Learn about Ottawa’s radical history on a walking tour Take your radicalism outdoors this summer so you and your friends can learn from previous generations of troublemakers on a radical historical walking tour. My name is Brian McDougall. Since 2014, I’ve given hundreds of radical tours to visitors, residents, and local activists. Why do we […]
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| 2 events, -  Join us for an art build at Mac Hall in Bronson Center in preparation for the October 4 march! As we approach the two-year mark of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, we stand firm in our commitment to the struggle for Palestinian liberation and an end to occupation. This art build is a chance to […] | 2 events, In honour of Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we invite you to learn about Canada’s history in the spirit of truth and reconciliation, reflect on the legacy of the residential school system, and take action. The Caring Society is pleased to partner again with Assembly of Seven Generations (A7G) and Beechwood Cemetery to […] | 3 events,  From October 1 to October 21, please pick a day to fast (according to your own tradition of fasting) to demand the immediate evacuation from Gaza of all remaining 3,700 Palestinian applicants for Canadian visas and the finalization of all 2,500+ applications for Palestinian genocide survivors still stranded in Egypt. During your fast day, we […] Free -  Join us at our weekly Wednesday vigil to protest Canada's shameful None is Too Many Palestinian visa policy. To date, fewer than 2% of applicants have been directly evacuated from Gaza in over 20 months. Meet at Immigration HQ, 300 Slater, at Kent, every Wednesday from 11 am to 1 pm). 20 months into the […] Free | 3 events,  Join us on October 2 at Live! on Elgin for a night of music, art, and community. We’re bringing folks together with live music from Jackrabbits and the Jackki Harrt band, live readings from local writers and artists, as well as stories from our activists on the front lines. This is not just a concert, […] | 5 events, -  The Punch Up Collective will be facilitating a “Getting It Together: Organizing Collectives for the Real World” workshop on the afternoon of Saturday, October 4th, 2025. This workshop is for anyone interested in starting a collective, or those keen to discuss how to make a collective they’re already a part of more effective and sustainable. […] - 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 […] -  OTTAWA TWO YEARS OF GENOCIDE: RISE UP FOR GAZA. On October 4th, we will take the streets and shut it down. We are making it clear: the people of the world stand with Gaza, and demand a total arms embargo and sanctions against Israel. As we mark two years of genocide, we recall our responsibility […] | ||
| 4 events, -  Join us at our weekly Wednesday vigil to protest Canada's shameful None is Too Many Palestinian visa policy. To date, fewer than 2% of applicants have been directly evacuated from Gaza in over 20 months. Meet at Immigration HQ, 300 Slater, at Kent, every Wednesday from 11 am to 1 pm). 20 months into the […] Free -  The Federal Court of Appeal will hear our case on October 8– the first major test of Canada’s UNDRIP Act, following the decision of Justice Blackhawk. The Kebaowek First Nation has recently achieved two major victories in Federal Court: in February, Justice Julie Blackhawk ruled that the CNSC had failed its constitutional duty to consult […] | 3 events, - Bring friends & watch award-winning film "Gaza Fights for Freedom" with rare archival footage of the historic Great March of Return in 2018. Come join us for a powerful evening in DMS Room 1160 at 55 Laurier Ave E to watch this eye-opening documentary. Witness the resilience and struggles of the people of Gaza as […] | 3 events, - Join us for a powerful musical experience to reflect on the personal impacts of climate change and inspiration to start again. Join CAFES and our co-host, Glebe -St. James United Church, for an evening of music and reflection on our environment. This Climate Concert Series brings together a duo of talented musicians to help us […] | ||||
| 3 events, - Attention Ottawa-area #CatholicTeachers, education workers, parents, and communities!CUPE 2357 and OECTA Ottawa are holding a rally on October 14 to say:NO to #Bill33YES to stronger local voices and stronger #OntEd schools | 3 events, - Join Independent Jewish Voices, Students for Justice in Palestine, the Carleton University Human Rights Society, and the Carleton University Students Association for a Vigil for Gaza. (See Instagram slides for event schedule) Location: Vincent Massey Park, Right across the foot bridge next to Richcraft Hall Keynote speaker: His Excellency Rieaz Shaik, South African High Commissioner | 3 events, -  NO TYRANTS/NO KINGS is an international day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allies. We’ve watched as they’ve threatened Canada's sovereignty, disrupted international trade, detained tens of thousands of people (including Canadians) in ICE concentration camps, cracked down on free speech, detained people for […] | ||||
| 2 events, -  Let’s gather and engage with our questions and feelings about: -sex after the death of a loved one. -the disenfranchised grief of polyamorous and kinky relational loss. -how pleasure and erotic energy can support our mourning. -changes in desire as death approaches for ourselves or a loved one. -cultural expectations of how a widow should […] Free – $30 | 1 event, -  Envie d'une discussion autour de l'économie sociale afin de démystifier ce type de développement territorial? 30 minutes de présentation, 30 minutes de questions. Et une heure de réseautage et de célébration de l'économie sociale Formation gratuite d'une heure ouverte à toutes les personnes curieuses, entrepreneures ou non. Lien d'inscription https://airtable.com/app1zPNwSVOYdYd7Z/pagTbAu1TUkSlZCPl/form?prefill_Activites=recrNj8zTLgMOCc0A&hide_Confirmation=true | 2 events, -  In October, Ontario MPPs will be returning to Queens Park. So our community coalition of food banks, tenant unions, housing advocates, disability rights activists, and legal clinics are coming together for a BIG rally to welcome MPPs back to work! Together, we are urging the Provincial Government to make their first priority: 1 - Raising […] - From Turtle Island to Palestine: Challenging Canada’s Perpetuation of Settler-Colonial Violence 🇵🇸 🧡 From Turtle Island to Palestine: Challenging Canada’s Perpetuation of Settler-Colonial Violence 🇵🇸 🧡 This event by F4P Ottawa, IJV Carleton, and INSAF uOttawa invites members of the community to learn about Canada’s complicity in the violent dispossession, ethnic cleansing, and genocide of the people of Palestine and to discuss how we can learn from Indigenous experiences and resistance to challenge entrenched institutional settler-colonial practices. Canadian institutions, including the […] | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events, - The system is failing us. Poverty is spreading, and the overdoses crisis is here to stay. The best way out is to help each other. The workshop will teach : - The basics of first aid; - How to help people who have overdosed; - How to help people who have been injured during protests […] -  Are you a tenant in Centretown? Are you tired of feeling powerless against rising rents and bad landlords? Join Centretown Tenant Power (CTP) in building our own power to challenge landlords and the exploitative housing system! Inspired by our neighbours, the Tenants of Sandy Hill (TOSH), we recognize the need for neighbourhood-based tenant organizing that […] | |
| 3 events, -  Join us for a powerful documentary screening of "The Disappearance of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya", about the imprisonment of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a prominent doctor and chief of Kamal Adwan hospital in Gaza who has been detained in Israeli prison for over 10 months. We will also be holding a discussion with Carleton University […] -  The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is honoured to welcome longtime organizer Jonathan Rosenblum to Ottawa for the launch of his brand new book, We're Coming for You and Your Rotten System: How Socialists Beat Amazon and Upended Big-City Politics. "Jonathan Rosenblum's illuminating account of Kshama Sawant's decade as Seattle's first and only socialist city councilmember […] -  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 […] Free | 0 events, | 2 events, -  The keynote speaker is Alex Neve, 2025 CBC Massey Lecturer and the former Secretary General for Amnesty International Canada. There will also be a presentation by Don Bayne, Lawyer for Hassan Diab who will speak about the sham French trial, held in absentia, the declared Dr. Diab guilty. There will be a Q & A. Free -  WHO AND WHAT? Join us for an evening with award-winning and best-selling author and scholar Robyn Maynard (@policingblack) as she launches the revised and expanded edition of her book “Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present” (published @fernpub) on unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe Territory | in Ottawa. Following her […] | 3 events, -  Join us on October 30 as we welcome Dr. Karena Shaw to discuss political ecology and her most recent research. Register: https://carleton-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/U5mu565bSIeAQ91Ndl1UEg#/registration - Landlords in Ottawa are kicking out long-term tenants under the false excuse of “renovations”— just to jack up the rent. That’s a renoviction! Thanks to tenant organizing by ACORN members across the province, Ottawa is finally developing a bylaw. So, to make sure this bylaw protects us where it counts, ACORN is consulting with the […] -  Join Carleton University's Department of History for a talk by Cynthia Miller-Idriss as she discusses her latest book, Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism. What two things do most violent extremists have in common? Most of us know the first: they are almost always men or boys. But the second? They are […] | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, |