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. On 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. Our coalition […]

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! Bloodied 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 […]

Ottawa–Gatineau DRAW THE LINE Mass Bike Ride As 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! Friday, September 19 — 6:00 PM “Draw The Line Mass Bike Ride" – the ride is in support of the Draw The line […]

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 We’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 […]

Faculty of Social Sciences, uOttawa, Room 5028 Two 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. The Xinka Indigenous People of Guatemala have denied consent for the restart of Canadian Pan American Silver’s Escobal mine in southern Guatemala. […]

Join us at our weekly Wednesday vigil top protest Canada's shameful None is Too Many Palestinian visa policy. To date, fewer than 2% of applicants have been directly evacuated from Gaza in over 20 months. Meet at Immigration HQ, 300 Slater, at Kent, every Wednesday from 11 am to 1 pm). 20 months into the […]

Living with Drones is an interactive live journalism show about the devastating and traumatic impacts of Israel’s use of drones in the besieged Gaza strip. By tying together personal narratives and documentation about the on-the-ground reality of this genocide, this show weaves a compelling narrative that asks audiences to engage with violations of humanitarian and […]

For many years, Canadian companies have been linked to widespread violations of human rights, workers’ rights, and serious environmental destruction throughout their global operations and supply chains. Workers and communities around the world have called on the Canadian government to hold our companies accountable. But Canada is dragging its feet. In this “hinge” moment, Canada […]

When institutions like government departments, municipalities, and universities make decisions, the public in whose name those decisions are made are often left in the dark about *why* and *how* they were made. Researchers, journalists, and activists who want to shed light on the operations of public institutions have to rely on federal and provincial legislation […]