TO. Greenspiration Events - ride, watch, participate

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TO. Greenspiration Events

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RALLY & PRESS CONFERENCE

RIDE FOR WATER AND FOR LIFE
Cyclists ride to Toronto to halt construction on Dump site 41!

Monday August 24th, 3pm
135 St. Clair Avenue West, Provincial Ministry of the Environment

For more info visit:  http://stopdumpsite41.ca/

Simcoe County cyclists will arrive in Toronto at the Ministry of the  
Environment (135 St. Clair Avenue West) at 3:00pm on Monday August  
24, having biked over 100kms from Site 41 to protest the construction  
of a garbage dump on land that contains one of Canada’s purest water  
sources as well as being traditional  indigenous territory. Concerned  
Toronto and Simcoe County residents will be there to welcome them.  
Join us!

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Fierce Light
Special Screening and DVD launch
Royal Cinema, 608 College St.
Monday August 24, 7:00pm

"A film filled with grace, heart and beauty." ~ Joanna Macy

"This stunningly beautiful film will open new pathways for personal  
and planetary transformation." ~ Starhawk

Be the first to get a copy of the Fierce Light DVD with over an hour  
of extras, including an extended version of the Shambhala Prophecy  
with Joanna Macy, and visionaries not seen in the film, including  
Starhawk, Matthew Fox, Andrew Harvey, Paul Hawken and more.

$25 TICKET INCLUDES:

A COPY OF THE FIERCE LIGHT DVD

Full Screening of FIERCE LIGHT in Dolby Surround Sound

Short film screening

Q&A with Velcrow Ripper

Earth Friendly Vouchers and DOOR PRIZES!!

A portion of ticket proceeds will be donated to FOOD SHARE

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'Good war' gone bad: A public forum on Afghanistan and Pakistan

Why the West's 'good war' is failing in Afghanistan and destabilizing  
Pakistan

Monday, August 24, 2009
6:30 pm
Bloor/Gladstone Library
1101 Bloor Street West
(east of Dufferin TTC)

SPEAKERS:
Sid Lacombe: Coordinator, Canadian Peace Alliance
Salmaan Khan: Contributor, Ryerson Free Press

As the death toll of Canadian soldiers deployed to Afghanistan  
mounts, so falls public support for the Afghan War. In 2008, the  
Conservative government of Stephen Harper and the Liberals under  
Stéphane Dion joined forces to extend Canada's role in Afghanistan  
for an additional two years. Had the Liberals not backed the  
Conservatives, Canadian soldiers would already be coming home.

 From August 1 of this year onward, the blood of every additional  
Canadian soldier, and every additional Afghan civilian killed, is on  
the hands and consciences of the Conservative-Liberal Alliance.

In the meantime, the continued civilian bombings and NATO  
encroachments into Pakistan are breeding resentment among the local  
population, building support for Taliban resistance. According to  
David Cullender, counter-insurgency advisory to US General Petraeus,  
drone (robotic planes) strikes have killed approximately 700  
Pakistani civilians so far in 2009.

Join us for a discussion about what is really happening with the war  
in Afghanistan and why we can't wait until 2011 for Canadian troops  
to come home.

Organized by: Davenport Neighbours for Peace
w: http://www.facebook.com/l/;www.davenport4peace.ca
e: davenport4peace at gmail.com

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PATIENT BUILT WALL TOUR

MONDAY, AUGUST 24 AND WEDNESDAY AUGUST 26, 5-7:00 PM:

You and anyone you wish to bring along are welcome to attend a  
historical tour of the 19th century patient built asylum boundary  
walls located at the present-day Centre for Addiction and Mental  
Health (CAMH), 1001 Queen Street West, Toronto.

The purpose of this tour is to remember the contributions of the  
women and men who lived, worked, and died in the Toronto Insane  
Asylum, as is represented by the boundary walls that they built which  
stand as an enduring testament to their abilities, and to use the  
past to challenge discrimination experienced today by people who have  
a psychiatric history.

This tour is wheelchair accessible.

PLACE: CAMH is located at 1001 Queen Street West which is at the  
intersection of Queen and Ossington.

MEET: Meet at 5 PM just outside the FRONT DOORS of CAMH, 1001 Queen  
Street West, which faces onto the corner of Queen and Ossington. If  
you arrive late and the tour has already started, go along the length  
of the wall (east-south-west) and look for the tour as it proceeds  
along the boundary wall.

TRANSPORTATION: Take the Queen Street streetcar WEST from the OSGOODE  
Subway Station to the corner of Queen and Ossington (or east if  
coming from the opposite direction along Queen Street).

The OSSINGTON 63 bus can also be taken SOUTH from the Ossington  
station to Queen Street, right across the street from CAMH.

Pay parking is also available in the parking lot which exits onto  
Shaw Street and on surrounding streets.

The wall tour is open to everyone interested so please bring along  
anybody you would like to invite.

Please note: since the tour is on the grounds of a mental health  
facility, in order to respect people's privacy, we will not be going  
into the buildings.

The wall tour is entirely outside so please dress appropriately.

You can also read more about the history of the patient built wall on  
the Psychiatric Survivor Archives web site:

http://www.psychiatricsurvivorarchives.com/wall.html

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Centre for Women's Studies in Education presents:
Women, Violence & Resistance film/speaker series

BROKEN BONES, UNBROKEN SPIRIT
Film and Testimonial by Flora Terah

Tuesday, August 25th, 6:30- 8:00 pm
OISE  Building—252 Bloor St. W.  Room 2-212

In 2007, Flora Terah, parliamentary candidate in Kenya, was attacked  
and tortured by
a gang of three men near her home, as they repeatedly told her to  
renounce her candidacy.
Hospitalized and ill, she lost her bid for election.  Worse was still  
to come: in March 2008
her only child was murdered.  In the face of her tragedy, Terah  
remains committed to her
community work, and is the Executive Director of Terah Against  
Terror, a civil society
organization based in Nairobi that campaigns on behalf of victims of  
gender based violence.

Film Series Co-sponsors:
Inter Pares www.interpares.ca
Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning (CTL)
Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education (SESE)

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***WINNER, Hot Docs 2009 Special Jury Prize - Canadian Feature***

WATERLIFE

at the NFB Cinema
NFB MEDIATHEQUE | 150 John St., Toronto | 416.973.3012 | NFB.ca/ 
mediatheque

"...detailed, wondrous..." - Toronto Sun

Tues/Wed/Thur August 25, 26, 27 at 7 PM
Director Kevin McMahon in attendance on August 27

Waterlife follows the epic cascade of the Great Lakes from Lake  
Superior to the Atlantic Ocean, telling the story of the last huge  
supply of fresh water on Earth. Filled with fascinating characters  
and stunning imagery, Waterlife is a cinematic poem about the beauty  
of water and the dangers of taking it for granted. Narrated by Gord  
Downie, lead vocalist of The Tragically Hip and Waterkeeper’s Trustee  
of Lake Ontario.

Featuring music by Sam Roberts, Sufjan Stevens, Sigur Rós, Robbie  
Robertson and Brian Eno.

Waterlife is produced by Primitive Entertainment in co-production  
with the National Film Board of Canada. Visit the Waterlife website  
here.

$6, $4 for students, seniors, NFB members.

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Veer

The Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation is pleased to present  
Veer, a full-length documentary on community based cycling activism  
through five main protagonists.

Thursday, August 27th at 8 PM

at CineCycle (401 Richmond Street, coach house).

Tickets are $8 and there will be drinks and espresso available at the  
bar.

The film has received numerous awards, including Best Documentary at  
the Chicago Underground Film Festival (CUFF) and a nomination for  
Best Documentary at the San Joaquin International Film Festival.  
Cinematographer Jason Turner recalls, “in Feb the film played the  
Victoria Film Festival where it sold out its first screening, and was  
the only film to have a second screening added which also sold out  
with as many people waiting outside as got in to see it”. So, if you  
want a chance to see Veer in Toronto, line up early for our August  
27th screening at CineCycle, at 8 PM.

To learn more about Veer, visit their website.

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Supporting Indigenous Struggles in Canada: Starting the Journey

Thur. August 27, 6:30pm

Centre for Social Innovation, 4th floor,
215 Spadina Ave. between Queen and Dundas.

Why this workshop:
    Central to the Canada's history is the story of dispossession,  
assimilation, and genocide of the Indigenous peoples who have lived  
on this land since time immemorial, and their continued resistance  
and survival. Non-Indigenous people learn a spotty version of these  
stories in Canadian schools - often romanticizing Indigenous cultures  
as historical artifacts, or treating Canada's crimes as things of the  
past that have been overcome and replaced with an "enlightened"  
multiculturalism and celebration of Indigenous peoples' place in  
Canada. But the project of assimilation, termination, and  
extinguishment of Indigenous peoples and their rights, including land  
rights, continues today. We will be looking at at this ongoing  
history and talk about some of the ways Indigenous Peoples and  
supporters can work to decolonize Indigenous-Canadian relations.

Who this workshop is for:

    This workshop is for people who want to learn more about the  
history of Indigenous-Canada relations, and who are interested in  
supporting Indigenous struggles. The workshop is especially intended  
for non-Indigenous people, but all are welcome. It is intended as a  
first step towards developing the skills and consciousness needed to  
do solidarity work. The workshop will include a range of activities  
and methods.

Relevance to activists and frontline workers:

    Indigenous issues are often lumped in with broader anti-racism  
work, or framed in terms of poverty and the need for service  
provision. While those approaches have some validity, they miss the  
central cause of the social trauma experienced by Indigenous peoples:  
Canada's ongoing attempt to terminate Indigenous peoples, destroy  
their economies and cultures, and take their land. This workshop aims  
to foster consciousness of this process, and of the vast range of  
experiences and perspectives of Canada's different Indigenous  
peoples, ranging from bush life to city life, as well as looking at  
the ways we can constructively support Indigenous struggles.

Workshop Delivered By:

    The workshop will be delivered by Corvin Russell, a non- 
Indigenous activist and educator who has worked on many Indigenous  
solidarity projects, including co-organizing the Defenders of the  
Land gathering of first nations in land struggle in Winnipeg last year.

Suggested donation for the workshop is $5-$20 but no one who has  
RSVP'd will be turned away for lack of funds.

RSVP to corvinr at gmail.com. If possible, please include a little bit  
about yourself: why you are interested in this workshop; any relevant  
background, including work on Indigenous issues or decolonization,  
trainings you may have attended (including anti-racism trainings),  
and so on. This will help with planning of the workshop.

Sponsored by Centre for Social Justice and Socialist Project

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Critical Mass Ride

Friday Aug. 28th
Cyclists meet at 6 p.m.. at Bloor and Spadina
Ride-on in safety, numbers and joy!

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Pedestrian Sunday
in Kensington Market

Sun. Aug. 30
noon - 9 p.m.

Calling all pedestrians, jugglers, musicians, artists - Take back the  
streets - NO CARS!

There will also be a Green Culture Festival in Bellevue Suare Park  
(south end of Augusta). To become involved as a green vendor or  
volunteer, or to host a green workshop or demonstration, please email  
greenculturefestival at hempress.ca, for more information.

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What happens when you mix hundreds of green products and services  
with live music and local foods - and invite everyone in Toronto?

The Live Green Toronto Festival!
Where green hits the street of Toronto.

Sunday, August 30
11 am - 8 pm
Yonge-Dundas Square

This event is 100% Bullfrog powered!

Green Street
At Toronto's annual celebration of all things green, we'll turn Yonge  
Street into "Green Street" with more than 100 exhibitors, local food,  
live music, and more. Yonge Street will be closed to traffic from  
Dundas to Queen Street.

Check out hundreds of green products and services to help you live  
green, plus concerts all day, kids zone, green walking tours, e-waste  
collection and more. Everything from bees, worms and bikes, to green  
fashions, renewable energy, and local foods.
http://www.toronto.ca/greentorontofestival/index.htm

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Bike Train

The Bike Train Initiative is expanding once again - this time between  
Montreal and Toronto.  Experience Canada's largest two cities on two  
wheels.

This pilot project will introduce daily Bike Train service on trains  
from August 24 to October 8, 2009. No boxing or dissassembly of bikes  
required!

www.biketrain.ca/montrealtoronto

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