OPIRG York was established in the spring of 1992 by a campus-wide referendum, joining a provincial network of OPIRG chapters at eleven Ontario university campuses. We are a student-funded, student-directed organization mandated to do popular education and advocacy around social justice and environmentalism. We are committed to making links between issues including anti-racism, economic justice, the environment, Native rights, sexuality and women. Our primary mode of action is through our Working Groups. Working Groups are collectives of people who come together to mobilize around specific issues. OPIRG is here for all students. We provide skills, training and resources for research projects, organizing, public education and activism.
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03/04/2010 20:26
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Building Bridges Conference - March 8th

IWD at YorkU
York University Student Centre
Mon, March 8, 2010
10 am to 6 pm
registration at 9:30 am; dinner at 6pm
Speakers, workshops, performers. cwtpyork@gmail.com to RSVP and for info.

FREE event. OPEN to all. ACCESSIBLE spaces. FOOD provided. TRANSIT and CHILDCARE subsidies available. 

International Women’s Day 2010. 

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Posted by opirgyork
02/24/2010 16:00
02/24/2010 19:00
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Remembering HowardZinn (Feb242010)

In these turbulent times, Howard Zinn is inspiring a new generation.
This acclaimed film looks at the amazing life of the renowned
historian, activist and author. Following his early days as a shipyard labor organizer and bombardier in World War II, Zinn became
an academic rebel and leader of civil disobedience in a time of
institutionalized racism and war.

His influential writings shine light on and bring voice to factory workers, immigrant laborers, African Americans, Native Americans and the working poor.

Featuring rare archival materials and interviews with Zinn and colleagues suchas Noam Chomsky, You Can’t Be Neutral captures the

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Posted by opirgyork
02/14/2010 12:00
02/14/2010 15:00
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February 14th Missing Sisters Rally 2010

5th Annual Rally for Our Missing Sisters

When: Sunday, February 14, 2009 @ 12 pm
Where: Rally at Police HQ, 40 College St. at Bay

We'll march to the Coroner’s Office, 26 Grenville St. Gathering with food immediately to follow at U of T’s Centre for Women and Trans People (563 Spadina Ave)

Over 500 Indigenous women have been murdered or gone missing – most over the last 30 years – on Turtle Island. We come together in defense of our lives and to demonstrate against the complicity of the state in the ongoing genocide of Indigenous women and the impunity of state institutions and actors (police, RCMP, coroners’ offices and the courts) that prevents justice for all Indigenous Peoples.

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