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Gaza Remains: The Story

The Wing (4th Foor Nideyinan - former University Centre), Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa

This exhibition by the Palestinian Museum in Birzeit, State of Palestine invites you to journey through the history, culture, and resilience of Gaza. In the face of an unrelenting genocide and years of struggle and hardship against Israeli apartheid, the exhibition celebrates the enduring spirit of Gaza's people. Organized by: Independent Jewish Voices Carleton Students […]

Free

Science Fiction and How We Imagine Climate Futures

Online

This event is online: Register here for the link Often science fiction depicts the climate future as unlivable, or as barely survivable only through an intensification of “capitalist realism” – everything is for sale, only the rich have access to technologies sufficient for minimal comfort, and Earth ecologies are in continual free-fall or already destroyed […]

Tenant Organizing Workshop

The workshop will be hosted on January 18, 2025 @2:30pm in Centretown. The location will be sent to those who register! This event will provide a basic introduction to tenant organizing, including an explanation of what a tenant union is, the concrete steps that tenants can take to form one, and some lessons learned from […]

Meet and Greet and Meet the Author Watch Party – Hot Mess

Social Innovation Atelier 95 Clegg St, Ottawa

Join For our Kids Ottawa/Gatineau parents on Saturday January 18 for a casual meet and greet at 3 pm and stay to watch the online conversation and Q&A with author Sarah Marie Wiebe at 4 pm We will gather in the Desjardins Room at St Paul's University, at 95 Clegg St, starting at 3pm. We'll […]

Ottawa South Community Mending Circle – January

Social Innovation Atelier 95 Clegg St, Ottawa

Come learn from our volunteer Mending Mentors, who will show you how to repair or hem your favorite garments, give advice on simple sewing projects, and help with sewing machines. All skill levels are welcome. What to bring: Item to work on such as a garment, cushion, curtain, blanket - see below for details on […]

Book Launch: Reading the Room: Lessons on Pedagogy and Curriculum from the Gender and Sexuality Studies Classroom (Concordia University Press, 2024), edited by Natalie Kouri-Towe

FSS Building, Room 4004, University of Ottawa 120 University Prvt., Ottawa

Registration Link: https://carleton.ca/fist/cu-events/reading-the-room/ Join us Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 6:30pm, for the official launch of Reading the Room: Lessons on Pedagogy and Curriculum from the Gender and Sexuality Studies Classroom (Concordia University Press, 2024), edited by Natalie Kouri-Towe. This groundbreaking collection brings together first-hand experiences from gender and sexuality studies classrooms, offering profound insights […]

Free

Book launch: Burnt by Democracy

Irene's Pub 885 Bank St, Ottawa, ON

Join us for the launch of Burnt by Democracy: Youth, Inequality, and the Erosion of Civic Life, a powerful new book by Carleton University Sociology Professor Jacqueline Kennelly. The evening will feature a panel discussion with the author, leading scholars, and youth activists, alongside performances by young musicians. Wednesday, January 22, 7:00pm - 8:30pm Irene's Pub, 885 […]

Disability Justice and Queer Crip Curation

Dunton Tower, Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa

In partnership with the Department of History, Cultural Mediations, and the School for Studies in Art and Culture, join Kenny Fries for an evening discussing the intersections between queer and disability histories. We will explore depictions of "the perfect body" in queer communities, and how individuals who identify as both queer and disabled have been […]

Yes, it is a genocide

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ottawa 404 McArthur Avenue, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Want to learn talking points from anti-Zionist Jews on how to counteract Zionist gaslighting ? Well, some Palestinian solidarity allies organized an information session on Thursday, January 23rd, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ottawa at 404 McArthur Avenue! The event is free of charge. The presentation will consist of video footage of prominent anti-Zionist […]

Labour for Palestine – Ottawa Chapter Meeting

If you are a unionized worker, part of a union, and want to see the labour movement take action in solidarity with Palestine, please join us at our next in-person chapter meeting. Help us strategize for the next year to make it clear that Palestine is a labour issue and our solidarity must be global. […]

Attend Court in Person and On-Line for Final Submissions in Abousfian Abdelrazik’s Torture Lawsuit

Downtown Ottawa

Join us in court January 28-30 in Ottawa or online as closing submissions are presented in the lawsuit over Canada's complicity in the overseas detention, torture and exile of Canadian citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik. To register online to observe proceedings, visit: https://cas-satj.zoom.us/.../WN_fSbwmniiRZ2f7_T7xFLkGg To receive court location details for Ottawa, contact tasc@web.ca Abousfian Abdelrazik is “the victim […]

Breaking Social – documentary screening

The Mayfair Theatre 1074 Bank St, Ottawa, MT, Canada

Oxfam Canada is organizing a free screening of Breaking Social, a documentary by award-winning Fredrik Gertten, at the Mayfair Theatre in Ottawa. The film explores global patterns of kleptocracy and extractivism, weaving threads between global uprisings, shared anger and courageous action. Admission is free, but seats are limited. Please reserve your spot! https://www.eventbrite.ca/.../breaking-social-mayfair...