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SUMMARY:SHIFT FILM FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:SHIFT Film Festival is a queer\, BIPOC\, and feminist-focused film festival in Ottawa that celebrates bold stories by women and gender non-conforming creators. Over two days at Arts Court\, the festival showcases short films\, documentaries\, and features\, alongside engaging panels\, live performances\, a mini market with local queer artists.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/shift-film-festival/
LOCATION:Arts Court Theatre\, 10 daly ave\, Ottawa\, K1N 7B9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film
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ORGANIZER;CN="Labia cinematica":MAILTO:info@labiacinematica.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260307T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260307T170000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T000136Z
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SUMMARY:Collaborative zine making night at the Ottawa Trans Library
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe zine workshop is a collaborative event to discuss\, share\, and work on zines together. \nCome 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. \nMasking 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.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/collaborative-zine-making-night-at-the-ottawa-trans-library-8/
LOCATION:Ottawa Trans Library\, 1104 Somerset St. West\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1Y 3C8\, Canada
ORGANIZER;CN="Ottawa Trans Library":MAILTO:info@ottawatranslibrary.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260307T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260307T190000
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SUMMARY:RISE II - A Community Singing Event
DESCRIPTION:RISE returns! Building on last year’s concert of protest songs\, this year’s program continues the call to action by challenging the expectations that hold us back while embracing the change needed to move forward. Urgent\, hopeful\, and powerful\, RISE blurs the line between stage and seats as we raise our voices together. \nThe concert will be approx. 75 mins with an intermission. \nThe venue is First Unitarian\, which is a wheelchair accessible space and has gender neutral single stall washrooms in addition to multiple stall gendered washrooms. Seating is cushioned wooden pews. The space is secular in nature. \nFree parking is available on site and there are nearby bus stops. Please note that\, while there is a lot of construction in the neighbourhood\, Cleary Ave is open. Please click here for details\, and allow yourself extra time arriving. \nTickets at this link. \nPlease contact manager@tonecluster.ca if you have any questions.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/rise-ii-a-community-singing-event/
LOCATION:First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa\, 30 Cleary Ave\, Ottawa
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ORGANIZER;CN="Tone Cluster - quite a queer choir":MAILTO:info@tonecluster.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260307T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260307T203000
DTSTAMP:20260302T121301Z
CREATED:20260222T230449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T121301Z
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SUMMARY:Sounds of Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:Come out on Saturday\, March 7 for a night of music\, food\, and solidarity at Parkdale United Church in Ottawa. \nSounds of Solidarity is an upcoming fundraiser show and dinner to support the important work of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP). ICHRP is a grassroots coalition of over 80 organizations around the world\, campaigning for human rights and a just and lasting peace in the Philippines. \nTickets are $15 online\, or $20 at the door. Please use the form below to indicate that you’ll be attending\, even if you choose to purchase at the door. \nDoors: 6:00pm / Program: 6:45pm – 8:30pm \nYou can register for the event at this link.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/sounds-of-solidarity/
LOCATION:Parkdale United Church\, 429 Parkdale Ave\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1Y1H3\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260308T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260308T160000
DTSTAMP:20260302T120559Z
CREATED:20260302T120559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T120559Z
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SUMMARY:Women Weaving Resistance
DESCRIPTION:Join us in making a Community Blanket on International Working Women’s Day. \nBring your own square (crochet\, sew\, or knit a 5x 5 inch square) / or make one at the event!\nWe will sew them together as a symbol of our connectedness and strength as a community. \nMigrante Ottawa\, the International Migrants Alliance (IMA)\, and the Carleton University Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (CUCHRP)\, are hosting an educational discussion and community crafting event on March 8th. We are commemorating the resilience and lived realities of migrant workers\, especially migrant women. Migrant workers are forced to leave their home countries to support their families in the face of hardship and struggles\, such as abusive employers and recruitment agencies\, precarious status\, and years of family separation\, to name a few. We mark this day to not only learn and understand the conditions\, but to build the community strength and power needed to fight for a better future! \nDate: March 8th\, Sunday\nTime: 2-4PM\nLocation: Carleton University Art Gallery (St. Patrick’s Building)
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/women-weaving-resistance/
LOCATION:carleton university art gallery\, 1125 Colonel By Drive\, Ottawa\, K1S 5B6
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260309T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260309T163000
DTSTAMP:20260302T124140Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T124140Z
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture: Gender Studies Under Siege: Past Struggles\, Present Crises\, and Possible Futures in Higher Education
DESCRIPTION:The Feminist Institute of Social Transformation warmly invites you to attend the 2026 Florence Bird Annual Lecture\, titled Gender Studies Under Siege: Past Struggles\, Present Crises\, and Possible Futures in Higher Education. \nThis year’s lecture will take the form of a panel discussion featuring Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin (Queen’s University)\, Gulzar R. Charania (University of Ottawa)\, and Natalie Kouri-Towe (Concordia University)\, moderated by Megan Rivers-Moore\, Director of the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation at Carleton University. \nTogether\, the panelists will reflect on the histories that shaped gender studies\, the political and institutional pressures the field faces today\, and the possibilities for sustaining and reimagining feminist\, anti-racist\, queer\, and critical scholarship within and beyond the university. This conversation offers an important opportunity to engage collectively with the role of gender studies in times of uncertainty and transformation. \nThis event is free and open to the public. No registration is required; however\, guests are encouraged to arrive on time.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/public-lecture-gender-studies-under-siege-past-struggles-present-crises-and-possible-futures-in-higher-education/
LOCATION:Carleton University\, 1125 Colonel By Dr.\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1S 5B6\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260309T160000
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DTSTAMP:20260307T193510Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T193510Z
UID:15339-1773072000-1773072000@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Teach-in on South African Apartheid & the Fight for Divestment at Carleton
DESCRIPTION:Combining political education and interactive work\, we will reflect on the parallels between the South African and Palestinian struggle\, ground ourselves in the ongoing fight for divestment\, and strategize ways to organize collectively on campus today. \nFeaturing Kevin Skerrett\, who was part of the student group that successfully pushed the university to divest from companies supporting South Africa’s apartheid regime. \nDoors open at 4PM\, teach-in starts 4:30\nDunton Tower RM 2017
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/teach-in-on-south-african-apartheid-the-fight-for-divestment-at-carleton/
LOCATION:Dunton Tower\, Carleton University\, 1125 Colonel By Dr\, Ottawa\, K1S 5B6
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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:20260309T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260309T211500
DTSTAMP:20260302T124738Z
CREATED:20260302T124738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T124738Z
UID:15206-1773084600-1773090900@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Film Screening: Amuksism. You really have to listen.
DESCRIPTION:This film documents a process of redress undertaken by Dr. Dylan Robinson (Stó:lō/Skwah) and members of the Nisga’a Nation (Keane Tait\, Michael Dangeli) with the Canadian Opera Company for their 2017 production of Louis Riel\, which contains the unauthorized use of a Nisga’a Limx ooy song belonging to the House of Sgat’iin. This documentary explores what is at stake when when settler artists misappropriate and misuse indigenous song and ceremony and how to broach a move towards reparations.  \n\n\nFollowed by a Q&A with Professor Dylan Robinson. \n\nLocation: MC2000\, Minto Centre for Advanced Studies in Engineering\, Carleton University\nCost: Free
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/film-screening-amuksism-you-really-have-to-listen/
LOCATION:Carleton University\, 1125 Colonel By Dr.\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1S 5B6\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260310T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260310T143000
DTSTAMP:20260130T210236Z
CREATED:20260130T210202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260130T210236Z
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SUMMARY:The "Right to Hug" with Alec Karakatsanis
DESCRIPTION:This event explores how carceral bureaucracies and corporate telecommunications interests have transformed family contact into a profit center\, from Adams County’s groundbreaking “Right to Hug” class action to jail policies across the United States that replace in-person visits with costly\, glitchy\, and surveilled video calls.\n\nThe following questions frame the core issues to be addressed during the conversation\, drawing on themes of legal strategy\, human rights\, and systemic critique:\n\nDrawing on recent litigation by Civil Rights Corps\, investigative journalism from NBC News\, and critical scholarship on narrativism and punishment bureaucracy\, the conversation asks: Is there—and should there be—a constitutional right to hug one’s child or parent while incarcerated?\n\n● How video visitation bans generate millions in “kickbacks” for sheriffs and counties while extracting wealth from poor families\n● The documented psychological harm of severing physical contact between children and incarcerated parents\n● How corporate surveillance systems (voice biometrics\, AI monitoring) turn family communication into data extraction\n● Comparative questions for Canadian constitutional and human rights law: what would a “right to hug” look like in Canada’s legal framework?\n● The role of media narratives in normalizing or challenging these practices
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/the-right-to-hug-with-alec-karakatsanis/
LOCATION:Atelier of the Mauril-Bélanger Social Innovation Workshop\, at Saint Paul University\, 65 Clegg Street\, Ottawa\, K1S 1C4
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260310T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260310T150000
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UID:15335-1773151200-1773154800@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Seniors for Climate Action Now Members' Gathering
DESCRIPTION:Members’ gathering in front of MP Marie-France Lalonde’s office \nWith other SCAN Ottawa members\, you can let MPs know that climate action must be a priority. \nThere will be signs to share or bring your own. \nJoin us and be sure to stay afterwards for some social time at a nearby cafe. Bring a friend!
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/seniors-for-climate-action-now-members-gathering/
LOCATION:MP Marie-France Lalonde’s Office\, 255 Centrum Boulevard\, Orleans\, ON\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260310T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260310T200000
DTSTAMP:20260302T125005Z
CREATED:20260302T125005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T125005Z
UID:15209-1773167400-1773172800@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Public Lecture: pandemonium ts'éqw' with Professor Dylan Robinson
DESCRIPTION:In this lecture\, Professor Dylan Robinson will argue that public art plays a significant role in the formation of settler subjectivity and indigenous resurgence by focusing on non-human forms of vocal address and in particular\, the sensory appeals of public art. \n\n\nLocation: College of the Humanities (Patterson Hall 303) @ Carleton University
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/public-lecture-pandemonium-tseqw-with-professor-dylan-robinson/
LOCATION:Carleton University\, 1125 Colonel By Dr.\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1S 5B6\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260310T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260310T190000
DTSTAMP:20260307T145659Z
CREATED:20260307T145558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T145659Z
UID:15311-1773169200-1773169200@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:"Hot Cargo Kills" Townhall Discussion and Strategy Session
DESCRIPTION:Please join us IN PERSON for Labour for Palestine Ottawa’s “Hot Cargo Kills” Townhall Discussion and Strategy Session. \nIt’s time to declare goods\, services and relations with Israel “Hot Cargo.” \nGuest Speakers: \nRieaz Shaik (High Commissioner of South Africa)\nHassan Husseini\nKevin Skerrett \nDATE: Tuesday \,March 10th 2026 \nTIME: 7:00 P.M. (Doors open at 6:30 P.M ) \nWHERE: Saint Brigid’s Centre\, Kildare Room\n310 St Patricks st\, Ottawa\n(Entrance on Cumberland St.) \nRSVP here: https://forms.gle/i2NNRCeGzXir31gE8 \nHot Cargo Presentation followed by a strategy session in smaller groups. \nIt’s time to use our collective power to break the chains of complicity! \n/// \nRejoignez-nous EN PRÉSENTIEL pour la réunion publique et la séance de stratégie « cargaisons meurtrières » organisées par Labour for Palestine Ottawa. \nIl est temps de qualifier les biens\, les services et les relations avec Israël de « cargaisons meurtrières ». \nConférenciers invités : \nRieaz Shaik (Haut-Commissaire de l’Afrique du Sud auprès du Canada) \nHassan Husseini \nKevin Skerrett \nDATE : le mardi 10 mars 2026 \nHEURE : 19 h (Ouverture des portes à 18 h 30) \nLIEU : Centre Sainte-Brigid (310\, rue St. Patrick\, Ottawa)\, Salle Kildare (entrée sur la rue Cumberland) \nRSVP ici: https://forms.gle/i2NNRCeGzXir31gE8 \nPrésentation sur les « cargaisons meurtrières » suivie d’une séance de stratégie en petits groupes. \nIl est temps d’utiliser notre pouvoir collectif pour briser les chaînes de la complicité !
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/hot-cargo-kills-townhall-discussion-and-strategy-session/
LOCATION:Brigid’s Well\, 310 St. Patrick St.\, Ottawa\, ON\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260310T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260310T203000
DTSTAMP:20260117T020157Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260117T020157Z
UID:14573-1773169200-1773174600@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Yoga for Grief - Queer Death Salon
DESCRIPTION:Queer Death Salon is a community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death\, dying and grief. It is a facilitated drop-in discussion space\, with the purpose of building connection\, skill\, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities. \nJoin Yoga Therapist in training\, Des for a trauma-informed yoga practice.\nExplore yogic practices\, such as pranayama/breath work\, asana/physical shapes\, and pratyahara/tuning inward to aid in processing grief.\nDes (they/them) is a Yoga Guide and Grief Doula who lives\, breathes\, and plays on Michi Saagiig Anishnaabeg territory\, Treaty 20\, and the Williams Treaties in Nogojiwanong\, what is colonially know as “Peterborough\, ON” in so-called “Canada.” Nogojiwanong means “the place at the end of the rapids” in Ojibwe.\nQueer Death Salon takes place over Zoom\, in English\, with Automatic Closed Captioning
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/yoga-for-grief-queer-death-salon/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Queer Community Deathcare":MAILTO:queercommunitydeathcare@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260311T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260311T210000
DTSTAMP:20260307T190058Z
CREATED:20260307T150801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T190058Z
UID:15317-1773255600-1773262800@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Divestment for a Just Transition
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a teach-in on Divestment for a Just Transition. Student groups will explore how divestment can support climate justice\, Palestinian solidarity\, and affordable education.\nMarch 11 | 7-9 pm | UCU 215📍\n \n/// \nJoignez-vous à nous pour un teach-in sur le désinvestissement pour une transition juste. Des groupes étudiants discuteront de la façon dont le désinvestissement peut soutenir la justice climatique\, la solidarité avec la Palestine et la éducation accessible.\n11 Mars | 19h – 21h | UCU 215📍
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/divestment-for-a-just-transition/
LOCATION:University of Ottawa\, 75 Laurier Ave East\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1N6N5\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260312T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260312T140000
DTSTAMP:20260307T194048Z
CREATED:20260307T194048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T194048Z
UID:15343-1773316800-1773324000@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Talk by Ian Angus: "The War Against the Commons"
DESCRIPTION:Ian Angus is a socialist and ecosocialist activist in Canada. He is the editor of the ecosocialist journal Climate and Capitalism. He will present his latest book\, The War Against the Commons. “Mass opposition to dispossession has never ceased. This dramatic account provides new insights into an opposition that ranged from stubborn non-compliance to open rebellion\, including eyewitness accounts of campaigns in which thousands of protestors tore down fences and restored common access to pastures and forests.”\nThe presentation will be in English and in person.\n\n///\n\nIan Angus est un militant socialiste et écosocialiste canadien. Il est rédacteur en chef de la revue écosocialiste Climate and Capitalism. Il présentera son dernier ouvrage\, The War Against the Commons. « L’opposition massive à la dépossession n’a jamais cessé. Ce récit dramatique apporte un éclairage nouveau sur une opposition qui allait de la désobéissance civile obstinée à la rébellion ouverte\, et comprend des témoignages oculaires de campagnes au cours desquelles des milliers de manifestants ont démoli des clôtures et rétabli l’accès commun aux pâturages et aux forêts. »\nLa présentation se fera en anglais et en personne.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/talk-by-ian-angus-the-war-against-the-commons/
LOCATION:Atelier of the Mauril-Bélanger Social Innovation Workshop\, at Saint Paul University\, 65 Clegg Street\, Ottawa\, K1S 1C4
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260312T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260312T200000
DTSTAMP:20260307T192254Z
CREATED:20260307T192254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T192254Z
UID:15332-1773331200-1773345600@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:The Feminist Festival Against Fascism
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an evening celebration of International Women’s Day 2026\, jointly hosted by the Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW) and the Archives and Special Collections (ARCS) at the University of Ottawa. \nRegistration is required. \nInspired by the 1981 “Community Festival Against the Klan” organized by the Riverdale Action Committee Against Racism (RACAR)\, this collaborative event is an opportunity to commemorate the accomplishments of local organizers and to learn about histories of community resistance to violence against women\, fascism\, and white supremacy in Canada. In 1981\, the presence of a new Klu Klux Klan chapter in East Toronto galvanized neighbours to mobilize in solidarity against racial terror. RACAR’s “Festival Against the Klan” included political speeches\, performances\, educational workshops\, and a march against the KKK. \n“Feminist Festival Against Fascism” will include an opening ceremony\, a recognition ceremony honouring three key areas of feminist leadership in Ottawa (Advocate\, Rabble Rouser\, and Visionary)\, light entertainment\, and a lively game of Feminist Trivia (not to mention prizes and free snacks!) In the ARCS reading room\, attendees will have a chance to view this year’s public history exhibit\, The Feminist Economy: Women’s Perspectives on Trade and Labour. \nLike RACAR and other 1980s groups such as Gays and Lesbians Against the Right Everywhere (GLARE)\, Lesbians Against the Right\, and the International Women’s Day Committee\, we insist on celebrating our shared struggle while militantly opposing gender-based violence\, racial hatred\, attacks against the LGBTQ+ community\, and authoritarianism in all its forms. Whether you’re a protestor\, an activist\, a service provider\, worker\, scholar\, artist\, or community member wishing to unite against oppressive forces\, you too are a part of the collective history preserved and documented here at ARCS. \nWe can’t wait to see you there! \n**** Please note that this event will be held in English. Veuillez noter que cet événement se déroulera en anglais.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/the-feminist-festival-against-fascism/
LOCATION:University of Ottawa\, 75 Laurier Ave East\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1N6N5\, Canada
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ORGANIZER;CN="OCTEVAW":MAILTO:info@octevaw-cocvff.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260312T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260312T180000
DTSTAMP:20260307T191126Z
CREATED:20260307T191106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T191126Z
UID:15328-1773338400-1773338400@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Fundraiser for Cuba
DESCRIPTION:We’re hosting a fundraiser filled with food\, music\, art\, speeches and more to raise funds for essential food\, medicine and supplies to Cubans in need during their current crisis through our friends at the Student Christian Movement.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/fundraiser-for-cuba/
LOCATION:PSAC Building\, 233 Gilmour Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260314T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260314T160000
DTSTAMP:20260307T145053Z
CREATED:20260307T145002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T145053Z
UID:15308-1773504000-1773504000@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:“We Are Pat” Screening + “Trans Cinema” Book Q&A
DESCRIPTION:“Pat\, the evasive\, androgynous SNL character played by Julia Sweeney\, was a ubiquitous presence in the pop culture ether of the 1990s. As a kid\, filmmaker Ro Haber grappled with a strange obsession with Pat — a character whose popularity hinged on them making others wildly uncomfortable with their refusal to adhere to strict gender lines. Both time and their identity moved forward and yet\, even as an adult\, Haber’s preoccupation remained. Now\, 35 years after the first “It’s Pat” sketch debuted on SNL\, Tribeca alum filmmaker Haber and a who’s who of queer and trans comedians and writers (including Sweeney herself) come together to confront the existence of Pat. Through discussions and debate via the lens of 2025 and trans visibility\, the group goes on a mission to reframe the character — an unexpected opportunity to not erase Pat but reclaim them in a manner that eliminates ridicule and instills empowerment.” Liza Domnitz\, Tribeca Film Festival \nThis special Ottawa premiere of We Are Pat is presented in collaboration with Carleton University Professor of Film Studies Laura Horak and the Trans Media Lab. In addition to the screening\, Horak will discussing and launching her new book on trans cinema\, Trans Cinema: Making Communities\, Identities\, and Worlds
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/we-are-pat-screening-trans-cinema-book-qa/
LOCATION:Ottawa Art Gallery\, 50 Mackenzie King Bridge\, Ottawa\, ON\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260315T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260315T150000
DTSTAMP:20260307T144024Z
CREATED:20260307T144024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T144024Z
UID:15231-1773579600-1773586800@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Day Against Police Brutality Event
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a day of action and solidarity for the Day Against Police Brutality. The event will include art performance\, poetry\, and drag king performance.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/day-against-police-brutality-event/
LOCATION:Parliament Hill\, Wellington Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1A 0A9\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260315T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260315T210000
DTSTAMP:20260208T233611Z
CREATED:20260208T233611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260208T233611Z
UID:14886-1773603000-1773608400@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Yuk Yuks Charitable Comedy Night
DESCRIPTION:Yuk Yuk’s hits the Bronson Centre starring Chris Quigley\, Sarah Boston\, and host Dan Allaire. Proceeds go directly to Sudan humanitarian aid
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/yuk-yuks-charitable-comedy-night/
LOCATION:Bronson Centre\, 211 Bronson Ave\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260316T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260316T120000
DTSTAMP:20260314T181950Z
CREATED:20260314T181221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260314T181950Z
UID:15454-1773662400-1773662400@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Don't Let Them Destroy Public Health Care
DESCRIPTION:“This is unequivocally the biggest threat to our single-payer\, universal Medicare system we’ve ever seen. Not just for Albertans\, but for all Canadians.” – Friends of Medicare. The Danielle Smith government has passed a new law to bring down single-tier Public Medicare and bring in U.S. private health care and insurance. In Ontario\, Doug Ford is privatizing our public hospitals’ services at an unprecedented rate while allowing private clinics to charge patients thousands of dollars for needed care.\n\n\n\nWith health coalitions across the country\, we are calling on federal Liberal MPs to stand up to them\, enforce the Canada Health Act\, and save public health care. This is just the first set of actions in our fightback.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/dont-let-them-destroy-public-health-care/
LOCATION:Mark Carney’s constituency office\, 240 Kennevale Drive\, Ottawa\, ON\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260319T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260319T203000
DTSTAMP:20260314T180642Z
CREATED:20260314T180642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260314T180642Z
UID:15450-1773945000-1773952200@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Film Screening: The Sun Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a rare Ottawa screening of The Sun Quartet (2017) by Colectivo Los Ingrávidos (Tehuacán)\, a Mexican collective of anonymous filmmakers founded in 2012. The Sun Quartet engages with the horrifying disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa in 2014 and the protests that followed. Across its four parts\, The Quartet remains true to the collective’s poetic approach\, weaving the documentation of the protests with poetic texts\, improvised music and superimposed cinematography. Curated by researcher Adam Saulis (Carleton Film Studies Master’s Program). \n\n\nTo be followed by a panel discussion featuring Stephen Broomer (UFT)\, Sonya Lipsett-Rivera (Carleton)\, and Adam Saulis\, moderated by Malini Guha. \n\n\nThis event is sponsored by the Film Studies Program (Carleton University)\, the Ruth and Mark Phillips Professorship in Cultural Mediations (ICSLAC\, Carleton University) and D.A.R.C.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/film-screening-the-sun-quartet/
LOCATION:Digital Arts Resource Centre\, 67 Nicholas St.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260321T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260321T170000
DTSTAMP:20260321T164835Z
CREATED:20260321T164835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260321T164835Z
UID:15534-1774080000-1774112400@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Beyond Occupation and Extraction: Palestinian and Venezuelan Voices in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join Climate Commons on March 25 @4PM over zoom for “Beyond Occupation and Extraction: Palestinian and Venezuelan Voices in Conversation” \n\nRegister Here \n\nIn a moment when Donald Trump’s extractivist war machine seems unconstrained by anything other than the price of oil\, and the international order\, long on the rocks\, is finally breaking up\, we must not forget to attend to the myriad forms of life\, resistance\, and even joy that work against and despite neoimperialism in specific places. What can the lived experience of unspeakable violence teach us not about militarism and extractivism but about what can\, should\, and must endure beyond them? In this 90 minute live online dialogue\, scholars from Caracas\, Venezuela and the Gaza Strip share their experiences\, ideas\, fears\, and hopes across the long-discredited but still pernicious orientalist dichotomy of East and West.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/beyond-occupation-and-extraction-palestinian-and-venezuelan-voices-in-conversation/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260321T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260321T180000
DTSTAMP:20260314T184634Z
CREATED:20260314T184236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260314T184634Z
UID:15467-1774116000-1774116000@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Solidarity and Soup: A fundraiser for Nehirowisiw Land Defenders
DESCRIPTION:Join Climate Justice Ottawa for an evening of warm soup and burning solidarity to raise funds in support of Nehirowisiw Aski land defenders blocking logging companies from their traditional territories.\n\nThe event will feature a cozy community dinner featuring a wide variety of soups\, art making\, and screening of two documentaries about the struggle by the land guardians against the forestry industry.\n\nTickets: Available on a sliding scale\, and includes two tokens that can be used to purchase soup or art. More tokens are available for purchase at the event. Please buy your tickets in advance so we can prepare for the number of attendees.\n\nThe Association des Gardiens du Territoire Nehirowisiw Aski is an organization formed by Nehirowisiw women\, made up of matriarchs\, hereditary chiefs\, and land defenders of Nehirowisiw territory to advocate for the revitalization of matriarchal and traditional structures. They have been on the frontlines blockading and protesting the overexploitation of forests in their territory.\n\nThis year\, a winterized camp was set up for continued occupation at what is known as Camp Souveraineté or Camp 134. This allows for the Gardiens and supporters on the territory to have a home base and launch other blockades across their territory. To support the Gardiens and the work they do\, you can provide financial support to keep the camp going\, and follow the blockade @checkpointparent\n\nWhether you can join us or not\, please consider donating to support the Nehirowisiw land defenders by sending an e-transfer to robertechaquan2018@gmail.com
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/solidarity-and-soup-a-fundraiser-for-nehirowisiw-land-defenders/
LOCATION:Atelier of the Mauril-Bélanger Social Innovation Workshop\, at Saint Paul University\, 65 Clegg Street\, Ottawa\, K1S 1C4
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ORGANIZER;CN="Climate Justice Ottawa":MAILTO:climatejusticeottawa@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260324T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260324T133000
DTSTAMP:20260314T183840Z
CREATED:20260314T183107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260314T183840Z
UID:15462-1774359000-1774359000@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:All Out For OSAP Protest
DESCRIPTION:WALKOUT FOR OSAP! The All Out For OSAP Ottawa Coalition are joining colleges\, universities\, high schools across the province to protest to reverse the changes. Protest at Ottawa Provincial Courthouse\, March 24th at 1:30PM to fight back against the cuts to OSAP. Education is a right\, we will not give up the fight.\n \n/// \nGRÈVE POUR LE RAFEO ! La Coalition « Défendons le RAFÉO» d’Ottawa se joint aux collèges\, universités et écoles secondaires de la province pour manifester et exiger l’annulation des changements. Manifestez devant le palais de justice provincial d’Ottawa le 24 mars à 13 h 30 pour lutter contre les coupes budgétaires du RAFEO. L’éducation est un droit\, nous ne renoncerons pas à ce combat.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/all-out-for-osap-protest/
LOCATION:Ottawa Courthouse\, 161 Elgin Street\, Ottawa\, ON\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260324T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260324T203000
DTSTAMP:20260307T191222Z
CREATED:20260307T191222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260307T191222Z
UID:15325-1774378800-1774384200@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Myron Rusk 2026 Lecture in Civil Liberties: “Trans Freedom and the Utopian Horizon”
DESCRIPTION:M. E. O’Brien will lecture on the relationship between gender freedom and capitalism. She will begin by identifying the current fascist assault on trans rights across multiple national contexts. After briefly tracing varying current strategies of trans survival\, organizing and flourishing\, she will turn to the role of trans futures and utopian longings in movement work. Drawing on her work in science fiction\, family abolitionism\, and her conceptual framework of “insurgent utopianism”\, O’Brien will identify the kernel of revolutionary desire evoked in trans life. Trans freedom\, she argues\, necessarily includes a push against and beyond the private family\, state regulation of gender and sexuality\, and the generalized market dependency of capitalism. \nBio: M. E. O’Brien is a psychoanalyst and writer in New York City. She has two books\, Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care (Pluto\, 2023) and the co-authored speculative fiction novel Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune\, 2052-2072\, with Eman Abdelhadi (Common Notions\, 2022). She previously completed a PhD in Sociology\, writing on capitalism and NYC queer and trans social movements. She is involved in a number of editing projects\, including Pinko\, a magazine of gay communism.
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/myron-rusk-2026-lecture-in-civil-liberties-trans-freedom-and-the-utopian-horizon/
LOCATION:The Grove\, 280-18 Louisa street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260325T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260325T170000
DTSTAMP:20260321T221006Z
CREATED:20260321T221006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260321T221006Z
UID:15545-1774454400-1774458000@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Beyond Occupation and Extraction: Palestinian and Venezuelan Voices in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:In a moment when Donald Trump’s extractivist war machine seems unconstrained by anything other than the price of oil\, and the international order\, long on the rocks\, is finally breaking up\, we must not forget to attend to the myriad forms of life\, resistance\, and even joy that work against and despite neoimperialism in specific places. What can the lived experience of unspeakable violence teach us not about militarism and extractivism but about what can\, should\, and must endure beyond them? In this 90 minute live online dialogue\, scholars from Caracas\, Venezuela and the Gaza Strip share their experiences\, ideas\, fears\, and hopes across the long-discredited but still pernicious orientalist dichotomy of East and West. \nJoin Climate Commons on March 25\, at 4PM on Zoom. Register: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/-qZGx2rITcS4abHZtQy2SQ#/registration
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/beyond-occupation-and-extraction-palestinian-and-venezuelan-voices-in-conversation-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260325T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260325T193000
DTSTAMP:20260321T013737Z
CREATED:20260321T014428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260321T013737Z
UID:15530-1774461600-1774467000@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Iran and Palestine: Rethinking Liberation Beyond the Binaries of Imperialism and Theocracy
DESCRIPTION:The recent illegal war on Iran by the US and Israel has pushed the political support for Iran and Palestine into a problematically oppositional binary. This binary\, which is aggressively promoted by Zionists and greatly benefits their project of domination and destruction in the region\, has presented imperialist and Zionist forces as the only hope of the people of Iran for liberation from a brutal dictatorship. Meanwhile\, those who support the liberation of Palestinians are pressured to enact their anti-imperialist and anti-Zionism stance by siding with the Iranian regime against its people. In this session\, we will work against this binary\, make a case for Iranian-Palestinian solidarity\, and envision forms of liberation that does not require the oppression of one group for another. \n\n\nWednesday\, March 25\, 6-7:30pm \n\n\nDunton Tower 2017\, Carleton University
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/iran-and-palestine-rethinking-liberation-beyond-the-binaries-of-imperialism-and-theocracy/
LOCATION:Dunton Tower\, Carleton University\, 1125 Colonel By Dr\, Ottawa\, K1S 5B6
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260325T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260325T203000
DTSTAMP:20260324T112531Z
CREATED:20260324T112531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T112531Z
UID:15565-1774465200-1774470600@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Staying power book launch
DESCRIPTION:Book launch with Zena Sharman and Alex McClelland\, of Staying Power\, a beautiful and honest journey of care work\, grief\, parenting\, and chosen family in the wake of intergenerational trauma. The book\, which recounts the author’s experiences of raising three children in a four-parent queer family\, asks “If leaving has helped you survive\, how do you learn to stay?”
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/staying-power-book-launch/
LOCATION:Perfect Books\, 258 Elgin Street\, Ottawa\, K2P 1L9
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260326T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260326T130000
DTSTAMP:20260321T221338Z
CREATED:20260321T221338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260321T221338Z
UID:15548-1774526400-1774530000@www.punchupcollective.org
SUMMARY:Petro-Politics and the Shifting Terrain of Canadian National Identity
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with Shane Gunster on Petro-Politics and the shifting terrain of Canadian National Identity. We will consider what narratives are produced and circulated in Canada’s petro‑public sphere. This session offers a clear look at how industry influence shapes public debate\, and what it means for climate justice movements working to shift the story. \nRegister: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/92E8TnNUSOOdtzLXHlGDSg#/registration
URL:https://www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/petro-politics-and-the-shifting-terrain-of-canadian-national-identity/
LOCATION:Zoom
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