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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• October 17th, Friday – Break the Butchers, For Gaza We Rise
• October 17th, Friday – Divest Our Pensions from Geneocide
• October 18th, Saturday – No Kings Day/No Tyrants Day
• October 18th, Saturday – Women in Black Vigil for Non-Violence
• October 19th, Sunday – Honour the Martyrs & The Resilience of Palestine
• October 20th, Monday – Edmonton Municipal Election Voting Day
• October 21st, Tuesday – Book Launch: When Genocide Wasn’t News
• October 22nd Wednesday – The Case for Divestment
• October 22nd, Wednesday – Delivering Medical Aid to Gaza During a Genocide
• October 23rd, Thursday – Fight for Public Education
• October 23rd, Thursday – Clean Air, Healthy Kids & Communities
• October 24th – 26th – Exploring Abolition Movements
• October 25th, Saturday – Stand Up To Fascists/Seperatists
• October 26th, Sunday- Enough is Enough – Ban Bad Policy
• October 28th, Tuesday – Sit in for Equity
• October 30th, Thursday – ADAP is a deadly, ableist plan
• November 1st, Saturday – Women in Black Vigil for Non-Violence
• November 6th, Thursday – Sauerkraut Making Workshop – The Magic of Wild Fermentation

Videos of the Week

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October 16th – 18th – PHONE BLITZ FOR PALESTINE 🇵🇸📞: “Alberta is taking action. Together, we’re flooding the phone lines of MPs and MLAs across the province to demand:
❌ An immediate end to arms shipments to Israel
🕊️ A permanent ceasefire in Gaza
⚖️ Real accountability for human rights
This isn’t just protest—it’s a collective act of conscience. When we raise our voices in unison, they cannot ignore us.
🗓️ Date: October 12th to the 18th
⏰ Time: All Day
📍 Where: Anywhere in Alberta — call from your home, office, or community space.
✨ We’ll share a call script + contact list so you can join in with ease.
✨ Spend 10 minutes making calls—or keep going to turn up the pressure.
✨ Share, repost, and tag us to spread the word.
Our taxpayer dollars must not fund weapons or fuel atrocities. We demand peace, justice, and an end to complicity.
Instagram: Alberta Civic Integrity Project

October 17th, Friday – Break the Butchers, For Gaza We Rise: TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS🔥 OCT 17 @ 10 AM | UNIVERSITY COMMONS 🇵🇸 STUDENTS & FACULTY MUST DISRUPT BUSINESS AS USUAL
While our tuition rates increase every year and more students face housing and food insecurity, the University of Alberta Board of Butchers invests in the infrastructure of genocide in Palestine through millions in investments into companies like Magellan and Rolls Royce, both of whom manufacture parts of tanks and fighter jets used to murder Palestinians in Gaza; as well as Booking Group, who lists illegal settlements and stolen homes in the West Bank as vacation rentals.
The Board of Butchers implicates the entire U of A community in this genocide through their investments and actions. But make no mistake: they have no power without us.
Join us on October 17th at 10 am, outside University Commons on campus, during the next Board of Governors meeting. Rally with us to show that we will not rest until our demands are heard: divestment from genocide and action against settler colonialism, from Treaty 6 to Palestine.
Time: 10 am
Location: University Commons, University of Alberta
Instagram: Students for Justice in Palestine

October 17th, Friday – Divest Our Pensions from Geneocide: War is big business. Pensions invest where they can make a good return for their members. But at what cost of morality and humanity. People are demanding that their pensions shold not have investments that are supporting the genocide and apartheid happening in Gaza. (Yes, there is a very recent ceasefire in place).
Time: 12pm
Location: NW corner of 101st Street and 103rd Avenue

October 18th, Saturday – No Kings Day/No Tyrants Day: “On October 18, millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people.”
Will there be something in Edmonton? Unsure at the moment. Is there anyone out there who wants to create an event?
URL: No King

October 18th, Saturday – Women in Black Vigil for Non-Violence: Women in Black formed in 1988 and since then has expanded to 100,000 women worldwide. Women in Black Edmonton formed in 2003. Our silent vigils remind us of the power of nonviolence in a world where violence can destroy lives in our homes, streets, and regions. Please join us.
This is a bi-weekly event on the first and third Saturday of the month Stand in solidarity!
Time: 11.30 to 12.30 pm
Location: Grassy patch east of the Old Strathcona Farmer’s Market, NE corner of 83rd Avenue and 103rd street (If they are not there look for them at the front entrance to the market)
Facebook: Women in Black
URL: Women in Black Edmonton

October 19th, Sunday – Honour the Martyrs & The Resilience of Palestine: A new ceasefire is in place so we come together to grieve for all the people killed in Gaza over the past 24 months, give wings of hope for a just and long lasting peace, celebrate the love of community.
Time: 1 pm
Location: Churchill Square, 99th Street and 102nd Avenue

October 20th, Monday – Edmonton Municipal Election Voting Day: Voting matters.
Time: 9am to 8pm.
Voting Location: City of Edmonton website – just enter your home address

October 21st, Tuesday – Book Launch: When Genocide Wasn’t News: Join us for the official launch of When Genocide Wasn’t News: How Canadian Media Covered Up the Destruction of Gaza — a powerful new release by Breach Books that exposes how mainstream media erased Palestinian suffering from public consciousness.
Hosted in partnership with Paper Birch Books, CJPME, and the Canada Palestine Cultural Association.
Come learn, engage, and unpack the truth about media complicity — and why telling Palestine’s story matters now more than ever. 🇵🇸
A conversation with: Martin Lukacs & Jeremy Appel
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Stanley A. Milner Library, Community Room #1 — Lower Level

October 22nd, Wednesday – The Case for Divestment: “Professor Rob Aitken of the Political Science Department at the University of Alberta will be offering his insights on the Albanese Report — a report from the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories that examines the role of corporations, pensions funds, universities, etc. in sustaining the occupation of Palestinians and the current genocide. He will talk about how the change in the corporate form over the last 50 years impacts the terrain for the politics of divestment. This analysis is of interest for anyone engaged in a divestment campaign–including for divestment from fossil fuels.”
Time: 12 – 1pm
Location: University of Alberta, Education Building, Room 262

October 22nd, Wednesday – Delivering Medical Aid to Gaza During a Genocide: “Join us for this engaging conversation with Dr Loubani as he takes us through his recent assignment in Gaza with the GLIA foundation.”
Time: 6 – 9pm MDT
Location: Spirit of Hope United, 7909 Whyte Avenue

October 23rd, Thursday – Fight for Public Education:
Time: 2 – 4pm
Location: Alberta Legislature, North Steps, 10800 – 97th Avenue

October 23rd, Thursday – Clean Air, Healthy Kids & Communities: The Case for Strong Methane Regulations: “Join us on October 23rd for an eye-opening webinar on methane pollution with leading scientists and policy experts. Learn why methane from the oil and gas industry is a dangerous super-pollutant harming our health, communities, and kids’ futures—and how it’s a problem we can actually fix. Discover the policy solutions on the table and why strong methane regulations could spark the next growth industry for Canada.
Learn how you can help us get these regulations over the finish line—your voice matters!
Time: 4 pm PT/5 pm MT/6 pm CT/7 pm ET/ 8pm AT/ 8:30pm NT
Location: Online/Virtual
Registration: For Our Kids

October 24th – 26th – Exploring Abolition Movements: “How do we move towards a world without wars, weapons, police, prisons, the death penalty, and borders? How can we work towards our collective liberation, recognizing that oppressions are interconnected? Come to #NoWar2025 to explore how we can join in solidarity across movements and borders to abolish these interwoven systems and build a world based on common security — “no one is safe until all are safe.”
See URL for detais and registration: World Beyond War

October 25th, Saturday – Stand Up To Fascists/Seperatists: THIS IS A COUNTER PROTEST to the “Alberta Indepence Rally”.
Time: 4 – 6pm
Location: Alberta Legistlature Building

October 26th, Sunday – Enough is Enough – Ban Bad Policy: NOTE _ DATE CHANGE.
We come together, united in our diversity and separate issue, to tell the government that they are failing present and future Albertans and the planet.
++ Stand Together and Speak Out About
++ Discriminatory & Insecure Identification
++ Unjust and Cruel Treatment of The Disabled Community
++ Violation of Transgender Rights
++ Underfunded Education and Government Overreach
Time: 1 pm
Location: Alberta Legislature, 10800 – 97th Avenue – north steps
Facebook: Enough Is Enough Edmonton
URL: Ban the Ban

October 28th, Tuesday – Sit in for Equity: “Join us to Sit In for Equity on October 28, 2025. We are standing up (and sitting down) for the right to equity: life, liberty, and security for all Indigenous, 2SLGBTQ+, Elderly, Immigrant, and Disabled Albertans.”
Time: 8 am to noon
Location: Alberta Legislature Building. 10800 – 97th Avenue

October 30th, Thursday – ADAP is a deadly, ableist plan: “We won’t be quiet
On Thursday, Oct 30 • 12–2 pm • Alberta Legislature (Edmonton) we’re gathering to say no to forced transfers off AISH and no to deeper poverty. This rally is organised by the People’s Alliance for Disabled Albertans (PADA)—disabled people, families, and allies
Why we’re showing up:
Gov’t plan would move most people on AISH to ADAP with a $200 lower base rate,
Reclassification without real choice = greater risk of poverty and harm.
We demand equitable access, income security, and dignity.”
Time: 12 to 2 pm
Location: Alberta Legislature, north plaza (I am seeking clarification on the precise location so that people don’t go the wrong place)
Facebook: Zachary Weeks

November 1st, Saturday – Women in Black Vigil for Non-Violence: Women in Black formed in 1988 and since then has expanded to 100,000 women worldwide. Women in Black Edmonton formed in 2003. Our silent vigils remind us of the power of nonviolence in a world where violence can destroy lives in our homes, streets, and regions. Please join us.
This is a bi-weekly event on the first and third Saturday of the month Stand in solidarity!
Time: 11.30 to 12.30 pm
Location: Old Strathcona Farmer’s Market, 83rd Avenue and 103rd street
Facebook: Women in Black
URL: Women in Black Edmonton

November 6th, Thursday – Sauerkraut Making Workshop – The Magic of Wild Fermentation: “Looking for an easy, low-cost way to boost gut health and reduce food waste? In this sauerkraut making demonstration, you’ll discover how fermentation transforms cabbage into a probiotic powerhouse. Learn the simplicity behind one of the world’s oldest preservation methods.”
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Millhurst Community League, 5811 19a Ave
Cost: 20$
Register/More Information: Operation Fruit Rescue

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