OPIRG – Carleton mobilizes individuals to identify and improve environmental, social, and economic conditions.

- We recognize the rich history of social creativity and resistance, while maintaining and building a community that embraces plurality and participation.

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OPIRG – Carleton mobilizes individuals to identify and improve environmental, social, and economic conditions.

- We recognize the rich history of social creativity and resistance, while maintaining and building a community that embraces plurality and participation.

- We encourage critical thinking that inspires projects and initiatives across communities.
We create space where diverse perspectives are able to meet, share, learn, and grow.

- As an organization we believe the foundation for social change lies in the promotion of social and economic justice, deep ecology, and the realization of a peaceful world. To promote positive, progressive, and ethical change, we must examine the roots of our relationships with each other and other communities of life.

- We promote and provide tools for positive change from the roots of the community; In doing so, OPIRG bridges people, organizations, and ideas, in a commitment to radical social transformation.

OPIRG-Carleton is committed to Radical Social Transformation, where Radical Social Transformation consists of:

- Recognizing the rich history of social creativity and resistance, while seeking to maintain and carry forward a community that will continue to incubate and provide tools for Radical Social Transformation;

- Creating spaces where diverse perspectives will be able to mingle, and thus share, learn, and grow in an interdisciplinary environment;

- Encouraging progressive action that will generate Radical Social Transformation; and,
Co-ordinating projects and initiatives across communities.
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OPIRG-Carleton (the Ontario Public Interest Research Group) is a non- profit student-run organization involved in research, education and action on social and environmental issues. We operate in a democratic way, working collectively and making decisions by consensus. OPIRG-Carleton is overseen...
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OPIRG-Carleton (the Ontario Public Interest Research Group) is a non- profit student-run organization involved in research, education and action on social and environmental issues. We operate in a democratic way, working collectively and making decisions by consensus. OPIRG-Carleton is overseen by a Board of Directors (2/3 of whom are Carleton students) elected at an Annual General Meeting and currently employs 2 full-time coordinators. All students at Carleton University are members of OPIRG through a fee in their tuition. Everyone is welcome to visit our office and use our resource library. Volunteers are always needed and welcome
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Volunteer

Volunteers are always welcome and can participate in many ways! No Experience Needed.
Everyone is welcome to volunteer at OPIRG. It doesn`t matter if you`ve never done this kind of work before. If you do have skills or knowledge of an issue, OPIRG is a good place...
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Volunteer

Volunteers are always welcome and can participate in many ways! No Experience Needed.
Everyone is welcome to volunteer at OPIRG. It doesn`t matter if you`ve never done this kind of work before. If you do have skills or knowledge of an issue, OPIRG is a good place to get involved and pass it on to other people.


Join a Working Group

At any time during the year there may be one or a dozen working groups active. These are open collectives of individuals that choose to work on a specific issue or campaign. Some examples of issues taken on by working groups include: Animal Rights, Books to Prisoners, Fair Trade Carleton and Students Against Israeli Apartheid. They are trained to use consensus in their decision making and they share responsibilities among group members.
Using a collective process they engage in research, education and action to meet their groups objectives. Each working group receives a small budget from OPIRG in order to advance their plans and must supply the board of directors with a budget for their planned activities. Working Group volunteers can commit as much or as little time as they like, but each working group should plan their objectives based on the time volunteers have to devote. Check out OPIRG`s Action for Change handbook created for PIRG working groups across the province.

Help Out With Office Work

Born to type? Love to file? We need you to help keep the office running smoothly.

What's In It For You?

Being an active member of OPIRG gives you the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills.
You can learn bike repair, event organizing, horticulture, international issues and more!
Best of all it gives you the opportunity to do something about the environmental, social and economic justice problems that we are faced with.

Are You Interested?

To volunteer with OPIRG Carleton - or for more info - please send an email to vcopirg@gmail.com
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