Undergraduate solidarity video for CUPE 3902!

Watch this video from undergrad OPIRG volunteers and get involved to support CUPE 3902! Write to opirg.toronto@utoronto.ca with "Undergrads for 3902" in the subject line! Video: http://vimeo.com/35703264 

Defend Opirg Toronto! Sign Our Petition.

Submitted by opirg on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 00:11

The Graduate Students’ Union at U of T is trying to tamper with our student-approved funding stream and seriously undermine students’ access to our many vital services.  Since its founding by student referendum in 1982, OPIRG-Toronto has campaigned for smaller class sizes, better compensation for graduate student workers, women’s rights, environmental sustainability, accessible post-secondary education, a campus free of racism, homophobia, and all forms of discrimination, and much more. 

Sign this petition!

Tools for Change Winter Workshop Series

Submitted by opirgstaff on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 15:08

The Tools for Change program has just released its winter
workshop schedule.

This winter’s workshop topics include: meeting facilitation, how to
host a workshop, avoiding activist burnout, group decision making, web
research skills for activists and journalists, financial management,
organizing rallies, direct action, and more.

A project of OPIRG Toronto, Earthroots, and Greenpeace Canada, Tools
for Change helps Torontonians develop skills to champion social and
environmental justice.

Winter 2012 edition of Action Speaks Louder now available!

Submitted by opirgstaff on Thu, 01/12/2012 - 14:34

ASL CoverAction Speaks Louder is the biannual newsletter of the Ontario Public Interest Research Group at the University of Toronto. The Winter 2012 edition is now available on campus! Content includes:
- Ryan Culpepper, Katie Mazer and James Nugent on CUPE 3902's labor
struggle and strike mandate
- Shaun Shepherd on racism, post-secondary education and the Feb 1st
Student National Day of Action