Welcome to Radical Events Ottawa! Learn more about the list here. See the full calendar here.
Please Note: Events listed on this calendar are not organized by the Punch Up Collective unless otherwise noted in the event details.
Punch Up Collective invites organizations to participate in the Month of May Day 2025 by organizing and hosting an event or action during the month of May. For May Day 2025, Ottawa groups and organizations are planning a month of events and activities. You’re invited to join us! For those of us in the Punch […]
Join us March 31, 2025, at 6PM at Le Poisson Bleu for a trivia fundraiser to support prisoner rights advocacy in Ontario. Tickets are pay-what-you-can, with a recommended $25.00 donation. There is a full-service bar on site for drinks and small plates. Doors open at 6PM, and trivia starts at 7PM. There will be lots […]
What does the quest for justice look like in occupied Palestine? 🍉 DARC is proud to present a screening of Where Olive Trees Weep, a powerful documentary about the strength and resilience of the Palestinian people in the face of settler-colonial violence. The film shows the struggles and strength of the Palestinian people under Israeli […]
As part of the 20th Anniversary Celebrations, the Canadian Folk Music Awards will present Sultans of String’s film, “WALKING THROUGH THE FIRE”, at the Mayfair Theatre, Sat April 5, 12:30pm (doors at noon). Winning Best Musical Film and Best Soundtrack at the Cannes World Film Festival, this powerful film production is unlike any other, bringing […]
Decolonial Solidarity invites you to stand up to Trump in support of Land Defenders opposing the PRGT pipeline. Join us to Say NO! to LNG expansion and to tell RBC not to finance the PRGT pipeline. This project does not have consent of the Gitxsan and Gitanyow Nations. Developing more pipelines and LNG infrastructure would […]
MEET at 1:30 at the steps next to the US Embassy on Sussex Street, walk around the Embassy and join up with the Rally at Major's Hill Park to say - No to the 51st State! - No to Trump and Musk - Yes to Democracy This mass mobilization day is our message to the […]
Do you want to be involved in power-challenging, community-based journalism? Community members and students are welcome to our Story Meetings! We pay per story, as well as photojournalist, illustration and editing contributions. Story Meetings are where you can pitch article ideas, help brainstorm content, or be assigned a story. They’re also a way to learn […]
Join journalist Martin Lukacs and Press Progress publisher Romy Garrido in the Chaudiere Room at the Delta Hotel for a conversation about the 2025 federal election and Martin’s new book "The Poilievre Project: A radical blueprint for corporate rule." The book reveals the playbook behind the Conservative leader’s rise and exposes his radical vision for […]
For over 16 months, Gaza has endured a relentless genocide carried out by the Zionist occupation, fully backed by the U.S. and its allies, including Canada. Even after a so-called ceasefire was announced, the Zionist occupation continued its assault, imposing a total blockade on March 1st, cutting off all food and aid, and launching a […]
The inaugural meeting of the Barrhaven Mutual Aid organization, dedicated towards interconnected reliance within the Barrhaven and South Nepean area. Join us to start rebuilding community and fostering real change from the ground up.
Join us for a virtual gathering for people who have lost someone or multiple people to suicide and who are loooking to share space with people who have experienced similar circumstances. Loss by suicide brings particular griefs related to stigma, invalidation of the loss, failure to 'save' a loved one, guilt, confusion, anger and more. […]
Join us for the Ottawa launch of My Thievery of the People, a short-story collection by former Ottawa resident Leila Marshy. Marshy's distinctive style and untamed strength guides the reader in an electrifying high-wire act through the inner lives of refugees, queers in love and grief, wives, workers, and so many others fighting their way out from […]
SCAN Earth Day event with the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg - Nagadjitòdjig Akì Land Guardians. Part of Canada wide Seniors for Climate events. After an opening by Claudette Commanda, the Guardians will talk about their work and how it could inform urban Ottawa. The second speaker will be our newly elected MPP Catherine McKenney. There will […]
Register here: https://fpga.youarein.ca/author-meets-readers-apr24 Canada has been known as a hot spot for HIV criminalization where the act of not disclosing one’s HIV-positive status to sex partners has historically been regarded as a serious criminal offence. Criminalized Lives describes how this approach has disproportionately harmed the poor, Black and Indigenous people, gay men, and women in […]
OTTAWA GAZA IS CALLING WE MUST ANSWER Friday April 25, 2025 Human Rights Monument 5:30pm Join us on Friday, April 25, at 5:30 at the Human Rights Monument to answer the global call to action from the journalists, doctors, and civil society of Gaza. For 18 months, the people of Gaza have been subject to […]
Bi-weekly meeting for Barrhaven Mutual Aid. This meeting will be to discuss potential actions for us to take as a community and conduct basic feasibility tests
As a longstanding international holiday, May Day is a day to celebrate the collective power of all who labor – paid and unpaid, formal and informal, in care work and field work – all of the activities that sustain us and our community. It’s a day to recommit to forging solidarity across borders against exploitation […]
