Activist Agenda July 3rd, 2025

The Activist Agenda (Edmonton) is released on Thursday so you can see what might fit into your busy weekend. This list is constantly being updated so I suggest that you check throughout the week for any updated actions/information/changes.
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  • July 3rd, Thursday – Behind the Front Lines: The Hidden Crisis in Alberta’s Healthcare Workforce
  • July 4th, Friday – No Pride in Genocide
  • July 6th, Sunday – Human Presence for Palestine
  • July 9th, Wednesday – Action Styles
  • July 9th, Wednesday – Pride Ride
  • July 11th – 13th – Growing Resilience Together: An Ecogrief Retreat
  • July 12th, Saturday – Prisoners of Poverty
  • July 13th, Sunday – Human Presence for Palestine
  • July 17th, Wednesday – No Queens Day: A Rally to Oust Danielle Smith
  • July 17th, Wednesday – Apartment and Condo Waste Collection is Changing

Videos of the Week

I enjoy Matthew Cooke’s spoken essays on a variety of subjects. I encourage you to watch this and see how you feel and think afterwards.

July 3rd, Thursday – Behind the Front Lines: The Hidden Crisis in Alberta’s Healthcare Workforce: “Paramedics, lab technologists, x-ray technicians, physiotherapists, counsellors: One in three allied health-care workers in Alberta is thinking of quitting. That’s not a blip — that’s a workforce in crisis. On July 3, join lead author Jenny Godley for a webinar unpacking the findings from Parkland Institute’s new research report. Register now
Time: 12 pm – 1 pm
Location: Online
Register: Parkland Institute

July 4th, Friday – No Pride in Genocide: On July 1st, we do not recognize or celebrate genocide. 🧡
We acknowledge we cannot commemorate a day that has come at the expense of Indigenous people, wiping out their history, language, culture, and traditions
We welcome Rob Gurney to share some of their truth& knowledge and invite you to join us on Friday from 4:30-6:30 pm here in Amiskwacîwâskahikan. Thank you in advance for their willingness to share. Please wear orange if you have it.
We stand with the sentiment of No Pride In Genocide. 🧡
Time: 4:30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Pride Corner, 104th Street and Whyte (82nd) avenue
Instagram: Pride Corner on Whyte

July 6th, Sunday – Human Presence for Palestine:
Time: 12:30 pm
Location: Old Strathcona Farmer’s Market, 103rd Street and 83rd Avenue

July 9th, Wednesday – Action Styles: “Action! Styles of protesting and why we do them – from mass-demos to disruption to shutdowns”
Check out the other sessions when you register
Time: 11 am MT
Zoom: Youth Demand

July 9th, Wednesday – Pride Ride:
Time: 6.30 pm
Location: Oliver Pool Parking Lot, 10315 119 Street NW

July 11th – 13th – Growing Resilience Together: An Ecogrief Retreat: “”Growing Resilience Together – An Ecogrief Retreat” is an adult-only opportunity to acknowledge the emotional depths of our eco-grief.  There will be time to spend with yourself, to share with others in a safe communally held space, to be with what is – fully – in these times of converging crises and uncertainty. Lay facilitators Melanie Hoffman (GGN Flow facilitator), Chris Peet, and Nathan Binnema, will create a container for you to explore and experience our full range of feeling and expression, and host activities based in the work of How to Live in a Chaotic Climate, the Work that Reconnects, and other rituals. Expect opportunities to laugh, cry, relax, open up, nourish, and connect with yourself and nature.”
Location: 54404 Range Road 65, Gainford
Registration: Institute for Contemplative Ecology

July 12th, Saturday – Prisoners of Poverty: “Join us as we protest against the AISH changes including the introduction of ADAP and the $200 federal benefit clawback. Join us if you too feel under attack. Join us because once we are gone, there is a new target. Join us because we all deserve an accessible and affordable life.”
Bring your protest signs.
Bring a chair to sit, a parasol for the sun (or umbrella for the rain), and any other essentials you may need.
Time: 11 am
Location: Alberta Legislature Building, 10800 – 97th avenue [I assume the north steps]
URL: Prisoners of Poverty

July 13th, Sunday – Human Presence for Palestine:
Time: 1 pm
Location: Pride Corner, 104th Street and Whyte (82nd) Avenue.

July 17th, Wednesday – No Queens Day: A Rally to Oust Danielle Smith: One June 14th, over 12 million people took to the streets in the USA to host a No Kings Day rally in opposition to the Trump regime. Someone is floating the idea to host cross Alberta actions to show our opposition to the Danielle Smith regime – No Queens Day.
No other details as of yet. I am unsure why it is proposed to be on a Wednesday. Stay tuned. I have seen another post where a No Queens rally is being planned for Edmonton for August 14th to coincide with a town hall where Danielle Smith will be in attendance – Michael

July 17th, Wednesday – Apartment and Condo Waste Collection is Changing: “Waste from most apartments, condos, row houses and other multi-unit buildings in Edmonton is collected in large, shared on-site garbage and recycling bins.”
Time: 6-6:30pm
Location: Virtual
Registration: City of Edmonton


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3 responses to “Activist Agenda July 3rd, 2025”

  1. Thanks so much, Michael! You can take the retre

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    patricia hartnagel

    hi michael,

    could we have you add to the AA, please— women in black standing at the strathcona mkt every saturday (unless raining) from 11:30-12:30 … witness for an end to the wars, deaths, and starvation.

    janice williamson is the main contact..she is preparing a qr code for wib..

    thanks.

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  3. Mary-Jane Belec Avatar
    Mary-Jane Belec

    July 17 is a Thursday. Is the No Queens rally on Wednesday the 16th or Thursday the 17th, please. mj

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