Punch Up Collective

Yuk Yuks Charitable Comedy Night
2026-03-15 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Bronson Centre, 211 Bronson Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Yuk Yuk’s hits the Bronson Centre starring Chris Quigley, Sarah Boston, and host Dan Allaire. Proceeds go directly to Sudan humanitarian aid

Don't Let Them Destroy Public Health Care
2026-03-16 12:00 | Mark Carney’s constituency office, 240 Kennevale Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada
“This is unequivocally the biggest threat to our single-payer, universal Medicare system we’ve ever seen. Not just for Albertans, but for all Canadians.” – Friends of Medicare. The Danielle Smith government has passed a new law to bring down single-tier Public Medicare and bring in U.S. private health care and insurance. In Ontario, Doug Ford is privatizing our public hospitals’ services at an unprecedented rate while allowing private clinics to charge patients thousands of dollars for needed care.

With health coalitions across the country, we are calling on federal Liberal MPs to stand up to them, enforce the Canada Health Act, and save public health care. This is just the first set of actions in our fightback.

Film Screening: The Sun Quartet
2026-03-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Digital Arts Resource Centre, 67 Nicholas St.
Please join us for a rare Ottawa screening of The Sun Quartet (2017) by Colectivo Los Ingrávidos (Tehuacán), a Mexican collective of anonymous filmmakers founded in 2012. The Sun Quartet engages with the horrifying disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa in 2014 and the protests that followed. Across its four parts, The Quartet remains true to the collective’s poetic approach, weaving the documentation of the protests with poetic texts, improvised music and superimposed cinematography. Curated by researcher Adam Saulis (Carleton Film Studies Master’s Program).

To be followed by a panel discussion featuring Stephen Broomer (UFT), Sonya Lipsett-Rivera (Carleton), and Adam Saulis, moderated by Malini Guha.

This event is sponsored by the Film Studies Program (Carleton University), the Ruth and Mark Phillips Professorship in Cultural Mediations (ICSLAC, Carleton University) and D.A.R.C.

Beyond Occupation and Extraction: Palestinian and Venezuelan Voices in Conversation
2026-03-21 08:00 - 17:00
Join Climate Commons on March 25 @4PM over zoom for “Beyond Occupation and Extraction: Palestinian and Venezuelan Voices in Conversation”

Register Here

In a moment when Donald Trump’s extractivist war machine seems unconstrained by anything other than the price of oil, and the international order, long on the rocks, is finally breaking up, we must not forget to attend to the myriad forms of life, resistance, and even joy that work against and despite neoimperialism in specific places. What can the lived experience of unspeakable violence teach us not about militarism and extractivism but about what can, should, and must endure beyond them? In this 90 minute live online dialogue, scholars from Caracas, Venezuela and the Gaza Strip share their experiences, ideas, fears, and hopes across the long-discredited but still pernicious orientalist dichotomy of East and West.

Solidarity and Soup: A fundraiser for Nehirowisiw Land Defenders
2026-03-21 18:00 | Atelier of the Mauril-Bélanger Social Innovation Workshop, at Saint Paul University, 65 Clegg Street, Ottawa, K1S 1C4
Join Climate Justice Ottawa for an evening of warm soup and burning solidarity to raise funds in support of Nehirowisiw Aski land defenders blocking logging companies from their traditional territories.

The event will feature a cozy community dinner featuring a wide variety of soups, art making, and screening of two documentaries about the struggle by the land guardians against the forestry industry.

Tickets: Available on a sliding scale, and includes two tokens that can be used to purchase soup or art. More tokens are available for purchase at the event. Please buy your tickets in advance so we can prepare for the number of attendees.

The Association des Gardiens du Territoire Nehirowisiw Aski is an organization formed by Nehirowisiw women, made up of matriarchs, hereditary chiefs, and land defenders of Nehirowisiw territory to advocate for the revitalization of matriarchal and traditional structures. They have been on the frontlines blockading and protesting the overexploitation of forests in their territory.

This year, a winterized camp was set up for continued occupation at what is known as Camp Souveraineté or Camp 134. This allows for the Gardiens and supporters on the territory to have a home base and launch other blockades across their territory. To support the Gardiens and the work they do, you can provide financial support to keep the camp going, and follow the blockade @checkpointparent

Whether you can join us or not, please consider donating to support the Nehirowisiw land defenders by sending an e-transfer to robertechaquan2018@gmail.com

All Out For OSAP Protest
2026-03-24 13:30 | Ottawa Courthouse, 161 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada
WALKOUT FOR OSAP! The All Out For OSAP Ottawa Coalition are joining colleges, universities, high schools across the province to protest to reverse the changes. Protest at Ottawa Provincial Courthouse, March 24th at 1:30PM to fight back against the cuts to OSAP. Education is a right, we will not give up the fight.

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GRÈVE POUR LE RAFEO ! La Coalition « Défendons le RAFÉO» d’Ottawa se joint aux collèges, universités et écoles secondaires de la province pour manifester et exiger l’annulation des changements. Manifestez devant le palais de justice provincial d’Ottawa le 24 mars à 13 h 30 pour lutter contre les coupes budgétaires du RAFEO. L’éducation est un droit, nous ne renoncerons pas à ce combat.

Myron Rusk 2026 Lecture in Civil Liberties: “Trans Freedom and the Utopian Horizon”
2026-03-24 19:00 - 20:30 | The Grove, 280-18 Louisa street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
M. E. O’Brien will lecture on the relationship between gender freedom and capitalism. She will begin by identifying the current fascist assault on trans rights across multiple national contexts. After briefly tracing varying current strategies of trans survival, organizing and flourishing, she will turn to the role of trans futures and utopian longings in movement work. Drawing on her work in science fiction, family abolitionism, and her conceptual framework of “insurgent utopianism”, O’Brien will identify the kernel of revolutionary desire evoked in trans life. Trans freedom, she argues, necessarily includes a push against and beyond the private family, state regulation of gender and sexuality, and the generalized market dependency of capitalism.
Bio: M. E. O’Brien is a psychoanalyst and writer in New York City. She has two books, Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care (Pluto, 2023) and the co-authored speculative fiction novel Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072, with Eman Abdelhadi (Common Notions, 2022). She previously completed a PhD in Sociology, writing on capitalism and NYC queer and trans social movements. She is involved in a number of editing projects, including Pinko, a magazine of gay communism.

Beyond Occupation and Extraction: Palestinian and Venezuelan Voices in Conversation
2026-03-25 16:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
In a moment when Donald Trump’s extractivist war machine seems unconstrained by anything other than the price of oil, and the international order, long on the rocks, is finally breaking up, we must not forget to attend to the myriad forms of life, resistance, and even joy that work against and despite neoimperialism in specific places. What can the lived experience of unspeakable violence teach us not about militarism and extractivism but about what can, should, and must endure beyond them? In this 90 minute live online dialogue, scholars from Caracas, Venezuela and the Gaza Strip share their experiences, ideas, fears, and hopes across the long-discredited but still pernicious orientalist dichotomy of East and West.
Join Climate Commons on March 25, at 4PM on Zoom. Register: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/-qZGx2rITcS4abHZtQy2SQ#/registration

Iran and Palestine: Rethinking Liberation Beyond the Binaries of Imperialism and Theocracy
2026-03-25 18:00 - 19:30 | Dunton Tower, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, K1S 5B6
The recent illegal war on Iran by the US and Israel has pushed the political support for Iran and Palestine into a problematically oppositional binary. This binary, which is aggressively promoted by Zionists and greatly benefits their project of domination and destruction in the region, has presented imperialist and Zionist forces as the only hope of the people of Iran for liberation from a brutal dictatorship. Meanwhile, those who support the liberation of Palestinians are pressured to enact their anti-imperialist and anti-Zionism stance by siding with the Iranian regime against its people. In this session, we will work against this binary, make a case for Iranian-Palestinian solidarity, and envision forms of liberation that does not require the oppression of one group for another.

Wednesday, March 25, 6-7:30pm

Dunton Tower 2017, Carleton University

Staying power book launch
2026-03-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Perfect Books, 258 Elgin Street, Ottawa, K2P 1L9
Book launch with Zena Sharman and Alex McClelland, of Staying Power, a beautiful and honest journey of care work, grief, parenting, and chosen family in the wake of intergenerational trauma. The book, which recounts the author’s experiences of raising three children in a four-parent queer family, asks “If leaving has helped you survive, how do you learn to stay?”

Petro-Politics and the Shifting Terrain of Canadian National Identity
2026-03-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Join us for a conversation with Shane Gunster on Petro-Politics and the shifting terrain of Canadian National Identity. We will consider what narratives are produced and circulated in Canada’s petro‑public sphere. This session offers a clear look at how industry influence shapes public debate, and what it means for climate justice movements working to shift the story.
Register: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/92E8TnNUSOOdtzLXHlGDSg#/registration

Policing Palestine Solidarity
2026-03-26 18:00 - 20:30 | Kind Space, 400 Cooper St., suite 9001, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Please join legal observer collective 613 Pink Vests for this workshop on policing Palestine solidarity in Ottawa, featuring presentations and reports from researchers, lawyers, and activists with expertise and on-the-ground experience in the Palestine liberation movement. We’ll learn about the criminalization of Palestine solidarity in Ottawa and across Canada, as well as how the movement has been fighting back and how we can strengthen that response.
Speakers include:
– Jamila Ewais (CJPME Foundation), lead author of the recent report Policing Palestine Solidarity: A Crisis of Civil Liberties in Canada (2021-2025)
– Nora Fathalipour (Nuance Legal), criminal defence lawyer
– Tom Ledgley (Horizon Ottawa), coordinator of the “Defend the Right to Dissent” campaign
– Andrea Stokes (613 Pink Vests), legal observer
Facilitated by Shaheen Lotun (Labour for Palestine).
Masking is encouraged, and masks will be available on site. Several air purifiers will be in operation during the event. The venue can be reached by elevator and there are no steps within the space.

NO TYRANTS OTTAWA
2026-03-28 14:00 - 15:30
Be part of a worldwide protest against Tru*p and the current US administration.
We have the power and are claiming it together. No Tyrants. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings in the US.
What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained international resistance to tyranny, spreading from small towns to city centres and across every community determined to defend democracy. Our peaceful movement is bigger than ever.
Silence is not an option. We will defend ourselves, our communities, Canada and other sovereign nations against the current US administration’s unjust and cruel acts of violence.
On March 28th, rise up, take to the streets, and say it loud: no tyrants, thrones, no crowns, and no kings in the US. We’re not watching history happen—we’re making it. Join us with your posters, costumes and creativity. Meet at the York Steps or along Major’s Hill Park. We will be marching around the US Embassy (on level ground.)
A core principle behind all No Tyrants and No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.

Greenhouse volunteer hours
2026-03-29 11:00 - 14:00 | 2391 Pepin Ct, Just Food Community Farm, 2391 Pepin Court, Ottawa
Come plant seedlings for Bountiful Beaver, an agriculture non profit who donates to the foodbank.
March 29th – Greenhouse & Foraging
Come on out to the greenhouse on Sunday morning at 11 – 2pm for planting , maple tapping and willow harvesting. Bring your own drinking water and sturdy boots suited for uneven trails. Parking available. 2391 Pépin Ct, Ottawa. North Greenhouse, look for the Bountiful Beaver logo .

Community Talk on Israel-Palestine // Discussion communautaire sur Israël-Palestine
2026-04-04 08:00 - 17:00 | Rockliffe Park Community Centre, 380 Springfield Rd, Ottawa
Are you interested in better understanding the Israel-Palestine issue and concerned by the significant loss of life?
Join us for a community talk in Ottawa-Vanier designed to provide a clear and accessible overview of the issue – from its historical roots to the present day.
📅 Thursday, April 16, 2026
🕒 6:30 pm
📍 Rockliffe Park Community Centre (380 Springfield Rd)
The session includes a short presentation by Dr. Peter Larson, Chair of the Ottawa Forum on Israel-Palestine, followed by an open Q&A, with space for thoughtful questions and respectful discussion.
This is a welcoming, non-judgmental environment for anyone curious, still forming their views, or looking to better understand a polarizing issue.
All are welcome, and we strongly encourage you to bring a friend!
Register at the link in our bio.
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Souhaitez-vous mieux comprendre la question israélo-palestinienne et êtes-vous préoccupé·e par les importantes pertes en vies humaines ?
Vous êtes invité·e à une conférence communautaire dans Ottawa–Vanier, qui proposera un aperçu solide du contexte historique et des principaux développements qui façonnent les événements actuels.
📅 Jeudi 16 avril 2026
🕒 18 h 30
📍 Centre communautaire Rockcliffe Park (380, chemin Springfield)
La soirée débutera par une présentation de 30 minutes par le Dr Peter Larson, président de l’Ottawa Forum on Israel-Palestine, suivie d’une période de questions avec amplement de temps pour des échanges réfléchis.
Cet événement se veut un espace accueillant et sans jugement pour toute personne curieuse, ne sachant pas par où commencer ou souhaitant approfondir sa compréhension d’un sujet souvent polarisant. Tout le monde est bienvenu, et nous vous encourageons vivement à venir accompagné·e d’un·e ami·e !
Inscrivez-vous à l’aide du lien dans notre bio.
*Notez-bien que l’événement se déroulera uniquement en anglais.

Collaborative zine making night at the Ottawa Trans Library
2026-04-04 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.

Zine Night! Last Generation Canada
2026-04-07 18:30 - 21:00 | Avant Garde Bar, 135 1/2 Besserer Street, Ottawa
Come hang out and make some zines with us! We’ll bring supplies and free vegetarian snacks, you bring your ideas!

QUEER SWANA movie night - This Queer Arab Family, ed. Elias Jahshan
2026-04-07 18:30 - 21:00 | Kind Space, 400 Cooper St., suite 9001, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Get ready to cozy up with some snacks and enjoy a selection of films celebrating Queer SWANA folks and allies.
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🌈 QUEER SWANA Shared Meal & Movie Night
A monthly gathering for queer SWANA folks and allies to come together around a shared meal, watch a movie, and discuss it together afterward.
This event is held every first Tuesday of the month, in the welcoming space generously offered by the folks at KindSpace (400 Cooper St.).
This special edition of April of our monthly gathering will feature Elias Jahshan, Palestinian-Lebanese writer and editor, who is currently touring Canada to launch his new book, This Queer Arab family. He will be joining us in person in Ottawa to share readings of excerpts from the new book. The readings will be accompanied by a curated selection of short films that echo and expand on the themes explored in the readings.
We know life happens, conversations run long, and time in SWANA cultures can be… flexible. The venue is accessible, and doors open at 6:00 pm. We’ll start gathering at 6:30 pm, and the readings will begin around 7:15 pm. The conversation will follow at around 8:15 pm. You’re welcome to join for any part of the evening. There’s no pressure to be there for all three. What matters most is showing up with curiosity, care, and an open and inclusive mindset.
Whether this is your first time or your tenth, queer SWANA folks and allies are welcome in this shared space.
🕑 Rough program
6:30-7:15 Shared food and catching up on the latest gossip
7:15–8:15 Getting cozy together for readings and short films
8:15–9:00 Sharing thoughts, feelings, questions. No right answers required
9:00-9:30: Book selling and signing dedications
🍉 About the food
This is a shared, community-style meal.
If you’re able to bring food, please do. Homemade, store-bought, sweet, savoury, … all sizes and colours are welcome.
If bringing food isn’t an option, you’re invited to contribute what you can (suggested $15). A small team of volunteers will be preparing home-cooked, grandma-style meals with a lot of love (and yes, some of us Arab gays really do know our way around a kitchen!).
No one is expected to bring both food and money. Come in the way that works for you.
👥 About the people
This is a volunteer-based, community-powered event. It truly takes a village, and everyone’s care helps keep the evening warm and welcoming. If you’re able to help out, whether with food, setup, or cleanup, it’s always appreciated. No, Mama won’t be here to pick up your plate; but community care goes a long way 😉
Seating is limited. If you sign up but are not able to come, please cancel your registration through your Eventbrite account so that someone else can attend. If you have any questions, contact movie.night.ottawa@gmail.com or Whatsapp +1 (613) 698-1436.
🎬 About the book and the short films
We aim to announce each month’s movie at least two weeks in advance. There might not be one hundred options to choose from, but the pool is rich. If you have suggestions, ideas, or strong feelings about what we can watch next, please share. We promise we won’t judge.
Event of April 7th, 2026: Book This Queer Arab Family, editor Elias Jahshan + short films.
The readings are in English.
The short films are in Arabic with English subtitles.
💬 About the Evening
Following the readings and short films, we will open the floor for discussion.
This is an opportunity to engage directly with Elias, reflect on the themes explored, and share perspectives. You’re encouraged to come with questions and an open mind.

Public Medicare Emergency
2026-04-08 19:00 - 20:30 | 1505 Carling Ave. Jim Robillard Union Hall
How do we stop the attack of two-tier American health care?
Don’t be fooled – it’s about profits – it’s never been about wait times – join us on April 8 at 7 at the Jim Robillard Union Centre, 1505 Carling Ave – get the facts.

Special Relaunch Edition - Climate Hope & Local Wins
2026-04-09 17:30 - 19:00 | The Prescott, 379 Preston St, Ottawa
New Venue. New Energy. Same Heart. Ready to ditch the climate anxiety for some genuine climate hope? On April 9, CAFES is excited to host the official relaunch of Green Drinks Ottawa at our new home: The Prescott (379 Preston Street).
We are shaking things up with a high-energy format designed to get you connected and inspired. Worried about awkward corner-standing? Don’t be, you’re in good hands! Come for “Speed-Networking” to meet fellow changemakers, followed by a round of inspiring “Lighting Talks” featuring local environmental wins. Whether you’re a sustainability pro or just green-curious, you’ll leave with fresh ideas, new allies, and a real way to take action.

Laylit
2026-04-10 21:00 - 2026-04-11 02:00 | Gridwrks, 221 Rideau Street, Ottawa, K1N 5X8
After our last SOLD OUT edition, Laylit takes over GRIDWRKS and ANNX once again 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.

Against War on Iran and in Solidarity with the Iranian People
2026-04-12 15:00 - 17:00
Against War on Iran and in Solidarity with the Iranian People
📍 National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa
🗓 Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 3 PM
The devastating US-Israeli war on Iran has killed countless innocents and destroyed schools, hospitals, universities, and vital civil infrastructure. It has drastically set the Iranian people’s struggle for liberation back and led to regional instability. We denounce this war and stand in solidarity with Iranian, Lebanese, Palestinian, and all peoples in the region facing imperialist violence and authoritarianism.
Stop the war now!
Organized by:
Feminists for Jina – Toronto
Iranian Collective for Peace and Justice – Canada
Endorsed by:
* Association des femmes iraniennes de Montréal
* Chinese Feminism – Toronto
* Community Peacemaker Teams – Canada
* Faculty for Palestine–Carleton
* Independent Jewish Voices Toronto & York Region
* International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran
* Iran solidarity هم یاری
* Iranian Network for Global Peace and Liberation
* No More Silence
* Revolutionary Communist Party
* Scholar Strike for Liberation
* Showing up for Racial Justice – Toronto
* Socialist Project
* Spring Socialist Network
* The Third Way for Iran

Enemies of the State: How spying on Indigenous activists became a priority at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
2026-04-13 16:30 - 18:00 | Richcraft Hall, Carleton University
The Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice (ICCJ) kindly invites you to attend the ICCJ Winter 2026 colloquium, “Enemies of the State: How spying on Indigenous activists became a priority at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service”. This event is a joint presentation and conversation between Brett Forester and renowned Indigenous activist, author, and filmmaker Ellen Gabriel.
Event date and time: Monday, April 13, 2026 from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Event location: RC 4400, SJC Resource Centre, Richcraft Hall
Event Description:
How much time and effort has Canada spent spying on Indigenous activists? In 2022, Brett Forester of CBC Indigenous in Ottawa set out to answer that question. It proved easy enough to ask but nearly impossible to answer. It took three years, four formal access to information requests, one informal request, three complaints to the federal information commissioner and one court challenge, but after all this wrangling we can begin to confirm the long-suspected truth: Snooping on Indigenous peoples has been a priority for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service almost since its inception.
After reviewing more than 1,000 pages of declassified documents, Forester found surveillance that began in Labrador in 1988 with Cold War paranoia about Soviet meddling had by 1998 evolved into a national counterterrorism project monitoring Indigenous dissent as a form of domestic extremism. In this talk, Forester will explain why and how this came to be, as he offers a behind-the-scenes look at his investigation into more than a decade of CSIS’s self-styled “Native extremism” operations. This event is a joint presentation and conversation between Brett Forester and renowned Indigenous activist, author, and filmmaker Ellen Gabriel.
This event is co-sponsored with Law and Legal Students, NPSIA, Journalism and Communications, and Indigenous Studies.
Space will be limited for this event. Please register using the form on the event page, linked below.
Enemies of the State: How spying on Indigenous activists became a priority at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service – Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Bubble By-law Public Delegation Workshop
2026-04-13 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
On April 17, the “bubble” bylaw will be voted on by the Joint Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services and Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, and we need to make sure councillors fully understand all of the consequences before making their decisions.
Any form of a bubble bylaw will have a chilling effect on dissent, and there is nowhere near enough evidence of protests causing real harm to justify cracking down on freedom of expression and freedom of assembly.
Ottawa’s proposal was only made public recently, but we’ll bring you our analysis at the training session on Monday evening. RSVP today and you’ll receive a Zoom link and further instructions on delegating.

ACORN's Safe Apartments March
2026-04-14 10:30 - 23:30
ACORN is officially launching our Safe Apartments Campaign.
Why? Because tenants are still living with disrepair, mould, leaks, holes in roofs, infestations, broken elevators — and the list goes on…
Join us to take action by targeting a neglectful corporate landlord, Q Residential, who continues to ignore serious issues like bedbugs, cockroaches, and long-overdue repairs in both 1244 and 1240 Donald St.

Enough is enough. Ottawa tenants need real enforcement from the City. Join us to kick off the campaign by delivering a demand letter and calling Q Residential’s Head Office. This will send a loud and clear message to City Council: THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW!
Bring your neighbours, friends, and family — let’s show our power.

1239 Donald St, Ottawa, ON K1J, Canada

LNG Not in our National Interest
2026-04-14 12:00 - 13:00
In the midst of global turmoil and yet another war for oil, here at home our PM Mark Carney is pushing hard to fast track new fossil fuel megaprojects. Billions of public dollars are slated to derisk LNG projects like Ksi Lisims and LNG Canada Phase 2, projects that worsen climate chaos and violate Indigenous rights.
People across the country are coming together on the week of action on LNG: Not in our National Interest. We must send a clear message to Carney and his ministers that Canadians reject public investments in these projects, and want to see investments in communities and clean energy.
Join Decolonial Solidarity, Amnesty International and allies in Ottawa at 12:00 Noon on Tuesday, April 14, outside Export Development Canada office (150 Slater St.) to deliver our message: LNG is not in the national interest. EDC is one of the biggest government agencies investing in LNG projects. This action is the beginning of a broader organizing effort in Ottawa-Gatineau to stop public investments in LNG.

No Cuts to Care - National Day of Action
2026-04-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Parliament Hill, Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A9, Canada
From coast to coast, say NO to cuts to refugee care!
Join us on April 14th for the National Day of Action against the IFHP cuts proposed by the federal government!
Stay on the lookout for actions in other cities! ✊🏼
Share this with friends and people of conscience
#NoCutsToCare
#Health4All
#NoBordersInHealthcare
#NoCutstoIFHP

POSTER EXHIBITION: Art is a Weapon: Revolutionary and Antifascist Posters from Spain 1936-39
2026-04-15 - 2026-06-20 | Gongfu Bao, 365 Bank St, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P1Y2, Canada
Poster exhibition runs April 15 to June 20, 2026.
Gongfu Bao Restaurant, 365 Bank Street
Free entry
Organized by the Education for Liberation Collective
In 1930s Spain, artists, organizers, unions, and leftist political parties produced thousands of stunning posters promoting revolutionary social change and opposing fascism. In 1936, the Spanish Civil War began when fascists organized a coup to overthrow Spain’s democratically-elected leftist Popular Front government, composed of a coalition of socialists, anarchists, communists, workers’ organizations and social movements. From 1936-38, thousands of international volunteers, including at least 1500 Canadians, went to Spain to join the Popular Front in the fight against fascism. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy enthusiastically supported the coup, and the fascists ultimately won, installing a dictatorship that would last until the late 1970s.
Art is a Weapon: Revolutionary and Antifascist Posters from Spain 1936-39 presents reproductions of more than 25 striking posters that teach us the history of revolutionary Spain and the Spanish Civil War. But these posters are more than just artefacts of the past. They illuminate a history that extends into the present moment and to struggles we continue to fight today, from opposing fascism, fighting for gender liberation, defending children’s genuine health and well-being, and defending the dignity and well-being of working people to fighting for environmental sustainability, for public education and art, and supporting international solidarity.
The exhibition also includes reproductions of artefacts from the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, the Canadian contingent of the International Brigades that fought against fascism in Spain.
Curated by Claire Nicolson-Hurtig (@encrenoire.illustration, Posters for Palestine 2024 exhibition, member of Education for Liberation Collective)
Posters are reproduced from the collections of the Fundacion Pablo Iglesias (Madrid, Spain), the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections of Brandeis University (USA), and the Centre de Recursos per Aprenentatge i la Investigació at the University of Barcelona (Spain).

In Person Organizing Meeting - Shut Down CANSEC
2026-04-15 18:30 - 19:30
Join us on Wednesday, April 15th at 6:30pm to organize a collective response against a weapons trade show that must be shut down in our lifetime.
CANSEC has been taking place in Ottawa since 1988 and as ARMX since 1983. Activists in Ottawa and surrounding communities have always risen up in protest and we will do it again.
Join us to demonstrate that people do not accept war, genocide and bloodshed in the name of national defence. CANSEC makes no one safer.
Please register here to receive the meeting location details: https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/+G5AjozEys40tmBGT2e9NLQCAwMFc+aKRXbSRZwKLhY/embed/

Resisting CANSEC with Quaker Roots
2026-04-16 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
Join us online on Thursday, April 16th at 3 pm-4pm Eastern time (8 pm in the UK) when Pete Doubtfire from Quaker Roots in Britain will discuss successes and lessons learned during activism against DSEI – Britain’s biggest arms fair.
Brent Patterson from Peace Brigades International Canada will also speak to organizing around Canada’s arms fair – CANSEC (May 27-28 in Ottawa) and Mel Burns from CFSC will discuss our plans for Friendly actions during CANSEC.
Register for free https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Rm0-n5ATRlmIj0xTAbLf-w
