Film and Panel - Collaboration with CoSA and OTJC
2026-06-13 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ottawa, 404 McArthur Avenue, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Film screening and panel discussion hosted by Circles of Support and Accountability Ottawa and the Ottawa Transformative Justice Collective.

The film: Facing Our Messy Lives (2024) – The CoSA Ottawa Documentary
Facing Our Messy Lives – This 61 minute film offers a rare and thoughtful look at how community-based reintegration works for people returning to society after serving sentences for sexual offences. It challenges assumptions, reduces stigma, and highlights what truly makes communities safer.
This documentary explores the Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA) model — an evidence-informed approach that combines community volunteers with professional guidance to support individuals at high risk of reoffending
Through interviews, real stories, and community perspectives, the film demonstrates:

How isolation and stigma increase riskHow structured support and accountability reduce harm
The courage of volunteers who step forward to build safer communities
Why prevention is everyone’s responsibility

CoSA has been shown to reduce reoffending by up to 88%, making it one of the most effective community-based reintegration models available.
About Circles of Support and Accountability Ottawa (CoSA Ottawa)
CoSA is a reintegration program inspired by restorative justice principles that reduce victimization by assisting people who have committed sexual offences to lead a responsible, constructive, and accountable life in our community.
Ever since CoSA was formed by a dedicated group of volunteers in 1994 in Hamilton, Ontario, CoSA has had one primary goal: No More Victims. Circles of Support and Accountability is the only community-based organization offering this service.
Over the years, CoSA sites across Canada have assisted thousands of recently incarcerated people, referred to as Core Members, who voluntarily seek CoSA’s help to learn to stop the cycle of harm and to establish a place in society.
About the Panel:

The panel will bring together people of diverse perspectives who are involved with CoSA in a variety of contexts, including a volunteer, a Core Member of CoSA, and a survivor.
CoSA’s Core Members are recently incarcerated people who voluntarily seek CoSA’s help to learn to stop the cycle of harm and to establish a place in society. A Core Member of CoSA will appear on our panel anonymously via Zoom.

Weekend parking is available in the lot behind the HeartWood House building. Street parking in the neighbourhood is free for 3 hours.

Film and Panel Discussion: Sudan, Remember Us
2026-06-18 17:00 - 19:30 | University of Ottawa, 75 Laurier Ave East, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N6N5, Canada
The screening will be at the University of Ottawa, Room FSS 1030, from 5-7:30pm. The film is 78 minutes long and will be followed by a short discussion with women human rights defenders and feminist allies.

Registration link is here: https://wpsn-canada.org/sudan-working-group/

The event is sponsored by the Sudan Working Group, Inter Pares, Amnesty Canada, and the Human Rights Research and Education Centre.

Trailer for Sudan, Remember Us: youtube.com/watch?v=jXHjPdOBois

Synopsis: During the Sudanese revolution in 2019, filmmaker Hind Meddeb captures a jubilant moment of defiance among young Sudanese activists in Khartoum after the overthrow of a long dictatorship, and then chronicles the military crackdown that followed.

In April 2019, the Paris-based filmmaker Hind Meddeb travelled to Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, at a jubilant moment in the country’s history. The long-time dictator Omar Al-Bashir had recently been overthrown after a 30-year regime marked by genocidal violence in Darfur. Meddeb began filming with young activists rallying for a citizen’s government by staging sit-ins, making music, reciting poetry, and painting murals. Their hopes are expressed in signs that read “Sudan free from tribalism” and “religious pluralism.”

For Meddeb, who has family roots in Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria, the movement brings to mind the aspirations of her late father: “the dream of an Arab country with its customs shaken up by a feminist revolution.” She captures demonstrations going late into the night with a celebratory atmosphere. The activists are defiant against backlash. “Bullets don’t kill,” says one young man. “What kills is people’s silence.”

Sudan, remember us enshrines this moment, but also documents the descent into war that followed. Today, Sudan is engulfed in violence between internal factions in collusion with external arms suppliers driven to gain control over the country’s wealth of minerals.

Trans grief and rage in the era of fentanyl
2026-06-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Ottawa Trans Library, 1104 Somerset St. West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 3C8, Canada
A trans perspective on fentanyl, harm reduction and the war on drugs. Presented by Imogen Reid

Antifascist Collage and Poster Making! June 19
2026-06-19 18:00 - 21:00 | Bronson Centre, 211 Bronson Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
A collage and poster-making event inspired by the poster exhibition “Art is a Weapon: Revolutionary and Antifascist Posters from Spain”!
On June 19, drop by Education for Liberation Collective’s relaxed collage and poster-making session inspired by our poster exhibition, “Art is a Weapon: Revolutionary and Antifascist Posters from Spain 1936–39
This event is taking place within the context of the exhibition Art is a Weapon: Revolutionary and Antifascist Posters from Spain 1936-39, on at Gongfu Bao Restaurant, 365 Bank Street, until June 20.
All supplies provided. Event is free. Masks will be required and will be provided as well.
This is our second-last event; there will be a closing poster sale on June 21!
Accessibility Info
– Masks will be required and provided.
– Air purifier in space.
– Weather permitting, we’ll have use of outdoor space
– We will have the windows open if possible.
– The venue is easily accessed by public transit

Waubgeshig Rice: Anishinaabe History and Writing the Future
2026-06-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum Boulevard, Ottawa, K1E 0A1
In celebration of National Indigenous History Month, join Ottawa Public Library for a talk with Waubgeshig Rice!
Reserve your free ticket
Moon of the Turning Leaves was largely inspired by Anishinaabe history, culture, and Waubgeshig’s upbringing in his home community of Wasauksing First Nation. Waub recalls looking to the past to consider how to write about the future. This talk highlights historical, cultural, and speculative themes readers can explore when engaging with this book and others by Indigenous authors.
Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist from Wasauksing First Nation on Georgian Bay. His breakthrough novel Moon of the Crusted Snow was published in 2018 to widespread critical acclaim. Its sequel, Moon of the Turning Leaves, was published in 2023 and became an instant bestseller. His short stories and essays have been published in numerous anthologies.

Walk for Recovery - La Marche pour le Rétablissement
2026-06-20 12:00 | Human Rights Monument, 220 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
*en français ci-dessous*

On Saturday June 20, we invite you to walk/wheel/roll/stroll for women and gender-diverse people living with addiction. We mobilize for accessible long-term, trauma-informed mental health care that is tailored to the specific needs of women and gender-diverse people. We walk to break the stigma of addiction, taking space in Ottawa’s downtown core with visibility, pride, and in community.

With 47 years of experience serving our community, Amethyst Centre Ottawa is a leading non-residential agency in providing therapy, holistic and diverse programming, peer-support, and health promotion in our city. Our services are free, long-term, in English or French, in person or online. We do not require abstinence to access our services and support harm reduction.

Our mission is to support our community to take control of factors that impact our health and well-being in healing and recovery. You can support our mission by making a donation, fundraising as an individual, or making a fundraising team, to walk for recovery.

FUNDRAISING WITH AMETHYST

This is a powerful opportunity to raise awareness about the needs of women and gender-diverse people living with addiction. Our community deserves barrier-free, long-term, trauma-informed care that meets each person’s unique needs.

Sign up as an individual or join a team. Help spread the word about why this cause matters to you. Every conversation and every contribution makes a difference.

Please sign up using our CanadaHelps campaign page, and let your supporters know to make contributions under your name/team in this same page.
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/106707953RR0001-amethyst-womens-addiction-centre/p2p/WalkforRecovery/

As a thank you, participants who raise $50 will receive a Friend of Amethyst certificate and a beautiful amethyst crystal. Those who raise $100 or more will receive these gifts along with an additional local surprise: Details coming soon!

ABOUT THE WALK ROUTE
We will gather at the Monument of Human Rights to check-in and hear from our speakers. This will take 45 minutes approximately. Light refreshments and snacks will be provided.
The march will begin at the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights. From there, participants will proceed north along Elgin Street toward Parliament Hill.

At Parliament Hill, the route will turn left and continue west along Wellington Street to Bank Street. The march will then head south on Bank Street before turning left onto Somerset Street.

Participants will follow Somerset Street eastbound, returning to Elgin Street and concluding back at the starting point.

This is a 3 km accessible route expected to take approximately 60–90 minutes. The march will proceed at the pace of those with mobility needs, who will be encouraged to lead at the front.

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Le samedi 20 juin, nous vous invitons à marcher / rouler / vous déplacer pour les femmes et les personnes de la diversité de genre vivant avec une dépendance. Nous nous mobilisons pour des soins en santé mentale accessibles, à long terme et sensibles aux traumatismes, adaptés aux besoins spécifiques des femmes et des personnes de la diversité de genre. Nous marchons pour briser la stigmatisation liée à la dépendance, en occupant l’espace du centre-ville d’Ottawa avec visibilité, fierté et solidarité.

Forte de 47 ans d’expérience au service de notre communauté, Centre Amethyst d’Ottawa est un organisme communautaire sans hébergement de premier plan offrant, dans notre ville, des services de thérapie, une programmation holistique et diversifiée, du soutien par les pairs et de la promotion de la santé. Nos services sont gratuits, à long terme, offerts en français ou en anglais, en personne ou en ligne. L’abstinence n’est pas requise pour accéder à nos services et nous adoptons une approche de réduction des méfaits.

Notre mission est de soutenir notre communauté afin qu’elle puisse agir sur les facteurs qui influencent sa santé et son bien-être, dans une perspective de guérison et de rétablissement. Vous pouvez soutenir notre mission en faisant un don, en organisant une collecte de fonds individuelle ou en formant une équipe de collecte de fonds pour marcher en soutien au rétablissement.

COLLECTE DE FONDS AVEC AMETHYST

C’est une occasion puissante de sensibiliser aux besoins des femmes et des personnes de genres divers vivant avec une dépendance. Notre communauté mérite des soins accessibles, à long terme et tenant compte des traumatismes, adaptés aux besoins uniques de chaque personne.
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nscrivez-vous à titre individuel ou formez une équipe. Aidez à faire connaître cette cause et pourquoi elle vous tient à cœur. Chaque conversation et chaque contribution font une réelle différence.
Veuillez vous inscrire via notre page de campagne CanadaHelps et inviter vos proches à faire un don en votre nom ou au nom de votre équipe sur cette même page. https://www.canadahelps.org/fr/organismesdebienfaisance/106707953RR0001-amethyst-womens-addiction-centre/p2p/WalkforRecovery/

En guise de remerciement, les participant·e·s qui amassent 50 $ recevront un certificat Ami·e d’Amethyst ainsi qu’un magnifique cristal d’améthyste. Les participant·e·s qui amassent 100 $ ou plus recevront ces cadeaux, ainsi qu’une surprise locale supplémentaire : détails à venir !

À PROPOS DU PARCOURS

Nous nous rassemblerons au Monument canadien pour les droits de la personne afin de faire l’inscription et d’entendre nos intervenant·e·s. Cette portion durera environ 45 minutes. Des rafraîchissements légers et des collations seront offerts.

La marche débutera au Monument canadien pour les droits de la personne. De là, les participant·e·s se dirigeront vers le nord sur la rue Elgin en direction de la Colline du Parlement.
À la Colline du Parlement, le parcours tournera à gauche pour continuer vers l’ouest sur la rue Wellington jusqu’à la rue Bank. La marche se poursuivra ensuite vers le sud sur la rue Bank avant de tourner à gauche sur la rue Somerset.

Les participant·e·s suivront la rue Somerset vers l’est, revenant à la rue Elgin et terminant au point de départ.

Il s’agit d’un parcours accessible d’environ 3 km, d’une durée estimée de 60 à 90 minutes. La marche se déroulera à un rythme qui tient compte des besoins en matière de mobilité, et les personnes concernées seront encouragées à ouvrir la marche.

Summer Solstice Solarpunk Hopecore Variety Show Extravaganza!
2026-06-20 15:00 - 21:00 | Ron Kolbus Lakeside Center
Come and celebrate our earth and the summer solstice this year with Last Generation! We will have live music and performances, vegan bbq and snacks, crafts and activities for all ages. Bring your family and friends and let’s celebrate our wonderful mother earth and all she still has while we learn how to build a better world together!

Poster Sale
2026-06-21 13:00 - 16:00 | Gongfu Bao, 365 Bank St, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P1Y2, Canada
Closing event for the exhibition Art is a Weapon: Revolutionary and Antifascist Posters from Spain 1936-39
Sunday June 21, 1-4pm
Gongfu Bao Restaurant, 365 Bank Street
Get some beautiful art and help us raise funds to cover the costs of the exhibition!

Social Production of Science Reading Group: Biotechnology
2026-06-22 20:00 - 21:30 | Online
In this month’s module of the Social Production of Science reading group, we will look at the Biotechnology Industry. The discussion will take place on Monday, June 22nd at 8 pm EDT on zoom.
We will be discussing two readings, including our first piece of fiction!
• Chapter 2 of Living Factories by Kenneth Fish
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Register at the link in our bio to get access to the readings and sign up for updates! We will send out emails with the discussion questions and zoom links.
All members, new and old, are invited to join this online reading group exploring The Social Production of Science curriculum. This reading group continues SftP’s tradition of running a reading group alongside our local organising, and the goal of this series is to better link our collective education with collective action, bringing together members to deepen our shared understanding of science, power, and liberation.
Developed and maintained by the Science for the People
– New Haven Chapter (also thanks to @sftpnhv for the graphic!) , this curriculum investigates how Marxism, science, and capitalism intersect – and how these forces shape both knowledge and the material conditions of our world. Through discussion and reflection, we’ll consider what it means to reclaim science as a tool for social transformation.

Tarot for Grief and Crisis
2026-06-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
Queer Death Salon is a community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death, dying and grief. It 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
Participants will be led through Jungian, Hermetic, and Rider-Waite tarot traditions and what it means to read in different modalities, especially in times of grief or crisis.
E (she/her/they/them), is a largely self-taught tarot reader of about 17 years. They primarily approach their reads from a Jungian or Archetypal standpoint, inviting people to explore the cards from a deeper psychological standpoint. She has also branched into other forms of cartomancy (lenormand, playing cards) and is a budding astrologer.

Three Autistic Musicians Walk Into a Bar, Featuring Vincent Bishop, Erin Adair, and Spencer Scharf
2026-06-23 19:00 - 22:00 | Avant Garde Bar, 135 1/2 Besserer Street, Ottawa
Three Autistic Musicians Walk Into a Bar brings Vincent Bishop, Erin Adair, and Spencer Scharf to Avant-Garde Bar for a night of live music, stories, covers, original songs, and folk music chaos.
Featuring three Ottawa musicians with very different styles, the evening blends folk, country, blues, protest music, singalong traditions, humour, and whatever else happens when you give three songwriters a microphone.

Proceeds donated to Autistics for Autistics / A4A.
Tuesday, June 237:00–10:15 PMAvant-Garde BarAdmission: $20. No one turned away for lack of funds.

Erin Adair is an Ottawa folksinger, multi-instrumentalist, adaptive music teacher, and community song leader rooted in folk, protest music, and singalong traditions. A CBC Searchlight Top 4 finalist and Canadian Folk Music Award nominee, Erin has performed at Mariposa, Bluesfest, Folkfest, Jazzfest, and the NAC’s Fourth Stage. Their performances are heartfelt, funny, and participatory.

Spencer Scharf is an Ottawa-based folk, rock, and blues multi-instrumentalist known for his one-man-band performances. Performing on guitar, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, keyboard, harmonica, and vocals, he has appeared hundreds of times across the region and has been invited repeatedly to perform at Ottawa Bluesfest and CityFolk. Instagram: @scharfspencer Website: spencerscharf.com

Vincent Bishop is an Ottawa-based bilingual folk/country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. A Carleton music graduate, he has released three albums and received the Robert Paquette Fund and Réseau Ontario’s “Coup de Foudre Salut!” award. He has also been nominated annually for Francophone Artist of the Year at the CMAOntario Awards since 2022. He performs with guitar, ukulele, banjo, mandolin, clarinet, jaw harp, bass, beatboxing, and live looping. His music explores optimism, identity, and his experience as an autistic artist.

Accessibility Note:

Avant-Garde Bar has two steps to enter and is not wheelchair-accessible. The venue is a bar environment, so there may be crowd noise, amplified music, and general sensory intensity. Ear protectors, earplugs, and some sensory items/fidgets will be available. We are confirming details about seating and space for mobility devices. Please contact us with specific access questions.

The Hands That Feed Us Public Screening & Discussion + (optional) farm tour
2026-06-25 18:00 - 21:30 | Just Food Farm, 2391 Pepin Court, Ottawa, Canada
Event details:
– 6:00-7:00PM: (optional) Guided tour of the Just Food Community Farm
– 7:00-9:00PM: Join us for a public screening of “The Hands That Feed Us”🎬, a documentary feature film. The Hands That Feed Us explores the romance and finance of farming, and all of the ups and downs of living and working on and off the land. Click here to see the film trailer.
After the film, we’ll have a discussion with the Filmmaker, Devon Cooke.
This event is presented in partnership with Just Food and the National Farmers Union.

Author Talk: The AI Con by Alex Hanna
2026-06-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St, Ottawa
Join us for a discussion of the outsized hype surrounding AI with Alex Hanna, co-author of The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want. Alex will be joined in conversation by Kelly Bronson from the University of Ottawa.
Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St.
Doors open at 6:30pm, program begins at 7pm.
Is artificial intelligence going to take over the world? Have big tech scientists created an artificial lifeform that can think on its own? Is it going to put authors, artists, and others out of business? Are we about to enter an age where computers are better than humans at everything?
The answer to these questions, linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna make clear, is “no,” “they wish,” “LOL,” and “definitely not.” This kind of thinking is a symptom of a phenomenon known as “AI hype.” Hype looks and smells fishy: It twists words and helps the rich get richer by justifying data theft, motivating surveillance capitalism, and devaluing human creativity in order to replace meaningful work with jobs that treat people like machines.
In The AI Con, Bender and Hanna offer a sharp, witty, and wide-ranging take-down of AI hype across its many forms. They show you how to spot AI hype, how to deconstruct it, and how to expose the power grabs it aims to hide. Armed with these tools, you will be prepared to push back against AI hype at work, as a consumer in the marketplace, as a skeptical newsreader, and as a citizen holding policymakers to account. Together, Bender and Hanna expose AI hype for what it is: a mask for Big Tech’s drive for profit, with little concern for who it affects.
Dr. Alex Hanna is the Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR). Her work examines how new computational technologies—such as AI and machine learning—exacerbate racial, gender, and class inequality through their data practices and effects on labor. She also works in the area of social movements, focusing on the dynamics of anti-racist campus protest in the US and Canada.
Dr. Kelly Bronson is a Faculty member at the Centre for Law, Technology, and Society, the Canada Research Chair in Science and Society, and an Associate Professor at the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa. She studies science-society tensions that erupt around controversial technologies (GMOs, fracking, big data & AI) and their governance.
Co-sponsored by Climate Justice Ottawa.
This event is free and open to all. Please RSVP to help us know how many guests to expect.

Waabandiwag - ‘Heart Berry’: An Indigenous Art Exhibition
2026-06-26 18:00 - 21:00 | Beandigen Cafe, 106-900 Exhibition Way, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Curated by @dogmaw_ and @jaydemicahdesigns , Waabandiwag – ‘Heart Berry’ aims to uplift new and emerging Indigenous artists and provide an opportunity to share their work in a culturally sensitive space.
‘Heart Berry’ is a celebration of Indigenous and Indigiqueer/Two Spirit identities in honour of Indigenous history month and Pride Month. many of the art works speak to lived experience of connection, reconnection, love, belonging, cultural pride and the Two Spirit experience.
join us on June 26th to celebrate the opening of our show, with a performance, free food & drinks (non alcoholic), conversation with many of the artists and a night of celebrating Indigenous culture!
the works will only be on display from June 26th-28th, so make sure to stop by to see them!!

Ottawa Anarchist Bookfair 2026
2026-06-27 10:00 - 15:00 | Glebe Community Centre, 175 Third Ave, Ottawa, ON, K1S 2K2
The Ottawa Anarchist Bookfair is run by a group of local anarchists and anarchic-organizers who are interested in cultivating a culture of autonomous and decentralized organizing in so-called ottawa. Our fair will have a mixture of literature (books, zines, etc.) relevant to anarchism/anti-oppression/organizing, community-run workshops & skillshares, and tabling from autonomous community groups and organizers.
We acknowledge that as settlers on these stolen, unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe lands we represent part of the problem and are committed to operating in solidarity with Indigenous resistance and organizing however we can. Additionally, we acknowledge the ways that power structures such as colonialism, racism, classism, misogyny, ableism, and queerphobia replicate themselves both inside and outside of activist spaces. As a collective, we aim to make this event as accessible as possible to those left behind by the state and mainstream society. More details about our specific commitments and agreements for the space will be released soon on our website.

Palestine Mirror Decoden Workshop & Pop Up
2026-07-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr., Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada
Come through for the Palestine Mirror Decoden Workshop & Pop Up! 🇵🇸🎨
🛍️ The Pop-Up (Open to all, message for the location): Completely free to attend and open to the public! Come hang out, shop our collection, and check out the Viva Resistance merch table.
🎟️ The Workshop (Ticketed): Grab a ticket to get hands-on with thick textured glue and junk charms to build your own custom map mirror.
📅 Date: Thursday, July 2nd, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: Ottawa, ON
🚨 IMPORTANT FOR WORKSHOPPERS: The registration link closes strictly on June 30th. We need to prep all the kits in advance, so we cannot accommodate any last-minute tickets. Hit the link in our bio to secure your workshop spot!
See you there! 🤎✨

Free Food Distribution / Repas Gratuit
2026-07-04 12:00 - 14:00 | Dundonald Park, 516 Somerset St W
Are you hungry? We are! We’ll be setting up in Dundonald Park on July 4th from noon to 2pm for a serve. We hope to see you there! 🥕
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Vous avez faim? Nous aussi! Nous serons au parc Dundonald le 4 juillet, de midi à 14 h, pour vous nourrir. On espère vous y voir! 🥕

Book Launch | Basima Takrouri presents Imam: Tale of the Haunted Roads
2026-07-08 19:00 | Octopus Books, 116 Third Ave, Ottawa, Canada
Join us to celebrate the launch of Imam: Tale of the Haunted Roads, a new novel by Palestinian-Canadian author Basima Takrouri. Basima will be joined in conversation by fellow author Ian Thomas Shaw.
📍 Octopus Books
🕒 Doors open at 6:30pm, program begins at 7pm.
The novel follows the long human story of Palestine—from pre-1948 Jerusalem through war, exile, and return. It focuses less on the big headlines and more on what happens after: how people carry loss, memory, and survival across generations. At the center is Ali Al-Nabulsi, a character shaped by everything around him—colonial pressure, internal tensions, and the quiet, personal struggles that come with all of that. The story focuses on how history lives inside people, not just around them.
Basima Takrouri is a novelist, poet, screenwriter, and cultural producer based in Toronto. She is the author of several acclaimed works, including The Absentee’s Chair (مقعد الغائبة), published when she was only nineteen and recognized as the work of one of the youngest Palestinian female novelists of her generation; A Complicated Passage / Thorny Crossing (عبور شائك), recipient of the Next Page Foundation publishing award; Diaries Under Occupation (يوميات تحت الاحتلال); and the historical novel The Imam: Tale of the Haunted Roads (الإمام: قصة شبح سكن الطريق). Her writings have been translated into English, French, Swedish, and Korean, and published internationally in journals and anthologies, including Qissat: Short Stories by Palestinian Women. She also co-wrote the Emmy Award–winning web drama Chankabout. Takrouri is the founder of Nuwa Arts and Cultural Production, a member of PEN Canada and Writers in Exile, and a PhD candidate in Humanities at York University, where her research explores multilingual artistic production, migration, and cultural memory.
Currently residing in Aylmer, Ian Thomas Shaw has worked as a diplomat and an international development worker, living in Africa, the Middle East and Europe. He is the founder of Deux Voiliers Publishing, the Prose in the Park Literary Festival and the Ottawa Review of Books. His novel Quill of the Dove was published by Guernica Editions in 2019.
This event is free and open to all. Please RSVP to help us know how many guests to expect.

Collaborative zine making night at the Ottawa Trans Library
2026-07-11 12:00 - 15:00 | Ottawa Trans Library, 1104 Somerset St. West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 3C8, Canada
Come work on zines with us as we work on the next issue of The Dragon Flyer, the Ottawa Trans Library’s community zine. Write, draw, scan, cut, and paste with us on our community zine or your own project, or just come hang out with us. We are collecting stories, jokes, poems, art, and more from the trans and non-binary community in Ottawa and our friends and families.
The zine workshop is a collaborative event to discuss, share, and work on zines together.
Come tell your story.We will provide paper, templates, and whatever art supplies we have. No experience necessary. All ages welcome, children under age 13 must be accompanied by an adult.
Masking the day of the event is encouraged. Accessibility note: There are two stairs at the door entrance. We have a ramp we can bring out for the door on request. There’s a washroom but it’s not large enough for many mobility devices.

Sex, Death, and Kink
2026-07-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Online
Queer Death Salon is a virtual community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death, dying and grief. It 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.
Join Badly Licked Bear for a deep conversation about the ways that sex and death are woven together in fetish, kink and BDSM, seen through and with a critical eye towards the realities and illusions of the “kink escalator,” which like the “relationship escalator,” both suggests and expects illusions of “progress” as a goal, while also looking at the advantages of living and playing and loving in both the deep and the shallow ends of the pool.
Badly Licked Bear is an educator, storyteller, artist, and mutual aid worker. A former curator and college professor, she teaches, speaks, and writes at the intersections of film, culture, politics and sexuality. She also works as a voice and activist for transgender civil rights and practical, transformative sexuality in the BDSM, kink, and leather communities.

BibliFest
2026-07-17 - 2026-07-19 | Coopérative de Solidarité Biblioterre, 169 Chemin Parent, Alcove, J0X1A0
Join us for a weekend of queer (and queer-allied!) fun and fundraising for the land!! Swims, hangs, live music, dancing, workshops, hikes, LARPing. Beautiful sunsets and fireflies at night.
Check it out at www.biblioterre.ca/programming and snag your tickets now.
Youth and children under 18 are free but must be accompanied by an adult.
Transportation from the city will be organized, check our FAQ and email us for information.
This is a fundraiser for Cooperative Biblioterre – an organization for people looking to build community through shared land, mutual aid, and collective stewardship.
Cooperative Biblioterre offers a model for sharing lands, buildings, tools and resources that we refer to as a Land Library.
All funds raised will go towards supporting the co-op as we work toward our goals of building an affordable housing co-op, putting Land Back into practice, offering agricultural land opportunities to marginalized folks and protecting wildlife and wildlife habitat.
https://www.biblioterre.ca/our-pillars
PROGRAMMING
Friday evening LARPing led by Lukayo Estrella https://lukayo.com/
Saturday workshops 9:30am-5:30pm Including – Cyanotype printing, Plant Spirits 101 and more TBA!
Saturday night dance party 6pm-2am
6pm: DJ Bun Bun – queer sunny electropop
7pm: Anachnid – Nervous system reset https://anachnid.bandcamp.com/
8pm: Yolande Laroche – dance-y avant-pop https://www.orchidae.ca/
9pm: DJ Avenue – eclectic, energetic, world-wide https://soundcloud.com/carlingavenue
10:30pm: Cocoa Sly – modulations of the funk
11:30pm: Kelcium – jackin’ house, worldfusion https://www.mixcloud.com/SweetBeet/
12am: Aphotik – Deep Dubstep / Bass Music https://soundcloud.com/aphotikcw
1am: catg.irl.1 – jungle dnb trance https://www.mixcloud.com/xxcatgirl1xx/
Sunday Concert 11am-4pm Artists includePudding Chomeur – heartbreaking country harmonies https://thepuddingchomeur.bandcamp.com/ rtfct – beats & tunes produced primarily from found sounds & field recordings w/ improvised violin https://soundcloud.com/rtfct
Dupil Collective – queer Filipino folk punk and poetry https://dupilcollective.wixsite.com/dupil-collective
and more TBA!
