QPIRG-McGill Alternative Library is a community library and archive of radical materials in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal) at the CCMP. It is dedicated to lending and archiving rare, independently published, formally unconventional, and intellectually marginalized books, periodicals, media, and zines that contribute to QPIRG-McGill’s anti-oppression mandate and support its working groups.
The library also promotes creative solutions to justice issues through its skill-sharing activities, community-building projects, and educational resources.
Drop by during our open hours or fill out the volunteer sign-up form to get involved.
Hours: Monday – Thursday, 12PM – 6PM
The Activist Resource Library, hosted by FES and the Climate Justice Organizing Hub, will provide activists with the resources they need to host events fighting for social justice. Resources will feature audio equipment, megaphones, screening materials, amongst others.
The CCMP also serves as a coworking space for several organizations aligned with its mission and values. Contact us to inquire about renting an office or an occasional meeting space.
The organizations we currently host are:
QPIRG McGill: The Quebec Public Interest Research Group at McGill is a student-initiated, student-funded, student-run organization that actively works towards social and environmental justice. Through socially-engaged research, popular education, action, advocacy, and our working groups, QPIRG connects McGill students with the greater Montreal community.
Voulez-Vous Productions: Founded in 2019 by Lily Coursol-Dion and Avery Burrow, Voulez-Vous Productions focuses on empowering Montreal’s queer female and gender non-conforming artists through opportunities for creative exploration, professional development, and intercultural and intergenerational exchanges.
The Open Door Montréal: The Open Door Montréal is a drop-in centre providing services to homeless and low-income people in downtown Montréal. The centre provides food and clothing, laundry services, shelter during the day, counseling, referrals to professional mental health and drug addiction counselors, and employment assistance.
KATA Publishing: KATA publishes albums and graphic novels that provide tools for young people aged 4 to 14 to face current changes and upcoming cataclysms. To encourage humanity toward greater empathy or to find a way out.
Planète Rebelle: Planète Rebelle is the publishing house of storytelling and oral tradition.
Klasbatalo: Klasbatalo is the Canadian affiliate of the Internationalist Communist Tendency
Mama Dances: This idea began as a choreographic presentation, in 2006, in Montreal, where 6 professional dancers took to the stage with their babies. Since then MamaDances has developed a pedagogical approach alongside its aesthetic ambition to put care and love at the forefront of its daily activity. To date, our programs are offered to the public out of community centres, yoga studios, dance facilities, churches, and resource centres.
Past organizations we have hosted include: Tenk.ca, Comm-Un, ACORN, The Royal Vic for the Public Coalition, the Montreal Autonomous Tenants’ Union, Coop Mille Lieux, and Independent Jewish Voices.
Groups that have used our space for meetings include: housing coops, art classes, Climate Justice Montreal, Divest for Palestine, Cinéma du parc (AIEST union), Au combat chez soi!, Let’s Eat McGill, FANTOM, Brûlances.