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We are a student-funded, student-run organization at York University with a mandate to educate & advocate for social, political, economic, and environmental justice.

09/22/2026

📢 ANNOUNCING DisOrientation Week 2026: No One Gets Free Alone
⏰ September 28th - October 2nd
📍 First Student Centre, Room 430, York Keele campus (except for the 2 walking tours, which have outdoor meeting places)

🎟️ See just the registration links in our bio — linktr.ee/DisOyork
🔗 See the full week of programming on our website (link in bio) - opirgyork.org

We've got a few updates in the schedule, including a new tote-bag silkscreening drop-in on Thursday (all materials provided)!

DisOrientation Week is a series of events offering an alternative to Frosh Week. We aim to foster student activism and help build social justice networks.

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Our struggles are deeply connected.

This year’s theme, No One Gets Free Alone, reminds us that liberation is collective. In a time when institutions often encourage isolation, competition, and individual responsibility, DisOrientation Week asks a different question: What becomes possible when we organize together?

From ongoing Indigenous land defence and environmental justice movements, to organizing for migrant justice, disability justice, affordable housing, labour rights, racial justice, q***r and trans liberation, and global solidarity movements, we continue to see that lasting change is only possible when we work together.

As students, workers, organizers, and community members, we all have something to learn from one another. Building solidarity means recognizing how our struggles intersect, supporting each other across movements, and creating communities rooted in care, accountability, and collective action.

DisOrientation Week 2026 invites participants to imagine and practice what collective liberation looks like on campus and beyond. We welcome events that encourage learning, relationship-building, skill-sharing, organizing, creativity, and hope.

09/16/2026

📢 ANNOUNCING DisOrientation Week 2026: No One Gets Free Alone
⏰ September 28th - October 2nd
📍 First Student Centre, Room 430, York Keele campus (except for the 2 walking tours, which have outdoor meeting places)

DisOrientation Week is a series of events offering an alternative to Frosh Week. We aim to foster student activism and help build social justice networks.

🎟️ See just the registration links in our bio — linktr.ee/DisOyork
🔗 See the full week of programming on our website (link in bio) - opirgyork.org

Our struggles are deeply connected.

This year’s theme, No One Gets Free Alone, reminds us that liberation is collective. In a time when institutions often encourage isolation, competition, and individual responsibility, DisOrientation Week asks a different question: What becomes possible when we organize together?

From ongoing Indigenous land defence and environmental justice movements, to organizing for migrant justice, disability justice, affordable housing, labour rights, racial justice, q***r and trans liberation, and global solidarity movements, we continue to see that lasting change is only possible when we work together.

As students, workers, organizers, and community members, we all have something to learn from one another. Building solidarity means recognizing how our struggles intersect, supporting each other across movements, and creating communities rooted in care, accountability, and collective action.

DisOrientation Week 2026 invites participants to imagine and practice what collective liberation looks like on campus and beyond. We welcome events that encourage learning, relationship-building, skill-sharing, organizing, creativity, and hope.

07/10/2026

Check out this upcoming webinar, and learn some background information on why you will want to join the River Run march on September 23rd, noon, in downtown Toronto!

06/11/2026

📣 We are hiring for 2 Canada Summer Jobs positions:

Research support officer
Special events program planner

See link in bio for all of the details!

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Who can apply for this job?

The Government of Canada funded this job through the Canada Summer Jobs program. Learn more about the program..

To apply for this job, you must:
🙌 Be aged between 15 and 30 years old on the start date of the job.
🙌 Have a valid Social Insurance Number (SIN); and
🙌 Be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident of Canada, or a person who has been granted refugee status in Canada

International students and other temporary residents of Canada are not eligible.
Important: You can apply to multiple jobs, but you can only work one full-time job funded by the Canada Summer Jobs program at a time.

06/02/2026

It's Pride Month! Good things are happening on campus (1st slide) and downtown (see slide 2!)

York Pride Month with and
⏰ June 1st - 24th
📍 York Keele campus

Join York Federation of Students, and Trans Bi Le***an Gay at York (TBLGAY), for a month packed full of programming!

Pride Opening Ceremony & BBQ
⏰ Monday 1st, June, 1:00 pm
📍 First Student Centre Food Court

Join YFS & TBLGAY for our annual Pride Opening Ceremony & BBQ! There will be food, speeches and drag performances- don’t miss out!

Non-binary & Trans Fibre Arts Hangout
⏰ Wednesday 3rd, June, 12:00 pm
📍 First Student Centre, Rm.313

Join us for an afternoon of fibre arts crafting, snacks and music! Please note this is a closed space for non-binary and trans students.

Drag Makeup Workshop with Makayla Couture!
⏰ Thursday 11th, June, 3:00 pm
📍 First Student Centre, Rm.307

Always wanted to try drag but never knew where to start? Want to sharpen that winged liner? Join the YFS for a drag makeup workshop hosted by the one and only Makayla Couture!

Ballroom Workshop
⏰ Wednesday 24th, June, 1:00 pm
📍 First Student Centre, Rm.313
🌈 Please note that priority will be given to Black q***r attendees.

Come learn the basics of ballroom! Whether you’re brand new or a voguing expert, this space is for you!

05/27/2026

International Mad Movements: Lived Experience Leadership, Global Solidarity, and the Future of Mental Health Justice
brought to you by York's
⏰ Friday, May 29th, 1 - 2:30pm
📍 Hybrid: Zoom and in-person: Ross South Building, Room 802, York University, Keele Campus.
🔗 Register at link in bio.

Join Mad Studies Hub and their new Visiting Scholar, Matthew Jackman. This talk will be followed by a Mad Activist Panel with the following speakers:
Dr. Geoffrey Reaume, York University
Dr. Christina Foisy, Artist and Researcher
Veronica Cho, Global Mental Health Action Network
Holly Harris, PhD student, York University

Talk Abstract:
Mad movements have emerged globally as powerful forms of collective resistance, knowledge production, and community-based care that challenge dominant psychiatric paradigms and reimagine responses to mental distress. Drawing on findings from my international research and collaborations across multiple WHO regions, this talk explores how lived experience leadership has shaped the development of Mad movements across diverse cultural and political contexts. Particular attention will be given to how community-based alternatives, peer-led initiatives, and rights-based frameworks are reshaping the future of mental health systems. The presentation will also reflect on the role of Mad Studies as an interdisciplinary field that bridges scholarship, activism, and policy, offering new pathways toward culturally safe, community-driven, and socially just approaches to mental health and wellbeing.

05/25/2026

reshared from
Solidarity Without Borders conference at YorkU
⏰ Friday 29th, May, 10am – 1pm
📍Life Sciences Building, Room 101, York University (Keele Campus)
🔗 Register at link in bio of

Come out for student knowledge mobilization, guest speakers, a screening of Teresita’s Dream, and light refreshments. There will also be a collection of donations in support of Cuba, so folks are encouraged to bring what they can.

Join YorkU 4 Cuba for a special community gathering where students from the course HLST 4170 will be sharing their learnings after two weeks of reflection, dialogue, and community engagement.

What was originally meant to be a study abroad course in Cuba was reimagined in Toronto, creating a meaningful space to explore Cuban perspectives, health equity, healthcare, and community. 🇨🇺

Questions, accommodations, or Zoom access? email [email protected]

05/23/2026

JUSTICE FOR REGIS ✊🏾🕊️
⏰ Wednesday, May 27, 10 - 11am
📍 Queen’s Park, Toronto
🔗 Learn more and follow

Gather to honour the life of Regis Korchinski-Paquet on her anniversary death and demand truth, accountability, and justice.

Six years after her death during a police interaction in Toronto, a coroner’s inquest has finally been called. This public process will examine the circumstances of her death and can lead to recommendations to prevent future harm.

This press conference is a call to:
• Center the voices of Regis’ family and community
• Demand transparency and accountability
• Push for systemic change in public safety and crisis response

Regis was a 29-year-old Canadian Afro-Indigenous woman whose death sparked protests and ongoing calls for justice across Canada. Her story continues to highlight the urgent need for safer, community-based responses. The upcoming inquest (October 2026) is a critical moment but real justice requires action beyond the courtroom.

👉 Attend. Amplify. Stand in solidarity.
👉 Follow for updates
👉 Share to keep the pressure on

05/22/2026

Protest: Stop Ford’s Hospital Privatization Train Wreck
⏰ Thursday May 28, 12pm noon
📍 Union Station march to Queen’s Park
🔗 Learn more at (registration just for people from outside Toronto)

Join Ontario Health Coalition organizers to stop Doug Ford’s hospital privatization train wreck!

Today, Canada’s public healthcare system is in a state of emergency—not by accident, but by design. If you’re among the many Canadians concerned about the future of Public Medicare, this is the moment to connect, get informed, and take action. Join others in your community to learn what’s at stake—and what we can do, together, to protect it.

05/19/2026

Spring Into Action with the Student Mobilization Committee (SMC)
⏰ Thursday, May 21, 6pm
📍SCC - Thomas Lounge, 55 Gould St. (map)
🔗 RSVP at link in bio of .toronto

The SMC is a cross-campus committee centred on the fight for free and democratic education for all.

Join them in collaboration with Toronto Metropolitan Students' Union to connect with other student activists, organizers, and independents on some of the effective strategies and tactics they’ve encountered in our movements. We want to open up the space for everyone to contribute!

No organizing experience required!
Free dinner provided!

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4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON
M3J1P3

Website

http://opirgyork.org/

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