Welcome to Radical Events Ottawa! Learn more about the list here. See the full calendar here.
Please Note: Events listed on this calendar are not organized by the Punch Up Collective unless otherwise noted in the event details.
Pride is Political is back from August 8–10, 2025 at Carre de la Francophone de Vanier Square (282 Dupuis St, Algonquin Territory)! Pride is Political is a series of events that centre the political roots of Pride through art, movement, and dialogue. We honour the resistance and contributions of QTBIPOC, disabled people, and sex workers […]
Join us on Saturday, August 9 @ Vincent Massey Park (sections C & D) for our Annual charity BBQ in collaboration with the Association of Palestinian Arab Canadians (APAC), the Palestinian Student Associations' at both Carleton University and Ottawa U and the Palestinian Student Coalition! Halal BBQ for sale: prepared and served by Sultan supermarket […]
Please join us at the Human Rights Memorial on Elgin Street as we mourn the loss of countless prisoners whose lives have been taken from us by the Canadian Carceral System, and as we celebrate the courage of prisoners who chose to fight it. Prisoners' Justice Day, which grew to become International Prisoners' Justice Day […]
Prisoners' Justice Day is an annual day of solidarity and healing that is held on August 10th each year in carceral and community spaces since 1975 to protest deaths in custody and harmful conditions of confinement. This is also a time to recognize human rights for incarcerated people. Each year since 2000, the Prison for […]
Thanatophobia is the fear of death. It can involve fear of the dying process (often a fear of pain or discomfort), fear of the afterlife (or lack thereof), fear of being forgotten, fear that life is meaningless, and fear of missing out! This month we will be talking about our fears around our own deaths, […]
Please join our weekly vigil to reunite Palestinian Canadians with their loved ones from Gaza on Wednesday, August 13 from 11 am to 1 pm (we meet every Wednesday for the rest of the month) at 300 Slater (at Kent), the Ottawa offices of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (300 Slater Street, at Kent). Canada […]
Join us on August 14th to hear from a powerful cross-movement panel about the interconnectedness of our struggles and why we are uniting on September 20th to Draw the Line and demand that Prime Minister Carney and the Canadian government pick a side: injustice, violence, and climate destruction— or a just and safe future for […]
In preparation for a Mass Bike Action on September 19th (a lead-up event in conjunction with the Draw The Line march September 20th in Ottawa), we are hosting three 'mini-mass' bike rides, every second Friday: August 15, August 29, and September 12. The meeting point for each is 6pm at Confederation Park. These mini-masses will […]
Tenants of Sandy Hill (TOSH) will be hosting a yard sale in Strathcona Park on August 17 will all proceeds going to supporting our neighbours. In addition to items for sale, there will be freezies to share and a banner painting station. Hope to see you there!
Please join our weekly vigil to reunite Palestinian Canadians with their loved ones from Gaza on Wednesday, August 20 from 11 am to 1 pm (we meet every Wednesday for the rest of the month) at 300 Slater (at Kent), the Ottawa offices of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (300 Slater Street, at Kent). Canada […]
Due to high demand, we’ll be hosting a second roundtable on the latest issue of the Science for the People magazine on Palestine. JOIN US on Thursday August 21 at 4:30 PM at the Nepean Centrepointe Library (101 Centrepointe Dr.), room 1B. Our roundtable will take the format of a roundtable talk discussing the “It […]
When trans rights are under attack, what do we do? We organize, we rally, we march! Join us on August 22nd at 6PM at Bank and MacLaren for the 2025 Ottawa Trans March. Together, we'll make our voices heard, reject hate and advocate for trans liberation - for freedom, equality and human rights. We invite […]
