MMIWGT2S / FFT2EADA Vigil Organized by Iskweu Link to the Facebook event. Route Beginning: Cabot Square End: The Baie, Saint-Catherine NO MORE GENOCIDE! On Tuesday , February 14th, join us for the 18th Annual Memorial Vigil for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Trans and Two-Spirit People in Tiohtiá:ke (Montreal). A vigil will be held […]
Sundance Harvest presents: How to Farm in Community Date: Sunday, February 26th, 2023, 2pm-4pm Location: QPIRG-Concordia (#205-2100 rue Guy) Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-to-farm-in-community-with-sundance-harvest-tickets-537990824037 In this interactive and very hands on workshop you will dive into what farming in a community looks like from the cooperative, collaborative and community land trust lens from the past and […]
Decolonizing Healing & Medicine, Re-imagining Community Care From mental health crises to COVID-19 and chronic illnesses– capitalism/ colonialism are making us all sick in different ways and destroying the planet at large. We’ve been taught to think about our health & wellbeing in a vacuum. Our health is tied to the health of our community, the […]
My Puzzle is Your Sound: Field Recording with Joey Zaurrini We spend our days and nights immersed in the soundscapes of our environments. All too often, this rich tapestry of sensory information goes unnoticed and forgotten unless the sounds are particularly disruptive. In this workshop, we will learn to use active listening and field recording […]
un(PAC)k: Digital Diasporas A guided discussion circle where we will unpack our relationships to and conception of Diaspora and Community through the lens of the Internet and technology more broadly. The discussion will be 1 to 1.5 hours long and is open to all BIPOC. The Pan-Asian Collective (@pacmtl) is a working group of QPIRG-McGill […]
Recognizing misinformation in the age of social media: approaching the news with a critical, anti-imperial perspective with CUTV Montreal March 15th, 6-7:30pm at Le Frigo Vert @lefrigovert This workshop will look at issues of misinformation and the negative impacts of it, break down how to be aware of it, and go over journalists’ methods for […]
Security Culture Sharing Circle March 16th, 3-4:30pm at ECOLE (3559 rue University) This event will serve as an informal sharing of knowledge regarding security culture, aiming to help fellow organizers maintain their safety in both digital and physical spaces. We will discuss online security, including platforms for secure organizing. We will also discuss best practices […]
Digital Literacy for Grassroots Groups 101 March 16th, 6-8pm at ECOLE (3559 rue University) In this 2 hour interactive workshop, we will explore why and how grassroots groups and organizations can leverage digital tools for change. Topics to explore include: * Why digital literacy matters * How to manage and communicate information, and * What […]
The KAIROS Blanket Exercise In 1996, the Aboriginal Rights Coalition worked with Indigenous elders, Knowledge Keepers, and educators to develop an interactive way of learning the history most Canadians are never taught. The KAIROS Blanket Exercise was the result; an interactive and experiential teaching tool that explores the historic and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and […]