QPIRG McGill

From Palette to Plate: Cooking & Art Workshop
2024-02-07 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Le Frigo Vert, 1440 rue Mackay, Montreal, QC, Canada
From Palette to Plate: Cooking & Art Workshop
Date: Thursday, February 7th at 7PM
Location: Le Frigo Vert (1440 rue Mackay)
Mindful Campus Initiative and the Art Hive are teaming up with us to bring you a unique experience that celebrates the importance of food in our daily lives. Join us for a delightful food and art workshop, a celebration of the profound role food plays in our daily lives. Unleash your creativity in a collaborative art-making session, where everyone, regardless of artistic experience, is invited to connect and express themselves. Following this burst of inspiration, Andrea, a Two Spirit Anishnaabe herbalist and community facilitator, will guide us through a cooking workshop. Using fresh, locally sourced ingredients, we’ll come together to create a delicious vegetarian meal. Andrea will share insights into the intersection of anticolonialism, food security, and student life struggles, emphasizing the importance of being in good relation with our plant spirit relatives for community care and connection. Join us for a unique blend of creativity, culinary exploration, and meaningful conversation!
Accessibility:
Frigo Vert is a wheelchair accessible space, with a gender-neutral bathroom.
About Anti-Colonial Week
Join us for Anti-Colonial Week, a grassroots initiative that’s been evolving since its humble beginnings as the Anti-Colonial Dinner in 2015. Now, in 2024, it’s a week-long exploration of food, film, and resistance. Created for Concordia students and the wider community, this event is all about education and awareness, digging into the real impacts of colonization on communities and weaving connections with social and environmental movements.
This year’s lineup includes From Palette to Plate, a hands-on food/art workshop, The KAIROS Blanket Exercise for a profound historical experience, and Plantcestors, a workshop on plants and herbs. Immerse yourself in films, engage with speakers, and participate in workshops that unpack the realities of colonization. It’s not just a week – it’s a movement!

Plant Allies for Rage and Resilience
2024-03-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Le Frigo Vert, 1440 rue Mackay, Montreal, QC, Canada
Plant Allies for Rage and Resilience
Come and learn with Andrea Macdonald, Two Spirit Anishinaabe herbalist and community educator, about a few local, abundant plants that support the various body systems impacted by prolonged anger and stress. There will be a tea tasting and burdock pickling demonstration, during which we will discuss care strategies to support our loved ones and ourselves during these outrageous times.
Date and time: Monday, March 11th at 6pm
Location: Frigo Vert (1440 rue Mackay)
This event is part of Spring into Action 2024: OUTRAGE. For more information visit qpirgmcgill.org/spring-into-action.
Accessibility:
Frigo Vert is a wheelchair accessible space. There are gender-neutral and accessible bathrooms in the space.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at info@qpirgmcgill.org.

Are you Outraged? Organize Collectively: A History of WDO and Militant Women’s Movement in Montreal-Tio'tia:ke and beyond
2024-03-14 17:00 - 19:30 | SSMU Madeleine Parent Room, 3480 rue McTavish, Room 201, Montreal, QC, H3A0E7, Canada
Are you Outraged? Organize Collectively
A History of WDO and Militant Women’s Movement in Montreal-Tio’tia:ke and beyond
Date and time: Thursday, March, 14th at 5-7:30pm

Location: 3480 rue McTavish, Room 201 (Madeline Parent Room)
Register to attend this event here.
This workshop will cover the history of Women of Diverse Origins and the grassroots women’s movement in Montreal/Tio’tia:ke. Women of Diverse Origins has been organizing International Women’s Day activities, including the main IWD demonstration in Montreal since 2001. We have joined together as women from different communities making the connection between our situation in Canada- Turtle Island, and issues in our countries of origin, from war and militarism to forced migration and exploitation of migrants, to violence against women here and globally. We have organized forums, conferences and yearly demonstrations to make us visible and to affect awareness and change.
During this workshop, this history will be shared, with lessons drawn from organizing over the years. We are looking to engage young women and women-identified persons to join us in continuing to build a militant, grassroots, women’s movement in Montreal-Tio’tia:ke and the world. This 2-hour workshop will be for knowledge transfer and to exchange views and examples of organizing in our communities. We encourage students to get involved in our activities!
Women of Diverse Origins (WDO) is a grassroots anti-imperialist women’s network that organizes public events to educate, discuss and empower! WDO-FDO -Femmes de diverses origines, organizes the yearly demonstration on International Working Women’s Day in Montreal on March 8. https://wdofdo.wordpress.com/ We are also a founding member of International Women’s Alliance, made up of some 100 organisations in 20 countries. Check out https://www.internationalwomensalliance.org/
This event is part of Spring into Action 2024: OUTRAGE. For more information visit qpirgmcgill.org/spring-into-action.
Accessibility:
The SSMU building at 3480 rue McTavish is wheelchair accessible. There are gender-neutral accessible bathrooms on the second floor.
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email us at info@qpirgmcgill.org.

Penning Community Almanacs for The Future: Persisting and Resisting Corporate Climate Crisis
2024-03-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Le Frigo Vert, 1440 rue Mackay, Montreal, QC, Canada
Penning Community Almanacs for The Future
Persisting and Resisting Corporate Climate Crisis
Date and time: Friday, March 15th from 2-4pm

Location: Frigo Vert (1440 rue Mackay)
This workshop is inspired by the Earthbound Farmer’s Almanac (to be discussed in the workshop) which is described as follows: “This is a farmer’s almanac for the end of a world and the beginning of many others/ It’s a place for experimentation, for finding new forms and retrofitting old ones, for sharing stories of lived efforts toward a collective exit from this colonial nightmare, this separateness from the Earth.” Creating almanacs for these times – building on past practices of almanacs but for the current conditions that climate crisis brings up – is the making of experimental space for connection engaging deeply with life on earth (including the stars) while resisting the systems at the root of suffering. The goal of this workshop is to offer a potential tool for persisting and resisting climate crisis both personally and collectively. This workshop will include a presentation, an almanac journal collage and art activity, guided group discussion, and skillsharing.
This workshop is hosted by Pamela Fillion, a community herbalist and radical home ec educator who has been involved in social and environmental justice in Montreal for over 16 years.
This event is part of Spring into Action 2024: OUTRAGE. For more information visit qpirgmcgill.org/spring-into-action.
Accessibility:
Frigo Vert is wheelchair accessible. There are gender-neutral accessible bathrooms in the space.
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email us at info@qpirgmcgill.org.

Atelier de sérigraphie à Coup d'Griffe
2024-03-16 11:00 - 15:00 | Coup d’Griffe, 5570 R. Cartier local b-03, Montreal, QC, H2H 1X9, Canada
Atelier de sérigraphie à Coup d’Griffe
Apprenez la sérigraphie à Co-op Coup d’Griffe !
Première session:11h-13h
Deuxième session:13h30-15h30
IMPORTANT: Il y a deux sessions, la première à 11h et la deuxième à 13h30. Il y a 5 places disponible par session. SVP vous inscrire à une seule session.
Inscrivez-vous ici.
Si vous ne pouvez plus participer, annulez votre réservation en ligne ou écrivez-nous à info@qpirgmcgill.org.
Samedi le 16 mars, 11h et 13h30
Coop Coup d’Griffe (5570 rue Cartier local b-03)
Les ateliers se déroulent en français.
Créé en 2012, la Coop Coup D’Griffe est une association d’artistes et de travailleurs autonomes qui se sont unis afin de partager un lieu, outils et savoir-faire. Notre expertise tourne autour de l’univers de la musique, de l’édition et de la création de matériel promotionnel.
Pour ceux et celles qui préfèrent « le faire soi-même », nous offrons une formation d’initiation à la sérigraphie qui permet ensuite de louer nos installations basées à Montréal.
Accessibilité:
Co-op Coup d’Griffe n’est pas accessible aux personnes en fauteuil roulant.
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Join us for a screen printing workshop, led by Coup d’Griffe!
First workshop: 11am-1pm

Second workshop: 1:30pm-3pm
IMPORTANT: This workshop will be held twice, first at 11am and then at 1:30pm. There are 5 spots available for each session. Please only register for one time slot.
Reserve your spot at the link here.
If you can no longer attend the workshop, please cancel your ticket online or email us at info@qpirgmcgill.org to cancel so we can give your spot to someone else.

Date and time: Saturday, March 16th at 11am & 1:30pm
Location: Coop Coup d’Griffe (5570 rue Cartier local b-03)
The workshops will be held in French.
Créé en 2012, la Coop Coup D’Griffe est une association d’artistes et de travailleurs autonomes qui se sont unis afin de partager un lieu, outils et savoir-faire. Notre expertise tourne autour de l’univers de la musique, de l’édition et de la création de matériel promotionnel.
Pour ceux et celles qui préfèrent « le faire soi-même », nous offrons une formation d’initiation à la sérigraphie qui permet ensuite de louer nos installations basées à Montréal.
This event is part of Spring into Action 2024: OUTRAGE. For more information visit qpirgmcgill.org/spring-into-action.
Accessibility:
Unfortunately, Co-op Coup d’Griffe is not wheelchair accessible.

Prison Abolition 101
2024-03-19 19:00 - 21:00 | QPIRG-Concordia, 2100 rue Guy, #205, Montreal, QC, H3H 2M8, Canada
Prison Abolition 101
Join us for a workshop that offers community members an introduction to prisoner solidarity work and prison abolition, as well as an introduction to the Prisoner Correspondence Project and our role in the abolitionist movement. Centering the lived experiences of the project’s imprisoned 2SLGBTQ+ members, this workshop will look at the systematic violence of prisons, both on an individual and structural level; explore the differences between reform versus abolition; and investigate some of the ways that we as individuals, organizations and movements can work towards abolition. We hope that this presentation will be of interest to people who are new to the concept of prison abolition, and to those who are familiar with it but are looking for concrete ways to get involved in abolitionist work. Given the scope of our project, our workshop will emphasize prison abolition as it intersects with queer activism, but we of course welcome community members of all identities to attend.
The Prisoner Correspondence Project is a solidarity project for gay, lesbian, transsexual, transgender, gendervariant, two-spirit, intersex, bisexual and queer prisoners in Canada and the United States, linking them with people a part of these same communities outside of prison.
Date and time: Tuesday, March 19th at 7pm
Location: QPIRG-Concordia (2100 rue Guy, room #205)
This event is part of Spring into Action 2024: OUTRAGE. For more information visit qpirgmcgill.org/spring-into-action.
Accessibility:
There is an elevator in the building. There are two entrances. The entrance at 2100 Guy has one flight of stairs.
For step-free access, use the entrance at 1625 de Maisonneuve Ouest. Buzz #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. There is a paid parking lot beside our building, entrance on Guy.
A list of other spaces downtown (Ville-Marie borough) reserved for people who have the blue-and-white parking permit can be found here:
http://www.statdemtl.qc.ca/index.php?page_id=322&lang=en#sondage

Discordia Film Screening
2024-03-21 17:30 - 19:00 | ECOLE, 3559 rue University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Discordia Film Screening
Join us for a screening of Discordia on March 21, 5:30-7pm at ÉCOLE (3559 rue University)! This event is co-hosted by SPHR @sphrmcgill, IJV McGill @ijvmcgill, ÉCOLE @ecoleproject, and QPIRG McGill @qpirgmcgill.
“On September 9, 2002, a scheduled appearance by former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked heated debate at Montreal’s Concordia University. By the end of the day, the “Concordia riot” had made international news, from CNN to Al-Jazeera. This film documents the fallout from that eventful day, following three young campus activists as they negotiate the most formative year of their lives.”
This documentary is available on the NFB.

Community Dinner and PAC Zine Night
2024-03-22 18:00 - 20:00 | SSMU Flex Space, 3480 rue McTavish, room 106, Montreal, QC, H3A0E7 2H7, Canada
Community Dinner and PAC Zine Night
Register to attend this event here.
Join us for a free community dinner and an evening of zine-making with the Pan-Asian Collective (PAC)! Vegan meals will be provided by Midnight Kitchen and People’s Potato.
For this year’s Spring into Action 2024 theme, “Outrage,” PAC is excited to host a Community Zine Night to provide a safe space for channeling anger and despair into tangible forms with the presence of our community. Although direct action is one of the most important ways we can respond to crises, this event is instead focused on building mental and emotional capacity through creating tangible creative arts – in this case, in the form of a Zine. Our goal is to create a needed space for our community to express ourselves safely within an intentionally curated environment and the presence of like-minded people.
The Pan Asian Collective is a QPIRG-McGill and QPIRG-Concordia working group. Throughout the year, we host various events including a book club, potlucks, picnics, film screenings, discussion groups, and an arts market with focus on Pan-Asian community engagement and education. The collective’s principles are rooted in leftist politics that center abolition and solidarity across global Indigenous struggles against colonialism, capitalism, and white supremacy – we welcome all Asian-identified folks who share our values to join us!
Date and time: Friday, March 22nd at 6pm

Location: 3480 rue McTavish, Student Lounge (1st floor, to the left of the main entrance)
Accessibility:
The SSMU building at 3480 rue McTavish is wheelchair accessible. There are gender-neutral accessible bathrooms on the first floor.
This event is part of Spring into Action 2024: OUTRAGE. For more information visit qpirgmcgill.org/spring-into-action.
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email us at info@qpirgmcgill.org.

Annual General Meeting 2024
2024-04-30 17:30 - 20:30
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?
Register on Zoom here.
It’s been a big year for QPIRG! Our 2024 Annual General Meeting is on April 30th at 5:30PM, on Zoom. Come and learn about all the incredible projects our staff, board, Working Groups, and volunteers have accomplished this year.
This is also your chance to shape the future of QPIRG by giving us your feedback and using your vote as a student/community member to elect our Board of Directors. If you’ve ever wanted to get more involved with us, now is the time! Applications are open for the QPIRG Board of Directors. For more information on how to apply, click here.

Film Screening: Battle of Chile
2024-05-30 18:00 - 20:00 | SSMU Madeleine Parent Room, 3480 rue McTavish, Room 201, Montreal, QC, H3A0E7, Canada
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 on May 30th at 6pm, at SSMU (3480 rue McTavish), room 202.
Content warning for this film: violence, war, death
Accessibility:
The SSMU Building is wheelchair accessible. There are wheelchair accessible, single stall bathrooms on the second floor.

Film Screening: Soraida, a Woman of Palestine
2024-06-27 18:30 - 20:30 | QPIRG-Concordia, 2100 rue Guy, #205, Montreal, QC, H3H 2M8, Canada
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, June 27, 6:30pm
Location: QPIRG Concordia (2100 rue Guy, #205)
Accessibility:
There is an elevator in the building. There are two entrances. The entrance at 2100 Guy has one flight of stairs.
For step-free access, use the entrance at 1625 de Maisonneuve Ouest. Buzz #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. There is a paid parking lot beside our building, entrance on Guy.
A list of other spaces downtown (Ville-Marie borough) reserved for people who have the blue-and-white parking permit can be found here:
http://www.statdemtl.qc.ca/index.php?page_id=322&lang=en#sondage

Film Screening: Conviction
2024-08-01 18:30 - 20:00 | QPIRG-Concordia, 2100 rue Guy, #205, Montreal, QC, H3H 2M8, Canada
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 1, 6:30pm
Location: QPIRG Concordia (2100 rue Guy, #205)
Accessibility:
There is an elevator in the building. There are two entrances. The entrance at 2100 Guy has one flight of stairs.
For step-free access, use the entrance at 1625 de Maisonneuve Ouest. Buzz #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. There is a paid parking lot beside our building, entrance on Guy.
A list of other spaces downtown (Ville-Marie borough) reserved for people who have the blue-and-white parking permit can be found here:
http://www.statdemtl.qc.ca/index.php?page_id=322&lang=en#sondage

Tatreez Workshop
2024-08-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Le Frigo Vert, 1440 rue Mackay, Montreal, QC, Canada
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 ethnic cleansing.
Please bring your kuffiyeh or shirt (or fabric) to embroider on.
Friday, August 23rd at 7pm
Le Frigo Vert (1440 rue Mackay)
Purchase your full or flex tickets for Rad Frosh 2024 here to join this amazing workshop- among other events which will, through community learning and bonds, free our minds!

Police Free Schools: Safety on Campus Beyond Carceral Systems
2024-08-24 11:30 - 12:30 | Burnside 1B18, 805 Sherbrooke O, room 1B18, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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 what campus would look like without campus security/police and carceral/punitive measures in curriculum/teaching.
This workshop will be facilitated by Blain Haile and Attou Mamat, two of École Sans Police organizers. ESP is a group of organizers dedicated to removing police from education. They are abolitionist organizers who believe that there is no room for carceral or punitive systems at any level of education.
Saturday, August 24 at 11:30am
Burnside Hall (805 rue Sherbrooke O), room 1B18
Purchase your full or flex tickets for Rad Frosh 2024 here to join this important workshop among other events which will through community learning and bonds, free our minds!

Know Your Rights Workshop
2024-08-24 14:00 - 15:00 | SSMU Madeleine Parent Room, 3480 rue McTavish, Room 201, Montreal, QC, H3A0E7, Canada
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 entitled to and how to fight for it. And if McGill tries to punish you for campus activism, you’ve got rights there, too!
Fight bureaucracy with bureaucracy and dive into the shadowy world of grievances, the charter of student rights, Quebec law, and playing along to a fucked-up rule book, in this hour long workshop. There is an optional interactive component.
Saturday, August 24, 2-3pm
SSMU University Centre, room 202
Purchase your full or flex tickets for Rad Frosh 2024 here to join this important workshop among other events which will through community learning and bonds, free our minds!

Understanding and Surviving the Quebec Healthcare System
2024-08-24 15:30 - 17:00 | SSMU Madeleine Parent Room, 3480 rue McTavish, Room 201, Montreal, QC, H3A0E7, Canada
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 of care for trans patients at health clinics and provides medical, legal, and institutional resources and one-on-one assistance to trans and NB people navigating the difficulties of transitioning in Tio’tia:ke.
Saturday, Aug. 24, 3:30pm
SSMU University Centre (3480 rue McTavish) room 202
Purchase your full or flex tickets for Rad Frosh 2024 here to join this amazing workshop among other events which will through community learning and bonds, free our minds!

Workshop with AGSEM
2024-08-25 11:30 - 12:30 | Burnside 1B18, 805 Sherbrooke O, room 1B18, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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 importance of such mobilizations and the role of students too!
August 25th at 11:30 am
Burnside Building (805 Sherbrooke O), 1B18
Purchase your full or flex tickets for Rad Frosh 2024 here to join this important workshop among other events which will through community learning and bonds, free our minds!

Yoga in Parc Jeanne-Mance
2024-08-25 11:30 - 12:30
Yoga in Parc Jeanne-Mance
Join Pranvera this Sunday to connect with your breath and generate some heat through mindful movements! Yoga mats will be provided.
Pranvera completed her yoga training at Luna Yoga this past year. A certified to teach Flo (a style of yoga combining the Hatha, Ashtanga, and Jiva Mukti tradition), she has been student of yoga for nearly 10 years and is passionate about sharing the practice with others.
Sunday, August 25 at 11:30am
Parc Jeanne Mance
Purchase your full or flex tickets for Rad Frosh 2024 here to join this important workshop among other events which will through community learning and bonds, free our minds!

All Eyes on McGill: Kahnistensera Solidarity Symposium
2024-08-25 16:00 - 17:00 | SSMU Madeleine Parent Room, 3480 rue McTavish, Room 201, Montreal, QC, H3A0E7, Canada
All Eyes on McGill: Kahnistensera Solidarity Symposium
Rad Frosh will be hosting ALL EYES ON McGill Program on Sunday 25th August 2:30-5:30PM with the Kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers)! Starting with a solidarity symposium and then a “McGill Denies Genocide” walking tour to the sites on campus related to weapons research and development and psychological warfare including the MK–Ultra experiments at Allan Memorial Institute and former Royal Victoria Hospital. We will end by holding a somber vigil by tying orange ribbons to the fences for the victims and survivors of the ongoing genocide against Indigenous peoples perpetrated and perpetuated by the so-called Canadian state, church, and institutional apparatuses.
Sunday 25th August 2:30-5:30PM
SSMU University Centre (3480 rue McTavish) room 202 & 203
Purchase your full or flex tickets for Rad Frosh 2024 here to join this important workshop among other events which will through community learning and bonds, free our minds!

Film Screening - Off Frame: Revolution Until Victory by Mohanad Yaqubi
2024-08-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Le Frigo Vert, 1440 rue Mackay, Montreal, QC, Canada
Off Frame: Revolution Until Victory by Mohanad Yaqubi
Join us Sunday, August 25th at 8pm for a Palestinian film screening of Off Frame: Revolution Until Victory by Mohanad Yaqubi. We explore themes of resistance, nationhood and national liberation; themes that have been especially relevant for the past 10-months, but also 76 years. As we place ourselves in the context of deliberate erasure and ethnic cleansing at the hands of the Zionist regime, these films become a way for us to forcefully engage with the past and history of the Palestinian people despite attempts to hide it and bury it.
Sunday, August 25th at 8pm
Le Frigo Vert (1440 rue Mackay)
The event will be in collaboration with SPHR McGill and Cinema Politica!
Purchase your full or flex tickets for Rad Frosh 2024 here to join this amazing workshop among other events which will through community learning and bonds, free our minds!

QPIRG Fun-Raiser: Book & Zine Sale, Art Market, Open Mic, and Free Food!
2024-10-12 13:00 - 2024-10-13 18:00 | QPIRG-McGill, 3516 Avenue du Parc, Montreal, QC, H2X 2H7, Canada
QPIRG Fun-Raiser:
Book & Zine Sale, Art Market, Open Mic, and Free Food!
The QPIRG Fun-raiser is coming up on October 12 and 13, 1-6pm! Swing by QPIRG-McGill (3516 Av du Parc) for a book and zine sale, art market, and open mic/karaoke! There will also be free food from @midnightkitchencollective 🦄
Here is a list of vendors who will be at the art market:
1. @ccharly_art (ccharly-art.com)
2. @flo._.designs (ko-fi.com/flodesigns)
3. @noenoah_
4. @asparag.art
5. @its.daylen
6. @ameliesthisandthat
7. @stuff_nstitch
8. @collective4891
9. @scatterbrainmagazine
This is an all-in-one fun-raiser event, with the goal of collecting funds for QPIRG to continue operating. We are funded by McGill students through a fee levy of $5/semester for full time and $2.50/semester for part time students. However, this fee has not changed in 8 years, despite rising inflation.
We have also seen a substantial hike in working group and discretionary funding applications, as well as renewed interest in all our programming. Under such a budget crunch, we have had to scale down some of our activities and temporarily close our discretionary fund.
We appreciate your support! Every donation brings us closer to restoring our normal level of programming and reopening our discretionary fund!
There is no pressure to donate – you are welcome to come for food, fun, and the open mic!

Community Dinner
2024-10-21 18:00 - 20:00 | SSMU Flex Space, 3480 rue McTavish, room 106, Montreal, QC, H3A0E7 2H7, Canada
Community Dinner
The week of Culture Shock will kick off with a free vegan dinner from Midnight Kitchen! Join QPIRG at the SSMU Flex Space (on the first floor, to the left) on Monday, October 21st at 6pm. Plates and cutlery will be provided, but feel free to bring a tupperware container if you want to take home extras!
This event is part of Culture Shock 2024! Culture Shock is an annual event series on anti-racism, migrant justice, and Indigenous solidarity. It seeks to bring together racialized communities to discuss issues relevant to their lives, as well as to allow those who do not belong to these communities to learn more about struggles against racism, colonialism and border violence. Every year, QPIRG brings panels, workshops, film screenings, performance nights and fundraiser parties to McGill students and broader Montreal communities.
Culture Shock 2024 will take place from October 21st to 30th. For more information, visit qpirgmcgill.org/cs
Accessibility:
The SSMU University Centre is wheelchair accessible. There are gender-neutral bathrooms on the second and third floor.

Radical Walking Tour
2024-10-22 16:00 - 17:30 | QPIRG-McGill, 3516 Avenue du Parc, Montreal, QC, H2X 2H7, Canada
Radical Walking Tour
The Radical Walking Tour of Milton Parc presents a critical and nuanced historical presentation to the neighbourhood sites. The tour includes a visit to notable sites on McGill’s campus, focusing on the history of James McGill’s abuse and enslavement of First Nations and Indigenous residents of Tiohtià:ke and the ongoing fight of the Kanistensera to secure justice regarding the Royal Vic project. Similarly, the walking tour would rotate between a series of stations where different local organizations will present about their ongoing projects, and talk about the history of the area.
Meeting point: 3516 Av du Parc
October 22, 4pm-5:30pm
This tour will also be held on October 29, 12pm-1:30pm.
If you are interested in learning more about the amazing variety of projects and community groups in the milton parc area, and would like to learn more about the activist history of the neighbourhood, this tour is for you! Even you are familiar with the area, the tour provides historical context of notable sites that you may be new to you. For instance, did you the know the federation of co-ops in Milton-Parc consists of 22 different housing co-ops and non-profits, with 133 buildings and 645 apartments, housing a total population of about 1,500. Come learn more at the radical walking tour of Milton Parc and McGill!
This event is part of Culture Shock 2024! Culture Shock is an annual event series on anti-racism, migrant justice, and Indigenous solidarity. It seeks to bring together racialized communities to discuss issues relevant to their lives, as well as to allow those who do not belong to these communities to learn more about struggles against racism, colonialism and border violence. Every year, QPIRG brings panels, workshops, film screenings, performance nights and fundraiser parties to McGill students and broader Montreal communities.
Culture Shock 2024 will take place from October 21st to 30th. For more information, visit qpirgmcgill.org/cs

How to Design an Effective Political Image
2024-10-23 18:00 - 20:00 | QPIRG-Concordia, 2100 rue Guy, #205, Montreal, QC, H3H 2M8, Canada
How to Design an Effective Political Image
Art has always been a tool in political discourse. Posters serve as a unique exclamation in that discourse. Their images can be used as a prism to code and decode culture, movement and alignment as well as a stew of other signifiers makes them invaluable in their effect.
The seminar, using the elements and principles of design, as well as a political framework, will explain what makes an effective political image.
The seminar will conclude with a brief explanation of spray painting techniques, wheat pasting, and other ways to disseminate a political image.
October 23, 6-8pm
QPIRG Concordia (2100 rue guy, #205)
This event is part of Culture Shock 2024! Culture Shock is an annual event series on anti-racism, migrant justice, and Indigenous solidarity. It seeks to bring together racialized communities to discuss issues relevant to their lives, as well as to allow those who do not belong to these communities to learn more about struggles against racism, colonialism and border violence. Every year, QPIRG brings panels, workshops, film screenings, performance nights and fundraiser parties to McGill students and broader Montreal communities.
Culture Shock 2024 will take place from October 21st to 30th. For more information, visit qpirgmcgill.org/cs
Accessibility:
The entrance at 2100 Guy has one flight of stairs. For step-free access, use the entrance at 1625 de Maisonneuve Ouest. Buzz #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.
There is a paid parking lot beside our building, entrance on Guy.
A list of other spaces downtown (Ville-Marie borough) reserved for people who have the blue-and-white parking permit can be found here: http://www.statdemtl.qc.ca/index.php?page_id=322&lang=en#sondage

Canadian Imperialism 101
2024-10-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Le Frigo Vert, 1440 rue Mackay, Montreal, QC, Canada
Introduction to Canadian Imperialism
How much do you know about Canadian imperialism? Interested in learning more? Join QPIRG-McGill for our Intro to Canadian Imperialism: Workshop hosted by Tyler Shipley, professor and author of Canada in the World: Settler Capitalism and the Colonial Imagination. This workshop offers a deep dive into Canada’s international engagement since Confederation, providing an accessible introduction to its foundations. Throughout the workshop, we will explore key case studies that help us to see the continuity in Canadian policy, helping us to theorize how to struggle against it today.
The event is open to students, community members, or scholars interested in learning and discussed topics in Canadian imperialism. Snacks will be provided, and the lecturer will be on Zoom, while the rest of the workshop is in person.
Tyler Shipley is a professor of culture, society and commerce at Humber Polytechnic and author of Canada in the World: Settler Capitalism and the Colonial Imagination.
October 24, 7 PM
Frigo Vert (1440 rue Mackay)
This event is part of Culture Shock 2024! Culture Shock is an annual event series on anti-racism, migrant justice, and Indigenous solidarity. It seeks to bring together racialized communities to discuss issues relevant to their lives, as well as to allow those who do not belong to these communities to learn more about struggles against racism, colonialism and border violence. Every year, QPIRG brings panels, workshops, film screenings, performance nights and fundraiser parties to McGill students and broader Montreal communities.
Culture Shock 2024 will take place from October 21st to 30th. For more information, visit qpirgmcgill.org/cs

Zine Making with Prisoner Correspondence Project
2024-10-25 17:30 - 19:30 | QPIRG-Concordia, 2100 rue Guy, #205, Montreal, QC, H3H 2M8, Canada
Zine Making with Prisoner Correspondence Project
An all-in-one primer of what you need to know about zines, their historic role in leftist movements, and their current relevance in the age of Information. This workshop will be facilitated by volunteers from Prisoner Correspondence Project (PCP).
Plus: make your own zine with provided materials, and check out samples from the zine libraries of QPIRG-McGill, QPIRG Concordia, and PCP.
Prisoner Correspondence Project (PCP) is a solidarity project for 2SLGBTQ+ prisoners in Canada and the United States, linking them with people a part of these same communities outside of prison. As part of our work, we distribute hundreds of zines covering many, many topics – from gay smut to safer tattooing to legal aid – per year to queer prisoners who request them from our library.
October 25, 5:30pm
QPIRG Concordia (2100 rue Guy, #205)
This event is part of Culture Shock 2024! Culture Shock is an annual event series on anti-racism, migrant justice, and Indigenous solidarity. It seeks to bring together racialized communities to discuss issues relevant to their lives, as well as to allow those who do not belong to these communities to learn more about struggles against racism, colonialism and border violence. Every year, QPIRG brings panels, workshops, film screenings, performance nights and fundraiser parties to McGill students and broader Montreal communities.
Culture Shock 2024 will take place from October 21st to 30th. For more information, visit qpirgmcgill.org/cs
Accessibility:
The entrance at 2100 Guy has one flight of stairs. For step-free access, use the entrance at 1625 de Maisonneuve Ouest. Buzz #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.
There is a paid parking lot beside our building, entrance on Guy.
A list of other spaces downtown (Ville-Marie borough) reserved for people who have the blue-and-white parking permit can be found here: http://www.statdemtl.qc.ca/index.php?page_id=322&lang=en#sondage

Panel: History of Montréal Activism
2024-10-28 18:00 - 20:00 | SSMU Ballroom, 301-3480 rue McTavish, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Panel: History of Montréal Activism
Our upcoming panel event, ‘History of Montréal Activism’ will bring together community activists who have been organizing for generations to explore the rich history of activism in this city, with a particular focus on anti-imperialism. Participants will hear stories about how organizing has evolved throughout time and the effectiveness of different tactics. The discussion will feature active organizers who have played pivotal roles in various movements surrounding Palestine, migrant justice, and women’s rights over the years. Attendees can also look forward to a free dinner, and space for further discussion at the end of the event.
Our panelists include organizers from: Women of Diverse Origins, Old People 4 Palestine, the Immigrant Workers Centre, and École Sans Police. The panel will be moderated by Elena Stoodley.
Women of Diverse Origins is an alliance of grassroots women’s groups and individuals from diverse cultural communities, which has organized the International Women’s Day demonstration for 20 years and other events that reflect our militant stand and our awareness about the world context and the role of our struggles within it.
Old People 4 Palestine is dedicated to supporting the Palestinian struggle through fostering solidarity across generations of activists involved in Palestine organizing in Montreal.
The Immigrant Workers Centre (IWC-CTI) defends the rights of immigrants in their places of work and fights for dignity, respect, and justice. The IWC-CTI was founded in 2000 by a small group of Filipino-Canadian union organizers along with their academic and activist allies. The Immigrant Worker’s Centre emerged to address these needs and concerns, providing both a safe place for workers to discuss their workplace circumstances, as well as establishing an alternative to standard union organizing. It has become a prime example of a community based labour approach in action.
École Sans Police is a subgroup of Montreal’s Defund the Police Coalition. École Sans Police advocates for police-free schools, and organizes a variety of educational events and workshops on alternatives to policing.
Elena Stoodley is a singer, author, songwriter and sound designer and a community organizer. Born in Tio’tia:ke, Montreal, she often blends her passion for social justice and black liberation with her art practices.
October 28, 6-8pm
SSMU University Centre Ballroom (3480 rue McTavish, 3rd floor)
This event is part of Culture Shock 2024! Culture Shock is an annual event series on anti-racism, migrant justice, and Indigenous solidarity. It seeks to bring together racialized communities to discuss issues relevant to their lives, as well as to allow those who do not belong to these communities to learn more about struggles against racism, colonialism and border violence. Every year, QPIRG brings panels, workshops, film screenings, performance nights and fundraiser parties to McGill students and broader Montreal communities.
Culture Shock 2024 will take place from October 21st to 30th. For more information, visit qpirgmcgill.org/cs

Radical Walking Tour #2
2024-10-29 12:00 - 13:30 | QPIRG-McGill, 3516 Avenue du Parc, Montreal, QC, H2X 2H7, Canada
Radical Walking Tour
The Radical Walking Tour of Milton Parc presents a critical and nuanced historical presentation to the neighbourhood sites. The tour includes a visit to notable sites on McGill’s campus, focusing on the history of James McGill’s abuse and enslavement of First Nations and Indigenous residents of Tiohtià:ke and the ongoing fight of the Kanistensera to secure justice regarding the Royal Vic project. Similarly, the walking tour would rotate between a series of stations where different local organizations will present about their ongoing projects, and talk about the history of the area.
Meeting point: 3516 Av du Parc
October 29, 12pm-1:30pm
This tour will also be held on October 22, 4pm-5:30pm.
If you are interested in learning more about the amazing variety of projects and community groups in the milton parc area, and would like to learn more about the activist history of the neighbourhood, this tour is for you! Even you are familiar with the area, the tour provides historical context of notable sites that you may be new to you. For instance, did you the know the federation of co-ops in Milton-Parc consists of 22 different housing co-ops and non-profits, with 133 buildings and 645 apartments, housing a total population of about 1,500. Come learn more at the radical walking tour of Milton Parc and McGill!
This event is part of Culture Shock 2024! Culture Shock is an annual event series on anti-racism, migrant justice, and Indigenous solidarity. It seeks to bring together racialized communities to discuss issues relevant to their lives, as well as to allow those who do not belong to these communities to learn more about struggles against racism, colonialism and border violence. Every year, QPIRG brings panels, workshops, film screenings, performance nights and fundraiser parties to McGill students and broader Montreal communities.
Culture Shock 2024 will take place from October 21st to 30th. For more information, visit qpirgmcgill.org/cs

Lupa ay Buhay (Land is Life)
2024-10-29 18:00 - 20:00 | 680 Sherbrooke, 680 Sherbrooke O, Room 361, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lupa ay Buhay (Land is Life)
In this event, we will hear from one of our community members who went to their homeland of the Philippines to live with and among the peasants and farmers as they waged their campaigns for land, rights, and livelihood. October marks Peasants Month in the Philippines. This is a month to cherish the continuous and surging selfless struggle of Philippine peasantry and farmers against all yoke of social injustice and inequality.
We will explore the lives and experiences of peasants and farmers in the Philippines through art. Participants will engage in activities that highlight the vital role of farmers in the country, their daily struggles, resilience, and connection to the land. Together, we will examine the intersection of agriculture, capitalism, culture, and human rights – fostering a deeper understanding of rural life. This workshop aims to spark meaningful conversations and highlight ways we can promote solidarity in our increasingly globalized world.
October 29, 6-8pm
680 Sherbrooke O, Room 361
This event is part of Culture Shock 2024! Culture Shock is an annual event series on anti-racism, migrant justice, and Indigenous solidarity. It seeks to bring together racialized communities to discuss issues relevant to their lives, as well as to allow those who do not belong to these communities to learn more about struggles against racism, colonialism and border violence. Every year, QPIRG brings panels, workshops, film screenings, performance nights and fundraiser parties to McGill students and broader Montreal communities.
Culture Shock 2024 will take place from October 21st to 30th. For more information, visit qpirgmcgill.org/cs

Community Dinner
2025-03-11 18:00 - 20:00 | SSMU Flex Space, 3480 rue McTavish, room 106, Montreal, QC, H3A0E7 2H7, Canada
Come for a free vegan meal and hang out with QPIRG!
SSMU Flex Space (Room 106, 3480 rue McTavish)

Accessibility:
The SSMU University Centre is wheelchair accessible. There are single-stall, accessible bathrooms on the second and fourth floor.
