Welcome to Radical Events Ottawa! Learn more about the list here. See the full calendar here.
Please Note: Events listed on this calendar are not organized by the Punch Up Collective unless otherwise noted in the event details.
The keynote speaker is Alex Neve, 2025 CBC Massey Lecturer and the former Secretary General for Amnesty International Canada. There will also be a presentation by Don Bayne, Lawyer for Hassan Diab who will speak about the sham French trial, held in absentia, the declared Dr. Diab guilty. There will be a Q & A.
WHO AND WHAT? Join us for an evening with award-winning and best-selling author and scholar Robyn Maynard (@policingblack) as she launches the revised and expanded edition of her book “Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present” (published @fernpub) on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe Territory | in Ottawa. Following her […]
Join us on October 30 as we welcome Dr. Karena Shaw to discuss political ecology and her most recent research. Register: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/U5mu565bSIeAQ91Ndl1UEg#/registration
Landlords in Ottawa are kicking out long-term tenants under the false excuse of “renovations”— just to jack up the rent. That’s a renoviction! Thanks to tenant organizing by ACORN members across the province, Ottawa is finally developing a bylaw. So, to make sure this bylaw protects us where it counts, ACORN is consulting with the […]
Join Carleton University's Department of History for a talk by Cynthia Miller-Idriss as she discusses her latest book, Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism. What two things do most violent extremists have in common? Most of us know the first: they are almost always men or boys. But the second? They are […]
Renters who live in Hazelview Properties run rentals are fighting back against lack of repairs, frequent elevator shutdowns, pest issues and more!
An urgent look at America’s student movement, sparked at Columbia University, as students protested ties to the genocide in Gaza. Join us for a free screening of "The Encampments"a film which offers an urgent, intimate portrait of America’s student movement, ignited at Colombia University, as students protested their universities’ ties to the genocide in Gaza. […]
No business as usual while El-Fashir and Darfur face genocidal violence at the hands of the Emirati and American backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The last couple of days have seen some of the most brutal and unimaginable violence carried out in the name of the RSF's campaign of ethnic cleansing and the larger imperialist […]
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Access your electromagnetic imagination through an evening of radio art Join us to explore the Art of Transmission with an evening of groundbreaking radio art and performance presented in partnership with CUAG. Explore the radical potentialities of analog radio through the work of artist and author Paul Jasen and media and sound artist Florence-Delphine Roux. […]
A program of rarely- or never before-screened short videos by Canadian queer and trans sex worker activists, or interviews featuring them, from the 1970s-1990s. This program foregrounds queer and trans sex workers' own voices, speaking candidly to one another about their experiences, or engaging with straight media to explode myths and bust stigma faced by […]
Join us for a community townhall discussion about your rights as a tenant, how you can exercise those rights, and what tools you have at your disposal to stay secure as a renter. Where: Jack Purcell Community Centre, Room 203 320 Jack Purcell Ln, Room 203
