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Events listed on this calendar are not organized by the Punch Up Collective unless otherwise noted in the event details.

Lecture: Bed-Frame: Healing, Self-Invention, and the Other AIDS

Digital Arts Resource Centre 67 Nicholas St.

In this keynote lecture, Visual AIDS Research Fellow Adam Ash Barbu introduces DARC’s programming for World AIDS Day and Day With(out) Art. Highlighting their current research on the work of artist and activist Hunter Reynolds (1959-2022), Barbu weaves connections between histories of AIDS cultural production. In dialogue with Reynolds’ practice, Barbu frames the bed as […]

Free

World Aids Day | Day With(out) Art Screening

Digital Arts Resource Centre 67 Nicholas St.

Digital Arts Resource Centre and Qu’Art are proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2023 by presenting Everyone I Know Is Sick, a program of five videos generating connections between HIV and other forms of illness and disability. The program features newly commissioned work by Dorothy Cheung (Hong Kong), Hiura Fernandes & […]

Free

WEN Presents: 34th Annual December 6th Vigil

Minto Park 315 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

On 6th December 1989, 14 young students at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal were murdered. They were murdered because they were women. Each year, we gather to hold a vigil commemorating the victims of the Montreal Massacre, as well as each life taken by violence against women and gender-based violence in our community since the previous […]

Solidarity Dance Party Fundraiser for OCTEVAW

Social Innovation Atelier 95 Clegg St, Ottawa

“If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” Join us for a feminist dance party Friday, December 8th during the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence! While this is a time to mobilize and take action, it is also a time to connect with our feminist comrades and celebrate […]

L’heure du conte drag // Drag Story Time avec Cyril Cinder

Social Innovation Atelier 95 Clegg St, Ottawa

*English below* Samedi le 9 décembre à 10h00 à l'Atelier d'innovation sociale Venez entendre des contes et des histoires pour enfants en compagnie de Cyril Cinder! Il y aura des lectures de contes, de la musique et beaucoup de plaisir Cette activité est pour les enfants et leurs parents et se déroulera en français et […]

All out for Gaza

Human Rights Monument 220 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Join us this Saturday December 9 at the Human Rights Monument to march together to demand a permanent ceasefire, an end to Canadian support of genocide, and an end to the siege on Gaza and Israeli occupation. The Zionist regime continues to escalate its genocide against our people. We cannot give up! We must continue […]

Pique

Club SAW 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa

A building-wide party showcasing underground music and art from across Turtle Island. December 9, 2023 marks the return of Pique winter edition, as it once again transforms the Arts Court into a vibrant hub for its renowned building-wide celebration, spotlighting underground and avant-garde music and art from across Turtle Island. Pique promises to be a […]

$25

Write for Rights

312 laurier Ave

Write a letter, change a life Amnesty International’s Write for Rights campaign transforms the lives of people whose rights have been wronged. Write for Rights supporters are united by their desire to make a difference. In recent years, we’ve seen real change to people’s lives because of your action. From Zimbabwe to Guatemala, activists have […]

Free

Emergency Protest Stop the Genocide: All Out for Gaza

Human Rights Monument 220 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Join us Tuesday December 12 at 5:00pm at the Human Rights Monument for a *targeted* weekday march. Our government cannot continue business as usual while the Zionist regime massacres Palestinians every day! Let us march together to demand an end of Canadian support for genocide and call for a permanent ceasefire, an end to the […]

Ottawa ACORN’s People Power Party

Knox Presbyterian Church Ottawa 120 Lisgar, Ottawa, Canada

What a year it’s been for Ottawa ACORN! The organizing we've done this year has led to major victories standing up for low-income and working class people! Victories like: Stopping a renoviction at Manor Village! Passing a motion for a Tenant Defense Fund at city council! Lowering the criminal rate of interest for predatory installment […]

Ottawa for Gaza

Parliament Hill Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

OTTAWA - ALL OUT FOR GAZA: Join us this Sunday December 17th on Parliament Hill at 2pm to demand 1. An immediate ceasefire, 2. Lifting the siege on Gaza 3. An end to Canada's funding of Israel's war crimes, genocide, and colonization of Palestinian land. Bring your family and friends and let's show the world […]

Call to Action in support of Palestine – Pressure MP Greg Fergus

Greg Fergus MP Office 179 Prom. du Portage Suite 301, Gatineau

🚨CALL TO ACTION🍉 Folks in Hull - Aylmer and the outaouais hills are answering the Palestinian Youth Movement's call for action on Dec 18 by pressuring our member of parliament. Join us for a rally outside of Hull-Aylmer MP and Speaker of the House Greg Fergus' office in Hull on Monday December 18th at 3:15PM. […]