Punch Up Collective

Cinema for Palestine: Where Olive Trees Weep
2025-04-02 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Toronto) | DARC Microcinema, 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, K1N 7B9, Canada
What does the quest for justice look like in occupied Palestine? 🍉
DARC is proud to present a screening of Where Olive Trees Weep, a powerful documentary about the strength and resilience of the Palestinian people in the face of settler-colonial violence. The film shows the struggles and strength of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation. It explores themes of loss, trauma, and the quest for justice.
This screening is presented in collaboration with Cinema Politica and films4Falasteen and will be followed by a keynote address by human rights activist and co-organizer of films4Falasteen, Monalisa Ghadban.
Learn more about the event and keynote speaker at https://digitalartsresourcecentre.ca/cfp-where-olive-trees-weep/.
We look forward to seeing you there ✊🕊️

Trivia Night Fundraiser
2025-03-31 18:00 - 22:00 | Le Poisson Bleu, 610 Somerset St W, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Join us March 31, 2025, at 6PM at Le Poisson Bleu for a trivia fundraiser to support prisoner rights advocacy in Ontario. Tickets are pay-what-you-can, with a recommended $25.00 donation. There is a full-service bar on site for drinks and small plates. Doors open at 6PM, and trivia starts at 7PM. There will be lots of prisoner rights merchandise available for purchase!
Proceeds from this event will help fund the legal information hotline available to provincial prisoners, run by the uOttawa Prison Law Practicum in conjunction with Prisoner Legal Supports.
Tickets available here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trivia-fundraiser-tickets-1286557691689?aff=oddtdtcreator

Tesla Takedown Global Day of Action
2025-03-29 11:00 - 13:00
Please note: this is a peaceful protest taking place on public property, ie the sidewalks. Do NOT enter the dealership or harass the employees or you will be asked to leave.
Elon Musk is destroying our neighbour’s democracy, and he’s using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it. We are taking action at the Tesla dealership to help stop Musk. If he is not stopped in the US, he will set his sights on Canada.

Stop the Cuts rally and lunch
2025-03-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Kent Street, courtyard between Slater and Laurier
Job cuts at IRCC will impact services that communities rely on, and other departments may follow. In response, unions are coming together to stand against these cuts and defend public services.
Join union members from CEIU, CAPE, PIPSC, and UNE in Ottawa for a rally to make our voices heard and show the strength of our collective action! Lunch to be provided. Please register here if you are planning to attend.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QVRPLQ8

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Les suppressions d’emplois à Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada (IRCC) auront des répercussions sur des services sur lesquels comptent les collectivités, et d’autres ministères pourraient suivre. En réponse, les syndicats s’unissent pour s’opposer à ces suppressions et défendre les services publics.
Joignez-vous aux membres du SEIC, ACEP, IPFPC, et du SEN à Ottawa lors d’un rassemblement visant à faire entendre nos voix et à montrer la force de notre action collective! Le dîner sera fourni. Veuillez vous inscrire ici si vous prévoyez d’y assister.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QVRPLQ8

Labour 4 Palestine Ottawa CHAPTER MEETING
2025-03-25 19:00 | PSAC Building, 233 Gilmour Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Join Ottawa trade unionists to strategize about how best to advance the cause of Palestinian liberation in our unions and learn about how to get involved in upcoming events and initiatives.
IMPORTANT NOTE: We will be re-introducing a ‘membership renewal’ to ensure that members who want to take a more active role can, and those who want to remain engaged in other ways have the option too. Stay tuned!
Accessibility: PSAC is an accessible building, masks will be made available on site.

OSLG x CarletonUNDP Theory Banquet
2025-03-23 13:30 - 15:30
Join the Ottawa Socialist Literature Group (OSLG) and the CarletonUNDP at Carleton University on Sunday March 23rd to hangout and learn about Marxist theory and left wing thought through presentations and discussions. Bring friends and family along to enjoy snacks, tea and theory with the OSLG and CarletonUNDP! For more details about the event such as venue please message the OSLG on Instagram @ottawasocialistliteraturegroup.

Tesla Takedown, Ottawa, ON
2025-03-22 14:00 - 15:30 | Outside Tesla Showroom on Carling Ave (by Preston), 835 Carling Ave, Ottawa, K1S 2E7
Elon Musk is destroying our neighbour’s democracy, and he’s using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it. We are taking action at the Tesla dealership to help stop Musk. If he is not stopped in the US, he will set his sights on Canada.
⚡Sell your Teslas, dump your stock, join the picket lines.
⚡ We’re tanking Tesla’s stock price to stop Musk.
⚡Stopping Musk will help save lives and protect our democracy.
Tesla Takedown is a peaceful protest movement. We oppose violence, vandalism and destruction of property. This protest is a lawful exercise of our right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly under Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
#TeslaTakedown #BoycottTesla #ElbowsUp

Month of May Day events call-out
2025-03-21 - 2025-04-11 | Online
Punch Up Collective invites organizations to participate in the Month of May Day 2025 by organizing and hosting an event or action during the month of May.
For May Day 2025, Ottawa groups and organizations are planning a month of events and activities. You’re invited to join us!
For those of us in the Punch Up Collective, May Day is one of our favorite holidays, since it honours the power of ordinary people, working collectively, to shape the conditions of our lives. We celebrate it every year. As things get harder and fascism more ascendant globally, we feel inspired to double down on celebrating and remembering that collective struggle is a source of joy and the way that we win.
In previous years in Ottawa, May Day hasn’t been just a single day but has included many different events, marches, celebrations, and more. We’d like to return to this in 2025!
The month will start with a march on May 1st, and conclude with protests of the yearly CANSEC arms fair, the largest gathering of weapons dealers in Canada.
Several local groups are already keen to organize things (more details soon) but we’d like to have even more abundance, fun, and power-building throughout the month of May.
If you’re interested in hosting something, we’d love to hear from you! We’re especially interested in including events, actions, and collective work that:

Connect radical and left history with the present
Expand May Day beyond a focus on wage work and workers
Celebrate working-class culture, art, and experience
Connect with ongoing work in the Ottawa context
Include space for kids and families
Are disability-accessible and address disability work
Highlight migrant justice
Address connections between climate chaos/the extinction crisis and working-class struggles

We’re looking for parties, educational events, cultural events, celebrations, direct actions, art builds, trainings, and more!
We look forward to sharing a month of hopefully very rad actions events across the City.To Host an Event or Action
To host an event or action as part of Month of May Day 2025, please fill out this short questionnaire on the specifics of your event. We’ll ask you for details about what you’d be interested in anchoring, make sure that you’re comfortable with the basis of unity for the month, and collect the information we’ll need for publicizing your event on the May Day in Ottawa website. Deadline for submissions is April 11th, 2025.
Looking for resources and support for hosting something? Check out our handy Ottawa Organizing Guide, which includes an event accessibility checklist, a sample planning timeline, and a list of spaces and places for holding actions and events.
Month of May Day Basis of Unity
Month of May Day is being organized on the following specific principles:

We affirm the collective power of all who labor – paid and unpaid, formal and informal, in care work and field work – and celebrate all of the activities that sustain us and our communities.
We take an international and anti-colonial solidarity approach, and support communities and people’s struggles against borders and jingoism.
We affirm and support trans people and the broader ecosystem of gender and sexual liberation.
These events are in the spirit of the People’s Global Action Hallmarks:

A very clear rejection of capitalism, imperialism and feudalism; all trade agreements, institutions and governments that promote destructive globalisation.
We reject all forms and systems of domination and discrimination including, but not limited to, patriarchy, racism and religious fundamentalism of all creeds. We embrace the full dignity of all human beings.
A confrontational attitude, since we do not think that lobbying can have a major impact in such biased and undemocratic organisations, in which transnational capital is the only real policy-maker.
A call to direct action and civil disobedience, support for social movements’ struggles, advocating forms of resistance which maximize respect for life and oppressed peoples’ rights, as well as the construction of local alternatives to global capitalism.
An organisational philosophy based on decentralisation and autonomy.

Accessibility: Any event participating must allow face masks; be in a venue that does not require stairs to access; be in a place a person could reach via public transit; and (if there is a fee) include a Pay What You Can option of $0.

City in Crisis: Dismantling Myths about the Overdose Epidemic
2025-03-20 18:30 - 21:00 | tom brown arena, 141 Bayview Station Road, Ottawa, K1Y 4T1
Increasingly over the past year, conservative and liberal politicians have been manufacturing a moral panic against people who use drugs. Education for Liberation Collective invites you to a community event about the causes of the deadly overdose epidemic as well as actions we can take to help resolve it.
Featuring:

Leila Attar, organizer, Overdose Prevention Ottawa
Tanja Vasalic, harm reduction outreach worker
Alex Fizzard, frontline case manager with lived experience

This panel will challenge many of the myths about the opioid crisis by asking:

What are the root causes of drug addiction?
What are the harmful effects of closing safe injection sites?
How do evidence-based approaches of harm reduction, decriminalization, and safe drug supply work? What concrete actions can we take to support our community members?

We hope to create a space for honest and nuanced conversation about addiction, drug use, and drug policy. Our event will emphasize the need to take action and support local grassroots organizations in solidarity with people who use drugs.

Defying Expectations and Undoing Generational Curses: Exploring South Asian History and Folklore
2025-03-20 18:15 - 19:15 | Octopus Books, 116 Third Ave, Ottawa, Canada
Join bestselling author and award-winning journalist Sadiya Ansari with writer and artist Manahil Bandukwala for a conversation about the impact of relearning their histories as women in the diaspora, as reflected in their work.
Thursday, March 20th
6:15pm to 7:15pm – Doors open at 6pm
RSVP via email: events@octopusbooks.ca
In Exile: Rupture, Reunion, and My Grandmother’s Secret Life is a deeply personal investigation that takes us across three continents and back a century as Sadiya Ansari seeks the truth behind a family secret. Why did her grandmother Tahira abandon her seven children to follow a man from Karachi to a tiny village in Punjab? And though she eventually left him, Tahira remained estranged from her children for nearly two decades. Who was she in those years when she was no longer a wife or mother? For Sadiya herself, uninterested in marriage and children, the question begets another: What space is available to women who defy cultural expectations?
Through her inquiry, Sadiya discovers what her daadi’s life was like during that separation and she confronts difficult historical truths: the pervasiveness of child marriage, how Partition made refugees of millions of families like hers, and how the national freedoms achieved in 1947 did not extend to women’s lives. She sees the threads of this history woven through each generation after, and finds an unexpected sense of belonging in a culture that, at first blush, shuns women for wanting lives of their own.
Sadiya Ansari is a journalist and author based in London. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, VICE, the Irish TImes, The Walrus, and the Globe and Mail, among other publications. She has reported from four continents, and her work has changed legislation and won awards. She is co-founder of the Canadian Journalists of Colour, a 2021 R. James Travers Foreign Corresponding Fellow, and a 2023–24 Asper Visiting Professor at the University of British Columbia.
Heliotropia, Manahil Bandukwala’s second collection of poems, is a meditation on love during times of social and political upheaval. As a sunflower’s growth reaches toward the sun, so, she suggests, is a lover’s growth compelled by the gravitational pull and soul-light of their beloved. Many of these poems are in conversation with other poets and artists, creating a lineage of call and response. Against a backdrop of terrestrial crisis, come, spend your precious minutes in love’s Heliotropia, where we are magnetized by the unfathomable dark matter of another person, and know ourselves as celestial bodies flowering in spacetime, together.
Manahil Bandukwala is a writer and visual artist based in Mississauga and Ottawa, Ontario. She is the author of Heliotropia (Brick Books, 2024) and MONUMENT (Brick Books, 2022), which was shortlisted for the 2023 Gerald Lampert Award, and was selected as a Writer’s Trust of Canada Rising Star in 2023. She is the co-creator of Reth aur Reghistan, a multidisciplinary project exploring folklore from Pakistan through poetry, sculpture, and community arts. See her work at manahilbandukwala.com.
Part of the Authors Unbound Spring 2025 literary event series.

Meeting this Moment: Building Disability and Trans Justice Amid Rising Authoritarianism - A.J Withers
2025-03-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St, Ottawa
The Research Center on Social Innovation and Transformation (CRITS) is pleased to announce that A.J. Withers (Simon Fraser University) will present a lecture entitled “Meeting this Moment: Building Disability and Trans Justice Amid Rising Authoritarianism” on March 19, 2025, at 6:00 pm.

The conference, moderated by Krys Maki (School of Social Innovation, Saint Paul University), will take place at the Atelier d’innovation sociale Mauril-Bélanger, 95 Clegg Street, Ottawa.

A.J Withers
A.J. Withers is the Ruth Wynn Woodward Junior Chair of the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Department and an activist and scholar working towards decolonial social justice. Their primary focuses are on issues of homelessness and disability justice. Their latest book, Fight to Win: Inside Poor People’s Organizing (2021, Fernwood) is based on homelessness organizing work in Toronto – which they were involved in for about twenty years. They co-authored A Violent History of Benevolence: Interlocking Oppression in the Moral Economies of Social Working, with Chris Chapman (2019, University of Toronto Press). This book is an examination of the harms that people who believe they have good intentions cause when they set out to help others/‘the other’. It examines professional social work’s (and non-professionals doing social working) active role in genocide, white supremacy, eugenics and cisheteropatriarchy. Their first book is Disability Politics and Theory (2012, Fernwood) which provides an accessible entry into understanding disability, ableism and access. They teach courses that centre an intersectional analysis of social justice and examine issues of power, social relations, capitalism, colonialism and social change.

Organizing for Water Justice
2025-03-19 17:30 - 19:00 | Dunton Tower, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, K1S 5B6
What?
Organizing for Water Justice is an experience of learning outside the classroom. Taking place during the week of World Water Day, please come prepared to engage with our panelists and share in ceremony, water stories and water justice strategies. Whether you’re already familiar with the topics of water health, justice and organizing you are guaranteed to learn something new in the event organized by students for students.

Who?
Justin Roy (Kebaowek First Nation) – a member of Kebaowek’s Chief and Council, in his 3rd consecutive 2 year term. He is the Director of Community Development for the Kebaowek First Nation and works to promote the well-being, self-determination, and economic growth of his Nation. He advocates for Indigenous rights, cultural preservation, protection of all lands, waters, and life that make up the nation’s unceded Algonquin territory and governance that reflects the needs and aspirations of his people.

Colleen James (Carcross First Nation) – an elder and teacher from the First Nation in the Yukon. The protection of water is a priority for revitalizing Indigenous legal and governance systems in approaches to water governance. While the citizens have governed the waters and lands within their traditional territory since time immemorial, their Tagish and Tlingit legal orders have been disrupted by colonial forms of governance. Nevertheless, Colleen will share how the knowledge of these systems endures in practice and oral history.

Palestinian Youth Movement rep – a transnational, independent, grassroots organization. They will discuss the current water justice issues facing Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and all of occupied Palestine as a result of the ongoing zionist occupation.

Meera Karunanathan – an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. Her academic work is shaped by many years of experience in environmental and social justice organizing. Building on relationships with feminist, Indigenous and environmental justice movements, her research investigates the processes that produce uneven distribution of water in the global South. She supports frontline water justice struggles through research, advocacy and popular education.

FUNDRAISING IFTAR FOR GAZA
2025-03-15 17:30 - 20:30 | River Lounge – 2259 Prince of Wales Dr.
Join us on Saturday March 15th at River Lounge for our annual fundraising iftar. This year, we will be collecting money to support the PYM’s The People Stand with Gaza International Fundraiser, in partnership with the Canadian Palestinian Foundation of Quebec (CPFQ), which provides vital aid in Gaza (@cpfq_mtl ). There are great prizes to be won with all the profits going to charity!

Get your tickets today at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmMdAgFbik6tM9Szz0oGLqnhN3xNORuKssWTnJQrRZ7d2fyQ/viewform
[REGISTRATION IS NOT COMPLETE UNTIL E-TRANSFER IS SENT TO pymottawa@gmail.com]

There will be no assigned tables or seating: seating will be on a first come first serve basis. Make sure to get your tickets fast and arrive at the venue early to pick your seat and table. All the food served will be halal.
After 15 months of continuous death and destruction, families remain separated, entire neighborhoods are demolished, and many are sick, injured and traumatized. Gaza needs our support to rebuild and become stronger than ever before. As the community gathers together to break our fasts, let us reflect on the past year, pray for the people of Palestine and donate in the spirit of Ramadan.

National Gathering in Honour of International Day Against Police Brutality
2025-03-15 16:00 - 19:00 | University of Ottawa, 75 Laurier Ave East, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N6N5, Canada
Unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe Territory (Ottawa, ON)

On March 15, 2025, from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm, community members, advocates, victims, and families impacted by police violence will come together at the University of Ottawa for a National Gathering in Honour of the International Day Against Police Brutality.

This event aims to amplify the voices of those affected by police violence, demand justice for those who have been harmed or lost their lives at the hands of law enforcement, and share examples of community-led responses to advance social justice and prevent further harm from the police system. The gathering will provide a free community dinner and space to learn, build solidarity, heal, and take collective action.

The event will take place at the Faculty of Social Sciences Building, Room 1006 (main floor), University of Ottawa, 120 University Private, Ottawa, ON, K1N 9A7. It will also be available in a hybrid format and livestreamed via Zoom to ensure broader participation.

Call for support to help bring together victims, their families, and community members, we are seeking donations to support the event. Contributions can be made via e-transfer to justiceforanthonyaust@gmail.com. Your support is invaluable in the fight for justice and accountability.

Join us

We invite all who stand against police violence to attend, listen, and take action. We welcome journalists and media to attend or receive comments in the lead up to the event. Together, we can build a movement that uplifts survivors, honour those we have lost, and fight for lasting systemic change.

For more information or media inquiries, please contact Justice for Anthony Aust Collective at: justiceforanthonyaust@gmail.com or the Ottawa Transformative Justice Collective at: ottawatransformativejustice@gmail.com

#EndPoliceViolence

#NoJusticeNoPeace

#TransformativeJustice
#InternationalDayAgainstPoliceBrutality

SJP Verses Vs. Apartheid
2025-03-14 18:00 - 20:00 | Dunton Tower, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, K1S 5B6
Student’s for Justice in Palestine invites you to join us for our Verses Vs. Apartheid poetry night! This event will include a series of performances as well as an Iftar dinner. If you plan on performing a piece/poem, please indicate this in the form below. We hope to see you all there for a night of beautiful art and delicious food! 🎤🍉
If you would prefer not to perform but still want to submit a piece, then share it through our hakawati series and we’ll read it for you in between performances (you may submit anonymously. Submit your piece here –> https://forms.gle/T1yYcgnEQSSusN8r7

Where: Dunton Tower (DT) room 2017

Settler Colonialism: Comparisons Between Palestine & Turtle Island
2025-03-13 17:30 - 19:30 | Dunton Tower, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, K1S 5B6
A panel on settler colonialism in Palestine & Turtle Island, exploring land dispossession, resistance, and decolonization.
Dunton Tower, Room 2017

Seniors for Climate Action Now! Lunch and film
2025-03-13 12:30 - 14:30 | Beaverbrook Community Centre, 1002 Beaverbrook Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Join us to enjoy a sneak preview of the film Later is Too Late, a documentary of actions taken by seniors across the country in October of last year.
Come and enjoy a home-made lunch at Beaverbrook Community Centre, 1002 Beaverbrook Road, Kanata, and meet others who care about the climate chaos
Please email <ottawa@seniorsforclimateactionnow.org>
to let us know you will attend
Hope to see you there!

Fundraiser concert for Bank Block Tenants
2025-03-12 20:00 - 21:30
Our fundraiser last fall for the @bankblocktenants was a huge hit – so we are doing it again! Come out and join us on March 12, 8pm @rainbowbistro to hear music by @prettygood.band @rubydoomband and @sventheband .
Funds raised will go towards supporting BBT’s legal defense in fighting Smart Living Properties (Dwell) at their LTB hearing this month, as well as fighting their criminal proceedings that their landlord Tamer Abaza issued against them. We are also building a larger tenant defense fund that will support tenants as they are getting organized in Ottawa

History of Zionism: From Late 1800s to Modern Times
2025-03-12 17:30 - 19:30 | Dunton Tower, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, K1S 5B6
DAY 3 of Israeli Apartheid Week!
Join Independent Jewish Voices Carleton and Students for Justice in Palestine for a teach-in discussing the history of early zionism from the late 1800s to the present day. Discover the truth about some common myths surrounding zionist ideology.
Register here
Dunton Tower, Room 2017
See you there!

Queer Death Salon - Sharing Our Legacies
2025-03-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
We are experiencing a time of repression in our expression. The anti-trans and anti-queer actions in the USA are devastating. We are seeing the ripple effects here in Canada and elsewhere. Our stories deserve to be told. Our stories deserve to be preserved.
We will be joined by Jeffrey Canton, an award-winning performer and instructor who has captivated audiences with his storytelling for over 30 years. A long-time member of the LGBTQ2S+ storytelling collective “Queers in Your Ears,” Jeffrey has also mentored performers of all ages. He has developed several innovative workshops for Storytelling Toronto and his courses “Keeping Our Stories Alive,” “Telling My Queer Story” and “Voices Seldom Heard,” are the first in Canada to focus on LGBTQ2S+ storytelling.
Participants will be led through a creative process designed to help us understand and share our legacies, and if desired, pre-write our own obituaries.

All About the Bike Bus with Sam Balto
2025-03-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
You’ve seen it on TikTok, Instagram, SNL, and the Guardian – bike buses are the hot new transportation thing! At its core, it’s about the simple act of biking to school, but it’s become a global movement that’s about a lot more than that.
Sam Balto, founder of Bike Bus World, will join us to share his story, the waves families are making by biking to school, and to fill us in on the global bike bus movement. He will help you take tangible steps to start a bike bus in your community. Sam will be joined by Ottawa bike bus leaders who will share their experiences in Ottawa and offer specific local ideas and resources.
The session will begin with presentations and then move into questions from the audience and discussion.

Shirley Greenberg Annual Lecture: Indigenous Acts of Resistance – A Vital Conversation with Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel
2025-03-11 17:30 - 19:30 | Social Sciences Building (FSS), room 1006
The history of Indigenous resistance is one of memory, justice, and the ongoing struggle for the recognition of rights. How do Indigenous peoples continue to fight for the preservation of their lands, cultures, and identities in a world still shaped by the lasting impacts of colonialism?
These crucial questions will take center stage at the Shirley Greenberg Annual Lecture 2025, featuring Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, a prominent Indigenous rights advocate, in conversation with Professor Audra Simpson, a distinguished Mohawk anthropologist.
Held annually, the Shirley Greenberg Annual Lecture amplifies the voices of committed activists and influential thinkers tackling issues of social justice and human rights.
In 2025, this event will be an essential reflection on Indigenous resistance, featuring two major figures in the fight for Indigenous self-determination. Through an insightful and inspiring dialogue, Ellen Gabriel and Audra Simpson will offer a critical perspective on past and present struggles, as well as the challenges ahead.
The event will also be available online for remote participation on Zoom

Stories of Resistance
2025-03-08 16:30 - 18:30 | St. Paul Amphitheatre, 233 Main Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S1C4, Canada
What does it mean to resist apartheid and genocide from within Israel? What does it mean to survive it in Gaza?
Join us for a powerful discussion with Israeli anti-Zionist conscientious objectors Einat Gerlitz and Tal Mitnick, alongside Amani Abu Ramadan, a Palestinian artist, filmmaker, and storyteller from Gaza. Together, they will share their experiences of refusing, resisting, and surviving Israel’s occupation, genocide, and militarism.
📍 In-Person & Online Options Available!
👨‍💻 Register in the link in our bio (linktr.ee/ijvcarleton)
🗓 Saturday, March 8
⏰ 4:30PM – 6:30PM
📍 Saint Paul University Amphitheatre (for in-person attendees)
♿️ Accessibility information: The amphitheatre is a sloped space which is entered from the back. There are two stairway steps between each row in the amphitheatre. There are four dedicated spaces for wheelchairs at the back/top of the amphitheatre. The last row of seats will be reserved for participants with mobility limitations; as mentioned above, it is necessary to take two steps down to sit in this row.

femme fest! ~ IWD Market
2025-03-08 11:00 - 17:00 | Next Door Market & Event Space, 955A Gladstone Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Join us at Femme Fest, a vibrant celebration of empowerment, creativity, and community in honour of International Women’s Day! This one-of-a-kind event brings together local artisans, entrepreneurs, and changemakers committed to advancing gender equality and supporting women-led initiatives.

What to Expect
Shop Local: Discover unique products crafted by women-led businesses, including handmade jewellery, art, sustainable goods, and more.

Workshops & Talks: Participate in engaging workshops and inspiring talks by feminist leaders and advocates.
Live Entertainment: Enjoy live music, spoken word performances, and art exhibits by talented women in the community.
Support a Cause: Proceeds will support local organizations that uplift women and promote equality.
Family-Friendly Activities: Activities and crafts for children to join in on the celebration!

Whether you’re looking to shop, learn, or connect, this market is a space to celebrate the power and potential of women in our community. Let’s honour International Women’s Day together and make a difference!
Celebrate. Empower. Inspire.

Pique
2025-03-07 17:00 - 2025-03-09 02:00 | Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, K1N 7B9
Pique spring edition returns this March with its second multi-day edition of the signature music and arts festival, taking over the Arts Court in downtown Ottawa.
Featuring groundbreaking performances, striking art installations, and thought-provoking presentations, Pique is a convergence of creativity and innovation that welcomes international artists and communities.
Taking place on International Women’s Day, the Pique spring edition spotlights women and gender nonconforming people who demonstrate artistic innovation and leadership, and kicks off the festival’s 5th season with its signature curatorial eclecticism by bringing together club futurism, intercultural ambient-electronic, jazz-hop vanguardism, vocal experimentation, leftfield pop music, drag brilliance, soft sculpture installation, and lots more.
Plus with artist talks and workshops exploring equitable music futures, Pique is a lab, an incubator, and a playground for audiences of all kinds. Admission is pay-what-you-can and all-ages.
Admission is pay-what-you-can and all-ages.

Palestine 101 and what workers can do
2025-02-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
Join us on Tuesday, February 25 for an online educational about Palestine and what workers can do. The educational will be one-hour long with time for discussion. It will not be recorded.
The Zoom meeting will be open at 6:00 p.m. and the educational will begin at 6:30 p.m. If this is your first Labour for Palestine event, feel free to join early to meet other trade unionists pushing for Palestine in our workplaces and unions.
✅ REGISTRATION REQUIRED:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/G7YLHYo3TfmQ66LvRcWkvg#/registration

From Palestine to the Philippines: Free all political prisoners!
2025-02-25 18:00 - 20:00 | FTX room 147B University of Ottawa
From Palestine to the Philippines, political repression includes the unjust and arbitrary imprisonment of people who struggle for self-determination and liberation. For over 50 years, the Zionist entity has imprisoned thousands of Palestinians as part of an imperialist-backed project of ethnic cleansing. Philippine state terror imprisons workers, peasants, indigenous peoples, journalists, and peace consultants who seek justice, land reform, and higher wages – violating their human rights and international humanitarian law.
Join us for an educational and letter writing event at uOttawa from 6pm to 8pm to demonstrate solidarity with these heroic political prisoners in their time of need.

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-TyXKCqNWsY23gPxhbd3iPWpq4NiB-orpVxCAdmY_t3u3dA/viewform

Save our Sites: Ottawa Action and Vigil
2025-02-25 12:00 - 13:30 | Human Rights Monument, 220 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Folks in Ottawa will join the province-wide action to commemorate the lives lost due to systemic neglect and the death-making practices and policies from various levels of government. We demand that the next Ontario government put an end to the attacks on safe consumption sites and encampments.
📆The action and vigil are taking place on Tuesday, February 25th at noon (12 PM).

Tenants' March!
2025-02-23 13:00 - 16:00 | Village Green Rockliffe Park
Tenants of Ottawa! Join us alongside the @bankblocktenants and @tenants_of_sandy_hill on Sunday, February 23rd at 1pm as we march in Rockliffe Park, tenants united against mass eviction and our exploitation by landlords.
Smart Living Properties’ CEO Tamer Abaza and COO Rakan Abushaar have refused to acknowledge the demands of the Bank Block Tenants, who are fighting against a mass eviction. The only time they have directly communicated with BBT was to serve criminal proceedings for the crime of delivering a letter to Tamer’s doorstep.
As tenants, we are stronger united! Reach out to us at OttawaNOC@gmail.com if you need help getting to Rockliffe Park.

Unite Against Displacement! Ottawa Tenants March
2025-02-23 13:00 - 16:00 | Village Green – Rockcliffe Park, 270 Springfield Rd., Ottawa, Ontario, K1M0K8, Canada
