Snowscreen 2026
2026-02-06 18:00 - 2026-02-08 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Landsdowne – Aberdeen Pavilion, 1000 Exhibition Way, Ottawa, ON
Unikkaatuarniq | Stories of the North | Contes du NordExperience Indigenous films from the circumpolar North,Outdoors in a theatre made of snow!
-Date/Location(s)-Fri./Sat., Feb. 6, & 7, 2026, 6-9pmLansdowne Park (Outside the Horticulture building & Aberdeen Pavilion ) 1000 Exhibition Way, Ottawa, ON K1S 5J3&Sun., Feb. 8, 2026, 6-9pmBeandigen Cafe 106-900 Exhibition Way, Ottawa, ON K1S 5J3
*Films to be announced
WHAT TO EXPECT+ Free & Donations welcome+ Films shown outdoors (Approx. 1 hour)+ Post-screening DJ & VJ performances+ Hot Drinks+ Warming Stations* This event takes place outdoors on the Friday & Saturday, so please remember to dress appropriately for the weather! Sunday’s programming will take place indoors at Beandigen Cafe.

ABOUTThe word Unikkaatuarniq is an Inuktitut word that means “Storytelling”. Storytelling is an ancient form of magic, with the power to connect the past with the present, teach lessons, impart values, heal, to explain the world and connect us to the universe through language and mythology. The stories, films, and music in this program, come from Indigenous peoples from the circumpolar north — such as the the Inuit of Canada and Greenland, or the Sami of northern Scandinavia — peoples that have thrived in the Arctic regions of the world for thousands of years, enduring the changing seasons of dark and light, of colonialism, and of climate change. Although these cultures live thousands of kilometres away from each other, they share a common history of resilience in their language, culture and magic through storytelling.

MIIGWECHThis event takes place on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Nation, and is being held in partnership with the City of Ottawa, Lansdowne Park, Winterlude, Beandigen Cafe, Tungasuvvingat Inuit, DARC, Gallery 101, and the NFB. A big thank you to our funders and partners.

Laylit
2026-02-06 21:00 - 2026-02-07 02:00 | Gridwrks, 221 Rideau Street, Ottawa, K1N 5X8
For the first time in Ottawa, Laylit takes over GRIDWRKS and ANNX for an unforgettable two-floor dance party.
Laylit is a platform and collective celebrating music and artists from the Arab/SWANA region and its diaspora. Over the last four years their dance parties in New York City and Montreal have carved out an unmatched place in North American nightlife, becoming an anticipated social gathering and unique musical experience.
Each party takes you on a genre-spanning journey, highlighting the incredible musical diversity, depth and richness that comes out of the region. Laylit has established its place on the scene with a signature electronic sound blending shaabi, dabke, mahraganat, Arabic pop and hip-hop with contemporary, boundary pushing dance music (techno, breakbeat, hyperpop…) inspired by New York and Montreal’s thriving underground clubs. Featured in multiple publications including the New York Times and Pitchfork, Laylit recently celebrated its 5-year anniversary with a tour across multiple North American cities. Laylit values inclusivity and unity across cultures, languages, dialects, religions, identity and sexual orientations.

Ana Falastini Canada Tour - Ottawa
2026-02-07 18:00 - 22:00 | Ben Franklin Place, 101 CentrePoint Drive, Ottawa
Ana Falastini is finally coming to Ottawa !
Brought to you by: Falasteen Lens Society & Inspirit Foundation.
In Partnership with the Association of Palestinian Arab Canadians (APAC), Palestinian Students Association – UOttawa, Palestinian Students Association – Carleton University and Ottawa Run for Palestine.
Event Details:

Date: Saturday, 7-February-2026
Time: 05:30 pm
Location: Ben Franklin Place, 101 CentrePoint Drive, Nepean, ON K2G 5K7

Join us for the screening of Ana Falastini, a documentary that tells the Palestinian story like it was never told before!
You’ll be walking into a glamorous red-carpet Palestinian evening filled with performances, Palestinian Cuisine, art display and thought provoking discussions.
Ana Falastini is more than just a documentary screening; it is a celebration of cultural endurance and a platform for dialogue and understanding.
About the Documentary
Ana Falastini will take you through an exploring journey of the Palestinian diaspora community in Canada. It features three generations of displaced Palestinians and their stories of resistance. It is a six-episode series, with each episode diving into how the characters use aspects of the Palestinian culture to stay connected to their heritage and roots.

Palestine Teach-In
2026-02-10 09:00 - 16:30 | Dunton Tower, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, K1S 5B6
Faculty for Palestine at Carleton Presents: Palestine teach-in, a drop-in day of learning together about Palestine. Happening February 10th at Dunton Tower 2017 on Carleton campus. Details, along with the agenda, are available here. Looking forward to seeing many of you there!

Rally to Save Public Health Care
2026-02-10 12:00 | Parliament Hill, Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A9, Canada
Public health care is under attack, we must stand up and fight back!Join the Canadian Health Coalition – a coalition of 3 million health care workers and advocates – on Parliament Hill on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 12 noon ET to send a loud message to the Carney government that our public health care system must be built up, not torn down, expanded and not cut.///Les soins de santé publics sont menacés, nous devons nous lever et riposter !
Joignez-vous à la Coalition canadienne de la santé – une coalition de trois millions de travailleurs et de défenseurs des soins de santé – sur la colline du Parlement le mardi 10 février à midi (heure de l’Est) pour envoyer un message fort au gouvernement Carney : notre système de soins de santé publics doit être renforcé, et non démantelé, élargi et non réduit.

Messing around with DAWs at the Ottawa Trans Library
2026-02-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Ottawa Trans Library, 1104 Somerset St. West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 3C8, Canada
Come join us in person or online as we mess around and find out about making music with software. NO AI will be used.
This will be peer-led
At the moment this is largely a bring your own setup kind of situation, as we don’t have computers for people to use.
Feb 10th & 24th

Algonquin Anishinaabeg of the Ottawa River Valley
2026-02-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
This virtual event will move forward as an interview process between a member of the Historic Society of Ottawa and myself (Lynn Gehl). The questions will focus on the work I do such as the importance of the intelligence of the heart, the Algonquin story, who the Algonquin are today, the Algonquin land claim process in Ontario, the 2016 agreement-in-principle, and the Algonquin enrolment process.
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/iSY3BH6oQWmdLPyGoPHwdQ.

Noons for Now: AI and Climate Deception
2026-02-12 12:00 | Online
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Mary Finley-Brook on AI and Climate Deception, exploring how big tech is obscuring environmental harms, manipulating public understanding, and reinforcing extractive power structures.

Kokum's of Sisters in Spirit 2026 ~ Meet me at the flame
2026-02-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Parliament Hill, Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A9, Canada
Prayers, Songs, Smudge. Hope we have good weather.

Love as resistance: Political discussion and letter writing
2026-02-13 18:00 - 20:30 | Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr., Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada
Carleton University, Paterson Hall 201

This year, we’re celebrating love in all its revolutionary forms: community, resistance, and understanding. Join us for letter writing and a political discussion on Friday February 13 ahead of Valentines Day!
US imperialism is in crisis: we’re seeing the rise of fascist attacks on migrants in the US, impending threats to migrants in Canada, and the US backed Philippines government making political prisoners out of youth, workers, and activists. The same militarization and anti-people tactics are being used to oppress people struggling for a better life, from Canada to the US to the Philippines.
Now more than ever it is important for us to come together. See you there!

Pathways to Community Safety - Film Night
2026-02-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Alma Duncan Salon @ Ottawa Art Gallery, 50 Mackenzie King Bridge, Ottawa, K1N 0C5
(Free admission) An evening of short films about community safety built through love, care and imagination. Films will be shown with open captions. All are welcome!
For more information on films, accessibility, and more: tinyurl.com/febfilms
While we won’t be collecting tickets at the door you can register for reminders + so we make sure there’s room for all.

Module 4 - What is Science? P2
2026-02-16 20:00 - 21:00 | Online
Science for the People ‘Canada’ invites you to join our upcoming online reading group exploring The Social Production of Science curriculum. This is Module 4 of a reading group series. Follow Register link for more details!
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, 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.
Science for the People ‘Canada’ has grown, both in number of chapters and membership, and now is a crucial moment to clarify our strategic goals and direction. This series is one way we can do that together.
All members, new and old, are warmly invited. Each module will include two readings; participants are encouraged to complete both, and facilitators will provide summaries to guide discussion. Note:
To help foster an atmosphere of comradely curiosity:
Please come prepared with:
– One open-ended question about the readings to share with the group
– One response or connection to organizing you have done or would like to do locally
Module meetings will occur monthly on Monday evenings at 8pm EST.

Teeth Become Weapons: Trans Grief and Rage
2026-02-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
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.
Our bodies, lives, and very beings are increasingly politicized.
Our stories and histories are flattened, made palatable for the sake of survival.
Our unique grief becomes increasingly buried and unheard, unshared.
What makes it unique?
What do we grieve?
How does that grief affect us?
What prevents us from engaging with that grief?
How does our grief connect us and bring us together?
Facilitator Imogen Reid is the last of the feral trans women, a proud dirtbag, degenerate, and fuck up. She is a harm reduction advocate and educator, a former founding member of Communities Organizing for Harm Reduction, one of the first organized groups in Ottawa doing harm reduction before there were any safe sites. Imogen is a recovering drug addict, survivor, fighter, activist, shoplifter, parent, story teller, and the holder of the memories of her dead.
Queer Death Salon takes place over Zoom, in English, with Automatic Closed Captioning

Folk Spectrum Collective Music Jam at the Ottawa Trans Library
2026-02-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Ottawa Trans Library, 1104 Somerset St. West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 3C8, Canada
Welcome to Music Nights at the Ottawa Trans Library!
Meeting biweekly on Tuesdays, the Folk Spectrum Collective Music Jam is an incubator for trans* and queer music-makers. Know any single tune? You’re welcome to join! Even if it’s just Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. This musical evening provides a nurturing atmosphere for amateur musicians to gather, play, explore and learn together. Hope to see you there!

Annual Ramadan Iftar Fundraiser for Palestine
2026-02-22 16:00 | Mosaic Convention Centre
Several local Palestinian organizations are coming together this Ramadan to raise funds for the people of Gaza through Islamic Relief Canada (IRC).
Despite the ceasefire, the suffering continues and urgent humanitarian needs remain. We invite you to join us for an evening of unity, solidarity, and generosity.📅 Sunday, Feb 22, 2026
🕟 Doors open: 4:00 PM
📍 Mosaic Convention Centre (2465 St. Laurent Blvd, Ottawa)
🎟 Tickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/annual-iftar-fundraiser
💵 $50 early bird (before Feb 1) | $60 After Feb 1 | 👧 Children: $40
✅ 100% of proceeds go to IRC’s Emergency Appeal for GazaPlease share widely and join us in supporting our brothers and sisters in Palestine

In collaboration with: APAC, PYM, SJP Carleton, INSAF OttawaU, PSA Carleton, Psa OttawaU, Ottawa Run For Palestine.

Woman, Life, Freedom: Democratic Modernity as a Horizon of Hope for the 21st Century
2026-02-24 14:30 - 16:00
The Department of Law and Legal Studies’ Towards Anti-Oppression Committee at Carleton University is pleased to present a conversation with Havin Guneser and Prof. Harriet Friedmann.
Our guests will introduce the Academy of Social Science, its communes, and the journal Democratic Modernity as a collective platform for anti-oppressive, decolonial, bottom-up learning, research, and political education.
The event offers an accessible entry point into democratic modernity as a horizon of hope rooted in feminist struggle, community self-organization, and transnational solidarity.
A Q&A will follow the discussion. Please register at the link if you wish to attend: https://carleton.ca/law/event/woman-life-freedom-democratic-modernity-as-a-horizon-of-hope-for-the-21st-century/
In-person event:
D492, Loeb Building, Carleton University
1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6

“Dabke Is Better Than a Thousand Lectures Against Islamophobia”
2026-02-24 14:30 - 17:00 | University of Ottawa, 75 Laurier Ave East, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N6N5, Canada
What does it mean to dance a relationship to one stolen land, Palestine, from another stolen land, Haudenosaunee territory on Turtle Island? This article examines methodological considerations for researching what it means to belong to settler states as exiled and racialized people, while committed to Arab youth thriving and ethical lateral racial relations. Drawing from her positionality as an Arab mother, the author engages four methodological imperatives. First, she centers joy and the richness of Arab cultural production, refusing dominant narratives, to produce knowledge of use to her communities. Second, she engages with participants as she would want researchers to engage with her child. Third, the author is wary of surveillance climates Arabs face in settler states. Finally, she honors the participants’ expressions of faith as key to their praxis. Throughout, the author is reflexive of her positionality as a non-Palestinian Arab woman coupled with her belief in the liberation of Palestine as el-qadiyya el-om (the mother of all struggles). She concludes with an addendum, written during month ten of the genocide, theorizing how it radically heightens methodological considerations with and for Palestinian and Arab communities on Turtle Island, and is where she contemporizes her blistering definition of an Arab mothering research imagination.

Lucy El-Sherif; “Dabke Is Better Than a Thousand Lectures Against Islamophobia”: Palestine, Arab Mothering, and the Research Imagination. Meridians 1 October 2025; 24 (2): 555–581. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/15366936-11862647
Dr. Lucy El-Sherif is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Justice Education at the University of Toronto (OISE). Her research examines Palestinian and Arab youth transnational subject formation on Turtle Island, with a focus on embodiment, performance, and pedagogies of belonging. Working at the intersection of Arab studies, critical race studies, performance studies, and Indigenous studies, she asks: what does it mean to dance a relationship to one stolen land, Palestine, from another stolen land, Haudenosaunee territory on Turtle Island? Her scholarship approaches culture as political infrastructure, understood as a set of lived, relational practices through which political consciousness is shaped.
A central throughline in her work is how Palestine operates as a structuring axis of Arab racialization in North America. The occupation of Palestine is an ongoing condition that shapes racialization, political viability, and political possibility across transnational space. Her research traces how political subject formation takes shape in everyday spaces long before it is formalized through law, citizenship, or institutions.
Her current book project, Dabke on Turtle Island, develops an analytic account of dabke across transnational sites, theorizing dance as a practice of survivance, ontological refusal and repair, and relational world-making under conditions of racialization and exile. Drawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork with youth, community organizers, and cultural producers, the project challenges binaries between the political and the cultural.
Dr. El-Sherif’s work has appeared in venues such as Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association and Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism. Across research and teaching, she is committed to emic, grounded methodologies and to theorizing Arab life on Turtle Island on its own analytic terms

Carrefour des apprentissages (CRX)

CRX 230. 100 Louis-Pasteur Private
Ottawa, ON K1N 9N3

HUGging and FISTing: A History Lecture on BDSM and Leather
2026-02-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Ottawa Trans Library, 1104 Somerset St. West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 3C8, Canada
Join the Ottawa Queer Zine Collective and the Carleton History Undergraduate Society later this month for HUGging and FISTing: A History Lecture on BDSM and Leather! Ottawa Trans Library, February 25th, 2026 7:00-9:00pm
Guest Speaker: Dr. Patrizia Gentile

Soup Night at the Ottawa Trans Library
2026-02-27 17:30 - 20:30 | Ottawa Trans Library, 1104 Somerset St. West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 3C8, Canada
Soup night is back and soupier than ever! Join us at the end of the month for a potluck-style community gathering. Feel free to bring soups, bread, bowls, utensils, to-go containers, etc., or just your wonderful self!
Februrary 27th from 5:30pm to 8:30pm at the Ottawa Trans Library (1104 Somerset Street W).
Please bring ingredient lists for any food items you bring.
Register here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/soup-night-at-the-trans-library-feb–27

CHUO 89.1 FM referendum at University of Ottawa
2026-03-02 - 2026-03-06 | Student voting is offered both online or in-person via SEUO-UOSU, 7-85 University Private (Jock Turcot University Centre), Ottawa, K1N6N5
The uOttawa student elections this year March 2-6 are a last chance to save campus/community radio station CHUO 89.1 FM.
You can help in the campaign to convince students to “Restore CHUO”.
This past December, the CHUO board of directors made the decision to close the station due to lack of funds. Pre-recorded broadcasting is set to continue until the end of March, then the station is planned to go silent.
This referendum can reverse that situation. The stations funding problems arose largely due to a 2023-2024 student vote revoking the long-standing student fee (‘levy’) that was a major part of CHUO’s funding. Less than 10% of students voted either way in that previous referendum.
This current referendum is on a proposal to establish a smaller levy than existed previously.
A small group of volunteers, many of them show hosts at CHUO, are attempting to reach out to UO undergrad students and let them know about the situation, to convince them to vote to support CHUO.
Ways to support this campaign:
* Personally reach out to uOttawa undergrads you have connection with, or to people you know who have connections to undergrads.
* Join with campaign members to distribute flyers to students on campus this coming week (February 23-28) prior to the vote.
Full information – including contact email address and sign up form – is at the linktr.ee/891chuo
“CHUO 89.1 FM had the most diverse and representative programming out of all the campus/community stations in Canada,” according to a member of the CFRU (GuelphU) news department after hearing word of the closure in December.

OPIRG-GRIPO referendum at University of Ottawa
2026-03-02 - 2026-03-06 | Student voting is both online or in-person, via SEUO-UOSU, 7-85 University Private (Jock Turcot University Centre), Ottawa, K1N6N5
Re-establishing student funding for OPIRG-GRIPO is on the ballot during this year’s UOSU undergraduate student elections March 2-6.
OPIRG-GRIPO, the Ontario Public Interest Research Group at uOttawa, lost student funding in a 2023-2024 referendum, and is in a very precarious financial situation without the student support.
Help us ensure students know the importance and history of what OPIRG is about, both on-campus and off, and our relevance to their lives today.
Help us ensure OPIRG-GRIPO’s survival as part of the struggle for social change.
Please reach out to any University of Ottawa undergraduate students you can to get out the vote.
And if you would like to directly help OPIRG-GRIPO with the referendum campaign, please get in touch by email (admin@opirg-gripo.ca) or the link-in-bio on Instagram.

Shut Down the War Machine
2026-03-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Fairmont Chateau Laurier, 1 Rideau Street, ottawa, Ontario, K1N8S7, Canada
This Wednesday, hundreds of lead Canadian ministers, military generals, and US NATO representatives will descend on Ottawa for a war conference. They need to hear loud and clear that we reject their plans to ramp up militarism, war profiteering, and arming war crimes and genocide.

Show up to protest Wednesday at noon at Chateau Fairmont Laurier to crash their lunch break!

It’s time to say hell no to NATO’s 5% target and to Carney’s promises to more than double Canada’s military budget. It’s time to slash military spending and invest in our communities. No more money for war and weapons. We stand in solidarity with everyone harmed by Canadian militarism and its growing partnership with the US war machine, from Palestine to Venezuela, from Cuba to the Congo, from Iran to Sudan.

Father Jim Bleackley OMI Lecture on Indigenous Justice - Guest Speaker: Niigaan Sinclair
2026-03-05 19:00 - 21:00 | St. Joseph’s Church, 174 Wilbrod St, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Co-sponsored by Kateri Native Ministry KNM and St. Joseph’s Parish, the first annual Fr. Jim Bleackley OMI Memorial Lecture on Indigenous Justice is an opportunity for learning, respectful dialogue, and relationship-building in support of Call to Action 61 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
On Thursday March 5 at 7 pm, Anishinaabe author, professor, editor and activist Niigaan Sinclair will inaugurate this series with a reflection on where Canada stands in its reconciliation journey in the decade since the TRC was released. A free-will offering for KNM will be collected. All are welcome!
The event takes place in the Church which is completely wheelchair accessible.

The Genocide in Palestine: A socialist anti-imperialist perspective with Hassan Husseini
2026-03-06 13:00 - 15:00
Hassan Husseini is a member of the National Steering Committee of Labour for Palestine – Canada. He is a national negotiator for the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) where he represents PSAC members during contract negotiations under federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions. Husseini has occupied several elected and staff positions within a number of unions including CUPE Local 4600, Canadian Labour Congress, Ottawa CUPE District Council and Unifor Local 2025. In 2014, he ran for the presidency of the Canadian Labour Congress on a program of renewed labour militancy and activism.
During his PhD studies, Husseini was a contract instructor in Political Science at Carleton University and University of Ottawa, where he taught courses on Middles East Politics and Government. Husseini holds a B.A. (Hons.) in Political Science and History from University of Ottawa (1993) and an M.A in Legal Studies (2004) from Carleton University.
Location: 1524, Dunton Tower, Carleton University and via Zoom
Please register at this link.

SHIFT FILM FESTIVAL
2026-03-07 - 2026-03-08 | Arts Court Theatre, 10 daly ave, Ottawa, K1N 7B9, Canada
SHIFT Film Festival is a queer, BIPOC, and feminist-focused film festival in Ottawa that celebrates bold stories by women and gender non-conforming creators. Over two days at Arts Court, the festival showcases short films, documentaries, and features, alongside engaging panels, live performances, a mini market with local queer artists.

Collaborative zine making night at the Ottawa Trans Library
2026-03-07 14:00 - 17:00 | 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.

RISE II - A Community Singing Event
2026-03-07 16:30 - 19:00 | First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa, 30 Cleary Ave, Ottawa
RISE returns! Building on last year’s concert of protest songs, this year’s program continues the call to action by challenging the expectations that hold us back while embracing the change needed to move forward. Urgent, hopeful, and powerful, RISE blurs the line between stage and seats as we raise our voices together.
The concert will be approx. 75 mins with an intermission.
The venue is First Unitarian, which is a wheelchair accessible space and has gender neutral single stall washrooms in addition to multiple stall gendered washrooms. Seating is cushioned wooden pews. The space is secular in nature.
Free parking is available on site and there are nearby bus stops. Please note that, while there is a lot of construction in the neighbourhood, Cleary Ave is open. Please click here for details, and allow yourself extra time arriving.
Tickets at this link.
Please contact manager@tonecluster.ca if you have any questions.

Sounds of Solidarity
2026-03-07 18:00 - 20:30 | Parkdale United Church, 429 Parkdale Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y1H3, Canada
Come out on Saturday, March 7 for a night of music, food, and solidarity at Parkdale United Church in Ottawa.
Sounds of Solidarity is an upcoming fundraiser show and dinner to support the important work of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP). ICHRP is a grassroots coalition of over 80 organizations around the world, campaigning for human rights and a just and lasting peace in the Philippines.
Tickets are $15 online, or $20 at the door. Please use the form below to indicate that you’ll be attending, even if you choose to purchase at the door.
Doors: 6:00pm / Program: 6:45pm – 8:30pm
You can register for the event at this link.

Women Weaving Resistance
2026-03-08 14:00 - 16:00 | carleton university art gallery, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, K1S 5B6
Join us in making a Community Blanket on International Working Women’s Day.
Bring your own square (crochet, sew, or knit a 5x 5 inch square) / or make one at the event!
We will sew them together as a symbol of our connectedness and strength as a community.
Migrante Ottawa, the International Migrants Alliance (IMA), and the Carleton University Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (CUCHRP), are hosting an educational discussion and community crafting event on March 8th. We are commemorating the resilience and lived realities of migrant workers, especially migrant women. Migrant workers are forced to leave their home countries to support their families in the face of hardship and struggles, such as abusive employers and recruitment agencies, precarious status, and years of family separation, to name a few. We mark this day to not only learn and understand the conditions, but to build the community strength and power needed to fight for a better future!
Date: March 8th, Sunday
Time: 2-4PM
Location: Carleton University Art Gallery (St. Patrick’s Building)

Public Lecture: Gender Studies Under Siege: Past Struggles, Present Crises, and Possible Futures in Higher Education
2026-03-09 14:30 - 16:30 | Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr., Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada
The Feminist Institute of Social Transformation warmly invites you to attend the 2026 Florence Bird Annual Lecture, titled Gender Studies Under Siege: Past Struggles, Present Crises, and Possible Futures in Higher Education.
This year’s lecture will take the form of a panel discussion featuring Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin (Queen’s University), Gulzar R. Charania (University of Ottawa), and Natalie Kouri-Towe (Concordia University), moderated by Megan Rivers-Moore, Director of the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation at Carleton University.
Together, the panelists will reflect on the histories that shaped gender studies, the political and institutional pressures the field faces today, and the possibilities for sustaining and reimagining feminist, anti-racist, queer, and critical scholarship within and beyond the university. This conversation offers an important opportunity to engage collectively with the role of gender studies in times of uncertainty and transformation.
This event is free and open to the public. No registration is required; however, guests are encouraged to arrive on time.
