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

Queer Death Salon – Loss by overdose or tainted supply

Online

Queer Death Salon is a virtual community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death, dying and grief. It is a facilitated drop-in discussion space, with the purpose of building connection, skill, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities. February’s Queer Death […]

Free – $30

Bring Them Home: Free the Canadian Muslim Men, Women and Kids Illegally Detained in NE Syria

Foreign Affairs Canada Ottawa

Join a Valentine's Day Vigil at Global Affairs Canada (125 Sussex Ave.) to free two dozen Canadian Muslim men, women and children are illegally detained under conditions akin to torture in "Guantanamo in the Desert," a vast sandscape of arbitrary detention camps and prisons holding over 50,000 detainees, over half of them children. While Canada […]

DARC Night School: Being Masters of Our Stories

Digital Arts Resource Centre 67 Nicholas St.

In the spirit of Black History Month, our speaker, Patrick Kabeya, will delve into the transformative power of storytelling and explore the unique perspective of being an African creator. From ancient oral traditions to modern mediums, we will celebrate the rich tapestry of African narratives and examine the role of creators in shaping and reclaiming […]

Free

Nonviolent Direct Action, Creative Protest and Planning Effective Campaigns Workshop

Space is limited, so register by sending an email to tasc@web.ca We will send location details (we will be in an accessible space) after you have registered. Please let us know specific issues you would like to have covered in the workshop. We’ll send some video clips to help get you prepared for the day. […]

Free

Voices Unveiled: Unpacking Israel’s Apartheid

312 laurier Ave

This event is organized by the Amnesty Ottawa-Gatineau Community Group to explore the oppressive and discriminatory system of apartheid implemented by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The public is welcome to join in-person (312 Laurier Ave East, Ottawa) or online (https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6ON1F4OOR8O8_WtYTa3GWw) on 18 FEBRUARY 2024 at 6pm EST. Our wonderful panel of speakers from […]

Free

Reasonable Cause to Suspect: Book Launch and Discussion on a Hidden Human Rights Case

First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa 30 Cleary Ave, Ottawa

A Book Launch and Discussion on the obstacles preventing the repatriation from Northeast Syria of over two dozen arbitrarily detained Canadian Muslim men, women, and children. With: Sally Lane, whose son Jack Letts has been wrongfully defamed by an inflammatory UK media and illegally held almost 7 years under conditions the UN calls “akin to […]

Freedom to Read 2024: Discussion with Author Lawrence Hill

Ottawa Public Library - Nepean Centrepointe 101 Centrepointe, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Freedom to Read Week is an annual event, taking place February 18-24, 2024. This week provides Canadians with the opportunity to discuss book challenges, censorship, representation in literature, intellectual freedom, access to information and the literary community’s and library's role. It serves as an opportunity to reaffirm Canadians commitment to intellectual freedom and the fight […]

7th Annual A7G Round Dance

Horticulture Building, Landsdowne Park 1525 Princess Patricia Way, Ottawa

We are honoured to have many invited singers joining us from Saskatchewan, Alberta and Unceded Algonquin Territory to honour us with songs for our 7th annual ceremony. We are extremely proud to be able to offer this for the community once again and would like say Miigwetch to all of our funders and sponsors for […]

Save Our Gaza Families: 3-Day Silent Vigil for Family Reunification

Parliament Hill Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

We (Gazan Canadian League) are holding a peaceful, silent vigil at the O'Connor and Wellington entrance to the House of Commons at Parliament Hill, Ottawa in support of Palestinian Canadians seeking reunification with their families from Gaza. Our family members in Gaza are dying and the Canadian government is not doing enough to bring them […]

Science Fiction and Social Movements: Prof. Krys Maki in conversation with Aric McBay

Social Innovation Atelier 95 Clegg St, Ottawa

Join Professor Krys Maki for an exciting conversation with organizer and author Aric McBay. They’ll discuss Aric’s new novel Inversion, social movements in science fiction, and how utopian writing can help us imagine better futures. “On a mysterious green world renewed by fire, vibrant collectivist communities have long lived in harmony with both its strange […]

Public Rally: Scrap the Chalk River Near Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF)

Westin Hotel 11 Colonel By, Ottawa, ON, Canada

WE WILL NOT STAND IDLE. We will be gathering in solidarity at the annual Canadian Nuclear Association conference outside of the Westin Hotel in Ottawa from February 28th through March 1st from 9-5 to make it loud and clear to the Canadian nuclear industry and energy ministers present that we do not consent to the […]

Women, War, Peace and Climate Justice

McNabb Community Centre 180 Percy Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

In recognition of International Women's Day, please join the Ottawa Peace Council on Wednesday February 28th at 6:30pm at McNabb Community Centre (180 Percy St) for a discussion on women in the peace and climate justice movement! Guest speakers: Garrett Halas (The importance of Alexandra Kollontai, one of the key founders of IWD) and Tamara […]