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Crush Car Culture with Free and Expanded Public Transit
September 3, 2024
Taking to the streets
On September 28, 2023, activists mobilized on the streets of Montreal/Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang’s Plateau in a night-time protest organized by Rage Climatique and Climate Justice Montreal, under the theme of “Crush Car Culture”.1 Posters publicizing the event called for free public transit and more transport options within the city. Two months later, Velorution Montreal mobilized at least 100 people, including organizers from Équiterre, Greenpeace, and Trajectoire Québec, to the streets downtown to protest the underfunding of public transit and the service cuts that could likely follow.2 Five days earlier, unionized workers including bus drivers, maintenance workers, and other public transport staff had similarly rallied in front of the office of so-called Quebec’s minister of transport and sustainable mobility to protest the lack of funding for public transportation in the province.3 These events are increasingly voicing demands from groups including organized labour, concerned citizens, and more radical activists, who are aligning independently yet in parallel with global movements that are drawing connections between the underfunding of essential transit services, car-dependency, and the climate crisis.4
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Rage Climatique. Manifestation du 28 septembre 2023 : Écrasons la culture du char! 28 septembre 2023. https://www.rageclimatique.org/evenement/manifestation-du-28-septembre-2023 ↩
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The Canadian Press. Montrealers protest possible STM service cuts, demand more funding. CTV News. 9 novembre 2023. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montrealers-protest-possible-stm-service-cuts-demand-more-funding-1.6651625 ↩
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Dextrene, Anastasia. Quebec public transit workers protest downtown. City News. 14 novembre 2023. https://montreal.citynews.ca/2023/11/14/quebec-public-transit-protest-downtown/ ↩
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Wilt, James. Free transit is just the beginning. Briarpatch. 29 novembre 2019. https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/free-transit-is-just-the-beginning ↩
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Online workshop
August 8, 2024
Come learn how false solutions are being implemented and how we can resist them!
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Wednesday, August 14th, 7pm
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Counter-congress
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Solidarity is a verb
May 6, 2024
Solidarity gets thrown around so freely in social movements that it often becomes a risk for it to become meaningless. Climate Justice Montreal makes a commitment to solidarity in its principles, basing in differentiated, yet similar relationships that must be centered in our work. That said, there is always a need to question statements of solidarity, as they can often be done performatively, especially if no one questions its meaning and intent.
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McGill Divested
January 20, 2024
McGill finally divested, which spells an end to the Boycott Metro Campaign. Thanks to everyone who participated and congratulations on the victory.
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Hoodwinked in the Hothouse: Workshop on False Solutions to Climate Change
December 4, 2023
Date: Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
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Time: 2:30-4:30 pm
Location: John Molson Building
1450 Guy
Room 14.250
Cost: Free
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Protect the Great Lakes: shut down the line 5 oil pipeline
July 24, 2023
Line 5 – a 70-year-old, dangerous, deteriorating crude oil pipeline – runs straight through the heart of the Great Lakes.
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Beehive Collective - Book Launch in Montreal
July 13, 2023
Date: July 14th, 2023
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Time: 4-6 pm
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Healing Justice: Intersectional Pathways for Community Care
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Teamwork: Conflict Resolution and Decision-Making 🌿 Summer Training Sessions
July 9, 2023
Date: July 18th, 2023
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Time: 3-5 pm
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Action toolkit: Support the Metro Boycott
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Seedzine Launch Vol. 1
February 28, 2021
Climate Justice Montreal creates publications and zines to further the cause of climate justice.
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Our new website is live!
October 9, 2020
Our shiny new website is now live! Thanks to everyone who helped test and improve it.
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Join us in increasing the pressure against Metro
September 2, 2020
You may already know that we’re targeting Metro in an effort to push McGill to divest from fossil fuels. Long story short, Maryse Bertrand is on the board at Metro grocery stores and also at McGill University. She’s also one of the key people blocking McGill’s endowment funds from divesting.
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Boycott Metro Parc
July 27, 2020
Climate Justice Montreal is calling for a boycott of the Metro grocery store on Avenue du Parc and Prince-Arthur. Metro board member Maryse Bertrand has called for McGill University to continue its investments in the fossil fuel industry.
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Petition for CDPQ Fossil Energy Divestment
August 1, 2017
Here is a petition asking the Caisse de Dépôt et de Placement du Québec to divest from fossil fuels and to respect the right of indigenous peoples to give or refuse free, prior and informed consent on any ressource extraction project being planned on their territories.
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Climate Justice Skills Day
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Rap Battle For Climate Justice
January 19, 2017
Video and Musical credits to Dan Parker (check out his youtube channel.)
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#NODAPL Demo
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Workshops
January 2, 2017
Three workshops:
- Climate Justice 101
- Climate Justice and Austerity
- Pipelines and Tar Sands
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Rap Battle For Climate Justice
October 8, 2016
On September 28th 2016, Climate Justice sponsored another Rap Battle for Climate Justice at Concordia University. With your help, we raised over $800 for ASAP (Aamjiwnaang and Sarnia Against Pipelines).
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Film screening: Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
May 2, 2015
Organized three screenings of Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, followed by discussions in UQAM, Plateau, and NDG featuring Dan David from Kanesatake.
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Under the Weather — CKUT
January 2, 2015
Under The Weather was a 12 month Climate Change Speaker series presented by CKUT and co-sponsored by CJM.
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Montreal Against Tar Sands And Pipelines
October 14, 2014
As TransCanada gears up to apply to National Energy Board (NEB), Climate Justice Montreal releases a communique rooted in a climate justice perspective in opposition to tar sands and the TransCanada Energy East pipeline. With a photo symbolizing the direct action that is already taking place along pipeline routes across North America, Montrealers say that oil companies should expect more popular resistance.
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Municipal Resolution Action Kit
November 15, 2013
In an effort to empower ourselves and our communities in taking a position on energy issues, building together our analysis, our alternatives to carbon dependency, and our capacity for joint action, Climate Justice Montreal is asking the City of Montreal to ban the importation of Tar Sands oil and oppose Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline reversal.
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