QPIRG Annual General Meeting 2024 It’s Tuesday evening and something heinously exciting is under way. People have gathered beneath the billowing roof of an oddly shaped trophy building, sipping wine and exchanging opinions. It’s the wompty-dom-di-dommiest event of the year and all the cool kids have RSVP’d. Where are you, if you are not there? […]
Battle of Chile Film Screening Join us for a screening of Battle of Chile: the Struggle of an Unarmed People. This three-part documentary by Patricio Guzmán chronicles the violent coup led by US-backed General Augusto Pinochet that overthrew Salvador Allende’s democratically-elected socialist government. We will be screening the first of three parts of the documentary […]
Film Screening: Soraida, a Woman of Palestine Join us for a screening of Soraida, a Woman of Palestine (2004). This documentary follows Soraida, a woman living in Ramallah under siege and strict curfews. Soraida and her family and friends share their inner thoughts, dreams, and reflections on life under Israeli occupation. Date and time: Thursday, […]
Film Screening: Conviction QPIRG is screening Conviction (2019), a documentary that follows three incarcerated women inside the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility and Nova Institution for Women. This film questions the role of prisons in our society and prompts us to imagine alternatives to incarceration and the current justice system. Date and time: Thursday, August […]
Tatreez Workshop Join us Friday, August 23rd at 7pm for a special in-person event at Frigo Vert to learn the beautiful art of Tatreez with local Palestinian artist Amnna Attia. You will not only discover the rich cultural heritage of Gaza, but explore the significance of Tatreez as a form of resistance against erasure and […]
Police Free Schools: Safety on Campus Beyond Carceral Systems This workshop will be a 101 session on abolition as it relates to education, security culture at McGill and how it can be challenged (including the recent mobilization around Palestinian activism), police-free schools organizing across Turtle Island (what’s worked for organizers?), and an invitation to imagine […]
Know Your Rights McGill has a maze of policies…and some of them work in your favour. In the Radfrosh Know Your Rights workshop, run by the office of the VP University Affairs at SSMU, become an expert in your rights as a student: academically, personally, and even when you’re disrupting university activities. Learn what you’re […]
Understanding and Surviving the Quebec Healthcare System Join us Aug. 24, 3:30pm for a workshop provided by The Trans Patient Union (TPU) on Understanding and Surviving the Québec Healthcare System! The TPU is an advocacy and mutual aid collective by and for trans and nonbinary patients in Tio’tia:ke (“Montreal”). The TPU advocates to the standards […]
McGill IS A UNION UNIVERSITY (EVEN IF IT SAYS IT’S NOT)! Join us for a workshop with the Association of Graduate Students Employed at McGill (AGSEM) on August 25th at 11:30 am to discuss union organizing on campus, as well as strikes and solidarity. Following this past year’s TA strikes and protests, we explore the […]