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 […]
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 […]
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! Within this event there will be an opportunity to share awareness about local […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. This beginner-friendly workshop will be guided by local Palestinian Suzane Obeid, and will […]
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 […]
Birds of a feather, flock together, it’s time for the QPIRG-M Annual General Meeting! We 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. Come for a free dinner and to learn more about […]
Join QPIRG-McGill for a screening of 1982 (dir. Oualid Mouaness) on May 26th from 6-9pm in ARTS W-25. 1982 follows the story of Wissam, a young boy who tries to tell his classmate Joanna that he has a crush on her, during the 1982 zionist invasion of South Lebanon. QPIRG-McGill will also be collecting donations […]