Did you know that the Queens Positive Space Program (Support and Resources for
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Queer Individuals) is celebrating its Tenth
Anniversary this year? And as part of the celebration, were excited to call for
nominations for the first annual *OPIRG Positive Space Award*.
The OPIRG Positive Space Award will recognize a full-time Queens University
undergraduate or graduate …
Posted on Feb 28
| March 4, 2009 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
The corner of Princess and Clergy.
Join others in this anti-racist rally.
Planning/banner making meeting: Monday, March 2nd , 7PM in the SGPS Office: All are welcome!
February, 2009: A young Asian man is attacked on a downtown Kingston street.
Three people yelled racial epithets and told him, “go back to where you came from”. Just one recent example of why …
In
Posted on Feb 28
| March 3, 2009 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 7:30 pm |
CFS Taskforce on Racism
POLICY STUDIES Room 202, Queen’s Campus
If you’re a racialised student, faculty or staff member, on March 3rd come make a statement at the Queen’s hearing of the Task Force on Campus Racism.
The Task Force, an initiative of the Canadian Federation of Students, is traveling to campuses across Ontario to document individual incidents of racism, systematic racism in …
In
Posted on Feb 28
| March 20, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
AKA Autonomous Social Centre, 75 Queen Street.
Documentary Screening followed by discussion with directors and producers Amy Miller and Boban Chaldovich
FREE Admission (suggested donation $5-15 to cover post-production costs of film)
To view DEMO reel, check out: http://wideopenexposure.com/M4P.php
‘MYTHS FOR PROFIT’ is a dramatic exposé documentary which explores ‘Canada’s role in Industries of War and Peace’. Through diverse interviews and case studies …
In
Posted on Feb 28
| March 6, 2009 12:00 am | to | March 15, 2009 12:00 am |
The Queen’s Native Students Association presents…
Aboriginal Awareness Week 2009
“Reclaiming Tradition”
Visit QNSA’s website at: http://www.queensu.ca/fdasc/news/qnsa.html
Monday March 9: 2pm, Four Directions Aboriginal Student Centre
Sharing Circle Facilitated by Frances Derouchie
Take part in a traditional Sharing Circle, a gathering where participants all have an opportunity to speak, share and learn from each other.
Tuesday March 10: 7pm, Dunning Hall Rm 12
“Is the Crown …
In
Posted on Feb 28
OPIRG is pumped about our newest addition, Resist 2010.
This new working group aims to raise awareness of the social, economic, political, and environmental destruction resulting from the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
The primary goal is to educate the community on the interconnection of local anti-colonial, anti-poverty, and anti-capitalist struggles alongside national and international action against VANOC.
This educational group raises …
In Resist 2010
Posted on Feb 17
OPIRG welcomes a new addition, KUAAC, a group of concerned citizens who are interested in moving our community towards a more sustainable food system.
The group focuses on local, community-based change initiatives. The goal is to increase urban food production and consumption through a variety of projects including but not limited to community gardens, increase of urban agriculture projects, farm-to-school …
In Kingston Urban Agriculture Action Committee
Posted on Feb 17
Alternative Jewish Voices is a newly formed working group constructed of like-minded members in the Kingston and Queen’s communities, who stand in solidarity with all those opposing racism and discrimination in all its forms.
The group aims to provide an alternative space for Jews on Queens’s campus and in the Kingston community to engage in dialogue and discussion on issues and …
Posted on Feb 17
OPIRG welcomes a slamming new working group, radio613.
radio613 is a collective and radio broadcast dedicated to Jewish politics, culture, and religious life. Diasporic tones find auditory homes through featured interviews, music, readings, discussion, and documentaries. Each week radio613 presents Jewish perspectives on religious/spiritual thought and practice, race and racism, gender and feminisms, anti-semitism, identity politics, colonialism and resistance…and more!
Tune in …
| February 22, 2009 | ||
| 8:30 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
AKA Autonomous Social Centre, 75 Queen St.
Germinations will host the screening of a 2005 German film, “The Edukators”, a story of three anti-capitalists playing high-stakes games with the rich.
Bring some friends, bring some treats!
In Germinations
Posted on Feb 16
| February 17, 2009 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
Tuesday February 17
Doors open 6:30pm (Free snacks before film)
The Artel - 205 Sydenham
The epic story of radical earthship: eco architect Michael Reynolds, and his fight to build off-the-grid self-sufficient communities.
Come grab a few loaves of free bread and watch Garbage Warrior with all your favourite Community Urban Sustainability Project members. Learn about upcoming events and how you can can …
In Groups and Projects, Community Urban Sustainability Projects
Posted on Feb 16
Welcome! Community Urban Sustainability Projects, a brand-spanking new working group of OPIRG, hosts small free/cheap skill shares, and public workshops on any topic relating to sustainability in the city. They are also working on a petition to change a Kingston by-law to allow for raising chickens within city limits.
Connect to CUSP at:
http://cuspkingston.blogspot.com/
In Community Urban Sustainability Projects
Posted on Feb 16
| January 29, 2009 | to | February 8, 2009 |
reelout 10 queer film + video festival
January 29 – February 8, 2009
Welcome to reelout 10!
Wow! Reelout is turning 10! This small little film festival that we have all come to love and cherish is starting to grow up. 10 years ago, inspired by a successful film screening, a handful of awesome activists and dedicated community organizers gathered out of Kingston’s …
Posted on Jan 27
| February 1, 2009 | to | February 28, 2009 |
Event for Youth Age 11-18
Tuesday, February 10th, 5:30pm-7:30pm: Ban Righ Centre, 32 Bader Lane
A workshop for black, racialized and/or immigrant youth who wish to learn more about Black History Month through questions of leadership and understanding ways in
which people are valorized or devalued in society.
Using film clips and short readings, we will discuss the contributions of prominent people from …
In Coalitions & Joint Projects, Black History Month, Miscellaneous
Posted on Jan 27
These are the entries that were published in February 2009.