Building COMMUNITY THROUGH ADVOCACY.

welcome to TMU-PIRG!

TMU-PIRG was created in 2026 to provide a unique space and intersection to TMU students focused on community based research.

Public Interest research groups were formed in the 1970s and 1980s to provide a professional wing to the growing student activist movement. The PIRGs in the USA, which this PIRG takes inspiration from, were built with research, lobbying, and education in mind as more tools that students can use to build effective change across Turtle Island.

Currently, TMU PIRG is focusing on using hands on self directed research projects to build research skills for TMU students.

Over the next year we’ll be engaging students in an effort to host a referendum on making TMU PIRG a permanent part of student services. If you’d like to get involved, connect with our team!

We’re hoping that with more hands on deck, we’ll be able to build a robust movement on campus and in our communities!