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

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – many events

There are many events happening in Ottawa and the general region; Inter Pares has assembled a list which includes many that activists in town may find of interest: https://interpares.ca/news/marking-national-day-truth-and-reconciliation

SGaawaay K’uuna (Edge of The Knife) National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Screening

DARC Microcinema 67 Nicholas St, Ottawa, MT, Canada

DARC is proud to present SGaawaay K’uuna (Edge of The Knife) for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Set in the 19th century, the film tells the story of Adiits’ii who, following a tragedy, transforms into Gaagiixid – “the Wildman.” SGaawaay K’uuna is the first feature film made in the endangered Haida language. Watch […]

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SUGARCANE – Special Screening on National Truth and Reconciliation Day

Odawa Native Friendship Centre 815 Saint Laurent Boulevard, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Odawa is proud to announce a special screening of the award winning National Geographic documentary SUGARCANE. A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native People and their way of life, SUGARCANE, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international […]

Pacinthe Mattar: Objectivity, Press Freedom, and the Palestine Exception

Richcraft Hall 2228, Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Please RSVP at this link In-person and livestreamed via Youtube. When Pacinthe Mattar was a producer at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, only one story of hers did not make it to air out of the thousands she produced daily over her ten-year tenure.  It was about Palestine, and it changed the trajectory of her journalism […]

Liberating land from ecocide: “An Island and One Night” (“Une Ile et une nuit”)

Social Innovation Atelier 95 Clegg St, Ottawa

Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St. “ZAD,” or “zone à defender,” has entered the European lexicon as a general term for militant direct collective action against large-scale development projects. First coming into prominence in the collective opposition airport construction in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, France, (still the largest self-organized autonomous zone in Europe) the approach and tactic has […]

Book Launch: From Havana to Hollywood

Wise Town Cafe 329-A Elgin St, Ottawa

Join us to celebrate the release of Philip Kaisary’s new book, From Havana to Hollywood: Slave Resistance in the Cinematic Imaginary. Philip will be joined in conversation with Adrian Harewood, Stacy Douglas, and Aubrey Anable. Wednesday, October 2, 6pm - 8pm Wise Town Cafe, 329-A Elgin St. Space is limited, please RSVP by email to bridgetrielly@cmail.carleton.ca […]

Sisters In Spirit Vigil for MMIWG2S+

Parliament Hill Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Join FSIS for the 18th annual SIS Vigil for MMIWG2S+ on Friday, October 4, 2024. We are gathering from noon to 3 pm on Parliament Hill on traditional Algonquin Territory. This year also marks the 20 anniversary of Amnesty International Canada's Stolen Sisters Report. There will be fierce Indigenous women speakers including Beverley Jacobs, Melanie […]

International Day of Action: One Year of Genocide, One Year of Resistance

Parliament Hill Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

OTTAWA: JOIN US October 5th on Parliament Hill to answer the global day of action for Palestine to mark one year of genocide against Palestinians and honor the resilience of our people in resisting zionism, occupation, apartheid, and ethnic cleansing as they have for the past 76 years. This October marks one year of genocide, […]

Epistemicide in Gaza: The Targeting and destruction of Knowledge infrastructure

A720 Loeb Building, Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

As part of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology Colloquium Series, Iyas Salim Abu-hajiar presents: "Epistemicide in Gaza: The Targeting and destruction of Knowledge infrastructure". Title: Epistemicide in Gaza: The Targeting and destruction of Knowledge infrastructure Abstract: Epistemicide refers to the obliteration of knowledge systems, including physical infrastructure, educators, and scholars. In the ongoing war […]

Calling for solidarity with kanien’kehá:ka kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers)

Supreme Court of Canada 301 Wellington Street, Ottawa

On Tuesday, October 10th the Kanien'kehá:ka Kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers) will submit both conventional legal documents and traditional Kanien'kehá:ka legal documents to the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa for the first time in history. The submission of these documents represents the next step in the Mothers' investigation into unmarked graves and clandestine mass burials of […]

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Raise the Rates! Rally

Ottawa City Hall 110 Laurier, Ottawa

Join the ODSP Action Coalition, the Disability Justice Network of Ontario, and the Raise the Rates coalition for a rally to demand doubling ODSP, and finally indexing Ontario Works to cost of living. Show up in support of your disabled comrades, kin, neighbours, friends, and enemies, and fight back against state austerity! Social assistance recipients […]

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