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

LCBO workers are on strike – join a picket in solidarity!

Multiple Locations

The information below is sourced from Horizon Ottawa and Justice for Workers: Horizon Ottawa: Show your solidarity with striking LCBO workers by joining them on the picket! OPSEU union members are standing up against the privatization of alcohol sales and fighting for more permanent work. Local workers will be striking at several LCBO stores across […]

Palestine Solidarity Poster Sale at the Arlington Art Market

Arlington Art Market Arlington Avenue between Bank and Kent, Ottawa, ON, Canada

11x17in prints of all 29 @flyers_for_falastin posters from the Posters for Palestine exhibition at @gongfubao will be for sale All proceeds after production costs will go to the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Committee to support their work in building a global mass movement to defeat Israeli apartheid More Arlington Art Market info: When: Saturday […]

Kebaowek Algonquin First Nation Takes Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to Court to STOP the Near Surface Disposal Facility!

Supreme Court of Canada 301 Wellington Street, Ottawa

As we know, the so-called Near Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF) at Chalk River is actually going to be an above-ground megamound for a million cubic metres of the nuclear industry's radioactive waste. It's located is to be less than a kilometre from the Kichi Sibi (Ottawa) River. Kebaowek First Nation says no: it is not […]

Book Launch: Crossdresser // Accept Yourself Or Die

Venus Envy Warehouse 329 Catherine St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Join us for the launch of a double volume, two books in one, both by trans Ottawa-based writers! About the book: Imogen Reid’s Accept Yourself Or Die: From Mormon Missionary to Trans Punk travels from small-town Northern Ontario, to the Missionary Training Centre in Provo, Utah, to basement shows in Ottawa. It’s a story about […]

Free

Solidarity Rally for Local 1541 Members

Best Theratronics 413 March Road, Ottawa, Canada

Enough is Enough! Come join Lana Payne, Unifor Nat President and Samia Hashi, Ont Reg Dir. in standing in solidarity with our siblings who have been on strike since May 1st. Bring your flags, horns and whistles! https://www.unifor.org/.../solidarity-rally-local-1541... https://www.unifor.org/.../support-best-theratronics...

Cinema for Palestine: Fluid Frames from the Palestinian Diaspora

DARC Microcinema 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, MT, Canada

DARC is honoured to present Cinema for Palestine, a screening of films from Cinema Politica’s Fluid Frames from the Palestinian Diaspora collection 🇵🇸 Join us on July 18th to watch the collection, curated by Palestinian filmmaker Muhammad Nour-Elkhairy, which features films that explore the refusal of right of return to the Palestinian homeland and the […]

Free

LGBTQ+ Book Club

312 laurier Ave

A safespace for queer book lovers and readers! We (usually) meet the 2nd and 3rd Saturday of every month, our Instagram: (openpagesbookclub_) posts the updates!

Free

Collaborative zine making night at the Ottawa Trans Library

Ottawa Trans Library 1104 Somerset St. West, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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 […]

Harmony Circle for Palestine with Albert Dumont and Yipeng Ge

Register for the event here: https://forms.gle/NoHkLqvzhfwseScr5 EVENT DETAILS Join us for a conversation about Palestine, between Spiritual Advisor and Elder Albert Dumont and Dr. Yipeng Ge, primary care doctor and public health practitioner. In November 2023, Dr. Ge was suspended from his medical residency at the University of Ottawa for pro-Palestinian social media remarks critical […]

Emancipation Day March/Marche de Jour de l’émancipation

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

August 1 is Emancipation Day, a time to reflect on the legacy of the enslavement of Black and Indigenous peoples in Canada, celebrate the strength and perseverance of Black communities across the country, and demand an end to ongoing anti-Black racism in Canadian society and in the federal public service. The Canadian Association of Professional […]

Asinabka Film & Media Arts Festival 2024

DARC Microcinema 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, MT, Canada

Celebrating Indigenous Arts in Algonquin TerritoryOttawa, Canada • August 6-11, 2024@ Club SAW, Arts Court Theatre & Studio, Gallery 101, DARC, Axeneo7 Asinabka Festival13th EditionAUGUST 6-11, 2024 Highlights:•.60+ Indigenous Films @ Arts Court Theatre• Opening Night Outdoor Concert & Film Screenings @ Club SAW• Art Gallery Crawl @ Gallery 101 / DARC / The Asinabka […]

Prisoners’ Justice Day 2024

University of Ottawa 75 Laurier Ave East, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Location: Room 215D, Jock Turcotte University Centre, 85 University Private (University of Ottawa), Ottawa This year CPEP, the Millhaven Lifers’ Liaison Group, Mothers Offering Mutual Support, and OPIRG/GRIPO have come together to commemorate Prisoners' Justice Day (PJD) with a teach-in about its history, how it has evolved, and how the demands could be met today. […]