Below is a list and brief descriptions (where we have records) of former action groups that once worked in partnership with OPIRG-Toronto.
CAR FREE CAMPAIGN
Years Active: 2005-2006
COMMITTEE FOR JUST EDUCATION
Years Active: 2008-2009
Committee for Just Education (CJE) formed in the Spring of 2008 at the University of Toronto to mobilize against the alarming increases in student fees.
CRITICAL AREA STUDIES COLLECTIVE
Years Active: 2007-2009
The Critical Area Studies Collective was a non-hierarchical and participatory student group dedicated to issues of critical pedagogy. Their particular focus was on Eurocentrism and marginalization of alternative ideas and subject matter at the University of Toronto.
ENVIRONMENTAL COLLECTIVE
Years Active: 2006-2007
The OPIRG Environmental Collective was a group of students that worked on a broad range of environmental justice issues: first and foremost solidarity with Indigenous peoples, sustainable and safe energy, GMO, organic food production, global warming, and more.
JUSTICE FOR CAMPUS WORKERS
Years Active: 2005-2006
POVERTY ACTION COMMITTEE TORONTO
Years Active: 2006-2007
PACT was made up of students and community members interested in anti-poverty issues. They supported the work of anti-poverty groups and campaigns throughout Ontario such as the Ontario Needs a Raise campaign, the Ontario Coaltion Against Poverty, and the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee.
RADICAL FILM SERIES
Years Active: 2006-2007
REPARATIONS COMMITTEE
Years Active: 2008-2009
The Reparations Committee at the University of Toronto was founded to advance the growing global movement for reparations and to hold the University of Toronto accountable for the role it played in the heinous crime of apartheid. The University of Toronto invested at least 5.5 million dollars in Apartheid South Africa directly reaping devastating damages unto African People. The Reparations Committee was an inclusive collective of Black students and allies who organized around the following two demands:
1. University of Toronto deliver a public acknowledgement and apology to African students for its role in supporting and sustaining Apartheid South Africa.
2. Reparations for African students by way of redistributing the value of the economic gain made from apartheid through provision of free and unfettered access to education.
