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SUMMARY:Love In A Dangerous Time
DESCRIPTION:This pop‐up exhibit by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights speaks to decades of human rights violations against 2SLGBTQI+ Canadians who wanted to serve their country and the brave activists who fought back. It is designed to educate and inspire Canadians to help create a future in which the rights of all 2SLGBTQI+ people are respected. \n\n\n\nFrom the 1950s to the 1990s\, the Government of Canada investigated\, harassed and expelled 2SLGBTQI+ members of the Canadian Armed Forces\, RCMP and federal public service during what came to be known as “the Purge.” Thousands of careers and lives were destroyed through this sweeping national policy\, which came to be known as the LGBT Purge. But 2SLGBTQI+ Canadians led political and legal campaigns to change the policy and ensure protection under Canadian human rights law. \n\n\n\nIn 2016\, Purge survivors launched a class action suit that resulted in a historic settlement in 2018. That large settlement established the LGBT Purge Fund\, which worked with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to develop Love in a Dangerous Time. The aim is to raise awareness of this little‐known history and to inspire new generations to rise to today’s challenges. This travelling exhibit complements the Museum’s much larger exhibition\, Love in a Dangerous Time: Canada’s LGBT Purge\, which is open in Winnipeg until early 2026. \n\n\n\nWe invite you to explore some of the survivors’ compelling — yet harrowing — stories from July 14 to October 3\, 2025. Community event held October 1\, 2025 — RSVP to info@lgbtpurgefund.com.
URL:https://maxottawa.ca/list/love-in-a-dangerous-time/
LOCATION:National Arts Centre\, 1 Elgin St\, Ottawa\, ON\, K1P 5W1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Advocacy & empowerment,Art,Educational,Ottawa
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SUMMARY:Queer Zine Collective Zine History Night
DESCRIPTION:Join the Ottawa Queer Zine Collective and the Carleton History Undergraduate Society for Zine History Night! \n\n\n\nGuest Speaker: Emma Awe\, Local Zine Historian!!!
URL:https://maxottawa.ca/list/queer-zine-collective-zine-history-night/
LOCATION:Ottawa Trans Library\, 1104 Somerset St. West\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1Y3C8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Art,Educational,Ottawa,Social
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SUMMARY:AI\, False Responders\, and Lessons from 2SLGBTQIA+ Research
DESCRIPTION:AI is not just transforming our classrooms—it is also having significant effects on our research. In this new age of AI\, and rising hostilities against 2SLGBTQIA+ communities\, researchers are navigating both false responders and bots. In this Zoom webinar\, academic and community-based researchers will share their experiences with AI and false responders in data collection\, and offer possible mitigation efforts for researchers using online methods. \n\n\n\nPanelists: Christopher Dietzel (Concordia University)\, Evan Vipond (Open Digital Literacy and Access Network)\, Ben Klassen and Ren Lo (Community Based Research Centre)
URL:https://maxottawa.ca/list/ai-false-responders-and-lessons-from-2slgbtqia-research/
CATEGORIES:Advocacy & empowerment,Educational
ORGANIZER;CN="Qritical Hub":MAILTO:qritical.mru@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop: Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Write the story only you can tell. Join a supportive writing group designed to help you find the words for the life stories you haven’t found a way to tell. Facilitated by Jeremiah Bartram\, who has extensive training and experience as a writer and playwright. Inspired by the Writers’ Collective of Canada’s proven methodology. We will blend warm -up exercises\, creative prompts\, and reflective group discussion to get the writing flowing. This is not a therapy group – but personal wiring is powerful. The goal here is craft\, clarity\, and courage. Rough drafts are expected and welcome.  \n\n\n\nWhat to Expect:  \n\n\n\n\nSmall group setting (Max. 10 participants) \n\n\n\nWarm-up writing and group intros \n\n\n\nRound table sharing tell the story you want to write \n\n\n\nSupportive feedback; what resonates\, what needs clarity \n\n\n\nChoose your prompt and write for 10 minutes \n\n\n\nOptional sharing and group reflection \n\n\n\n\nEvery voice matters\, every draft is a beginning  \n\n\n\nNo experience required – just the willingness to begin  \n\n\n\nThe group will meet biweekly\, max. duration is two hours\, break included  \n\n\n\nRegister with our 2SLGBTQIA+ Program Coordinator Sarah Rea: srea@thegoodcompanions.ca  \n\n\n\nJeremiah Bartram: Queer Catholic Artist & Writer https://www.jeremiahbartram.com/
URL:https://maxottawa.ca/list/creative-writing-workshop-info-session/
LOCATION:The Good Companions\, 670 Albert St.\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1R 6L2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Educational,Ottawa
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251014T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251014T140000
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SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Write the story only you can tell. Join a supportive writing group designed to help you find the words for the life stories you haven’t found a way to tell. Facilitated by Jeremiah Bartram\, who has extensive training and experience as a writer and playwright. Inspired by the Writers’ Collective of Canada’s proven methodology. We will blend warm -up exercises\, creative prompts\, and reflective group discussion to get the writing flowing. This is not a therapy group – but personal wiring is powerful. The goal here is craft\, clarity\, and courage. Rough rafts are expected and welcome.  \n\n\n\nWhat to Expect:  \n\n\n\n\nSmall group setting (Max. 10 participants) \n\n\n\nWarm-up writing and group intros \n\n\n\nRound table sharing tell the story you want to write \n\n\n\nSupportive feedback; what resonates\, what needs clarity \n\n\n\nChoose your prompt and write for 10 minutes \n\n\n\nOptional sharing and group reflection \n\n\n\n\nEvery voice matters\, every draft is a beginning  \n\n\n\nNo experience required – just the willingness to begin  \n\n\n\nThe group will meet biweekly\, max. duration is two hours\, break included  \n\n\n\nRegister with our 2SLGBTQIA+ Program Coordinator Sarah Rea: srea@thegoodcompanions.ca  \n\n\n\nJeremiah Bartram: Queer Catholic Artist & Writer https://www.jeremiahbartram.com/
URL:https://maxottawa.ca/list/creative-writing-workshop/2025-10-14/
LOCATION:The Good Companions\, 670 Albert St.\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1R 6L2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Educational,Ottawa,Regular programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251015T190000
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SUMMARY:Munro Beattie Lecture with Ivan Coyote
DESCRIPTION:The Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Department of English Language and Literature invite you to join us for the 2025-2026 Munro Beattie Lecture\, “And Then This One Time: Sweet Stories for Hard Times”. Because sometimes we all just need a good crylaugh. Join writer and storyteller Ivan Coyote for a round of storytelling to call upon the joy in our queer lives and celebrate the strength and bravery it takes to live real life as a trans person right now. Bring your best hankie. \n\n\n\nIt will take place at 7pm on October 15 at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. No registration is required. \n\n\n\nIvan Coyote is a writer and storyteller. Born and raised in Whitehorse\, Yukon\, they are the author of thirteen books\, the creator of four films\, six stage shows\, and three albums that combine storytelling with music. Coyote’s books have won the ReLit Award\, been named a Stonewall Honour Book\, been longlisted for Canada Reads\, and been shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Prize for non-fiction and the Governor General’s award for non-fiction twice. In 2017 Ivan was given an honorary Doctor of Laws from Simon Fraser University\, and in 2023 they received the first Honorary Doctor of Arts ever bestowed on anyone by Yukon University. They have toured public schools solo around the world for 20 years now\, using the power of a personal story to fight bullying and make schools safer for students\, staff and parents. Ivan has spent more than 30 years on the road as an international touring storyteller and musician. Coyote’s stories grapple with the complex and intensely personal topics of gender identity\, family\, class\, and queer liberation\, but always with a generous heart\, and a quick wit. Ivan’s stories manage to handle both the hilarious and the heartbreaking with reverence and compassion\, and remind us all of our own fallible and imperfect humanity\, while at the same time inspiring us to change the world. Ivan’s 13th book\, Care Of\, was released in June 2021 by McClelland and Stewart.
URL:https://maxottawa.ca/list/munro-beattie-lecture-with-ivan-coyote/
LOCATION:Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre\, 335 Cooper St.\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K2P0G8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Advocacy & empowerment,Educational,Ottawa
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SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Write the story only you can tell. Join a supportive writing group designed to help you find the words for the life stories you haven’t found a way to tell. Facilitated by Jeremiah Bartram\, who has extensive training and experience as a writer and playwright. Inspired by the Writers’ Collective of Canada’s proven methodology. We will blend warm -up exercises\, creative prompts\, and reflective group discussion to get the writing flowing. This is not a therapy group – but personal wiring is powerful. The goal here is craft\, clarity\, and courage. Rough rafts are expected and welcome.  \n\n\n\nWhat to Expect:  \n\n\n\n\nSmall group setting (Max. 10 participants) \n\n\n\nWarm-up writing and group intros \n\n\n\nRound table sharing tell the story you want to write \n\n\n\nSupportive feedback; what resonates\, what needs clarity \n\n\n\nChoose your prompt and write for 10 minutes \n\n\n\nOptional sharing and group reflection \n\n\n\n\nEvery voice matters\, every draft is a beginning  \n\n\n\nNo experience required – just the willingness to begin  \n\n\n\nThe group will meet biweekly\, max. duration is two hours\, break included  \n\n\n\nRegister with our 2SLGBTQIA+ Program Coordinator Sarah Rea: srea@thegoodcompanions.ca  \n\n\n\nJeremiah Bartram: Queer Catholic Artist & Writer https://www.jeremiahbartram.com/
URL:https://maxottawa.ca/list/creative-writing-workshop/2025-10-28/
LOCATION:The Good Companions\, 670 Albert St.\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1R 6L2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Educational,Ottawa,Regular programming
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