OPIRG McMaster
Action Groups

General E-mail list

OPIRG McMaster is a student-led and student-funded nonprofit with a mission to empower the McMaster community to take action on social and environmental issues.

Signing up for the general mailing list will ensure that you are notified of new Volunteer Opportunities within OPIRG and any Upcoming Events. Sign-up using the form linked HERE.

You can also skim through the descriptions of the different groups within OPIRG McMaster and sign up directly if any of them interest you!

  • Students combat climate anxiety by holding meetings and events throughout the academic year. Students also advocate for a fossil-fuel-free McMaster by pressuring the university to divest from oil and gas companies and also to decarbonize the university campus.

    Climate Justice McMaster recognizes the intersection of the climate crisis with social and class struggles and seeks to build relationships with local organizations doing important work in the areas of environmental, social, and economic justice.

    Sign up using the form linked HERE.

    Instagram: @climatejusticemcmaster

  • Mac CopWatch is a student-led collective dedicated to resisting police violence, with a focus on the rights of students on McMaster's campus. We aim to build a culture of campus police accountability and community care by documenting police misconduct, observing the scope and surveillance of campus police, providing direct support to victims, connecting to legal supports, and empowering students through education to assert their rights and mobilize against carceral approaches.

    Interested in learning more or supporting our work? We’d love to hear from you!

    Email: mac.copwatch@proton.me

    Instagram: @mac.copwatch

  • Pressuring the City to maintain funding for the Hamilton Bike Share program.

    Sign up using the form linked HERE.

    Instagram: @macforbikeshare

  • Students reduce food waste and provide free, nutritious meals to the Putnam Family YWCA, which offers affordable housing for single mothers and mother-led families.

    Sign up using the form linked HERE.

    Instagram: @mealswithpurpose

  • Students advocating to protect wetlands, farmlands, and conservation zones by pressuring the City of Hamilton and Ontario Government to not expand the city boundary into these lands. Goals of the group include sustainable development, affordable housing, and improved public transit. 

    Sign up using the form linked HERE.

    Instagram: @stopsprawlstudents

  • SAS seeks to build independent power, train experienced organizers on university campuses, advocate for a reversal to the OSAP cuts and a properly funded educational system, and cultivate a movement that can fight for an equitable future with accessible education for all.

    Email: macstudentsagainstausterity@gmail.com

    Instagram: @studentsagainstausterity