Author: Provincial Coordinator

Collaboration Lunches 2025-26

Register for the 2025-2026 Upcoming Sessions: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/54j5rE7vTvmak8P8X3Tobw Upcoming Sessions 2025/2026 Schedule:  First Tuesday of every month! 2025-2026 dates will be: October 7, November 4, December 2, January 13, February 3, March 3, and April 7.  Please register for as many as you can attend! Dec 2 – Building your activist networks & ideas, Activist-ing in…

Register: November ’25 Collaboration Lunch

Tuesday, November 4 from 12-1:30pmJoin the Disability Network of Ontario and OPIRG Provincial as we interrogate design, disability, and…  Register now: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/54j5rE7vTvmak8P8X3TobwTuesday, November 4 from 12-1:30pm Presenter Bios:  Brad Evoy is a multiply-disabled member of the Qalipu Mi’kmaq Nation, originally from so-called Western Newfoundland, and serves as the executive director of Disability Justice Network of Ontario and co-chair…

BIll 33 Impacts on OPIRGs and Student Organizing with graphic colors, shapes and images surrounding the text.

Bill 33 OPIRG Resource

What is Bill 33?  Bill 33, the Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025, is a piece of legislation introduced by the Ontario government that significantly expands provincial oversight of the education system….. See/Read the PDF below – our summer student was able to do some research and create this resource for the network on Bill…

Get ZAP’d! Launching our Zine Archive Project & DisOrientation Weeks

Kicking off the monthly Collaboration Lunches! (Speakers Info Below + more forthcoming) Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 12-2 PM (Virtual) Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/KdaOja6xQQuQwfedTOmNIQ Join OPIRG Provincial and our local chapters as we kick off the year with connection, storytelling, and creativity.  What’s Happening? OPIRG Provincial invites you to our virtual Zine and Archive Project (ZAP) launch event…

OPIRG Kingston Alt frosh poster for September 2025, bright yellow and pink colors display teh text Alt Frosh and other details with two megaphone images

DisOrientation, Rad Frosh or Alt Frosh

What is DisOrientation/Rad Frosh or Alt Frosh? DisOrientation/Rad Frosh/Alt Frosh Week is an alternative Frosh Week promoting campus-based activism and social justice organizing which hosts workshops to share activist knowledge and resources and aims to build capacity for organizers and community members. It generally includes creative DIY and skill-building workshops, fun social gatherings, and celebrates…

OPIRG Community Activist Training Logo (OCAT) - red background colour with yellow font reads OCAT with a cat head on the inside of the O and a megaphone image above the CAT. Below in yellow is the full text for OCAT, where the first letter of each word is in a green color, the rest in yellow: OPIRG Community Activist Training.

OPIRG Community Activist Training (O-CAT)

OPIRG Community Activist Training (O-CAT) (formerly OPIRG Board Training School, BTS) is an opportunity for OPIRG network members to get together to build connection, skills and solidarity. This year it will take place May 24-25 virtually. OPIRG Community Activist Training (O-CAT) will be a chance to meet all the other amazing OPIRG-involved organizers and Board members from across…

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OPIRG Collaboration Lunches – Session 6, December 3, 2024

OPIRG Provincial has started a pilot program to help engage our PIRGs, boards, action group members, volunteers, and the wider community.  “Collaboration Lunches”  – are now held once a month (on the first Tuesday from 12-1:30 pm) to help us better connect and share campaigns, actions, and research work happening throughout Ontario! We’d love for you to…