Category: Events

RALLY for Buzas family, facing deportation on Thursday

GOOD NEWS: Shortly before noon on July 2nd, the Federal Court ordered the government to suspend the deportation of the Buzas family. Their struggle is not over, but hopefully it will be very soon. It is a victory for the…

Invitation to Djaber Kalibi Departure Support Picket

(Below is an invitation (in French only) by the Djaber Kalibi support committee. Djaber is leaving for Paris this Thursday, as the Immigration and Refugee Board decided to uphold his deportation order despite having rejected two of the three motions…

DOCUMENTARY FILM LAUNCH

in the context of anti-deportation days SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 5pm @ NO BAD SOUND, 3730 de Courtrai Join us for a family-friendly block party for the launch of a short documentary film on the struggles of migrants and indigenous peoples…

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION: CRIMINALIZATION COSTS SEX WORKER LIVES

Join Solidarity Across Borders on Saturday in support of this danse-athon against the dangerous recriminalization of sex work. Across the country, sex worker groups along with organizations and individuals that support human rights, labour rights and women’s rights are gathering…

ANTI-DEPORTATION DAYS

Two weeks of events, activities and actions demanding STATUS FOR ALL! June 1-15, 2014, Montreal. This year, the STATUS FOR ALL coalition is coordinating two weeks of activities in opposition to deportations, detentions and double punishment, and in support of…

(June 7) announcement: STATUS FOR ALL! Demonstration & March

STATUS FOR ALL! SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2014 (MONTREAL) 2pm: GATHERING / STARTING POINT Bethune Square (Guy & DeMaisonneuve West, métro Guy-Concordia) 4pm: CONVERGENCE, DEMONSTRATION AND PICNIC Philips Square (Union & Ste-Catherine, métro McGill) A child-friendly march. Bring your kids! Get…

Report-back: Demonstration against colonialism, racism and the Charter (photos, music, media)

Report-back: Demonstration against colonialism, racism and the Charter (photos, music, media) Several hundred anti-colonial and anti-racist protesters gathered and demonstrated on Montreal’s streets the evening of March 21, 2014, on the International Day Against Racism. Selected PHOTOS from the demonstration…

(Thursday) Defending the Land: Indigenous Resistance to Extraction

(This event is endorsed by Solidarity Across Borders) CKUT, Climate Justice Montreal, QPIRG Concordia, No One is Illegal, Solidarity Across Borders, Submedia.tv, The Anti-Colonial Solidarity Collective, and the McGill Sustainability Projects Fund present… The 7th Edition of Under The Weather:…

(May 15) Côte-des-Neiges Solidarity Street Party in support of the Awan family

Côte-des-Neiges Solidarity Street Party in support of the Awan family Food, music, speeches and more! Thurday May 15th, noon to 2pm.    Corner of Van Horne and Victoria (Plamondon metro, Van Horne exit). Family friendly! Rain or shine! (facebook event here) In…

Attention News Editors: Press point at the NDG offices of the new Quebec Minister of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion, Kathleen Weil

Attention News Editors For Immediate Release The Education For All Collective demands that the Quebec government act urgently to ensure that all non-status children can attend primary and secondary school Collective members and allies to gather at the NDG offices…

(Tuesday 10am) Urgent Gathering: Education for all!

This Tuesday morning (April 29), the Collectif éducation sans frontières will start to pressure the new Quebec government to allow full access to primary and secondary schools for non-status children. Join us! URGENT: EDUCATION FOR ALL! PRESS POINT & GATHERING…

Public assembly against gentrification : Whose City?

Solidarity Across Borders will be present at this important assembly on Sunday 4 May. The Whose City? Assembly, aims to to discuss the various current forms of resistance to gentrification, in the hopes of arriving at a common position and…