Punch Up Collective

Rally for remote work rights to support stronger communities
2024-05-23 07:45 - 09:00 (America/Toronto) | Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier, Ottawa
On Thursday, May 23, Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is hosting a public breakfast with Treasury Board President Anita Anand, who recently announced a plan to force workers back to the office three days per week. This announcement followed statements from Ontario Premier Doug Ford and business leaders who deemed this the best strategy to rescue downtown Ottawa’s economy. That’s not a sustainable business model for the downtown core – our city deserves better!
Join members of CAPE and other federal unions, and members and leaders of various Ottawa communities at a peaceful rally at city hall to remind federal, provincial and municipal elected officials that forcing thousands of federal employees back to insufficient and expensive downtown Ottawa offices more days a week is not viable long-term solution to fix downtown Ottawa’s decades-long economic problems.
RSVP NOW: https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-remote-work/
Federal unions and Ottawa groups rally for remote work and stronger communities!
WHERE: Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West (Laurier entrance).WHEN: Thursday, May 23, 7:45 am to 9 am, rain or shine
**Hot beverages and morning snacks will be provided**

>>> Let’s be heard! #RemoteWorks!
Tell the mayor that downtown Ottawa should be a vibrant space for everyone who calls Ottawa home, not a dead employment zone whose economy depends on federal employees’ daily snack expenses from 9 to 5 only. This model was not working before the pandemic and now is the time to reimagine the animated space that our downtown should be!
Come to promote the benefits of remote work to Canadian taxpayers and to bring attention to the opportunities to convert federal office buildings into housing and other spaces that work for residents and local businesses: daycares, youth and community centers and so much more!
Defend businesses and communities outside of Ottawa’s downtown core that have thrived with the increase in remote work. These neighbourhoods deserve a voice and our support!
Tell the president of the Treasury Board that she should not be catering to real estate corporations, the mayor or Doug Ford to the detriment of federal employees and Ottawa communities.
Share broadly:
Forward this to your friends, colleagues and members of your Ottawa communities.Ask your local to distribute it. Share the rally on social media. (Twitter (x), Facebook, Instagram)
RSVP NOW: https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-remote-work/
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Le jeudi 23 mai, le maire d’Ottawa Mark Sutcliffe organise un déjeuner public avec la présidente du Conseil du Trésor, Anita Anand, qui a récemment annoncé le projet d’obliger les travailleuses et les travailleurs à retourner travailler au bureau trois jours par semaine. Cette annonce fait suite aux déclarations du premier ministre de l’Ontario, Doug Ford, et de chefs d’entreprise qui considèrent qu’il s’agit de la meilleure stratégie pour relancer l’économie du centre-ville d’Ottawa. Ce n’est pas un modèle commercial durable pour le centre-ville – notre ville mérite mieux!
Joignez-vous aux membres de l’ACEP et d’autres syndicats fédéraux, ainsi qu’aux membres et aux leaders de diverses communautés d’Ottawa lors d’un rassemblement pacifique à l’hôtel de ville pour rappeler aux élu·es des gouvernements fédéral, provincial et municipal que le fait de forcer des milliers d’employé·es du gouvernement fédéral à retourner dans des bureaux dégradés et coûteux du centre-ville d’Ottawa plus de jours par semaine n’est pas une solution viable à long terme pour régler les problèmes économiques du centre-ville d’Ottawa qui durent depuis des décennies.
R.S.V.P. DÈS AUJOURD’HUI: https://actionnetwork.org/events/rassemblement-teletravail/
Des syndicats fédéraux et des groupes d’Ottawa se mobilisent pour le télétravail et des communautés plus fortes!
OÙ : Hôtel de ville d’Ottawa, 110, avenue Laurier Ouest (entrée Laurier)QUAND : Jeudi 23 mai, de 7 h 45 à 9 h, beau temps, mauvais temps
**Des boissons chaudes et des collations matinales seront fournies**

>>> Faisons entendre notre voix! #ÇaTravailleÀDistance!
DISONS au maire que le centre-ville d’Ottawa devrait être un espace vibrant pour toutes les personnes qui y habitent, et non une zone d’emploi morte dont l’économie dépend uniquement des dépenses quotidiennes en collations des employé·es du gouvernement fédéral de 9 à 5. Ce modèle ne fonctionnait pas avant la pandémie et il est temps de réimaginer l’espace animé que devrait être notre centre-ville!
Venez promouvoir les avantages du télétravail auprès des contribuables canadiens et attirer leur attention sur les possibilités de convertir les immeubles de bureaux fédéraux en logements et autres espaces qui fonctionnent pour les résident·es et les entreprises locales : garderies, centres de jeunesse, centres communautaires et bien plus encore!
Venez défendre les entreprises et les communautés situées en dehors du centre-ville d’Ottawa qui ont prospéré grâce à l’augmentation du travail à distance. Ces quartiers méritent d’avoir une voix et notre soutien!
Dites à la présidente du Conseil du Trésor qu’elle ne devrait pas céder aux intérêts des sociétés immobilières, du maire ou de Doug Ford au détriment des employé·s du gouvernement fédéral et des communautés d’Ottawa.

Diffusez ce message partout :
Transmettez ce message à vos ami·es, collègues et membres de votre communauté à Ottawa.Demandez à votre section locale de le diffuser. Parlez du rassemblement dans les médias sociaux (Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram )
R.S.V.P. DÈS AUJOURD’HUI: https://actionnetwork.org/events/rassemblement-teletravail/

Ottawa: Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage
2024-05-22 08:00 - 13:00 | Minto Park, 315 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Join church leaders on the last leg of their pilgrimage and in a public prayer vigil for at Parliament Hill on the morning of Wednesday, May 22. Pray with us for peace in Palestine and Israel and join the Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage movement.

Register at: https://secure.kairoscanada.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=373

8:00 AM Gathering in Minto Park 8:30 AM Opening Prayers 9:00 AM Begin moving down Elgin Street in prayerful solidarity 10:00 AM Vigil at Parliament Hill with prayers and reflections from church leaders

National church leaders and representatives are gathering in Ottawa to amplifying the collective calls of their congregations, communities of faith and Canadians for a just peace in Palestine and Israel.

Our Calls to Action:
1. An enduring and sustained ceasefire. 2. Immediate flow of life saving food, water, aid, fuel and humanitarian assistance. 3. Release of all captives. 4. End all arms transfers to Israel. 5. Ending occupation so a just peace can begin.

11:30 AM Space available at St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church154 Elgin Street for continued prayer and networking

Spread the Word
Please share this action with your churches and networks. Invite your family and friends and come join the Pilgrimage!

Volunteers needed
Volunteers are needed for planning, for spreading the word (on your own time), and on May 22. If you can help, please contact Kiegan Irish at Kiegan.Irish@devp.org or Shannon Neufeldt at sneufeldt@kairoscanada.org.

Register at: https://secure.kairoscanada.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=373
*Wear white, as a symbol of peace, if you can
**Dress for the weather. This outdoor event will go forward rain or shine.

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JOIGNEZ-NOUS AU PÈLERINAGE ET À LA VEILLÉE DES DIRIGEANTS D’ÉGLISE À OTTAWA
Joignez-nous aux dirigeants des Églises pour la dernière étape de leur pèlerinage et pour une veillée de prière publique sur la Colline du Parlement le matin du mercredi 22 mai.
8 h 00 Rassemblement au parc Minto
8 h 30 Prières d’ouverture
9 h 00 Début de la descente de la rue Elgin dans un esprit de solidarité et de prière
10 h 00 Veillée sur la colline du Parlement avec prières et réflexions des dirigeants des Églises
Les dirigeants et les représentants des Églises nationales se réunissent à Ottawa pour amplifier les appels collectifs des partenaires palestiniens et israéliens, de leurs congrégations, des communautés de foi et des Canadiens et Canadiennes en faveur d’une paix juste en Palestine et en Israël.
Appels à l’action :
Un cessez-le-feu durable et soutenu.
Envoi immédiat de nourriture, d’eau, d’aide, de carburant et d’assistance humanitaire pour sauver des vies.
Libération de tous les captifs.
Mettre fin à tous les transferts d’armes vers Israël.
Mettre fin à l’occupation pour qu’une paix juste puisse commencer.
S’inscrire sur le site: https://secure.kairoscanada.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=373
Faire Connaitre
Veuillez partager cette action avec vos églises et vos réseaux. Invitez votre famille et vos amis à se joindre au pèlerinage !
Visitez les médias sociaux de KAIROS et les membres d’égliseset partagez-le.
Besoin de bénévoles
Nous avons besoin de bénévoles pour la planification, la diffusion, et le 22 mai lors de l’événement lui-même.
Si vous pouvez aider, veuillez contacter Kiegan Irish à Kiegan.Irish@devp.org ou Shannon Neufeldt à sneufeldt@kairoscanada.org.

Pour les participants
Avant le 22 mai
Rejoignez-nous dans l’esprit des huit convictions fondamentales du pèlerinage du cessez-le-feu à Gaza
S’inscrire sur le site: https://secure.kairoscanada.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=373
Préparez des pancartes ou des banderoles qui expriment vos prières pour la paix et/ou celles de votre communauté confessionnelle.
Le 22 mai
Portez du blanc, comme symbole de paix, si vous le pouvez.
Habillez-vous en fonction de la météo. Cet événement en plein air se déroulera beau temps, mauvais temps.
Apportez vos pancartes ou banderoles qui expriment vos prières pour la paix et/ou celles de votre communauté confessionnelle.

CAPE art build for rally
2024-05-21 16:00 - 19:00 | Canadian Association of Professional Employees, 350 Albert Street, Suite 1800, Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 1A4, Canada
CAPE will be hosting an art build on Tuesday, May 21, from 4 to 7 pm to create signs and posters for the rally for remote rights. Please join us to help us prepare to drive home the message to Minister Anand and city leadership that remote work directly benefits this city and its residents.

Join us: https://acepcape.wufoo.com/forms/zpc285008kezpf/

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L’ACEP organise un atelier de conception d’affiches le mardi 21 mai, de 16 h à 19 h, afin de créer des panneaux et des affiches pour le rassemblement pour le droit au télétravail. Venez nous aider à faire passer le message à la ministre Anand et aux dirigeant·es de la ville que le télétravail profite directement à la ville et à ses habitantes et habitants.

Venez nous aider : https://acepcape.wufoo.com/forms/zwusu5i141vvav/

Rainbow Week of Action March & Rally
2024-05-17 17:30 | Confederation Park, Elgin and Laurier, Ottawa
Capital Pride and Queer Momentum are organizing a rally and march to Parliament Hill as part of the National Rainbow Week of Action. This rally joins more than 30 activities across the country to oppose rising hate and speak out for a more free and equal Canada.

What is the child care situation in Canada ... and Ontario? and what can parents, educators & advocates do?
2024-05-16 19:30 - 20:30 | Online
Everyone is welcome, especially people who care about children, and child care. This webinar will fill you in on the context right now, as we begin to build a new public service. We will also talk about what organizing and advocacy can look like, here on the local level.
Our guest speaker is Liz Adamson, Research & Policy Coordinator at Child Care Now (the national organization). Canadian-born and raised, Liz moved to Australia in 2009 for a three-month internship looking at Australian ECEC policy – and ended up staying for 14 years. She completed her PhD on comparative approaches to funding and regulation of in-home child care in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. As a social policy researcher and mother to three young children, she is passionate and committed to building policy evidence that can inform the expansion of affordable, accessible and high quality ELCC for all children and families in Canada.

Foggy: Palestine Solidarity, Cinema & The Archive
2024-05-16 18:00 - 21:00 | DARC Microcinema, 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, K1N 7B9, Canada
How can family memories inform solidarity? How can avant-garde voices engaging the past contribute to activism today? How can private archives queer public histories? How do yesterday’s photographs become tomorrow’s pictures?
DARC is proud to present “Foggy: Palestine Solidarity, Cinema & The Archive” in collaboration with Cinema Politica. “Foggy” is a collection of recent short films that stage hybrid acts of montage, juxtaposition, re-enactment and dialogue, exploring the theme of solidarity. The program will begin with a short introduction by TPFF Film Residency artist in residence and DARC’s Extended Access member Deena Alsaweer.
Don’t miss this FREE screening in the Microcinema on May 16!

Harmony Circle for Palestine
2024-05-13 06:30 - 20:00 | Ontario
World-Changing Kids is proud to host the third Harmony Circle for Palestine on May 13, Monday, from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
“Join us for a conversation about Palestine, between Spiritual Advisor and Elder Albert Dumont and Moriel Rothman-Zecher, an American-Israeli writer, poet, and novelist. Born in Jerusalem, Moriel graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in Arabic and political science.
Moriel is the author of the beautiful book, “Sadness is a White Bird“. The lives of the characters in this book are framed by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Jonathan, a young Jewish Israeli, is excitedly preparing to enlist in the Israeli army, but when he meets and befriends Palestinian siblings Nimreen and Laith, the clarity he once felt about his future choices begins to crumble. Political context and history weigh heavily on all three characters as they seek to form relationships across “opposite” sides of the same conflict.”
Please share amongst your friends and neighbours, as this conversation promises to be another Circle where we learn, reflect, and take action to build peace. We are needed to build peace, not only in Israel and the Occupied Territories but we are needed to build peace in our own city, province, and country.
Blog post: https://worldchangingkids.ca/archives/8465
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1185016636007780
Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/worldchangingkids/posts/740402178264433
Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6W-re-rcu8/

Rally for Choice
2024-05-09 12:00 - 17:00 | Parliament Hill, Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A9, Canada
Here we go again, folks! It’s that time of year when we get together to stand up for choice and reproductive rights!
Please join us Thursday, May 9 on the west side of Parliament Hill in Ottawa at 12pm as we loudly share our support for safe access to reproductive services. As we like to always say – bring your signs, chants and sunscreen!
This event is a safe space and we will not tolerate harassment of any kind towards community members.
Organized by Defend Choice – Ottawa. More info at link below.

Red Dress Day 2024 - Ottawa Community MMIWG2S+ Feast and Giveaway
2024-05-05 11:00 - 14:00 | Strathcona Park, 25 Range Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N8J3, Canada
Families of Sisters in Spirit (FSIS) is hosting a family-friendly feast and giveaway at Strathcona Park to commemorate Red Dress Day on Sunday, May 5, 2024 from 11 am to 2 pm.
This grassroots event supports local families and community members impacted by the ongoing crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S+).
Strathcona Park is on the edge of Sandy Hill along the Rideau River. It’s accessible by transit and has 2 hours free visitor parking. The address is 95 Range Rd., Ottawa, ON K1N 8J3
If you want to bring your favorite dish or have something you are not using anymore, please donate it to someone else who can use it. If you need a ride for someone to pick up any donations please email : familiesofsistersinspirit@gmail.com
Everything will be donated to all who needs it.
This event is supported by Assembly of Seven Generations (A7G), the Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW) and Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak (LFMO).
KICHI MEEGWETCH KAKINA

A New World In Our Hearts May Day Picnic
2024-05-04 13:00 - 15:00 | Jack Purcell Community Centre, 320 Jack Purcell Lane, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P1M4, Canada
This event will go ahead RAIN or SHINE! We hope to hold this event outside but if the weather looks dicey, we have a lovely room inside Jack Purcell ready to go.
Join Punch Up Collective and your favourite radicals in Ottawa for an picnic to celebrating May Day and our collective struggles for a better world!
May Day is a really important holiday for us! It’s a chance for us to remember and lift up all those in the past and present working to make this world a more just, livable, and delightful place for everyone. We hope the May Day Picnic will be a chance for us to come together and share stories about all the wonderful, inspiring, and powerful organizing taking place in Ottawa and beyond. Plus, who doesn’t just love a picnic with pals!
Let’s get together to share stories, make new friends, and collectively imagine possibilities for worlds beyond capitalism, colonialism, and extractivism.
The picnic will feature collaborative banners to color and draw on, face-painting, and other activities. Plus, it’s a park, with playground equipment and plenty of space to run around. Feel free to bring your outdoor activity of choice!
Food and Drink
Punch Up plans to provide some fruit, snacks, and drinks to share with everyone. But feel free to go all in on the picnic theme and bring snacks for yourself, or to share.
IF you do plan to bring a food to share, we will have materials on hand so you can label your shareable goodies (i.e. vegan, contains nuts, gluten-free, etc). If a kid at the potluck isn’t under your care, please check with their adult(s) before you feed them any food!
Punch Up will bring a few spare plates and cutlery, but please bring your own dishes and utensils to use for eating if at all possible.
And of course, there’s no need to bring any food! You’re more than welcome to just come and eat. There’s almost always more than enough food to go around.
Kids, friends, lovers, and others all welcome.
Accessibility
If the weather is good, the event will take place in the outdoor park space behind Jack Purcell Community Centre. If the weather is dicey, we will be using a room inside the Centre. This room is on the first floor and is wheelchair accessible.
The first floor has gender-segregated wheelchair accessible washrooms. On the 2nd floor, there is a washroom that is wheelchair accessible and gender neutral. There is elevator access to the second floor.
We request all participants refrain from wearing scents to better allow people with chemical sensitivities to attend.
If you have any other accessibility needs not listed here, please get in touch with us at punchup@riseup.net.
COVID Precautions
While masking is not required, N95 masks and hand sanitizer will be provided. We encourage anyone exhibiting symptoms of COVID or other respiratory illness to consider not attending. We will have two Hepa filters and a CR box if we are inside.

How to Abolish Prisons – Ottawa book launch
2024-05-04 11:00 - 12:30 | Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, K1N 7B9
Come check out the Ottawa launch of How to Abolish Prisons featuring Rachel Herzing, Justin Piché, and special guests on Saturday, May 4th from 11:00am to 12:30pm at Club SAW, 67 Nicholson St., Ottawa.
Books will be sold by Octopus Books. Proceeds from CPEP merch sales will go towards the Coalition Against the Proposed Prison legal fund to stop Ford’s Kemptville prison plan and save farmland (https://www.coalitionagainstproposedprison.ca), as well as Prisoner Legal Supports (http://www.prisonerlegalsupports.ca).
In How to Abolish Prisons, long-time organizers Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché reveal a movement that has made the struggle for abolition as real as the institutions they are fighting against.
“How to Abolish Prisons is hope in action. It is right on time.” —Mariame Kaba, author of We Do This ‘Til We Free Us
More details: https://octopusbooks.ca/events/37080
RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/418509574105730

All Out to UOttawa! Support the Student Sit-In for Gaza
2024-04-29 12:00 - 21:00 | Tabaret Lawn (UOttawa), 550 Cumberland Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N6N8, Canada
Support the student Sit in at UOttawa!
On Monday, April 29th from 12-9pm students at UOttawa will host a sit-in to occupy Tabaret lawn for the Popular University of Gaza, standing in solidarity with our people in Gaza who have undergone 200+ days of genocide under the brutal occupation and with Universities across North America rising up against the ongoing genocide. Join us by showing up to support our local student movement in demanding that their university divest from genocide and apartheid!

bring supplies like food, water, tarps, outdoor blankets, and other resources
e-transfer donations to insafuottawa@gmail.com
Amplify! Comment on the university’s social media pages, send emails, and who your support for students and divestment

Follow @insafottawa for the latest updates, more information about the campaign and the sit-in. Stay tuned to our Instagram for all important updates: https://www.instagram.com/insafuottawa/

Stories of Resilience
2024-04-28 14:00 - 16:00 | Just Food Farm, 2391 Pepin Court, Ottawa, Canada
Join us for a fundraiser event, “Stories of Resilience” in solidarity with Sudan, Congo and Palestine on April 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM at 2391 Pepin Court. Open to anyone who wants to come together in community, to honour the resilience that the Sudanese, Congolese, and Palestinian people have had to find to survive, and do what we can to support them from where we are.

This event will include a silent auction, raffle, light refreshments, and performances (poetry, music, storytelling) on the theme of resilience.

We will be collecting donations, which will be split equally between the three groups via legitimate and verified organizations. PWYC at the door, suggested donation 15$. 100% of funds going to:

Sudan: Brana Hanbanihu Youth Organization
(https://bit.ly/4ain5FY)

Congo: Friends of the Congo
(https://bit.ly/3J0jbG3)

Palestine: Palestine Children’s Relief Fun
(https://www.pcrf.net/)

Where: 2391 Pepin Court, Red Barn
When: April 28, 2024 from 2:00 PM.

~Transportation/Parking~
Bus route 25
Free but limited parking on site
Carpool encouraged!

~Facilities/Accessibility~
The event will take place in English.
The space is accessible by stair and elevator. Note the ground around the building is gravel.
Composting gender-neutral toilets, one larger stall, no handrail.
Chairs without arms.
No heat/AC – if a cooler day, please bring warm clothes, blankets.
Facemasks are welcome but not mandatory. Before attending, please do a self-assesment of your health. If you are experiencing any symptoms of any communicable virus or illness, please do not come.

A Night of Celebration: 40 Years of SASC Ottawa
2024-04-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Allsaints Event Space, 10 Blackburn Ave, Ottawa, ON, K1N 8A2, Canada
Join us on Friday, April 26th to celebrate The Sexual Assault Support Centre of Ottawa (SASC) 40th anniversary! This event is an evening of celebration and recognition of the legacy of SASC Ottawa’s community work. Learn more about SASC Ottawa’s presence in the community, history, meet the folks through the years that made SASC Ottawa and learn how to support SASC Ottawa.

Learn how to become a donor, participate in our silent auction and meet the changemakers of SASC Ottawa!

Queer Death Salon - When abusers and jerks die
2024-04-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
This 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.
We are all present as community members and participants to discussion and resource sharing. Attendees are welcome to come with questions, stories, or special objects to share with the group. Some months, we may have a guest speaker or a community researcher for all or a portion of a session. Other months, there may be a predetermined topic of conversation for a deep-dive. These will be announced as they are scheduled.
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April’s Queer Death Salon is for those impacted by the death of someone they’ve had a bad, difficult, or abusive relationship with.
Some questions to consider:
How has the death of this person/these people, impacted me?
How have I been expected to relate to this death?
How can I make sense of the relationship(s) we had when I’m the only one left?
Participants will have the opportunity to introduce topics and ask questions of the group.

Confronting Hate: A conversation with Barbara Leimsner and Monia Mazigh
2024-04-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 290 Lisgar Street, Ottawa
How can we as individuals—and authors, thinkers, & advocates—keep each other hopeful and stand up collectively in the face of rising hate and Islamophobia in the world?
Join Octopus Books for a community conversation with Barbara Leimsner, author of Quitting the Master Race, and Monia Mazigh, author of Gendered Islamophobia.
Tuesday, April 23, 7pm – 8:30pm. Doors open at 6:30pm.
Woodside Hall, Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre
355 Cooper St, Ottawa
Refreshments provided.
RSVP for this free event at https://octopusbooks.ca/events/33777
In Quitting the Master Race, Barbara Leimsner confronts the past to discover how one ordinary man—her adored German papa—became thoroughly indoctrinated with Nazi ideology during the Hitler years. As she weaves together the roots of her shameful inheritance, she also discovers deeper truths about herself—and the cure for hate. This thoughtful, compelling story examines the ever-present threat of racism and far-right ideologies, as well as issues of inter-generational memory, identity, and trauma.
In Gendered Islamophobia, Monia Mazigh describes the struggles faced daily by hijab-wearing Muslim women in Canada, and the assumptions and prejudices which confront them daily in the streets, workplaces, universities, and the media.
The facilitator for the event will be Kevin Skerrett, Adjunct Research Professor in the Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University and former Senior Research Officer for CUPE.
Part of the Authors Unbound literary event series.

Earth Day Canvass for Social Justice
2024-04-22 17:30 - 20:30 | 100 Brewer Way, Ottawa, ON K1S 5T1, Canada
Join us on Earth Day and take action around climate change by canvassing through Old Ottawa South to speak to neighbours about our campaign around banning fossil fuel ads in city facilities and encouraging folks to sign our petition!

You can RSVP to our canvass on our website:
https://tinyurl.com/9nz4vurj

Assessing the impact of the Kemptville Prison Plan: An Earth Day Webinar
2024-04-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Livestream on YouTube – link to come!
Event updates on social media @cappkemptville and at cappkemptville.ca
Event Overview:
– New research findings on the anticipated environmental and economic costs of the infrastructure project
– New information about the plan obtained through Freedom of Information requests
– Update on the legal fight and other pathways being contemplated to stop the Kemptville prison and save the farmland

March to End the Plastic Era
2024-04-21 11:00 - 14:00 | Parliament Hill, Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A9, Canada
The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) happening in Ottawa from 23 to 29 April 2024 is a pivotal moment where we can make or break the Global Plastics Treaty. Pressure on the negotiation process is high as we move into the last year of the process and are still far from a Treaty that would truly address the plastics crisis, including the harms that plastic causes to communities across its entire life cycle.
This is why civil society groups from around the world are coming together in a mass mobilization at INC-4 in Ottawa and in different satellite actions in multiple locations globally to center the goals and values of communities most impacted by the plastic lifecycle.
Join us in Ottawa on 21 April 2024 (Sunday) as we march from Parliament Hill to Shaw Center to remind governments who exactly they are negotiating for at the INC.

Trans History Night
2024-04-20 17:00 - 20:00 | Ottawa Trans Library, 1104 Somerset St. West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 3C8, Canada
Join us for an evening of snacks, drinks, and engaging conversation with presentations on trans history from the class of HIST 4506A!
Organized by the Ottawa Trans Library and HIST 4506A.

Night School: The Importance of Indigenous Narrative Sovereignty
2024-04-18 18:00 - 21:00 | DARC Microcinema, 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, K1N 7B9, Canada
DARC presents our next lecture in our Night School series: The Importance of Indigenous Narrative Sovereignty – Rustic Oracle, A Case Study with Sonia Bonspille Boileau.
Sonia Bonspille Boileau is a bilingual Kanien’kehá:ka-Quebecois filmmaker who has been working for over fifteen years at bringing Indigenous content to the screen for audiences of all cultural backgrounds. She will lead an informative conversation about the importance of Indigenous representation in the arts and media, narrative sovereignty and the power of storytelling to educate, share and heal.
Join us for this FREE lecture in the DARC Microcinema on April 18th at 6 PM – following the FREE screening of Sonia’s film, Rustic Oracle, on April 17th. Registration is not required.

National Canadian Film Day Screening: Rustic Oracle
2024-04-17 11:00 - 17:00 | DARC Microcinema, 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, K1N 7B9, Canada
In conjunction with our next lecture in our Night School series and National Canadian Film Day, we will be presenting a FREE screening of Sonia Bonspille Boileau’s second dramatic feature, Rustic Oracle, on April 17th. Screenings will be at 11am, 1pm, and 3pm in the DARC Microcinema.
Set in the late 90s, Rustic Oracle is a dramatic feature about Ivy, an 8-year-old girl trying to understand what happened to her big sister who has vanished from their small Mohawk community. With minimal clues, Ivy and her mother Susan embark on an unwelcome journey to find Heather which ultimately brings the pair closer together despite challenging circumstances. Behind the story of desperation, told through the eyes of a child, lies one of hope, growth, awakening and love.
Come watch the film, and then join us the following day for an informative conversation about the importance of Indigenous representation in the arts and media, narrative sovereignty and the power of storytelling to educate, share and heal with the filmmaker herself.

Save Our Gaza Families Vigil: No More Excuses, No More Lies, Fix the Program Before Another Dies
2024-04-16 12:00 - 14:00 | Ottawa House of Commons, 111 Wellington St, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A0A6, Canada
Three months into the failed Gaza “None is Too Many” program, not a single person has been saved.
Please join us for a peaceful statement to call urgent changes tpo ensure immediate family reunification with loved ones in Gaza.

Please join us anytime between 12 noon and 2 pm on Tuesday, April 16 (marking 99 days of this failed program) for a peaceful vigil at the House of Commons entrance at O’Connor and Wellington in Ottawa (where we have held three
previous vigils).

Please let us know if you can attend so we can plan how many signs and banners to bring.

Organized by Rural Refugee Rights Network and Gazan Canadians League

Immigration Minister Marc Miller has failed, despite months of lobbying and public education, to make critical changes to his failed program. He must immediately:
1. Release all codes so everyone can apply immediately
2. Lift the 1,000-person cap
3. Expand eligibility for anchor relatives to include refugees and refugee claimants and student and work permit holders
4. Implement a 14-day processing period for TRVs as was the standard with the Ukraine program and assign extra staff as needed to ensure compliance with this timeline.
5. Allow those who were temporarily outside of and had planned to return to Gaza as of October 7 to apply
6. Remove the requirement that applicants remain under bombardment and starvation in Gaza, especially those who have escaped to Egypt and are currently rendered ineligible
7. Waive application and biometrics fees.
8. Rectify systemic errors which continue to produce false reports of incomplete applications or which send application news to the wrong person.
9. Remove intrusive and invasive questions from the TRV application (social media accounts, scars, employment back to the age of 16) and instruct IRCC officers on the nature of how the social service sector worked in Gaza, such that procedural fairness letters are not asking ethically questionable things like whether a nurse or doctor ever provided medical services to someone from Hamas.
10. Engage with Global Affairs Canada staff and DND staff to ensure swift and safe passage across the Rafah border.

Voices For Palestine - A Concert for Children's Relief
2024-04-14 19:00 | The Rainbow Bistro, 76 Murray Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 5M6, Canada
🌟Join us on April 14th for an unforgettable night of music at Voices for Palestine! 🎶 Featuring incredible performances at The Rainbow Bistro by local artists Hannah Vig, Out by Lucy, Dart Trees, Karim Reslan, and DJ Jamza, alongside insightful talks from Dr. Yipeng Ge, Independent Jewish Voices Ottawa, INSAF uOttawa, and Climate Justice Climatique uO (CJCUO). Together we’re raising funds for a cause close to our hearts: the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. Purchase your tickets for only $20 or buy a donation ticket if you can’t make it — see you there! 🇵🇸💖✨
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Dart Trees
Dart trees is composed of four buddies who met at the University of Ottawa and have been making feel good emo rock for the last 2 years. Their last album turned a year old in March and they’re starting recording their new album in April.
Karim Reslan
Karim Reslan is a Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist. Various genres have inspired him to create experimental unique sounds with a heavy dive in sensual R&B tunes. He is Lebanese born and raised, escaped from ongoing wars around 2014 to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates where he officially launched his music career in 2017. He is currently based in Ottawa where he continues to spread the message of love and freedom of self expression in his music.
Out by Lucy
Out by Lucy is a rock band which delivers high energy performances of whimsical, witty, and lackadaisical original music. Their music situates itself in a rock lineage which stretches back to the rock and pop groups of the 1960s like the Kinks, the Stones, and the Beatles. The Group consists of Sam Moreland (Lead Guitar), Julian Moreland (Drums), Dom Doyon (Bass), along with Harrison Mees (Lead vocals). The groups debut EP “Different Zoo, Same Old Monkey.” showcases their eclectic approach to Songwriting. Tracks like “Fukuyama” tackle topics like political philosophy and the biblical apocalypse while “Snorkelling song” presents a simple ode to the joys of watersports.
Hannah Vig
Formerly known for her intimate and emotive acoustic performances, Hannah Vig has been bringing a new and exciting sound to her live music: a band. Bringing her rock influences to the fore, Vig’s hard-hitting lyrics are now backed by a dynamic new energy with the musical stylings of Matthew Scharfe (bass), Eric Montpool (guitar), and Nae Roy-Ling (drums).
DJ Jamza
Hailing from Morocco, Jamza entered the DJ scene in 2021, initially embracing mainstream EDM before finding his true passion in the vibrant rhythms of Marrakech’s house music scene. Specializing in Afro house, tech house, Latin, and disco house, Jamza seamlessly blends classics with contemporary tracks to create captivating sets that unite crowds on the dancefloors of Ottawa’s top venues like City at Night, The Hudson, and 56 Berlin. With his infectious energy and welcoming vibe, Jamza ensures that everyone feels at home, ready to dance the night away in harmony.

Ottawa United for Palestine
2024-04-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Human Rights Monument, 220 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Join us Sunday April 14 at the Human Rights Monument at 2PM as we continue to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza and Canada’s complicity in the violence against Palestinians. As Palestinian Prisoners Day draws near, we honour and remember the struggle of our prisoners in zionist jails, who, since October, have faced escalations in violence and torture from the Zionist entity as it conducted mass arrest campaigns across the West Bank. On April 7, revolutionary and intellectual, Walid Daqqah, imprisoned since 1986, was murdered through purposeful medical negligence while in Zionist jail. We look to Daqqah and all our prisoners for guidance through their revolutionary teachings, wisdom, and steadfastness.The Gaza Action Coalition invites you to march with us to honor our prisoners, to demand an end to the genocide, an end to the siege on Gaza, an end to Canadian complicity, and the release of ALL Palestinian political prisoners.

Queering Ritual Adornment: Creative Beit Midrash
2024-04-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Online
Funded by Reconstructing Judaism’s Auerbach Launch Grant, Rabbinic Student Léah Miller Returns!
Drawing partially from the artistic pedagogy of the Jewish Studio Process, Léah will lead folx to think about and play with the concept of Jewish creativity. In all three sessions, there will be time for text study, self-reflection, and creative process, and the sessions will not be dependent on each other. There are no requirements for artistic skills or materials, but registrants will receive a suggested list of how to prepare. Additionally, this class will be leading towards an in-person class where you can make/finish adorning/design your own tallis/prayer shawl!
This event is designed to center queer and trans Jews, though all are welcome!
Click Here to Register!
https://www.orh.ca/event/queering-ritual-adornment-creative-beit-midrash.html#

'Jewelry With a Purpose' workshop by Justice for Indigenous Women
2024-04-13 10:00 - 15:00 | Ojigkwanong Indigenous Student Centre, 228 Patterson Hall, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada
Everyone is welcome to attend our jewelry-making festival supporting Justice for Indigenous Women (J4IW) and 2Spirit Manitoba. This is an opportunity to participate in meaningful reconciliation!
Registration Required: Please complete this short google form to register.
Cost: Suggested donation $25 (link to donate on above order form). This includes all materials needed to create your own jewelry and refreshments. Additional kits are available to purchase for $10 to take home.
Other details:
No experience needed! All materials will be provided (but if you have a needle-nose pliers, please bring them along) and we will teach you how to make this jewelry that is not only beautiful but also educational. Our Governor General, Mary Simon, has proudly worn J4IW jewelry!
Elder Barbara Dumont Hill and others will provide education and story-telling about Indigenous issues including Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman, Girls, and Two-Spirit Peoples (MMIWG2S).
Beverages and snacks will be generously provided by the Ojigkwanong Indigenous Student Centre at Carleton University, who is also providing their special space for us to use and enjoy.

Honoring Palestinian Life Through Transgressive Joy and Art
2024-04-12 16:00 - 18:00 | MacOdrum Library, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Carleton’s Palestine non-committee invites you to an event to celebrate Palestinian humanity and resilience through transgressive acts of joy amidst the ongoing destruction of life in Gaza. In a world that dehumanizes Palestinians, we mirror Palestinian transgressive joy as an expression of resistance, hope, and dignity in the face of erasure, apartheid, and fear. This event celebrates Palestinian life through various cultural and artistic activities, such as sharing Palestinian food, learning the Dabke line-dance, hearing poetry and stories, and engaging with an art exhibition. Our hope is to create a space that honors Palestinian humanity and presence despite an ongoing erasure, genocide, and occupation.
Room 252 MacOdrum Library

Book Launch: Suing for Silence by Mandi Gray
2024-04-11 19:00 - 20:00 | Octopus Books, 116 Third Ave, Ottawa, Canada
Join us for the Ottawa launch of Suing for Silence: Sexual Violence and Defamation Law with author Mandi Gray.
Thursday, April 11, 7pm – 8pm
Octopus Books, 116 Third Ave., Ottawa
Suing for Silence is a groundbreaking examination of how men accused of sexual violence use defamation lawsuits as a weapon to silence those who attempt to hold them accountable.
As Mandi Gray demonstrates, Canadian defamation law helps perpetuate the myth that false allegations of sexual violence are common. Gray draws on media reports, courtroom observations, and interviews with silence breakers, activists, and lawyers to examine the societal and individual implications of so-called liar lawsuits. She argues that their purpose is not to achieve justice but to intimidate, silence, and drain the resources of those who speak out against sexual violence and even report their own assaults – and to discourage others from doing the same.
This meticulous work reveals the gendered underpinnings of Canadian defamation law, which has long protected men’s reputations at the expense of women’s sexual autonomy. Sexual violence discourse must have adequate protection if it is to be heard.
Mandi Gray is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Trent University and an anti-violence activist. She is regularly featured in Canadian media on issues pertaining to sexual violence, including in the Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, Toronto Life, and on the CBC.

Climate Publics with Carleton Climate Commons – “Food Relations in a Time of Climate Crisis”
2024-04-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Irene’s Pub, 885 Bank St, Ottawa, ON
Join us and special guests at Irene’s Pub in Ottawa for a night of conversing, sharing, and feeling as we reflect on food sustainability, sovereignty, production, and consumption in light of climate changed futures.
Whether you’re a climate enthusiast or just curious about the topic, this event is open to all. Share your thoughts, ideas, and questions in a friendly environment. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and learn more about the actions we can take to address climate change. Together, we can make a difference!
Organized by Carleton Climate Commons, Climate PUBlics brings people together in some of Ottawa’s liveliest pubs to discuss climate catastrophe, environmental justice, and our shared future.
Special Guests:
Sarah Rotz is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University. Her academic and organizing work is grounded in environmentmental justice and focused on land and food systems. Sarah’s community-based work with various organizations and campaigns includes food and farmer’s associations, fossil fuels divestment, climate justice, and food sovereignty movements. She is a member of the RAIR collective, a settler and Indigenous collective committed to dialogue and action in support of Indigenous land rematriation grounded in principles of food justice and Indigenous sovereignty.
Andrew Fitzel is majoring in cognitive science and minoring in the environmental and climate humanities (EACH) at Carleton. He is co-president of Animal Rights Carleton (ARC) which is a student-run social group that advocates for a plant-based lifestyle. It also aims to educate about issues pertaining to animal rights and animal agriculture, as well as investigating their implications in terms of ethics, the climate crisis, and human health.
Heart City Farm, Matthew Mason-Phillips is one half of Heart City Farm along with co-founder Madeleine Maltby. They have been growing food in and around the city of Ottawa for the last decade and remain committed to sustainable agriculture, food security and local food culture.
Amanda Wilson is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Innovation at Saint Paul University. Her areas of research include food movements and carceral food systems, collective organizing, and enacting a politics of possibility. She is a long-time community organizer in Ottawa, member of the Punch Up Collective, and President of the Board of the Social Innovation Atelier.
