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.
The “Defund the Police” is an artwork by local artist Hannah Gelderman.
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• April 30th, Thursday – “Oil is Costing Us TOO Much!”
• May 1st, Friday – International Workers’ Day
• May 1st, Friday – Rally & March for International Workers’ Day
• May 1st, Friday – Mikael Colville-Andersen: Urbanism in Times of War & Crisis
• May 2nd, Saturday – Women in Black Vigil for Non-Violence
• May 2nd, Saturday – Jane’s Walk on Whyte Avenue
• May 3rd, Sunday – Coexistence, My Ass!
• May 5th, Tuesday – National Red Dress Day Vigil Walk
• May 5th, Tuesday – Let’s Talk: Climate Cafe
• May 5th, Tuesday – Organizing the Arts: Inside the Scotiabank/Elbit Divestment Campaign
• May 7th, Tuesday – International Harm Reduction Day
• May 11th, Monday – Green Drinks
• May 12th, Tuesday – Toxic Trivia
• May 14th, Saturday – Women in Black Vigil for Non-Violence

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April 30th to May 1st – City of Edmonton Budget Survey: The City of Edmonton is asking us to give them feedback on their 2027 – 2030 budget cycle. The Edmonton Police Service wants the largest piece of our money.
The questions in the survey are limited in scope and biased but there is potential to positively affect and have the administration and councillors hear our concerns.
I do appreciate that the city has made the survey available in several languages. This is what inclusivity means.
URL: Online budget survey

April 30th, Thursday – “Oil is Costing Us TOO Much”: “It’s costing us at the gas pumps, in our utility bills, and through rising food prices at the grocery store. 
With the global price of oil skyrocketing due to the US and Israel’s illegal war on Iran, Canadian fossil fuel companies are taking our cost of living crisis to the bank – raking in tens of billions of dollars that they didn’t earn and that they don’t deserve. 
And that’s just the beginning. 
Subsidies to the oil and gas sector continue to rob our public purse, and fossil-fueled climate chaos burdens our communities and endangers our future.
We can’t continue to let Big Oil make billions while the rest of us suffer. And we can’t remain dependent on this toxic and unjust industry. Now is the time to fix it.“
Time: 5pm MT
Location: online
Register: 350 Canada

May 1st, Friday – International Workers’ Day: “The Non-Academic Staff Association at the University of Alberta will be hosting our annual International Workers’ Day March and Rally.
Why show up? Because student workers, academic staff, and campus workers are all in the same fight for fair pay, decent working conditions, and respect. May Day is our day to remind everyone about the power of workers and students when we stand together and stand up for each other. 
Bring your flags, your placards, your chants and your voice!”
Time: 12:00–1:00 PM
Location: Assemble at the corner of 87 Ave & 112 St (south of the Timms Centre). March to the Main Quad, arriving at about 12:20 pm
URL for more information: NASA

May 1st, Friday – Rally & March for International Workers’ Day: “All out for May Day–the International Day of Working Class Unity and Struggle!
Bring your banners, flags and signs!
Organized by the Edmonton May Day Committee”
Time: 5:30pm
Location: Dr. Wilbert McIntyre Park, 8331 – 104th Street

May 1st, Friday – Mikael Colville-Andersen: Urbanism in Times of War & Crisis: “How do we futureproof our cities when systems fail? Mikael Colville-Andersen draws on his experience living and volunteering in Ukraine.”
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Location: CCIS North Lecture Theatres, 11335 Saskatchewan Drive
Register: Eventbrite

May 2nd, 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

May 2nd, Saturday – Jane’s Walk on Whyte Avenue: “We’re hosting our first community event at the start of May! Come along for a walk/roll down Whyte Ave, as we discuss the opportunities to build a better main street that supports mobility, businesses, and more.
Jane’s Walks are community led walks inspired by Jane Jacobs, a preeminent thinker when it comes to urban planning and design.
This tour will occur along the sidewalk and will incorporate a short trip on the bus, so please park your car/lock your bike nearby the starting point and bring transit fare. The tour will be one-way, so plan on walking or transiting back along Whyte Ave to the starting point if you drive or bike to the starting location. The tour can be completed via walking or rolling with a mobility device. Since we’ll be on the sidewalks, bikes (and cars) will need to be parked at the starting location.”
Time: 3-4.30pm
Register: Instagram I could not find the link

May 3rd, Sunday – Coexistence, My Ass!: “Noam Shuster Eliassi grew up the literal poster child for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process before making a hard pivot to stand-up comedy and political satire. But as the region sinks deeper into devastating violence, she must meet the moment by challenging her audiences with hard truths that are no laughing matter.
In partnership with Human Serve International and Independent Jewish Voices.”
Time: 6.40 pm
Location: Metro Cinema, 8712 109 Street

May 5th, Tuesday – National Red Dress Day Vigil Walk: “I invite you to support the National Red Dress Day Vigil Walk on May 5th, 2026, at 3:00 PM, honoring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people. The walk starts at Alberta Avenue Community Hall (9210 118 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5G 0N4) and ends at Eastwood Community League (11803 86 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5B 3J9), where we will share stories, listen to Elders and Drummers, and enjoy refreshments.”
Time: 3pm
Location: Start Eastwood Community Hall,11803 – 86th Street
Facebook: Edmonton Red Ribbon Skirt project for MMI

May 5th, Tuesday – Let’s Talk: Climate Cafe: An informal conversation about climate.
Time: 6pm – 7.30pm
Location: Earth’s Refillery Coop and Cafe, 10831 – 95th Street
Registration: Eventbrite

May 5th, Tuesday – Organizing the Arts: Inside the Scotiabank/Elbit Divestment Campaign: “In February 2026, Scotiabank—once the largest foreign investor in Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, Elbit Systems—divested the last of its $500M stake. How did it happen, and what can organizers against Israeli apartheid around the world learn from it?
On May 5th, join a conversation between Syed Hussan of Migrant Workers Alliance for Change and Palestine Solidarity Network, and No Arms in the Arts organizers Jody Chan, Michael DeForge, and Aliya Pabani, to go deep on how this campaign was built.
We’ll discuss how having a clear material goal shaped tactical choices; why Scotiabank proved an effective target and how the arts calendar provided a built-in arc of escalation; how artists exercised collective power by understanding themselves as workers with cultural capital to withhold; and what makes the western cultural sector a potent site of struggle in the material fight against Israeli occupation and towards a free Palestine.
Against Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on Gaza, across Palestine, and encroaching into Lebanon and Iran, this session will also take stock of the struggle ahead. Join us as we draw out lessons applicable to divestment organizing across sectors.
Schedule: 60 min conversation, followed by 30 min Q&A”
Time: 5pm MT
Location: Virtual
Registration: Palestine Solidarity Network

May 7th, Tuesday – International Harm Reduction Day: Harm reduction saves lives and money for the general taxpayer.
You can support local groups doing front-line work like:
Bissell Centre – multifaceted organization that tries to address many challenges facing people of the inner-city.
Bear Claw Beaver Hills House – Indigenous-led street workers
4B Harm Reduction Society – Yeg frontline street outreach team filling gaps created by bad policy. Mostly focuses on drug policy but everything overlaps – unhoused/poverty/addictions/mental health/etc. Their website is 4B Harm Reduction Society (4BHRS).
HARES Outreach – grassroots mutual aid network doing street outreach in amiskwaciwâskahikan otherwise known as Edmonton, AB.
Tawâw Outreach Collective – YEG: We Challenge Colonial Systems & Embrace Culture 🪶Grassroots • Indigenous-Led • Harm Reduction • Mutual-Aid • Street Outreach • Advocacy • Training
Streetworks is one of the many projects by Boyle Street Community Services

May 11th, Monday – Green Drinks: “An informal networking event for local green folks of all shapes and sizes! Green Drinks May 2026 is brought to you by the Edmonton River Valley Conservation Coalition and specially hosted by our friends at Earth’s Refillery Coop. The kitchen and Cafe will be open.
Our featured guests are Michael Moore of Genesis Permaculture, Kenton Zerbin of Sustainable Attainable Academy, and Melissa Gorrie of Waste Free Edmonton.”
Time: 7pm
Location: Earth’s Refillery Coop and Cafe, 10831 – 95th Street
Facebook: Green Drinks YEG

May 12th, Tuesday – Toxic Trivia: We’ll provide the snacks. You help us bust Big Oil’s propaganda – one trivia question at a time!
The climate crisis keeps getting worse, but fossil fuel billionaires and their political allies are trying to persuade Canadians to ignore the wildfires and floods, and support new pipelines. But we know that ever-expanding oil and gas extraction only offers short term profits for the powerful few while unleashing death, destruction, and precarity for the many.
Climate Justice Edmonton (CJE) and Earth’s Refillery Coop (ERC) are hosting this Toxic Trivia party to expose Big Oil’s propaganda, and have some fun while doing it! Featuring free food, exciting prizes, and the chance to connect with other community members who care about climate action.
This event was made possible with support from 350.org and Small Change Fund.
Time: 7pm to 9pm
Location: Earth’s Refillery Coop and Cafe, 10831 – 95th Street

May 14th, 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

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The Activist Agenda is compiled by Michael Kalmanovitch. Commentary, such a captions, are by Michael. If you have any events not listed and you feel they should be on the AA then please email them to me at michael.kalmanovitch@gmail.com.