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Nov 20, 2025 - Crisis and Resistance

When: November 20th, 7pm

Ontario's higher education sector faces a perfect storm of austerity, rising precarity, and eroding academic freedom. This has provoked a sustained wave of resistance, marked by near-continuous faculty, staff, and student-worker strikes over recent years, exemplified by the recent OPSEU support staff strike.

Learning from these Ontario struggles and from successful militant unionism in the United States, this event argues for a new strategic direction. We will explore the structural challenges and strategic issues that higher education workers face and consider the potential for a path forward based on commitments to wall-to-wall organization and new forms of sectoral solidarity and joint action.

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Nov 19, 2025 - The Case for Sectoral Bargaining

When: Nov 19th, 7:30pm

This webinar examines whether expanding bargaining sector-wide can rebuild working-class power. Featuring Dr. Adam King and Dr. Sara Slinn.

In an era of multinational corporations, fissured workplaces, and gig economies, we ask if bargaining workplace by workplace is enough. Canadian unions, though resilient, remain fragmented, waging isolated battles. Elsewhere, sectoral bargaining sets robust standards across entire industries. This webinar examines what role expanding bargaining to the sector-wide level could play in rebuilding working-class power.

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Nov 19, 2025 - What Canadians Should Learn From Zohran’s Win in NYC

When: Wednesday, November 19th, 6:30pm

This call isn't about celebrating an American win. It's about asking why the NDP, Ontario Liberals, and Toronto's progressive councillors refuse to learn from victories like Mamdani's, Obama 2008, AOC 2018, or Stacey Abrams' organizing blueprint. We'll connect the dots between what works elsewhere and what's broken here: the consultant class that profits from losing, the bias against learning from organizers of color, and the strategic laziness dressed up as "pragmatism."

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Nov 17, 2025 - Booklaunch: Razing Palestine

When: Nov 17th, 6:30pm
Where; Another Story Bookshop, 468 Queen St W

Join us for the double launch of Razing Palestine, edited by Leila Marshy; and Batool Abu Akleen, Sondos Sabra, Nahil Mohana, and Ala'a Obaid's Voices of Resistance. Hosted by Samira Mohyeddin. With contributors Sheima Benembarek, Thoby King, Iman Kassam, Anna Zalik, Katherine Grzejszczak, Dr Yipeng Ge and more.

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Nov 17, 2025 - Canadian Foreign Policy Hour with Yves Engler

When: Mondays at 6pm

Join author Yves Engler on Mondays for a weekly news roundup and interactive discussion about Canada's role abroad. This weekly session will delve into the latest developments on subjects ranging from military affairs and Canada's role in Ukraine to its contribution to Palestinian dispossession, and the exploitation of African resources. Join Yves for a critical take on Canada's foreign policy. Questions, comments, and criticisms are all welcome.

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