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 PLEASE NOTE THE NEW DATES: Now starts Sunday September 14 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Free Increasingly, people are responding to the […]

End Legislated Poverty: Raise ODSP & OW! Join 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. People on Ontario Works (OW) receive just $733/month. A single person on the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) can receive a […]

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. That means flight attendants are working nearly a full week for free every month. Enough is enough. Join flight attendants and allies heading to Parliament […]

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. Canada must immediately open an emergency humanitarian corridor […]

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. Writing supplies, snacks, and […]

Are you 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️+? Are you creative? Then join us to Be Gay & Do Art! This 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! BGDA is an all ages drop-in program, […]

Join authors and activists Sandy Hudson and Nora Loreto for a vital conversation on the forces shaping inequality and injustice in Canada today. Drawing 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 […]

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 […]