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

Mobilizing Disability Justice – Accessibility in Event Planning

Social Innovation Atelier 95 Clegg St, Ottawa

The School of Social Innovation and the Atelier are pleased to invite you to attend a panel discussion and workshop on creating accessible events, led by the disability justice principles of collective access, interdependence, and solidarity. Join Camille Bérubé and Cameron Jette, local disability justice advocates in a conversation on accessibility. They will share their […]

Free

National March on Ottawa to Free Palestine!

Parliament Hill Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

NATIONAL MARCH ON OTTAWA TO FREE PALESTINE! On November 25th at 1pm, the Palestinian Youth Movement, the Association of Palestinian Arab Canadians, Labour for Palestine, and the International League of Peoples' Struggle in Canada will march on Parliament Hill, Ottawa to demand an end to Canadian complicity in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people […]

Ottawa Riverkeeper 2023 Annual Public Meeting

NCC River House 501 Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Free, but registration requested. Join us in person at River House for the 2023 Annual Public Meeting on November 28th! Learn more about the work this community has made possible this year. You’ll have a chance to ask your questions about our programs and the river, get a sneak peek of what comes next, and […]

Teach-in: Palestine 101 & How Workers Can Take Action

Online

Join Labour for Palestine for an online teach-in about Palestine, how we got to the current crisis, and what we as workers and unionists can do to support the struggle for Palestine liberation. The teach-in will build participants' confidence to talk about why Palestine is a workers' issue, and will equip them with tools to […]

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

Send Holiday Cards for Moe Harkat’s Freedom: Stop His Deportation to Torture

This December, please send a season’s greetings card or letter to the new Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc to stop the persecution of Ottawa refugee Mohamed Harkat, now entering Year 22 of the struggle to end his deportation to torture and win his long-deserved permanent residence (samples below. No postage needed!). December holidays are rooted […]