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SUMMARY:Walking as method: Exploring hostile design in Milton-Parc
DESCRIPTION:Walking as method: Exploring hostile design in Milton-Parc\nThis workshop introduces walking/ rolling as a research method while exploring how design shapes access\, safety\, and inclusion in the Milton-Parc neighbourhood. This workshop will encourage participants to reflect on how design\, policing\, and city policies impacts inclusion and will question who has the right to access public space.\nFacilitated by Cara Chellew\, PhD Candidate in Urban Planning\, Policy & Design\, McGill University \nOctober 23rd\, 4-6pm \nMeeting point: QPIRG-McGill Backyard (3516 Ave du Parc)\, accessible by the back alley which can be reached by Milton.
URL:https://qpirgmcgill.org/event/walking-as-method-exploring-hostile-design-in-milton-parc/
LOCATION:QPIRG-McGill Alternative Library\, 3516 Avenue du Parc\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 2H7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Culture Shock 2025
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SUMMARY:Keynote Address with Ellen Gabriel
DESCRIPTION:Keynote Address with Ellen Gabriel\nFREE event\, with registration: REGISTER HERE. \nJoin us for a keynote address from the renowned activist and artist\, Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel. \nThis year\, QPIRG-McGill and SSMU External Affairs are exploring the theme of Land in relation to liberation\, decolonization\, and environmental justice. Land is at the core of our struggles – from resource extraction and the climate crisis\, to housing and homelessness\, to borders and imperialism. The Land provides water\, energy\, food\, and life. It roots the resistance of Land defenders blocking forestry in Nehirowisiw Aski just as it moves the resistance of Palestinian children throwing rocks at the Zionist occupation. From migrants navigating an imperial border imposed upon Land to unhoused community members criminalized for occupying Land\, this year’s event series\, Culture Shock\, challenges us to reject that Land is an object of capitalist possession\, and recenter it as the root of our struggle. \nEllen Gabriel is an activist\, artist\, and educator from the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation\, known for her central role as spokesperson during the Kanehsatà:ke Siege\, also known as the Oka Crisis. She has won numerous awards for her most recent book\, When the Pine Needles Fall. \nFriday\, October 24th\, 7:30-9pm \nMacdonald Harrington G-10 \nAccessibility: \nMacdonald Harrington is wheelchair accessible. To access the building from Roddick Gates (entrance to McGill campus from rue Sherbrooke O)\, go north on the main path\, follow the path on the right towards the Frank Dawson Adams Building (3450 rue University)\, and enter using the west entrance. Once inside\, turn left to access Macdonald Harrington.
URL:https://qpirgmcgill.org/event/keynote-address-with-ellen-gabriel/
LOCATION:Macdonald Harrington G-10\, 815 rue Sherbrooke O\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Culture Shock 2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251028T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251028T200000
DTSTAMP:20260425T065502
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T182630Z
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SUMMARY:Textures of the land: Reconnecting with our roots.
DESCRIPTION:Textures of the land: Reconnecting with our roots\nWith Charly Cartier \nThis event is for QTBIPOC (Queer\, Trans\, Black\, Indigenous\, People of Colour). Register here to attend. \nAn artistic exploration workshop and conversation. This event invites Queer members of the BIPOC community in a discussion around ancestry\, land\, pre/de colonialism\, belonging\, home etc. The discussion will be launched by a short film\, opening the conversation. You will then be guided into a mirror collage workshop\, creating a unique piece to take home with you. \nCharly is a queer multidisciplinary immigrant artist living in Montreal. Their art focuses on belonging and being unapologetically themselves. Their homelands (Mauritius\, Madagascar and Reunion) feeds their artistic practice in many ways. Charly ran multiple workshops in their professional and artistic life\, where they pride themselves on prioritizing a safe space and accessibility for Queer BIPOC community members \nTuesday\, October 28\, 6-8pm\nMaison de l’Amitié\, room 14 (120 Duluth Ave E) \nAccessibility:
URL:https://qpirgmcgill.org/event/textures-of-the-land-reconnecting-with-our-roots/
LOCATION:Maison de l’Amitié\, 120 Duluth Ave E\, Montreal\, QC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Culture Shock 2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251029T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251029T200000
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SUMMARY:“Severed” Screening hosted by In Pain and Insane
DESCRIPTION:“Severed” Screening hosted by In Pain and Insane\nOn October 29th\, in recognition of two years of Israel’s relentless genocide against Palestinians in Gaza\, as well as National Disability Awareness Month in the so-called U.S. and Disability Employment Awareness Month in so-called Canada\, In Pain and Insane invites you to a screening of the powerful\, new\, short documentary Severed. Severed follows Mohamad Saleh\, a Palestinian teenager from Gaza who lost his leg at only 12 years old\, and has survived five Israeli military assaults. In those attacks\, he lost his home\, close family members\, and best friends. Mohamad’s story is both deeply personal and emblematic of the thousands of Palestinians disabled by Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. \nThis is an opportunity to center Palestinian voices\, deepen understanding of the genocide\, and build solidarity between Palestinians and the larger disability justice community. \nTogether\, we can take action on disability justice and Palestine. \nWednesday\, October 29th\, 6-8pm\nQPIRG Concordia\, 2100 rue Guy Suite 205 \nAccessibility:\nMask mandatory event; free masks will be available at the entrance to the space. \nFor step-free access\, use the entrance at 1625 de Maisonneuve Ouest. \nBuzz #0205 to be let through the automatic doors\, then take the elevator up to the second floor. The door to our space can be opened by automated button\, and swings out. \nThere is a paid parking lot beside the building\, entrance on Guy. \nThe space contains one gender-neutral\, single occupancy\, wheelchair accessible washroom. The door is not automated\, it swings in\, and is pretty light. \nTwo air purifiers will be running in the space. This is a reduced scent space. We encourage people to not wear scented products at QPIRG or reduce drastically their usual use of these products (eg. perfumes\, colognes\, etc.).
URL:https://qpirgmcgill.org/event/severed-screening-hosted-by-in-pain-and-insane/
LOCATION:QPIRG-Concordia\, 2100 rue Guy\, #205\, Montreal\, QC\, H3H 2M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Culture Shock 2025
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SUMMARY:WHERE I COME FROM THE GROUND IS RED
DESCRIPTION:WHERE I COME FROM THE GROUND IS RED\nWith Mak Ékoué \nWHERE I COME FROM THE GROUND IS RED is a slow\, attentive\, creative workshop – an exercise in bearing witness to the life of land beyond human intervention. Using simple writing to share intimacies with strangers and create space between wounds\, participants will first share personal experiences and collectively read from a selection of poetic provocations. What follows will take different shapes as each will formulate a response\, process a piece of trauma\, or simply explore a musing in creating a paper zine. We will conclude with a zine exchange. \nMak Ékoué is an artist and design researcher born and raised in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal). Specifically interested in explorations of queerness\, radical care\, and material cultures as they pertain to urban contexts\, all spheres of their work revolve around ideas of memory\, archival\, and cultural references. Their artistic practice\, primarily composed of poetry and zine-making\, is largely comprised of writings about the cherished people\, and multitude of sacred places\, that have cradled them thus far. \nThursday\, October 30th\, 6-8pm\nLeacock 210 (855 rue Sherbrooke O) \n Accessibility: \nBuilding is wheelchair accessible. Gender neutral washroom is on the second floor.
URL:https://qpirgmcgill.org/event/where-i-come-from-the-ground-is-red/
LOCATION:Leacock 210\, 855 rue Sherbrooke O\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Culture Shock 2025
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251121T210000
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SUMMARY:Jazz Night at the QPIRG Library
DESCRIPTION:Jazz Night at the QPIRG Library\nQPIRG is hosting a fundraiser jazz night at the Alternative Library! \nPerformances by Bee\, Lily Rose\, and Bloodfarts. RSVP only\, limited spots available. Get your tickets here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/qpirg-jazz-night \nNovember 21\, 6-9pm \nQPIRG Library (3516 Av du Parc) \nAccessibility: \nThe QPIRG Library space is only partially accessible. There is a ramp to the front door – please ring the doorbell or call us at 514-284-2664 if you require assistance opening the door. \nThere are single-stall bathrooms on the first and third floor\, but these are not wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://qpirgmcgill.org/event/jazz-night/
LOCATION:QPIRG-McGill Alternative Library\, 3516 Avenue du Parc\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 2H7\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260316T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260316T200000
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SUMMARY:Community Dinner
DESCRIPTION:As always\, we’re kicking off Spring into Action with a FREE community dinner\, on Monday\, March 16th! Come for a delicious vegan meal\, and hang out with QPIRG and like-minded folks who care about social justice and building real community. First come\, first served – and we have run out of food at all of our previous community dinners! \nMonday\, March 16th\, 6-8 PM \nArts 150 (853 rue Sherbrooke O) \nAccessibility: \nThe Arts Building is accessible by wheelchair via the Leacock Building (855 rue Sherbrooke O). There are accessible bathrooms on the ground floor of the Leacock Building.
URL:https://qpirgmcgill.org/event/community-dinner-5/
LOCATION:McGill Arts Building\, Room 150\, 853 Sherbrooke O\, Montreal\, QC\, H3A2A7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Spring into Action 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260319T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260319T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T065502
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SUMMARY:Guerrilla Gardening & Seed Bombs 101
DESCRIPTION:Dig into the art and activism of guerrilla gardening with us on March 19\, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Concordia Greenhouse! This hands-on workshop explores how planting in neglected\, public and private urban spaces has been used as a form of resistance that creates beautiful green spaces\, grows food\, and reclaims unused land for and by the community. \nParticipants will explore the intersecting agricultural and land-back resistance movements throughout history\, from Canada and the US to Africa\, Latin America\, and beyond\, grounded in the revolutionary teachings of the Zapatistas and Emiliano Zapata’s “Tierra y Libertad” (Land & Freedom) movement. \nGet your hands dirty making seed bombs\, a guerilla gardening tool\, and discover which seeds work best for different spaces\, taking into account native plants and avoiding invasives. All seed bombs made during the workshop will be ready to take action in your community\, equipping you to plant seeds of beauty wherever they’re needed most. \nRegister for the workshop here \nConcordia Greenhouse \n1455 Blvd. de Maisonneuve Ouest\, 7th floor \nAccessibility: \nThe Concordia Greenhouse is accessible from street level by elevator.
URL:https://qpirgmcgill.org/event/guerrilla-gardening-seed-bombs-101/
LOCATION:Concordia Greenhouse\, 1455 Blvd de Maisonneuve\, 7th floor\, Montreal\, QC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Spring into Action 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260322T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260322T153000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T195609Z
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SUMMARY:Mapping Extraction
DESCRIPTION:This workshop maps extraction as a political and environmental process of the capitalocene\, tracing how projects framed as development or sustainability- by bringing together cases from India\, Palestine\, and Alaska- reorganize land and life through colonial or racial power. Rather than proposing reformist solutions\, the workshop opens space to revisit environmental possibility by questioning what kinds of futures these projects make possible or foreclose. \nThe core of the session will center on examining 3 case studies\, followed by a discussion guided by questions of the ontology of environmental “injustice” and the role of capital accumulation in shaping what counts as environmental “good.” Participants will collectively explore what a critical environmental politics might require us to refuse\, and what sort of knowledge could guide alternative environmental responses. \nAttendance is limited to 20 participants. Register on Zoom here. \nJenan Afaneh (B.A. University of British Columbia\, M.A. Birzeit University) is a writer\, researcher\, and educator. They are interested in tracing the multiple and shifting realities produced by colonialism\, across time\, space\, and social life.
URL:https://qpirgmcgill.org/event/mapping-extraction/
CATEGORIES:Spring into Action 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260323T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260323T210000
DTSTAMP:20260425T065502
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T213455Z
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SUMMARY:Solidarity Crochet
DESCRIPTION:Come join us on March 23\, from 6-9 PM in the SSMU Flex Space\, in making plarn\, which is yarn made from recycled plastic bags. You will learn all about the techniques of making plarn with guidance. This workshop is beginner friendly! \nWithin this event there will be an opportunity to share awareness about local housing projects and resources and further information for how to best support the unhoused in our communities and beyond. Any projects completed during the workshop will be donated to Résilience Montréal. \nTea and light snacks will be served. \nAccessibility: \nThe SSMU Building is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://qpirgmcgill.org/event/solidarity-crochet/
LOCATION:SSMU Flex Space\, 3480 rue McTavish\, room 106\, Montreal\, QC\, H3A0E7 2H7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Spring into Action 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260324T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260324T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T065502
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SUMMARY:Neighbourhood Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:At a time where police violence\, modern surveillance tactics\, and the criminalization of migrants are intensifying\, how do we work collectively to prepare to take care of each other\, communicate with each other\, and organize together? In the face of late fascism and global oppression\, across borders and movements\, it’s more important than ever to build networks to act from and foundations of care that support our shared goals. \nThis workshop provides a facilitated discussion reflecting on the common struggle\, offering practices of collective preparedness and tangible actions that we can take to be stronger together locally in the face of broad structural oppressive factors. We will be discussing neighbourhood solidarity groups as a form of resistance. This includes knowing your neighbours and supporting them when police/anti-immigration procedures/landlords are at their doors\, alternative communication methods\, and mutual aid food and resource projects. \nJoin us for this crucial workshop on March 24th at 5:30pm! \nArts Building\, W-25 \n853 rue Sherbrooke O \n5:30-7:30pm \nAccessibility: \nThe Arts Building is accessible by wheelchair via the Leacock Building (855 rue Sherbrooke O). There are accessible bathrooms on the ground floor of the Leacock Building.
URL:https://qpirgmcgill.org/event/neighbourhood-solidarity/
LOCATION:Arts W-25\, 853 Sherbrooke Ouest\, Montreal\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Spring into Action 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260325T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260325T203000
DTSTAMP:20260425T065502
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260225T214857Z
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SUMMARY:Manthan Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join us on March 25th from 6:30 pm at McEng 12 alongside South Asian Diaspora Action Collective (SADAC)\, QPIRG-Concordia\, and the Association of McGill University Support Employees (AMUSE) to watch MANTHAN (1976). This film is a fictionalized account of the extraordinary dairy cooperative movement that transformed India from a milk-deficient nation to the world’s largest milk producer. It is also India’s first crowdfunded film\, produced by 500\,000 dairy farmers who contributed two rupees each toward the production. Afterwards\, organizers from SADAC will lead a discussion on labour\, gender\, caste\, and community organizing in India. \nMANTHAN (1976)\nDirected by Shyam Benegal\nRuntime 134 minutes\nVOSTA \nMcConnell Engineering\, Room 12 \n3480 rue University \nAccessibility: \nThe McConnell Engineering building is wheelchair accessible via the doors closest to rue Milton\, just past the Milton Gates to enter McGill campus.
URL:https://qpirgmcgill.org/event/manthan-film-screening/
LOCATION:McConnell Engineering\, Room 12\, 3480 rue University\, Montreal\, QC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Spring into Action 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260326T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260326T200000
DTSTAMP:20260425T065502
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T004538Z
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SUMMARY:Tatreez Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us on March 26\, from 6-8 PM in the QPIRG McGill Alternative Library to learn the basics of Tatreez embroidery. Tatreez is a Palestinian embroidery tradition that has been passed down through generations that carries stories of land\, identity\, and resistance. \nThis beginner-friendly workshop will be guided by local Palestinian Suzane Obeid\, and will create space to learn about the significance of this cultural practice in preserving memory\, identity\, and as a form of resistance against erasure and ethnic cleansing. \nAll materials will be provided\, and no prior experience is necessary. Hot drinks and sweets will be served. \nRegistration link here \nQPIRG-McGill Alternative Library \n3516 Avenue du Parc
URL:https://qpirgmcgill.org/event/tatreez-workshop-2/
LOCATION:QPIRG-McGill Alternative Library\, 3516 Avenue du Parc\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 2H7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Spring into Action 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260327T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260327T203000
DTSTAMP:20260425T065502
CREATED:20260316T174310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T203946Z
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SUMMARY:Panel on Palestine Organizing
DESCRIPTION:Join us on March 27th for a panel on local Palestine organizing. As the Zionist entity continues to bomb Gaza and launch violent incursions into the West Bank\, and with the United Nations Security Council approving a plan for US occupation of the Gaza strip\, it is more important than ever that we build unity and collective power to struggle against complicity here in the imperial core. \nIn this discussion with local organizers\, we will reflect on coalition building\, how the movement has changed in the past few years\, and how Palestinian liberation is tied to other movements\, ultimately moving towards a clearer\, more realistic idea of what genuine “re-building” could look like. \nThis discussion will be moderated by Stefan Christoff. \nStefan Christoff is a media maker\, community activist and artist living in Montréal. Stefan hosts the radio program Free City Radio\, broadcasting weekly on nine community stations in Canada and shared globally as a podcast (Spotify + Apple Podcasts). Stefan makes music with many people globally\, including Anarchist Mountains\, Aidan Baker\, Adriana Camancho\, Aidan Girt\, Lori Goldston\, Nicolás Jaar\, Sessa and Nour Sokhon. Stefan is on the board of the Immigrant Workers Centre in the Côte-des-Neiges district of Montreal\, contributes organizationally to Cinema Politica\, is a regular contributor to Radio AlHara in Palestine and coordinates support for the Sounds of Places residency at The Wonder Cabinet in Palestine. Stefan is also a street artist and works with the Social Justice Centre and is currently a graduate student in history at Concordia University in Montreal. \nPanelists: \nFigs (she/her) is a Palestinian-Lebanese community organizer\, activist who’s an involuntary settler in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal.\nSince the early 2000s\, she’s been involved in different forms of BIPOC solidarity\, most of it for Palestine.\nTo her\, every action is a step closer to living in a free Palestine.\nWhen it’s time\, she wants to be buried under an olive tree there. \nManuel Tapial is a Spanish-Canadian activist\, coordinator\, and social movements researcher based in Montreal.\nWith over two decades of experience in grassroots organizing and international solidarity work\, he has coordinated transnational advocacy initiatives focused on refugee rights\, humanitarian access\, and international justice — including the Spanish campaign Rumbo a Gaza and\, more recently\, the Canadian delegation to the 2025 Global March to Gaza.\nIn Canada\, he works with community-based organizations such as Palestine Vivra\, contributing to public advocacy\, political education\, and movement-building efforts that connect local struggles — from housing justice to migrant rights — with broader international campaigns.\nHis research and organizing focus on the dynamics of popular movements\, sovereignty\, and civil resistance in contexts of displacement and conflict. \nSamar Alkhdour originally hailed from Gaza\, Palestine. In 2016\, she earned the Fulbright scholarship to study International Development at Ohio University in Athens\, Ohio\, USA\, focusing her studies on Women\, Gender and Sexuality. She worked in Gaza as interpreter/translator for eight years in the field of human rights. Samar tirelessly worked to bring her 13-year-old daughter Jana to Canada. Tragically\, just two weeks before the Canadian government informed her that Jana was finally eligible to enter the country in January 2024\, Jana was murdered by the IOF. Devastated by her loss\, Samar channeled her grief into activism\, organizing a daily sit-in outside the office of Marc Miller\, the Minister of Immigration\, Refugees and Citizenship. Her actions sparked broader protests against Canada’s complicity in the occupation of Palestine\, expanding to target other political figures\, businesses and academic institutions that support or benefit from the oppression of the Palestinian people. Samar was subjected to unlawful arrests\, detention\, and police brutality in the past year just for being a voice for justice\, not only honoring the memory of Jana but also shining a spotlight on the complicity of those perpetuating the suffering of her people and other peoples. \nTara Al-Alami is a Palestinian writer and organiser from occupied Jerusalem and occupied Yafa. She is a member of the Palestinian Feminist Collective (PFC). \nAmy Darwish is a Tiohtià:ke/Montreal-based community organizer\, involved in housing\, migrant justice and Palestine solidarity struggles. Over the past decade\, she has been a member of Tadamon\, the Israeli Apartheid Week organizing committee and more recently\, Papineau for Palestine. \nLocation \nSSMU Ballroom\n3480 rue McTavish\, room 301\n6-8:30pm\nDoors at 5:30pm\, panel begins at 6pm. We will have a short break at 7pm. \nAccessibility: \nThe SSMU Building is wheelchair accessible. There are gender-neutral bathrooms on the second and fourth floor.
URL:https://qpirgmcgill.org/event/panel-on-palestine-organizing/
LOCATION:SSMU Ballroom\, 301-3480 rue McTavish\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Spring into Action 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260430T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260430T210000
DTSTAMP:20260425T065502
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SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting 2026
DESCRIPTION:Birds of a feather\, flock together\, it’s time for the QPIRG-M Annual General Meeting! \nWe really ruffled some feathers this year! McGill students\, Working Group members\, and community members are warmly invited to come take a bird’s eye view of QPIRG’s activities this past year. \nCome for a free dinner and to learn more about our fee levy increase\, right-wing backlash to our activities\, our Working Groups\, and legal intrigue…… \nThursday\, April 30\, 6-8pm\nArts Building\, room W-120 (853 Sherbrooke O)\nHybrid Zoom option available – register here. \nThe Arts Building is wheelchair accessible via the Leacock Building (855 Sherbrooke O). \nWe will also be electing new and returning Board Members at the AGM! Board members play a crucial role in the operations and programming of QPIRG. Learn more
URL:https://qpirgmcgill.org/event/annual-general-meeting-2026/
LOCATION:Arts Building W-120\, 853 Sherbrooke Ouest\, room W-120\, Montreal\, Canada
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