T.O. Greenspiration Events: climate justice, bikes, nukes

Bischoff Angela greenspi at web.ca
Tue Oct 13 09:22:36 EDT 2009


TO. Greenspiration Events
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The Nuclear Question: 'Acute & Chronic Dangers of Nuclear Power,  
Nuclear War & DU Weapons’

a public lecture by DR. HELEN CALDICOTT: Physician, Author, Educator  
& Activist

Tuesday, October 13, 12 noon-1:30 pm, The Great Hall, Hart House.
Free

As the subject of the 1982 National Film Board of Canada’s Oscar  
winning documentary “If You Love This Planet, Dr. Helen Caldicott  
inspired a generation to work toward nuclear disarmament. She  
continues her mission with her most recent books “Nuclear Power is  
Not the Answer” and “War in Heaven.”As the world struggles with the  
nuclear question, Dr. Caldicott will address the greatest, immediate  
threat to the planet with passion, vision and clarity. http:// 
www.helencaldicott.com/

The single most articulate and passionate advocate of citizen action  
to remedy the nuclear and environmental crises, Dr Helen Caldicott,  
has devoted the last 35 years to an international campaign to educate  
the public about the medical hazards of the nuclear age and the  
necessary changes in human behaviour to stop environmental destruction.

RSVP to elayna.fremes at utoronto.ca

Special Thanks to All Organizing Partners:
Physicians for Global Survival, Safe And Green Energy, University of  
Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Canadian Department of Peace Initiative,  
Greenpeace Ontario, Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Science for Peace,  
Seriously Time to Stop, Toronto’s Hiroshima Day Coalition, Veterans  
Against Nuclear Arms, Voice of Women for Peace

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The ACTivist magazine and Rabble.ca present the Toronto Premier of:

You, Me, and the SPP:
Trading Democracy for Corporate Rule

A feature length documentary about the Security and Prosperity  
Partnership

Tuesday, 13 October 2009 at 7:00 p.m. (doors at 6:30 p.m.)
Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor Street West, Toronto)
Admission by donation
Filmmaker Paul Manly in attendance for Q and A

Have you heard of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP)? No?  
You are not alone! What do secrecy, police provocateurs, an assault  
on democracy and infringements on citizens' rights have in common?  
The Security Prosperity Partnership.

ACTivist Magazine presents: "You, Me, and the SPP: Trading Democracy  
for Corporate Rule", a feature-length documentary which exposes the  
latest manifestation of a corporatist agenda that is undermining the  
democratic authority of the citizens of North America.

http://activistmagazine.com/spp
http://YouMeSPP.com

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Climate Cover-up:
The Crusade to Deny Global Warming

TO. Book Launch

Wednesday, October 14
Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay Street
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
rsvp at hoggan.com

The book, which Jim Hoggan wrote with Richard Littlemore, is a bold  
critique of the unsavory PR campaign that has perverted the public  
conversation about climate change. For two decades, when the world  
should have been tackling the greatest environmental threat ever to  
face humankind, we have been paralyzed by doubt and indecision.

That’s no accident. As Jim and Richard show in page after carefully  
documented page, we’ve been stalling because some seedy and self- 
interested people have worked extremely hard to convince us the  
problem may not be real. Climate Cover-up rips the lid off that  
disinformation campaign. It exposes early strategy documents in which  
oil and coal companies – at times working with the tobacco industry –  
describe how they plan to undermine the integrity of science.

Leveraging four years of work on Jim’s DeSmogBlog, Climate Cover-up  
names names, analyzes tactics and illuminates strategies. It shows  
how easily reporters and politicians have been bamboozled and how  
badly the public has been deceived.

It’s time to end the Climate Cover-up.

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The City of Toronto holds public consultations as one way to engage  
residents in the life of their city. Toronto thrives on your great  
ideas and actions. We invite you to get involved.

The Power to Live Green
Energy Action Forum: Phase II

Wednesday, October 14
6 to 9 p.m.
Council Chamber
City Hall, Floor 2
100 Queen Street West

Toronto is at an energy crossroads. Our goal, established through the  
Climate Change, Clean Air and Sustainable Energy Action Plan, is to  
reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050. In order to reach  
this aggressive target, we need your help to take our work to the  
next level and to build a sustainable energy future for Toronto.

Join Councillor Paula Fletcher, Chair of the Parks and Environment  
Committee and other members of City Council to help create Toronto's  
energy strategy, The Power to Live Green.

  Learn about the City's climate change and energy issues, challenges  
and opportunities.

Share your thoughts on what we can do, both personally and as a City,  
to help clean our air and protect our environment.

Participants will be given five minutes each to share their ideas.

To register for the Forum, or to sign-up to speak: Call 311 or 416  
338 0889 (TTY)

Take TTC: Queen or Osgoode Station. Walk to Bay Street and Queen  
Street West.

Bicycle parking also available.

Can't make the event? Share your thoughts by October 15, 2009:
Call: 416-338-3095
E-mail: teo at toronto.ca
Write: The Power to Live Green c/o Toronto Environment Office
            City Hall, 100 Queen St. W.,
            21st floor, East Tower
            Toronto, ON M5H 2N2

For more information about what the City is currently doing, and how  
you can harness the Power to Live Green, visit livegreentoronto.ca.

http://www.toronto.ca/involved/projects/power_to_livegreen/

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LET'S GET TALKING: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TOOTHACHE & AN EAR  
ACHE?
Arguments for Publicly Funded Dental Care

Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 5:30 - 7 p.m.
The Mustard Seed, 791 Queen Street East
  Free admission, sandwiches and snacks
Anne-Marie Tynan, 416-864-6060 ext 2522, tynanma at smh.toronto.on.ca

Poor dental health has been linked to diabetes, heart disease and  
other health problems. Have you ever wondered by dental visits aren't  
covered under OHIP? Why people on welfare, the working poor, and even  
some middle-income Ontarians have limited access to oral health  
services? Why doesn't everyone have fair and equitable access to  
preventive dental care regardless of what we earn, or who we work for?

In this community discussion, we will look at why dentistry was  
excluded from Canadian Medicare, and the impacts of this decision on  
our health. Public financing of dental care in Ontario would be good  
public policy. Let's talk about why and what needs to be done.

With:
Carlos Quinonez, Assistant Professor, Director, Faculty of Public  
Dentistry, U of T, Associate Researcher at the Centre for Research on  
Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital

Paula Fletcher, Toronto City Counsellor, Ward 30, Toronto-Danforth

Sister Georgette Gregory, CSJ, Director of In Good Company, Fontbonne  
Ministries, Sisters of St. Joseph, & Member of the Toronto Oral  
Health Coalition

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The imagineNATIVE film festival

Oct. 14 to 18
Program, tickets, etc are available on their website:
http://www.imagineNATIVE.org

The Festival, which annually spotlights the work of Native filmmakers  
and media artists from across the Indigenous spectrum, is proud to  
showcase more than 125 works by Indigenous people at the forefront of  
innovation in film,
video, radio and new media.

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Home Safe Toronto

a documentary by Laura Sky, Executive Producer Cathy Crowe

Free Community Screening
Thur. Oct. 15, 7 p.m.
Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto

"It's a human right for you to have shelter and food... It's an  
emergency that people need to have a good income."
- Myriam Canas-Mendes, Documentary Participant

The filmmakers will be present, discussion to follow film.

For more info: 416 536 6581, info at skyworksfoundation.org

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- Toronto Socialist Action Presents -
Rebel Films
OISE, 252 Bloor St. West, Room 2-212
at the St. George Subway Station. Everyone welcome. $4 donation  
requested.

Friday, October 16 - 7 p.m. You, Me and the SPP is a 91 minute  
documentary by Paul Manly that reveals how the Security Prosperity  
Partnership (SPP), negotiated in secret by the USA, Canada and Mexico  
following the shock of 9-11, is the latest version of corporate plans  
to control the social, political and economic destiny of the world.

Each of the films in this series will be preceded by a brief  
introduction, and will be followed by a commentary, and an open floor  
discussion period.

Please visit the SA web site: www.socialistaction-canada.blogspot.com  
or call 416 - 535-8779.

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World Food Week

A series of tastings, workshops, panel discussions and lectures  
addressing the issues related to food and how we can all take action  
in a local and effective way

October 16 - 23, Hart House, U of T
Join us at Hart House for World Food Week to heighten your awareness  
and taste buds as we explore our relationship with food and what that  
means for our health and communities. Prepare to be provoked by a  
series of tastings, workshops, panel discussions and lectures  
addressing the issues related to food and how we can all take action  
in a local and effective way.
For more information and complete schedule visit: www.harthouse.ca/ 
foodweek.
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BikeCamp TO

Registration is now open for Saturday, October 17th.

Click here to register - http://bikeunion.to/sites/tcu/modules/ 
civicrm/extern/url.php?u=4653&qid=

More info at  http://bikeunion.to/sites/tcu/modules/civicrm/extern/ 
url.php?u=4655&qid=

Presented by the Toronto Cyclists Union, BikeCamp TO is a series of  
participant-driven workshops related to various aspects of cycling --  
from the playfullness of art bikes & fashion, to the politics of  
cycling advocacy.

It's an opportunity for those who ride, and have an interest in  
cycling in Toronto, to come together and share ideas.

Think, Ideas Factory -- Not, Complaints Department.

This day-long workshop, including lunch, will consist of  
presentations, group brainstorming sessions, and group discussion  
regarding next steps.  A preliminary agenda will be intertwined with  
open format discussions.

Not to b e missed if you are interested in learning more, and/or  
getting involved in day-to-day cycling concerns!  Please note that  
there are space limitations so only 75 participants can be registered.

     * Session runs from 10am to 5pm
     * Casual BYO party from 5pm to 7pm ; )  Open to all, including  
those who could not attend the session.

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On International Day to End Poverty, Citizen’s Income Toronto is  
giving a presentation on the concept of:

Guaranteed Income

Saturday, October 17th, at 2 P.M.

at room 123 at Woodsworth college, 119 St.George street on the  
University of Toronto campus.

a map is available at www.citizensincome.ca/123map.pdf

further information hello at citizensincome.ca

Ending poverty  means  creating a Guaranteed Income

Agenda:
a presentation on the history of the Guaranteed Income  concept  
globally and in Canada.
a relation of the BIEN Canada conference in Ottawa on October 1 and 2.
general discussion of how to establish a Toronto branch of BIEN Canada.
books and discs about  poverty and its  elimination will be on sale.
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Miraculous Migrants: Why Songbird Conservation Begins at Home

Sun. Oct. 18, 1 - 3 p.m.
at the ROM - Bloor and Ave. Rd.

   Please join Dr. Bridget Stutchbury of York University and  
Christina Sharma of Project
   CHIRP! for an informative and empowering talk on songbird  
conservation. Review
   present songbird population trends, causes and solutions, the  
miraculous feats of our
   migratory songbirds, and how to create songbird-friendly gardens.  
Discover how your
   choices as a consumer can protect critical songbird habitat.

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Climate Justice Speaking Tour
   BOLLYWOOD STAR, Rahul Bose
     SOLOMON ISLAND YOUTH, Christina Ora

Sunday, October 18,  12:30pm-2pm
Bloordale United Church, 4258 Bloor St. West, Toronto.

Monday, October 19th, 12pm – 2pm
York University, HNES

Tuesday, Oct 20, 7-9pm
University of Toronto
East Common Room, Hart House

The Climate Change Treaty Negotiations Are Fast Approaching.
The Canadian Government needs a wake up call.

Rahul and Christina are traveling to Canada to tour around Toronto  
and Vancouver to speak to the public, key leaders, and the media  
about climate change’s impact on South Asia and island nations. Rahul  
and Christina will also speak about Canadian Government’s weak  
position on climate change, and what we in Canada can do to take  
action and move Canada from environmental laggard to environmental  
leader.

For more information on the Toronto leg of the tour contact Jessica  
Bell at 416 937 0076, jbell at climateactionnetwork.ca
http://climatejusticetour.wordpress.com

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Break the Silence Congo Week
at University of Toronto
from Friends of the Congo (University of Toronto).

Oct. 14-24

For the full schedule go to
http://friendsofthecongouoft.wordpress.com/

About Congo Week

Congo Week is a global initiative led by students and community  
organizers around the world, in association with Congo Global Action  
and Friends of the Congo, to raise awareness about the humanitarian  
crisis in the Congo, and mobilize support on behalf of the people of  
the Congo.

The University of Toronto chapter of Friends of the Congo is proud to  
present a number of excellent speakers and films, on racism and media  
silence, efforts to save biodiversity, human rights, womens' rights,  
colonialism and mining, etc.

Visit the global Congo Week website for more information:
http://www.congoweek.org/english/

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Environment report knocks Toronto's lack of bike lanes

Toronto's cycling enthusiasts celebrated a small victory this week  
after the province's environmental commissioner released a report  
criticizing the city over its lack of bike lanes.

In his annual report, this year entitled Building Resiliance,  
commissioner Gord Miller criticized Toronto's handling over the Bloor  
Street revitalization project.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/10/07/bicycle- 
environment.html

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