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SUMMARY:Ode to Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Ode to Palestine is a one-evening art exhibition and cultural event at Club Saw\, 67 Nicholas St. in Ottawa. The event will feature a number of fine Ottawa artists and poets and beats by DJ Yuck! Friday\, August 29\, 7-10 pm Curated by Palestinian Artist Noura Dawood\, this fundraiser has donations going to: Water Is Life Gaza: From Turtle Island To Palestine. For more information\, please contact Noura by email: ndawo034@uottawa.ca
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/ode-to-palestine/
LOCATION:Club SAW\, 67 Nicholas St\, Ottawa\, K1N 7B9
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250901
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SUMMARY:Join the Chain Fast for Palestinian Family Reunification: Canada Must Evacuate Loved Ones from Gaza
DESCRIPTION:From September 1 to September 20\, please pick a day to fast to demand the immediate evacuation from Gaza of all remaining Palestinian applicants for Canadian visas and the finalization of all applications for the hundreds of Palestinian genocide survivors still stranded in Egypt. During your fast day\, we ask you to:\n• Make a selfie with a message (such as Fasting for Palestinian Family Reunification or “Fasting for Urgent Gaza Evacuation”) that you can share with us and on your social media;\n• Write a letter and make a call to your MP and the appropriate government officials (samples below) demanding immediate evacuation of all remaining visa applicants from Gaza;\n• Share on social media the story of one of the families hugely impacted by the negative impacts of this program (we will pair you with a family and provide pictures and text to share). We can also directly connect you with that particular family to stay in touch with them afterwards and continue advocating for their right to be free of the genocide and joined with their loved ones in Canada.\nTo pick a date to fast\, please email a preferred date\, your name and town/city to be shared on our website\, to the Canadian Palestinian Family Reunification Project of the Rural Refugee Rights Network at tasc@web.ca\nBACKGROUND Each day of the chain fast will represent one of the 20 months that Canada’s None is Too Many Gaza temporary residence visa (TRV) program has been in effect\, 20 months of deliberate institutional inaction and lethal obstacle creation\, with hundreds of lives lost waiting on Canadian visas. The final week of the chain fast coincides with the return of MPs to Parliament.\nCanada does have the capacity to evacuate visa applicants from Gaza. But it has only directly assisted in the evacuation of fewer than 2% of the 5\,000 applicants\, and in late July evacuated 11 Canadian citizens through the Kerem Shalom crossing. We engage in this fast to highlight the urgent need to evacuate the remaining 98% of applicants.\nThe punishingly slow pace of visa processing for Gazans – a paltry average of 2 applications completed per day\, with a lethal waiting time for some of over a year – stands in stark contrast to the Canada–Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET) program. During CUAET’s first year\, Canada welcomed 129\,000 Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion and approved over half a million visas (an average of 1\,400 applications per day)\, usually within a two-week turnaround. Canada waived security screening for those aged up to 17 and over 61\, and dropped a required medical exam despite the Ukrainian population’s much higher risk of carrying tuberculosis\, which Ottawa conceded “posed potential health risks to Canada.”\nSimilarly\, Canada welcomed over 8\,000 Israeli visa holders during 2024. Palestinian Canadians and refugee advocates point to such figures as clear proof of a painful\, discriminatory double standard that fails to adequately respond to what Canadian officials acknowledge are “catastrophic conditions” in Gaza.\nThe Gaza TRV program eerily echoes one of the most shameful periods of Canadian history\, the None is Too Many policies designed to keep Jews fleeing genocide out of Canada during the 1930s and 1940s. Almost 79 years after Canada turned away a boat packed with Jewish refugees (the St. Louis)\, then Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued an apology\, noting 254 St. Louis passengers were murdered upon their forced return to Europe\, and declaring: “By issuing this apology\, it is my sincere hope that we can shine a light on this painful chapter of our history and ensure that its lessons are never forgotten.”\nSadly\, different lessons were learned by different people. For those in the government who historically and to this day wrongfully treat certain groups of people with suspicion\, the lesson is that they can get away with racist exclusion as long as there is no public outrage. Hence\, we have seen Public Safety Canada agencies like CBSA (Canadian Border Services Agency) and CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) treat every last Palestinian from Gaza as a potential risk instead of viewing them through the humanitarian lens of families escaping the worst horrors imaginable. That is why actions like the Chain Fast are so important: another reminder of the many people across this land who stand in solidarity with and recognize the humanity of these Palestinian families.\nSee available dates and sample letters/call template at https://rrrncanada.blogspot.com/…/chain-fast-for…
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/join-the-chain-fast-for-palestinian-family-reunification-canada-must-evacuate-loved-ones-from-gaza/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250901T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250901T150000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094850
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SUMMARY:Palestine solidarity contingent at the Labour Day Parade
DESCRIPTION:📣 Join the Palestine solidarity contingent at the Labour Day Parade this year to reaffirm that JUSTICE FOR PALESTINE IS A LABOUR ISSUE.📣 \nThe Palestine contingent was the largest contingent last year. Let’s make it even bigger! \nThrough our unions – and with our community allies – workers have the collective power to demand justice for Palestinians and end Canada’s complicity with Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its occupation of Palestinian lands. \nJoin Labour for Palestine and our allies to march for an end to Israel’s genocide; a comprehensive arms embargo; Boycott\, Divestment and Sanctions; an end to Israel’s occupation and a free Palestine! \nBring your banners\, signs\, union flags & noisemakers and ensure that they incorporate Mayor Mark Sutcliffe’s attendance and the harm that he has caused to our communities and allied communities. \nDATE: Monday\, September 1st 2025\nTIME: 12pm (noon sharp)\nPLACE: Behind Ottawa City Hall (110 Laurier Ave) and marching to McNabb Park. \n—— \n📣Joignez-vous au contingent de solidarité avec la Palestine lors du défilé de la fête du Travail cette année pour réaffirmer que LA JUSTICE POUR LA PALESTINE EST UNE QUESTION SYNDICALE. 📣 \nGrâce à nos syndicats – et à nos alliés communautaires – les travailleuses et travailleurs ont le pouvoir collectif d’exiger justice pour les Palestinien.ne.s et de mettre fin à la complicité du Canada avec le génocide perpétré par Israël à Gaza et son occupation des territoires palestiniens. \nJoignez-vous avec les travailleuses et travailleurs pour la Palestine (Labour for Palestine) et à nos allié.e.s pour manifester en faveur de la fin du génocide perpétré par Israël\, pour un embargo complet sur les armes\, un boycottage\, un désinvestissement et des sanctions\, pour la fin de l’occupation israélienne et pour une Palestine libre! \nApportez vos banderoles\, pancartes\, drapeaux syndicaux et faiseurs de bruit\, et veillez à ce qu’ils mentionnent la présence du maire Mark Sutcliffe et le tort qu’il a causé à nos communautés et à nos communautés alliées. \nDATE : Le lundi 1er septembre 2025\nHEURE : 12 h (midi pile)\nLIEU : En arrière de l’Hôtel de Ville d’Ottawa (110\, avenue Laurier) et marche jusqu’au parc McNabb.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/palestine-solidarity-contingent-at-the-labour-day-parade/
LOCATION:Ottawa City Hall\, 110 Laurier\, Ottawa
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250903T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250903T130000
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SUMMARY:See Their Faces\, Hear Their Names: Urgently Evacuate Canadian Palestinians' Loved Ones from Gaza
DESCRIPTION:Please join our weekly vigil to reunite Palestinian Canadians with their loved ones from Gaza on Wednesday\, September 3 from 11 am to 1 pm (we meet every Wednesday at this same time) at 300 Slater (at Kent)\, the Ottawa offices of Immigration\, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. \nCanada must immediately open an emergency humanitarian corridor to urgently evacuate all program applicants to prevent further death and physical and psychological harm to those who\, by all rights\, should have been in Canada with their families long ago. \nAs the apartheid regime threatens a complete takeover of Gaza\, it is more important than ever that our voices are heard. \nEvery week\, we bring family images and stories to the headquarters of a bureaucracy that fails to respect the life and death consequences of its failures in the Gaza Temporary Visa program. \nSince the Gaza Temporary Visa program was implemented in January 2024\, Canada has assisted in the evacuation of fewer than 2% of program applicants\, an astounding number considering the daily risk of being blown to bits or suffering the slow death of starvation. \nDuring the final weekend in July\, Canada reportedly evacuated 11 Canadian citizens from Gaza. This contradicts their stated position that they are powerless to get families across the border. \nRight now\, Canada is insisting no one can leave without biometrics (fingerprints and photographs). This violates Canada’s own very specific program guidelines: “Given the situation we understand that you won’t be able to give your biometrics or complete a full admissibility check until you’ve left Gaza. If your application passes a preliminary eligibility and admissibility assessment we’ll forward your name to the local authorities to facilitate your exit from Gaza through the Rafah border crossing.” \nCanada already has photographs because all applicants sent copies of their passports. In addition\, since Israeli apartheid occupation authorities have a registry of all Palestinians in Gaza\, they would be the first to say no to the exit of anyone they felt posed some theoretical threat. But Canada is not even willing to take the word of its Israeli allies on this matter. \nInstead\, it is assuming\, based on anti-Palestinian racism\, that all Palestinians are a threat until they prove otherwise. That includes starving children\, grandmothers\, school teachers\, health care workers\, farmers\, gravely injured and ill program applicants. \nThe Canadian government’s assumption of guilt mirrors (indeed\, goes far beyond) the Obama assassination-by-drone policy which\, as reported in 2012\, “in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants … unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent.” \nCanada can shed as many tears as it likes over the losses of hundreds of program applicants who would be here safe with their families were it not for wrongfully treating every Palestinian as a supposed threat. But that is no consolation for those traumatized for life by these immeasurable losses. It must take action. \nThe only Palestinians who have made it to Canada (861 as of July 1\, 2025) made it out on their own by exhausting life savings to pay border bribes to escape before the closure and demolition of Rafah. In the same 540-day period under the Ukraine program\, over 650\,000 visas had been approved and 186\,454 arrived in Canada. In the first year of the program\, over 8\,000 Israelis were granted visas to come to Canada.\nClearly\, Canada has the capacity to process applications in the same time period it did for Ukrainians (average 14-day turnaround)\, and it also has the ability to facilitate evacuations.\nThe fact that it has not done so is not a matter of organizational ability or staff resources. Rather it is rooted in systemic anti-Palestinian racism\, and the ludicrous racial profiling presumption of guilt that every Palestinian in Gaza is a risk until proven otherwise. \nIn the meantime\, far too many loved ones have been killed waiting for Canada\, a shameful reflection of another bleak period in our history when Jews fleeing a genocide were turned away under a None is Too Many policy. \nPlease join us for this peaceful vigil every Wednesday organized by Ottawa Palestinians with loved ones in Gaza and the\nCanadian Palestinian Family Reunification Project of the Rural Refugee Rights Network. tasc@web.ca
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/see-their-faces-hear-their-names-urgently-evacuate-canadian-palestinians-loved-ones-from-gaza/
LOCATION:300 Slater Street.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250903T190000
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SUMMARY:one-night screening of A State of Passion
DESCRIPTION:oin us on Wednesday\, September 3rd\, at 6:30pm for a one-night screening of A State of Passion in collaboration with Forward Film Production\, Labour for Palestine Ottawa and Ottawa Healthcare Professionals for Palestine (OHCP4P). The film will be followed by a live Q&A with filmmaker Carol Mansour and Dr. Yipeng Ge!\n\nAfter 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s hospitals\, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon\, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah\, emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance. This was Ghassan’s sixth and most horrific Gaza “war”. Why does he do it? The answer lies simply in their shared passion: Palestine. \nFilmmakers Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi\, close friends of the Abu Sittahs\, waited anxiously for Ghassan to emerge from Gaza\, following a long and terrifying journey through the night\, to meet him in Amman. Determined to capture his raw emotions they began filming him the moment he arrived through the door. Following him to Beirut\, Amman\, London\, and Kuwait\, they and he explore their common State of Passion.\n \n\nDate: Wednesday\, September 3rd\nTime: Doors open 6:30PM\nLocation: First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa (30 Cleary Ave)\nPrice: $5 minimum donation (link below)\n \nTickets can be purchased here:\n\nhttps://www.simpletix.com/e/ottawa-movie-screening-a-state-of-passion-tickets-234057\n\n \nAll profits will be donated to The Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/one-night-screening-of-a-state-of-passion/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa\, 30 Cleary Ave\, Ottawa
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250904T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250904T203000
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SUMMARY:Break the Siege - Ottawa protest
DESCRIPTION:TTAWA – Join us on Thursday\, September 4th at 6pm at the Human Rights Monument to answer the call to mobilize from the Global Sumud Flotilla — a civilian-led initiative uniting over 44 countries to break the siege on Gaza. \nThe Global Sumud Flotilla brings together participants from around the world including doctors\, lawyers\, journalists\, and human rights activists on a mission to break israel’s illegal blockade and the siege of Gaza. The people of Gaza are being starved by israel\, and air drops are not nearly enough to provide them with the aid they need to survive. On September 4\, civilian ships are departing from North Africa to join the dozens of other ships already on their way\, united in their effort to break the siege. \nLet us take to the streets in numbers to show our solidarity with the flotilla on their way to Gaza and to demand an immediate two-way arms embargo\, as well as an end to Canadian government complicity.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/break-the-siege-ottawa-protest/
LOCATION:Human Rights Monument\, 220 Elgin Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250906
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250907
DTSTAMP:20260619T094851
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SUMMARY:BBT's Tenant Displacement Fundraiser Art Show!!
DESCRIPTION:The Bank Block Tenants are hosting an art show on the block before we are forcefully displaced from our homes. We are looking for local artists to participate in this event by donating original pieces or prints of their work. Proceeds from sales will go towards supporting our moving expenses and short-term needs as we look for new homes. The percentage of profits donated will be left to the discretion of each individual artist. \nThe Bank Block Art Show will take place the evening of Saturday\, September 6th in Centretown. This is short notice\, but thanks to the Landlord and Tenant Board\, we do not have the luxury of time on our hands. \nBank Block has a rich cultural history of being home to not only Wallack’s Art Supplies for nine decades (before they too were evicted) but of being known as an artist hub\, home to studios of several prominent Ottawa-based artists. To learn more about the history of Bank Block please check out Beyond the Facade: Tenant Impact Report. If you are not familiar with our struggle to preserve affordable housing and cultural heritage\, you can learn more by visiting our website or checking out our instagram page. \nPlease fill out the below form if you would like to participate in this event\, and we will be in touch! We hope to see you there. \nIf you have any questions\, please reach out to the Neighbourhood Organizing Centre\, OttawaNOC@gmail.com. They are helping us plan the logistics for this event!
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/bbts-tenant-displacement-fundraiser-art-show/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250906T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250906T190000
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SUMMARY:Roots & Resilience: A Gathering of Culture & Community
DESCRIPTION:Join us Saturday September 6th at 1 pm at Andrew Hayden Park for our community gathering – Roots & Resilience: A Gathering of Culture & Community. \nBring your own food\, propane BBQ\, chairs and picnic materials! It will be an afternoon of cultural affirmation with a tatreez circle\, screen printing\, ice breaker activities and a community discussion on this moment and our role in the diaspora. \nChickpeas will be present with delicious falafel to sell (while supplies last). \nTatreez Circle: Kits will be available for a minimum donation of $5 or bring your own! \nScreen-printing: Bring your own shirt to customize for a minimum donation of 5$. Plain shirts will be available for purchase to customize for $10.\nAll day Tatreez & Screen Printing starting at 2PM while supplies last. Community Discussion at 5PM. \nDATE: Saturday Sept 6\nTIME 1-7PM\nPLACE: Andrew Haydon Park – Picnic Site Area
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/roots-resilience-a-gathering-of-culture-community/
LOCATION:Andrew Haydon Park\, Carling Avenue at Holly Acres Road.\, Ottawa\, ON
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250906T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250907T020000
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SUMMARY:Laylit 7-Year Anniversary Tour
DESCRIPTION:Laylit\, the acclaimed platform and collective celebrating music and artists from the Arab and SWANA (South West Asia and North Africa) region and its diaspora\, is bringing its seventh anniversary tour to Club SAW in Ottawa on Saturday\, September 6\, 2025\, presented in partnership with Debaser. \nThe anniversary stop will feature an electrifying lineup: New York City-based Arianna Danae\, Ottawa’s own DJ Zraa\, and Laylit resident DJs Nadim Maghzal and MNSA. Together\, they will deliver a vibrant dance party that pushes musical boundaries while fostering community connection. \n19+ / licensed \nClub SAW is a wheelchair accessible space. The indoor venue is accessible by a ramp from street level\, the doors are automatic\, and bathrooms are wheelchair accessible (including adult-sized change tables). Bathrooms are also gender neutral. \nFree harm reduction supplies\, including masks and earplugs\, are available at the box office while supplies last.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/laylit-7-year-anniversary-tour/
LOCATION:Club SAW\, 67 Nicholas St\, Ottawa\, K1N 7B9
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ORGANIZER;CN="Debaser":MAILTO:hello@debaser.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250907T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250907T170000
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SUMMARY:Solidarity Social - Palestine Solidarity Ottawa Centre
DESCRIPTION:We would like to invite you to our fall solidarity social\, happening Sunday\, September 7th at Brewer Park\, 100 Brewer Way\, (near Carleton University) from 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm. We will be at the picnic tables at the Brewer Park playground – please look for the Palestinian flags. This will be a space to get to know people who are actively working towards a Free Palestine. \nWe encourage you to bring your tatreez and embroidery projects\, and art supplies will be available. We recommend that you bring your own blanket and if you can\, please feel free to bring a snack or a refreshment to share. \nBrewer Park is located just off of Bronson Ave\, and is accessible for mobility devices and strollers. There is parking on site\, and is on the OC transpo number 7 and 10 routes and O-train Line 2. \nPlease find the accessibility and COVID-19 information below: \n\nThe park is on one level\, and there are no steps between the grass and the concrete areas where tables are located.\nThe bathrooms have automatic doors and stalls designed for those using mobility devices.\nThe playground includes activities suitable for various bodies and abilities.\nThere are accessible parking spots.\nTo reduce the risk of airborne infections (including COVID-19) in crowded outdoor settings\, we require masks to be worn around the food tables. Masks are optional in other areas where there is more airflow and individuals are spaced out.\nMasks (surgical and respirators) are acceptable for this outdoor setting and will be provided for free on-site.\nWe ask that attendees avoid wearing scented products to this event.\nFood will be labelled with common allergens.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/solidarity-social-palestine-solidarity-ottawa-centre/
LOCATION:100 Brewer Way\, Ottawa\, ON K1S 5T1\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250909T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250909T203000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094851
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SUMMARY:Grief and Political Identity
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Queer Community Deathcare\nFacilitated by Vistoria Rutledge \nDrawing from her own intersectional identity and spiritual evolution\, Victoria is thrilled to guide us through an exploration of our bodies and minds as we discuss what roles we have to play in our unfolding future. \nPrepare to move just a bit\, think critically\, sow hope\, and acknowledge the grief of living in this world while dreaming into the futures we desire! \nVictoria Rutledge is a tenured yoga teacher and certified death doula\, with experience leading group processing sessions\, leading workshops and retreats\, and hospice volunteering. Passionate about self inquiry and creating an equitable and just world for all people\, she finds purpose in creating spaces to hold the vastness of the human experience. \nThis is a facilitated drop-in 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.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/grief-and-political-identity/
LOCATION:Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="Queer Community Deathcare":MAILTO:queercommunitydeathcare@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250910T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250910T130000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094851
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SUMMARY:Palestinian Family Reunification NOW! Vigil for Canada to Issue Visas for All Gaza Applicants
DESCRIPTION:Please join our weekly vigil to reunite Palestinian Canadians with their loved ones from Gaza on Wednesday\, September 10 from 11 am to 1 pm (we meet every Wednesday at this same time) at 300 Slater (at Kent)\, the Ottawa offices of Immigration\, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. \nCanada must immediately open an emergency humanitarian corridor to urgently evacuate all program applicants to prevent further death and physical and psychological harm to those who\, by all rights\, should have been in Canada with their families long ago. One of those applicants is Ahmed\, who has been separated from his family (including son Mohammed and daughter Sujoud\, shown in the picture above) since April 2024. \nAs the apartheid regime threatens a complete takeover of Gaza\, it is more important than ever that our voices are heard. \nEvery week\, we bring family images and stories to the headquarters of a bureaucracy that fails to respect the life and death consequences of its failures in the Gaza Temporary Visa program. \nSince the Gaza Temporary Visa program was implemented in January 2024\, Canada has assisted in the evacuation of fewer than 2% of program applicants\, an astounding number considering the daily risk of being blown to bits or suffering the slow death of starvation. \nDuring the final weekend in July\, Canada reportedly evacuated 11 Canadian citizens from Gaza. This contradicts their stated position that they are powerless to get families across the border. \nRight now\, Canada is insisting no one can leave without biometrics (fingerprints and photographs). This violates Canada’s own very specific program guidelines: “Given the situation we understand that you won’t be able to give your biometrics or complete a full admissibility check until you’ve left Gaza. If your application passes a preliminary eligibility and admissibility assessment we’ll forward your name to the local authorities to facilitate your exit from Gaza through the Rafah border crossing.” \nCanada already has photographs because all applicants sent copies of their passports. In addition\, since Israeli apartheid occupation authorities have a registry of all Palestinians in Gaza\, they would be the first to say no to the exit of anyone they felt posed some theoretical threat. But Canada is not even willing to take the word of its Israeli allies on this matter. \nInstead\, it is assuming\, based on anti-Palestinian racism\, that all Palestinians are a threat until they prove otherwise. That includes starving children\, grandmothers\, school teachers\, health care workers\, farmers\, gravely injured and ill program applicants. \nThe Canadian government’s assumption of guilt mirrors (indeed\, goes far beyond) the Obama assassination-by-drone policy which\, as reported in 2012\, “in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants … unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent.” \nCanada can shed as many tears as it likes over the losses of hundreds of program applicants who would be here safe with their families were it not for wrongfully treating every Palestinian as a supposed threat. But that is no consolation for those traumatized for life by these immeasurable losses. It must take action. \nThe only Palestinians who have made it to Canada (861 as of July 1\, 2025) made it out on their own by exhausting life savings to pay border bribes to escape before the closure and demolition of Rafah. In the same 540-day period under the Ukraine program\, over 650\,000 visas had been approved and 186\,454 arrived in Canada. In the first year of the program\, over 8\,000 Israelis were granted visas to come to Canada. \nClearly\, Canada has the capacity to process applications in the same time period it did for Ukrainians (average 14-day turnaround)\, and it also has the ability to facilitate evacuations. \nThe fact that it has not done so is not a matter of organizational ability or staff resources. Rather it is rooted in systemic anti-Palestinian racism\, and the ludicrous racial profiling presumption of guilt that every Palestinian in Gaza is a risk until proven otherwise. \nIn the meantime\, far too many loved ones have been killed waiting for Canada\, a shameful reflection of another bleak period in our history when Jews fleeing a genocide were turned away under a None is Too Many policy. \nPlease join us for this peaceful vigil every Wednesday organized by Ottawa Palestinians with loved ones in Gaza and the Canadian Palestinian Family Reunification Project of the Rural Refugee Rights Network. tasc@web.ca
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/palestinian-family-reunification-now-vigil-for-canada-to-issue-visas-for-all-gaza-applicants/
LOCATION:300 Slater Street.
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ORGANIZER;CN="Canadian Palestinian Family Reunification Project.":MAILTO:tasc@web.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250911T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250911T203000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094851
CREATED:20250830T231336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250830T233212Z
UID:10469-1757617200-1757622600@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Policing "Hate"\, the Rhythms of Repression and the threat to Civil Liberties (Myron Rusk Lecture offered by Lesley Wood)
DESCRIPTION:The Jean Teron Green Room at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers or online \nThe policing of the Palestine solidarity movement in Toronto since October 8 2023 reveals how a narrative of “challenging hate” can be used to legitimize a dangerous crackdown on civil liberties. As an engaged scholar\, I will argue that to understand how this has happened\, one must take history and temporality seriously; with its narratives\, institutional dynamics and emotional dimensions. \nLesley Wood is a Professor of Sociology at York University who studies social movements and protest policing. In November 2023\, she was arrested as one of the” Indigo 11″ and accused of putting paint and posters on an Indigo bookstore. The posters condemned Indigo’s CEO for her funding of the HESEG Foundation\, which provides scholarships to ‘lone soldiers’\, non-Israelis who volunteer to serve in Israel’s Defence Forces. Her charges have now been withdrawn. \nTo register\, please see the  webpage
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/policing-hate-the-rhythms-of-repression-and-the-threat-to-civil-liberties-myron-rusk-lecture-offered-by-lesley-wood/
LOCATION:Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre\, 290 Lisgar Street\, Ottawa
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250912T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250912T193000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094852
CREATED:20250830T224213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250830T224213Z
UID:10443-1757700000-1757705400@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Draw The Line O.G. - The "Get Ready" Ride (Critical Mass Bike Ride)
DESCRIPTION:The Ottawa-Gatineau DRAW THE LINE mass bike ride/action will be on Friday September 19th in the early evening\, in advance of the DRAW THE LINE rally and march on September 20th. \nTo continue the build up and preparations\, we are holding a final ‘Get Ready’ ride one week before: meet 6pm Friday September 12th at Confederation Park. \nThis will be a Critical Mass style ride; part of preparing is to ensure more people are ‘Critical Mass literate’ – and the best way is by experience. Some of the principles: We don’t have a pre-planned route\, it is up to the people at the front where we go\, and we rotate who is at the front at different times during the ride. The ‘red light’ intersection approach depends on how many people are riding. And remember: “We aren’t blocking traffic\, we are traffic!” \nAt the August 29 ride\, we decided to have everyone wear red for September 12’s ride\, to add a dimension to how we appear to drivers etc. So please do that if you can. \nAlso\, please let us know in advance if you’ll be there with panniers on your bike\, or with a cargo/passenger bike\, or other ways to potentially carry signage: fridaysfutureottawa@gmail.com – we want to work on that aspect of the riding. \nWe are hoping we can make September 19th a big ride!\nPart of it is a distributed approach to promo: see the folder here http://tinyurl.com/s19bikepromo with posters\, social media graphics\, and email text\, to use to help spread the word! \nWe could have hundreds of us on bikes taking back the streets on September 19th\, and thousands marching in the streets September 20th\, but it depends on how well we make sure other people other know that’s what we’re doing. \nSolidarité! \nFull background info and further details on the FridaysForFutureOttawa.org website. \n*If it ends up raining right around 6pm\, the meeting location for the ride shifts across the street to under the awnings at City Hall’s entrance.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/draw-the-line-o-g-the-get-ready-ride-critical-mass-bike-ride/
LOCATION:Confederation Park\, Elgin and Laurier\, Ottawa
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250913T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250913T153000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094852
CREATED:20250804T121715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250804T121854Z
UID:9910-1757754000-1757777400@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Ottawa Run for Palestine 2k\, 5k\, 10k: 10th Annual Charity Walk/Run
DESCRIPTION:Get ready to lace up your running shoes and make a difference at this year’s electrifying 10 th annual charity 2K Walk\, 5K/10K RUN @ Ottawa Run For Palestine 2025! \nWhether you’re a seasoned runner or just love a good challenge\, it’s time to rally your friends\, family\, and colleagues to join forces and create a powerhouse team that’s ready to conquer the track and support a worthy cause. \nThis race isn’t just about crossing the finish line—it’s about coming together as a community to raise vital funds and awareness for a cause close to our hearts. With every step you take\, you’ll be making a tangible impact on the lives of those in need. All proceeds will be going through Islamic Relief’s food and health emergency project in Gaza. \nYou don’t run? No problem! We have something for everyone. You can join our 2km walk\, join for the warm-up\, or just show-up to take-in all the vibes! \nWhat are you waiting for? Gather your squad\, ignite your passion for philanthropy\, and let’s hit the ground running at Run For Palestine 2024! Together\, we can turn miles into meaningful moments and make a lasting difference. Sign up now and be part of something truly extraordinary! \nGet your running shoes ready and bring on your beautiful smiles\, we are running rain or shine! 9 am- 11:30 am onsite registration11:30 am- 1:00 pm run1:30 pm- 3:30 pm Medal Awarding and Fundraising and Socializing. \nRegister @ http://ottawarunforpalestine.com/register \nOttawarunforpalestine.com \nhttps://fundraise.islamicreliefcanada.org/…/ottawa-run… Ottawa Run For Palestine | Crowdfunding
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/ottawa-run-for-palestine-2k-5k-10k-10th-annual-charity-walk-run/
LOCATION:Hog’s Back Park\, 600 Hog's Back Road\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1V1H8\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250914T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250914T170000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094852
CREATED:20250823T211203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250823T211203Z
UID:10144-1757854800-1757869200@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Art Build
DESCRIPTION:ART AS ACTIVISM!We have a lot of Banners and posters to make for the 2025 Ottawa-Gatineau DRAW THE LINE MarchPlease join us on Sunday\, September 14 from 1-5pm at St Peter’s Lutheran Church at 400 Sparks StreetSchedule1-130pm – set up130-4pm – painting banners & posters4-5pm – clean up and drying time for art_______________________________________________________________And just a reminder that the DRAW THE LINE March will be Saturday\, September 20!\n JOIN US FOR THE 2025 OTTAWA-GATINEAU DRAW THE LINE MARCH  Date: Saturday\, September 20\, 2025 Ottawa Contingent Meeting Point: Corner of Elgin & Wellington Gatineau Contingent Meeting Point: Maison du Citoyen\nWe’re drawing the line — for People. For Peace. For the Planet.The 2025 Ottawa-Gatineau DRAW THE LINE March is part of a global mobilization and national day of action to stand united for justice in every part of our lives. This movement goes beyond climate — we stand together with Indigenous\, migrant\, economic\, racial\, and anti-war movements building a better future by: Building a renewable future Upholding Indigenous sovereignty Fighting for migrant justice Standing up for peace and democracy Investing in people and public services\n Join the CoalitionThis March is being organized by a growing coalition of dedicated organizations working in solidarity. We invite your organization to join us as: a Coalition Member-actively involved in strategy\, planning\, and joint actions as formal core partners; a Supporter-offering strong backing through resources\, influence\, or platforms but not engaged in day-to-day organizing; or an Endorser-publicly supporting the cause with no ongoing involvement. If If interested\, please fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/dpoGTnGPonLxTG5X6\n\n Get Involved – HOW TO PLUG IN to help with Mobilization and/or Organization: https://docs.google.com/…/1JPXxIkGnTwu0Bc7KW2SO…/edit…\n\n Bring your community March with us to demand bold action\n\n Follow us & stay updated on our socials: https://linktr.ee/fffottawa\n Sign up for email updates: https://www.fridaysforfutureottawa.org/get-involved/\n Visit this event page and our webpage for updates coming very soon! https://www.fridaysforfutureottawa.org/\n Reach out: fridaysfutureottawa@gmail.com\n\n#DrawTheLine#OttawaMarch2025#PeoplePeacePlanet
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/art-build/
LOCATION:St Peter’s Lutheran Church\, 400 Sparks Street\, Ottawa\, ON\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250914T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250914T203000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094852
CREATED:20250809T002612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250809T002612Z
UID:9956-1757876400-1757881800@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Stalinism and Maoism versus Socialism from Below – a four-part study group based on Red Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future of the Left\, by David Camfield\, Fernwood Books 2025
DESCRIPTION:Stalinism and Maoism versus Socialism from Below – a four-part study group based on Red Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future of the Left\, by David Camfield\, Fernwood Books 2025 \nPLEASE NOTE THE NEW DATES: Now starts Sunday September 14 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm\nFree \nIncreasingly\, people are responding to the contemporary crises of capitalism by exploring the politics of communism. Some have taken a sympathetic\, even nostalgic\, view of “actually existing socialist” (AES) societies past and present\, including the USSR\, China\, and Cuba\, and the Marxist-Leninist political tradition associated with them. They see these states as a powerful alternative to capitalism\, governed by parties genuinely committed to socialism and staunchly resisting Western imperialism. But were these societies really in transition towards a classless\, stateless society of freedom — the original communist goal? Is Marxism-Leninism the political approach that should orient people on the left now? Are there alternative traditions of communism?\nRed Flags traces the path from the 1917 Russian Revolution to the construction of the world’s first AES society: the USSR. It also looks at the post-revolution societies created along the same lines in China and Cuba. Using the intellectual tools of historical materialism\, Red Flags argues that they were not in fact moving towards communism because the social relations remained fixed in class exploitation. The workers were never liberated.\nAt a time of burgeoning anti-communism from both conservatives and liberals\, this book is an accessible\, vibrant synthesis of the history of communism that draws on the latest research to develop a rigorous analysis of the contradictions and uneasy truths the left needs to confront if it is to build a genuinely liberatory alternative to capitalism.\nFirst session: The Russian revolution and the Stalinist Counter-revolution (Sunday\, Sept. 14)\n• Chapters 1-3\nSecond session: Stalinism adapted: China and Cuba (Sunday\, Sept. 28)\n• Chapters 4-6\nThird session: Marxism-Leninism today versus Socialism from Below (Sunday\, Oct. 12)\n• Chapters 7 -9\nFourth session: Questions and answers with the author\, David Camfield (Sunday\, Oct. 26)\n• Zoom session\, no additional reading required\nDetails: This in-person study group will meet in downtown Ottawa every second Sunday at 7 pm\, starting on September 14th. The final session (October 26th) will be a zoom discussion with the author. Each session is expected to last about 90 minutes. The venue for the in-person sessions is still to be determined.\nBook: Red Flags is currently available in Ottawa at Octopus Books and Perfect Books. It is also available for purchase online.\nFor more information or to sign-up: Send an email to brianmcdougall25@gmail.com\nOrganizers: This study group is being organized by Ottawa supporters of the Tempest Collective\, an American-Canadian revolutionary socialist group. For more information about the Tempest Collective see: https://tempestmag.org
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/stalinism-and-maoism-versus-socialism-from-below-a-four-part-study-group-based-on-red-flags-a-reckoning-with-communism-for-the-future-of-the-left-by-david-camfield-fernwood-books-2025-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250916T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250916T150000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094852
CREATED:20250905T182841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250905T182841Z
UID:10779-1758020400-1758034800@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Ontario Day of Action - Double ODSP/OW!
DESCRIPTION:End Legislated Poverty: Raise ODSP & OW!\nJoin ACORN members for the Ontario Day of Action on Tuesday\, September 16th to demand that the Ford government raise social assistance rates and end legislated poverty.\n People on Ontario Works (OW) receive just $733/month. A single person on the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) can receive a max of $1\,368/month.\nThat’s up to 60% below the poverty line – SHAME!\nThis is unacceptable. ACORN is fighting for:\n Doubling ODSP/OW rates Indexing rates to inflation permanently Matching housing allowance to market rent by city Ending spousal income and benefits clawbacks Stopping the Province’s harmful “New Vision” for social assistance\n Come stand with tenants\, people with disabilities\, and low-income Ontarians to demand dignity\, housing\, and justice. Together we can win!\nContact your local ACORN office for more info or send an email to ontario@acorncanada.org.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/ontario-day-of-action-double-odsp-ow/
LOCATION:OW Office\, 2020 Walkley Rd\, Ottawa\, ON\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ottawa ACORN":MAILTO:ottawa@acorncanada.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250916T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250916T140000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094852
CREATED:20250905T181135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250905T181152Z
UID:10770-1758024000-1758031200@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:End Unpaid Work
DESCRIPTION:Flight attendants keep passengers safe every time they fly\, but airlines don’t pay them for critical duties like helping passengers board\, completing pre-flight safety checks\, deplaning\, or waiting out delays. \nThat means flight attendants are working nearly a full week for free every month. Enough is enough. \nJoin flight attendants and allies heading to Parliament Hill in Ottawa to demand an end to unpaid work. \nMore information and take action here!
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/end-unpaid-work/
LOCATION:Parliament Hill\, Wellington Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1A 0A9\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250917T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250917T130000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094852
CREATED:20250912T183008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250912T183008Z
UID:11272-1758106800-1758114000@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Families Cannot Wait\, Evacuate! Ottawa Vigil Demands: Bring Palestinian Families from Gaza to Canada
DESCRIPTION:Please join our weekly vigil to reunite Palestinian Canadians with their loved ones from Gaza on Wednesday\, September 17 from 11 am to 1 pm (we meet every Wednesday at this same time) at 300 Slater (at Kent)\, the Ottawa offices of Immigration\, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. \nCanada must immediately open an emergency humanitarian corridor to urgently evacuate all program applicants to prevent further death and physical and psychological harm to those who\, by all rights\, should have been in Canada with their families long ago. One of those families is Noor\, a brilliant engineering teacher\, her husband Abdullah\, and their baby Sarah\, who suffers from a painful skin diseases that keeps her up crying all night in agony. All or their family is in Ottawa. Why won’t Canada evacuate Noor\, her husband\, and baby girl? \nAs the apartheid regime seeks to obliterate Gaza City with yet another illegal forced removal\, and no place in safe in Gaza with daily slaughters and deaths from an imposed starvation\, it is more important than ever that our voices are heard. \nEvery week\, we bring family images and stories to the headquarters of a bureaucracy that fails to respect the life and death consequences of its failures in the Gaza Temporary Visa program. \nSince the Gaza Temporary Visa program was implemented in January 2024\, Canada has assisted in the evacuation of fewer than 2% of program applicants\, an astounding number considering the daily risk of being blown to bits or suffering the slow death of starvation. \nDuring the final weekend in July\, Canada reportedly evacuated 11 Canadian citizens from Gaza. This contradicts their stated position that they are powerless to get families across the border. \nRight now\, Canada is insisting no one can leave without biometrics (fingerprints and photographs). This violates Canada’s own very specific program guidelines: “Given the situation we understand that you won’t be able to give your biometrics or complete a full admissibility check until you’ve left Gaza. If your application passes a preliminary eligibility and admissibility assessment we’ll forward your name to the local authorities to facilitate your exit from Gaza through the Rafah border crossing.” \nCanada already has photographs because all applicants sent copies of their passports. In addition\, since Israeli apartheid occupation authorities have a registry of all Palestinians in Gaza\, they would be the first to say no to the exit of anyone they felt posed some theoretical threat. But Canada is not even willing to take the word of its Israeli allies on this matter. \nInstead\, it is assuming\, based on anti-Palestinian racism\, that all Palestinians are a threat until they prove otherwise. That includes starving children\, grandmothers\, school teachers\, health care workers\, farmers\, gravely injured and ill program applicants. \nThe Canadian government’s assumption of guilt mirrors (indeed\, goes far beyond) the Obama assassination-by-drone policy which\, as reported in 2012\, “in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants … unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent.”\nCanada can shed as many tears as it likes over the losses of hundreds of program applicants who would be here safe with their families were it not for wrongfully treating every Palestinian as a supposed threat. But that is no consolation for those traumatized for life by these immeasurable losses. It must take action. \nThe only Palestinians who have made it to Canada (861 as of July 1\, 2025) made it out on their own by exhausting life savings to pay border bribes to escape before the closure and demolition of Rafah. In the same 540-day period under the Ukraine program\, over 650\,000 visas had been approved and 186\,454 arrived in Canada. In the first year of the program\, over 8\,000 Israelis were granted visas to come to Canada. \nClearly\, Canada has the capacity to process applications in the same time period it did for Ukrainians (average 14-day turnaround)\, and it also has the ability to facilitate evacuations. \nThe fact that it has not done so is not a matter of organizational ability or staff resources. Rather it is rooted in systemic anti-Palestinian racism\, and the ludicrous racial profiling presumption of guilt that every Palestinian in Gaza is a risk until proven otherwise. \nIn the meantime\, far too many loved ones have been killed waiting for Canada\, a shameful reflection of another bleak period in our history when Jews fleeing a genocide were turned away under a None is Too Many policy. \nPlease join us for this peaceful vigil every Wednesday organized by Ottawa Palestinians with loved ones in Gaza and the Canadian Palestinian Family Reunification Project of the Rural Refugee Rights Network. tasc@web.ca
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/families-cannot-wait-evacuate-ottawa-vigil-demands-bring-palestinian-families-from-gaza-to-canada/
LOCATION:300 Slater Street.
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ORGANIZER;CN="Canadian Palestinian Family Reunification Project.":MAILTO:tasc@web.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250917T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250917T200000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094852
CREATED:20250912T182734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250912T182734Z
UID:10999-1758130200-1758139200@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:From Palestine to the Philippines - Free All Political Prisoners (Education and Letter Writing)
DESCRIPTION:Please join Students for Justice in Palestine – Carleton\, the Ontario Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines\, the Carleton University Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines\, and CUPE4600 for their second educational and letter writing event to demonstrate solidarity with these heroic political prisoners in their time of need. \nWriting supplies\, snacks\, and refreshments will be offered!
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/from-palestine-to-the-philippines-free-all-political-prisoners-education-and-letter-writing/
LOCATION:4040 Nicol Building\, Carleton University\, 1125 Colonel By Drive\, Ottawa\, K1S5B6
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ORGANIZER;CN="Students for Justice in Palestine Carleton University":MAILTO:sjpcarleton@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250917T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250917T210000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094853
CREATED:20250905T180019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250905T180019Z
UID:10525-1758132000-1758142800@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Stim Toy Creation with Be Gay Do Art\, featuring Wheelie Productions & ANLFO
DESCRIPTION:Are you 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️+?\nAre you creative? \nThen join us to Be Gay & Do Art! \nThis month\, in honor of International Day of the Stim\, Be Gay & Do Art\, is excited to collaborate with the Autistic and Neurodivergent Liberation Front of Ottawa to make DIY Stim Toys! \nBGDA is an all ages drop-in program\, so feel free to come and go as needed! \n🎨🎨🎨 \n📅 Wednesday\, September 17th\n⏰️ 6:00 – 9:00 PM\n📍Kind Space (400 Cooper St.) \n🎉🎉🎉 \nAlongside the materials for the DIY Stim Toys\, we will have other donated art supplies for folks to use\, including collage supplies\, jewelry making\, painting\, and more! \nWe also encourage folks to bring extra supplies they’d be willing to share (or donate) for those who might want to learn a new art form or try out a new medium! \n♿️♿️♿️ \nWheelie Productions is committed to accessibility & disability justice. If you require any extra support to attend this event\, please reach out. \nAs part of this commitment\, we will be requiring masks for those attending. We ask that all attendees wear a high-quality mask/respirator (KN95 or better) to increase the safety of our space. We will have extra KN95 & N95 masks available for anyone who needs one! \nTo maintain a masked space\, we will have a separate room with extra air purifiers for those who are eating/drinking (thus having to remove their masks!). \nMore Access Notes: \n☆ Kind Space has extra air purification throughout the space.\n☆ Kind Space is wheelchair accessible\, with an elevator to access the space and automatic doors!\n☆ There are both gendered\, stalled washrooms and accessible non-gendered washrooms.\n☆ Accessible by public transit (#11\, #6 & #7) with paid on street parking (subject to availability!)\n☆ Low/no-scent space\n☆ Quiet space available
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/stim-toy-creation-with-be-gay-do-art-featuring-wheelie-productions-anlfo/
LOCATION:Kind Space\, 400 Cooper St.\, suite 9001\, Ottawa\, ON\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Be Gay Do Art":MAILTO:wheelieproductions.yow@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250917T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250917T210000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094853
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SUMMARY:Challenging Power: Corporate Control\, Policing\, and the Price of Inequality
DESCRIPTION:Join authors and activists Sandy Hudson and Nora Loreto for a vital conversation on the forces shaping inequality and injustice in Canada today. \nDrawing from their latest books\, Defund: Black Lives\, Policing\, and Safety for All and Corporate Control: Canada in Decline\, Sandy and Nora will unpack the structural roots of economic disparity and state violence. From the outsized influence of corporate power over Canadian democracy to the urgent demand to reimagine public safety beyond policing\, this event will explore the deep interconnections between capitalism\, governance\, race\, and social control. \nDefund is a fiercely argued\, deeply informed examination of why defunding the police is the only way to support a model of security and protection that increases public safety overall Time and again we see police respond to minor calls with escalation\, wrongful arrests\, even murder. Reform programs are often poorly implemented and their impacts short-lived. Calls to “defund” the police have rung out across the nation\, yet the actual meaning of the phrase remains unclear. In Defund\, longtime activist and the founder of Black Lives Matter Canada\, Sandy Hudson\, elucidates what defunding the police actually means and why it matters\, by exploring today’s criminal landscape and the patterns and structures that result in safer\, well-resourced communities. \nIn Corporate Control\, Nora Loreto dives into the corporate web spun around Canada’s economy\, society\, and politics. Corporate profits are at a record high\, and the divide between the rich and the poor has never been wider. Canadians are struggling with affordability\, the housing crisis\, and wages that don’t cover basic needs. The combination of these forces is a pressure cooker that politicians have promised to tackle\, except they can’t: they are too restricted by corporate power to confront the roots of the problems Canadians face. \nSandy and Nora Talk Politics is one of Canada’s premier news analysis podcasts. With more than 8000 listeners per weekly episode\, Sandy and Nora have helped to influence how Canadians look at politics\, society\, the economy and social movements. \nThis event is free to attend. Books will be available to purchase from Octopus Books. Thank you to Spark Beer for hosting! Come early to grab a table and enjoy a delicious pizza & pint.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/challenging-power-corporate-control-policing-and-the-price-of-inequality/
LOCATION:Spark Beer\, 702 Somerset St W\, Ottawa
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ORGANIZER;CN="Octopus Books":MAILTO:octopus@octopusbooks.ca
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250922
DTSTAMP:20260619T094853
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SUMMARY:Asinabka Festival 14th Edition
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating Indigenous Arts in Algonquin TerritoryOttawa\, Canada • Sept. 18-21\, 2025@ Club SAW & Gallery 101\nHighlights:•.40+ Indigenous Films• Opening Night Outdoor Film Screenings• Art Gallery Crawl @ Gallery 101 & The Asinabka Office• Indigenous Music Showcase• Indigenous Craft Vendor Market• Filmmaker Q&A’s\, Artist Talks\, Industry Events\, and Free Events\nThe 14th annual Asinabka Festival is excited to present the best contemporary Indigenous film\, music\, and arts from Canada and around the world. The Festival takes place in person over 4 days and with 10 separate film programs\, including films in every genre\, as well as short films and feature films.\nThe FULL SCHEDULE & Tickets will be available on our website Soon!:asinabkafestival.org\nSee the following sites for accessibility and visitor information:https://artscourt.ca/visitor-info-enhttps://g101.ca/gallery101\nChi-Miigwech / Thank You to The Ontario Arts Council\, the Government of Ontario\, The City of Ottawa\, and The Shushkitew Collectivea for their funding and support. We’d also like to thank all of our festival partners including the Arts Court\, SAW\, DARC\, Gallery 101\, and Ottawa Festivals
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/asinabka-festival-14th-edition/
LOCATION:Club SAW\, 67 Nicholas St\, Ottawa\, K1N 7B9
ORGANIZER;CN="Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival":MAILTO:asinabkafestival@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250918T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250918T150000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094853
CREATED:20250912T182438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250912T182438Z
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SUMMARY:Demonstration to Abolish Anti-Black Racism
DESCRIPTION:Black People United for Change\, in partnership with organizations across Canada\, has come together to form a national coalition demanding urgent legislative change to combat anti-Black racism. \nOn Thursday\, September 18\, 2025\, at 1:00 PM on Parliament Hill in Ottawa\, we will unite our voices to call for justice\, accountability\, and systemic reform. \nOur coalition is focused on addressing the areas of legislation where anti-Black racism remains deeply entrenched and legally permissible: \nEmployment Equity – Current frameworks have failed to eliminate workplace discrimination\, dismantle systemic barriers to advancement\, or ensure equitable representation of Black workers in leadership positions. \nMental Health – Black Canadians face disproportionate barriers to culturally responsive care\, compounded by stigma and systemic neglect in healthcare and policy. \nEducation – From racial streaming to disproportionate discipline\, inequitable policies in Canadian schools continue to disadvantage Black students. \nThe Justice System – Over-policing\, racial profiling\, and disproportionate incarceration of Black Canadians persist due to gaps and inequities in current laws. \nTo advance this work\, Federal MP Gord Johns has sponsored our national petition\, which will be tabled in the House of Commons on September 15\, 2025. This petition reflects the voices of Black Canadians nationwide\, demanding that systemic anti-Black racism be addressed through meaningful legislative reform. \nWe are calling on community members\, allies\, and supporters to stand with us in unity on September 18th as we demonstrate our collective demand for change. Together\, we can ensure that Canada’s laws reflect justice\, equity\, and dignity for all. \nIf you would like to support this historic action\, please consider contributing to our campaign here:\nGoFundMe: Stand With Us – Help Bring Our Voices to Parliament Hill – https://gofund.me/9402adb72
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/demonstration-to-abolish-anti-black-racism/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250918T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250918T200000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094853
CREATED:20250823T211926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250823T211926Z
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SUMMARY:Take Back The Night 2025: Reclaim our power\, reclaim the night
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE✨🌘\nTake Back the Night is back on Thursday\, September 18\, 2025\, at 6 PM! \nTake Back the Night (TBTN) is an annual rally and march against sexual and gender-based violence. The community comes together to support survivors\, raise awareness\, and advocate for safer\, healthier communities. \nEvent Details:\n– Rally: Minto Park (102 Lewis St) at 6 PM\n– March: Begins at 6:45 PM through Downtown Ottawa\n– Accessibility: Accessible bus & ASL/LSQ interpreters provided \nEveryone is welcome to join us! \n#TBTN #TBTN2025 #Ottawa #OTTEevents #MintoPark #BelieveSurvivors #EndGBV \n———————————————————— \nRÉSERVEZ LA DATE✨🌘\nLa Rue la Nuit Les Femmes Sans Peur revient le jeudi 18 septembre 2025 à 18 h! \nLa Rue la Nuit Les Femmes Sans Peur (TBTN) est un rassemblement et une marche annuels contre la violence sexuelle et basée sur le genre. La communauté se réunit pour soutenir les survivantes\, sensibiliser et promouvoir des communautés plus sûres et en meilleure santé. \nDétails de l’événement :\n– Rassemblement : Parc Minto (102\, rue Lewis) à 18 h\n– Marche : Début à 18 h 45 à travers le centre-ville d’Ottawa\n– Accessibilité : Autobus accessible et interprètes ASL/LSQ disponibles \nTout le monde est lela bienvenue! \n#TBTN #TBTN2025 #Ottawa #OTTEevents #ParcMinto #CroireAuxSurvivant·e·s #MettreFinALaVBG
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/take-back-the-night-2025-reclaim-our-power-reclaim-the-night/
LOCATION:Minto Park\, 315 Elgin Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250918T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250918T203000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094853
CREATED:20250912T184306Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Bloodied Bodies\, Bloody Landscapes by Laura Hall
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Ottawa launch of Bloodied Bodies\, Bloody Landscapes with local author Laura Hall\, in conversation with fellow Carleton University prof Alexis Shotwell!\n\nBloodied Bodies\, Bloody Landscapes traces connections between Indigenous representations\, gender\, and sexuality within iconic horror classics like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th. The savage killer\, the romantic and doomed Indian\, the feral “mad woman”—no trope or archetype escapes the shadowy influence of settler colonialism. In the end\, horror both disrupts and uncovers colonial violence—only to bury its victims once more.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30PM\, programming begins at 7PM. Books will be available for signing and purchase.\n\n“This is the book I’ve waited my whole movie-geek life for.” – Jesse Wente\n\n“A must read for anyone consuming horror media. Laura Hall masterfully dissects the ways in which settler-colonialism is at the core of sexism\, racism\, sanism\, and white supremacy\, and how we see those systems of oppression at work in historical and contemporary horror.” – Jessica Johns
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/book-launch-bloodied-bodies-bloody-landscapes-by-laura-hall/
LOCATION:Octopus Books\, 116 Third Ave\, Ottawa\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="Octopus Books":MAILTO:octopus@octopusbooks.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250919T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250919T180000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094854
CREATED:20250905T183214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250905T183611Z
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SUMMARY:Draw The Line Mass Bike Ride
DESCRIPTION:Ottawa–Gatineau DRAW THE LINE Mass Bike Ride \nAs we build momentum toward the Ottawa–Gatineau DRAW THE LINE March on Saturday\, September 20\, 2025\, join us for a special Critical Mass bike ride!\n Friday\, September 19 — 6:00 PM “Draw The Line Mass Bike Ride” – the ride is in support of the Draw The line Mobilization.\n Starting Point: Fountain at Confederation Park (if it’s raining right at 6:00 PM\, meet across the street under the awnings at Ottawa City Hall).\nWhat to Expect – This is a Critical Mass style ride — meaning we don’t follow a pre-planned route. Instead: The people at the front decide where to go Riders rotate leading during the ride At intersections\, we adapt depending on our numbers Remember: “We aren’t blocking traffic\, we ARE traffic!”\nThe September 19 ride is where we go BIG — hundreds of us on bikes\, taking back the streets the night before thousands march through Ottawa and Gatineau.\nGet Involved Got panniers\, a cargo bike\, or another way to help carry signs? Email us at fridaysfutureottawa@gmail.com Help spread the word! Use our posters\, graphics\, and email text here: http://tinyurl.com/s19bikepromo Full background info: FridaysForFutureOttawa.org Let’s ride together for Climate Justice\, Indigenous Sovereignty\, Migrant Justice\, Peace\, and Strong Public Services.\nSolidarité!
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/draw-the-line-mass-bike-ride/
LOCATION:Confederation Park\, Elgin at Laurier\, across from City Hall\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1P 5J2\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250920T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250920T180000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094854
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SUMMARY:2025 Ottawa/Gatineau DRAW THE LINE March
DESCRIPTION:JOIN US FOR THE 2025 OTTAWA-GATINEAU DRAW THE LINE MARCH  Date: Saturday\, September 20\, 2025 Ottawa Contingent Meeting Point: Corner of Elgin & Wellington Gatineau Contingent Meeting Point: Maison du Citoyen\nWe’re drawing the line — for People. For Peace. For the Planet.The 2025 Ottawa-Gatineau DRAW THE LINE March is part of a global mobilization and national day of action to stand united for justice in every part of our lives. This movement goes beyond climate — we stand together with Indigenous\, migrant\, economic\, racial\, and anti-war movements building a better future by: Building a renewable future Upholding Indigenous sovereignty Fighting for migrant justice Standing up for peace and democracy Investing in people and public services\n Join the CoalitionThis March is being organized by a growing coalition of dedicated organizations working in solidarity. We invite your organization to join us as: a Coalition Member-actively involved in strategy\, planning\, and joint actions as formal core partners; a Supporter-offering strong backing through resources\, influence\, or platforms but not engaged in day-to-day organizing; or an Endorser-publicly supporting the cause with no ongoing involvement. If If interested\, please fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/dpoGTnGPonLxTG5X6\n\n Get Involved – HOW TO PLUG IN to help with Mobilization and/or Organization: https://docs.google.com/…/1JPXxIkGnTwu0Bc7KW2SO…/edit…\n\n Bring your community March with us to demand bold action\n\n Follow us & stay updated on our socials: https://linktr.ee/fffottawa\n Sign up for email updates: https://www.fridaysforfutureottawa.org/get-involved/\n Visit this event page and our webpage for updates coming very soon! https://www.fridaysforfutureottawa.org/\n Reach out: fridaysfutureottawa@gmail.com
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/draw-the-line/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250923T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250923T173000
DTSTAMP:20260619T094854
CREATED:20250912T184744Z
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SUMMARY:#PuebloXinkaDijoNo: Canada Must Respect Indigenous Self-Determination in Guatemala
DESCRIPTION:Faculty of Social Sciences\, uOttawa\, Room 5028\n\nTwo Xinka women leaders\, Marisol Guerra and Marta Muñoz\, will visit Ottawa to raise awareness about their struggle for self-determination and the health of their communities.\n\nThe Xinka Indigenous People of Guatemala have denied consent for the restart of Canadian Pan American Silver’s Escobal mine in southern Guatemala. They are now calling for its permanent closure. The company and Canadian authorities must respect their decision.\n\nSpeakers:\n-Marisol Guerra (Xinka delegate)-Marta Muñoz (Xinka delegate)-Karine Vanthuyne (FSS\, uOttawa)-Marie-Christine Doran (FSS\, uOttawa)\n\nJoin us in person to learn more and to support the efforts of Indigenous Xinka women to take their struggle for self-determination to Canada.\n\nEvent hosted by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Observatory on Violence\, Criminalization and Democracy at the University of Ottawa.\nIn partnership with:\nAmericas Policy Group coalition (APG)\nCanadian Network for Corporate Accountability (CNCA)\nComité pour les droits humains en Amérique latine (CDHAL)\nMiningWatch Canada\nInter Pares\nKairos\nInstitute of Political Economy\, Carleton University\nLatin American and Caribbean Studies at Carleton University
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/puebloxinkadijono-canada-must-respect-indigenous-self-determination-in-guatemala/
LOCATION:University of Ottawa\, 75 Laurier Ave East\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1N6N5\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="MiningWatch Canada":MAILTO:info@miningwatch.ca
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