lines 24 hours a day, seven days a week. OPSEU 498 covers an area west of the city and has been operating a picket line at Terry Fox and Campeau (small plaza) daily starting at 10:00am.

The Justice for Workers LCBO toolkit continues to provide great resources for strike support.
LBED has its own email tool at KeepItPublic.ca plus lots more info and links about the strike. Talk to neighbours and friends about the importance of good jobs in every Ontario community, and the benefits of a crown corporation bringing in $2.5 Billion a year to pay for hospitals, schools and other services.

Palestine Solidarity Poster Sale at the Arlington Art Market
2024-07-06 10:00 - 15:00 | Arlington Art Market, Arlington Avenue between Bank and Kent, Ottawa, ON, Canada
11x17in prints of all 29 @flyers_for_falastin posters from the Posters for Palestine exhibition at @gongfubao will be for sale
All proceeds after production costs will go to the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Committee to support their work in building a global mass movement to defeat Israeli apartheid
More Arlington Art Market info:
When: Saturday July 6
Where: Arlington Avenue between Bank and Kent, and on the Glashan Public School grounds
When: 10am – 3pm

Kebaowek Algonquin First Nation Takes Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to Court to STOP the Near Surface Disposal Facility!
2024-07-10 11:30 - 13:00 | Supreme Court of Canada, 301 Wellington Street, Ottawa, K1A 0J1
As we know, the so-called Near Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF) at Chalk River is actually going to be an above-ground megamound for a million cubic metres of the nuclear industry’s radioactive waste. It’s located is to be less than a kilometre from the Kichi Sibi (Ottawa) River. Kebaowek First Nation says no: it is not a good solution for this toxic waste disposal for MANY reasons, BUT the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) approved it a few months ago with NO independent environmental or expert design assessment!

You are requested to join the Kitchissippi-Ottawa Valley and Ottawa chapters of the Council of Canadians at a support rally for Keboawek, on the opening day of this judicial review hearing:
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2024, 11:30 AM to 1PMSUPREME COURT BUILDING301WELLINGTON STREET OTTAWA, ON K1A 0J1

There will be a media conference, followed by comments from Indigenous and community leaders.
NOTE: This is a FEDERAL COURT hearing but it has just been moved to Supreme Court building.

WHAT TO BRING: —> your homemade signs about Indigenous rights and nuclear waste concerns—> clothes for the weather—> a bagged lunch (or be prepared to have a late one)

INTERESTED TO CARPOOL from Renfrew County? Email to kitchissippiottawacocchapter@gmail.com if you have a ride to offer or if you need one.

CAN’T MAKE IT ON JULY 10th? Please please please donate whatever you can afford to help Kebaowek with the costs of taking on this court case. RavenTrust is a charitable organization that raises funds for Indigenous Peoples’ cases to “enshrine environmental justice” because “their victories protect us all.” Donations to RavenTrust for the Kebaowek case are tax receiptable: <https://fundraise.raventrust.com/give/587812/#!/donation/checkout.>

WANT MORE INFO ON THIS? Visit our website at <https://kovcouncil.wordpress.com/7000-generations-nuke-safe/> …If you can’t find what you want to know there, email us at the address above with your questions or post them below. Thanks, Miigwetch, Merci.

Miigwechiwendam: so grateful for the courage and determination of the Original Peoples of the Kichi Sibi watershed, who are defending their sacred river for all of us. CNL has to come up with a better design and location AFTER it does valid consultation with the First Nations who have never surrendered their homeland here.

Book Launch: Crossdresser // Accept Yourself Or Die
2024-07-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Venus Envy Warehouse, 329 Catherine St., Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 5T4, Canada
Join us for the launch of a double volume, two books in one, both by trans Ottawa-based writers!
About the book:
Imogen Reid’s Accept Yourself Or Die: From Mormon Missionary to Trans Punk travels from small-town Northern Ontario, to the Missionary Training Centre in Provo, Utah, to basement shows in Ottawa. It’s a story about staying stubbornly human in a world that wants to destroy you, and also about how weird it is going door-to-door trying to convert people to Mormonism.
Crossdresser: Growing Up Trans in the 1990s and 2000s, by Kat Rogue, explores what it does to a closeted trans girl to grow up saturated in the transmisogyny of 1990s pop culture and to come of age online, and how she managed to build her own relationship to femininity despite that. It argues that crossdressing, femme, and transness are more closely linked than some people think, and that Ace Ventura: Pet Detective really could have been great without all the transmisogyny.
The books are published by Sheer Spite Press back-to-back for a double gut-punch of heartfelt, angry, and funny reflections on transfemme coming of age.
Copies of the book will be for sale, but the event is free to attend.
Masks are required and will be provided if you need one!
The front door has a portable ramp (29″ wide). Once inside, the warehouse is a single level with concrete floors. The washroom door is 30.5″ wide, There is a support rail next to the toilet, and a wall-hung sink with space under it.

Solidarity Rally for Local 1541 Members
2024-07-15 12:00 - 14:00 | Best Theratronics, 413 March Road, Ottawa, Canada
Enough is Enough!
Come join Lana Payne, Unifor Nat President and Samia Hashi, Ont Reg Dir. in standing in solidarity with our siblings who have been on strike since May 1st.
Bring your flags, horns and whistles!
https://www.unifor.org/…/solidarity-rally-local-1541…
https://www.unifor.org/…/support-best-theratronics…

Cinema for Palestine: Fluid Frames from the Palestinian Diaspora
2024-07-18 18:00 - 20:00 | DARC Microcinema, 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, K1N 7B9, Canada
DARC is honoured to present Cinema for Palestine, a screening of films from Cinema Politica’s Fluid Frames from the Palestinian Diaspora collection 🇵🇸
Join us on July 18th to watch the collection, curated by Palestinian filmmaker Muhammad Nour-Elkhairy, which features films that explore the refusal of right of return to the Palestinian homeland and the bitter irony of living inside Canada’s settler-colonial state.
Make sure to attend this FREE screening in the Microcinema to support Palestinian storytellers and independent filmmakers telling these important stories and sharing a look into the experiences of displaced Palestinians.

LGBTQ+ Book Club
2024-07-20 13:00 - 14:30 | 312 laurier Ave
A safespace for queer book lovers and readers!
We (usually) meet the 2nd and 3rd Saturday of every month, our Instagram:
(openpagesbookclub_)
posts the updates!
