TO. Greenspiration Events: nothin' to do? Think again!
Bischoff Angela
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Oct 18 19:35:51 EDT 2009
TO. Greenspiration Events
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Behaviour modification, psych drugs in schools; stopping critical
thought before it starts. Trauma-based mind control
with Sydney White, Investigative Journalist
Monday, October 19th, 6 - 8 p.m.
University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Sandford Fleming Building,
Room 1101, 10 King's College Road
STUDIES IN PROPAGANDA
FREE Lecture Series
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO – FALL 2009
Info: Sydney White 416-787-0592
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Bring The Girls Out!
FREE DIY Workshop and Breast Cancer Educational
Tuesday, October 20 or Thursday, October 22, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
South Riverdale Community Health Centre, 955 Queen St East
Phone: 416 960 2284 x 222
reducetherisk at care2.com
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we want to engage people
in a quest for prevention! The Toronto Cancer Prevention Coalition,
Women's College Hospital and South Riverdale Community Health Centre
are hosting a FREE focus group and do-it-yourself workshop on how to
make a natural lip balm, and moisturizer at the end of October.
Thanks for your help by being part of the solution! Prevention is the
Cure!
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Say Bye to Buy Local
How secret trade deals threaten our local economies, jobs and the
environment and weaken your community
Tuesday, October 20 from 7 pm to 9 pm
Victoria College Chapel Building, 91 Charles Street West, Room 213
These free trade deals will stop your local government from choosing
to spend your tax dollars in your community. The lowest bidder wins
regardless of the impact on local economies. The federal and
provincial governments are selling Canadians the idea that provincial
purchasing policies and other rights are barriers to free trade.
What's really behind the push for 'inter-provincial trade' deals, the
Canada-European Union pact and a new NAFTA accord?
Guest Speakers: Sid Ryan (CUPE) and Maude Barlow (Council of Canadians)
Cost: Free
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Planet in Focus:
International Environmental Film & Video Festival
10th Anniversary Festival
Wed. - Sun. October 21-25
at various venues downtown Toronto
Throughout the year and at our annual festival Planet in Focus
screens outstanding and compelling environmental films and videos
created by Canadian and international filmmakers from all regions
around the world.
Here you will find environmental artistic expression used as a
catalyst for public awareness, discussion and appropriate action on
the ecological and social health of the planet.
http://www.planetinfocus.org
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The Toronto Cyclists Union, in partnership with the Toronto Coalition
for Active Transportation, The Clean Air Partnership, and the US
Consulate General in Toronto, is happy to present:
Livable Streets: Rethinking Urban Transportation
An evening of discussion with Roger Geller – Bicycle Coordinator,
Portland, Oregon.
Wednesday, October 21, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
at the Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 120
Roger Geller has been with the Office of Transportation in Portland,
Oregon since July, 1994. Roger is the Bicycle Coordinator in the
Office of the Director Planning Division. He currently works on
Bikeway Network Signing, Technical design for bikeways, Bicycle
parking, and an update to the Bicycle Master Plan.
Roger will overview what Portland has done over the past two decades
to improve bicycling, what successes have been achieved, and how
those successes are measured. He will talk about the four types of
cyclists: "Strong & Fearless", "Enthused & Confident", "Interested
but Concerned", and "Those who Never Will." He will talk about the
critical roles that political leadership and citizen advocacy play in
influencing change. Also, the willingness of city staff to experiment
and try out new things and measuring their effectiveness. But things
aren't finished with Portland. Roger's talk is, in a sense, a "Tale
of Two Cities:" a city that has had significant transportation
accomplishments, but one that recognizes that it has barely scratched
the surface of what is necessary to truly succeed in shifting people
out of single-occupancy motor vehicles to transit, biking, and walking.
This is a free event but pre-registration is strongly encouraged as
space is limited. Register on-line here.
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Vandana Shiva: Earth Democracy
Thur. Oct. 22, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm / Hart House Theatre, U of T / $15
students or $25 non-students
Buy tickets at www.uofttix.ca
Why attend: Internationally acclaimed author, ecologist, physicist
and activist Vandana Shiva will engage attendees in an Earth
Democracy discussion - her philosophy based on inclusion,
nonviolence, reclaiming the commons and freely sharing the earth’s
resources. At the core of this philosophy is the idea of food democracy.
Part of: www.harthouse.ca/foodweek.
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Book Launch
Genius of Common Sense: Jane Jacobs and the story of The Death and
Life of Great American Stories
Thursday, October 22
5:30 – 7pm
Presentations at 6pm
Urbanspace Gallery
401 Richmond St. West
Join the authors, Glenna Lang and Marjory Wunsch, for the launch of a
new book – written for young adults aged 10 -100 – about one of
the great public intellectuals of our time: Jane Jacobs.
With special guests: the Honourable Kathleen Wynne (MPP for Don
Valley West and the Minister of Education) and Councilor Adam Vaughan
(Ward 20, City of Toronto) among others.
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COMMUNICATION IN ACTION
Make Your Voice Count!
Develop effective strategies for interpersonal and group
communication in a series of six evening workshops:
Explore your conflict style
Become a better listener
Learn how to raise concerns – without raising hackles
Learn the principles of conflict resolution
Practice the basics of facilitating group meetings
Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm
October 22– November 26
Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave. (St. George subway station)
Trainer: Lyn Adamson is an experienced trainer in conflict resolution
with St. Stephen’s Conflict Resolution Service., and is a trainer
with Nonviolent Peaceforce Canada. A Quaker and mother of two, Lynis
a member of the boards of: Greenspiration, Canadian Voice of Women
for Peace, the Canadian Department of Peace Initiative and Nonviolent
Peaceforce Canada.
Cost: $150 (inquire if cost is a barrier) - Also, the Tooker Gomberg
Greenspiration Fund would like to sponsor one low-income participant
to take this series. If you're interested in this subsidy, please let
Angela know: greenspi at web.ca
Limit of 15 participants
For more info:
PHONE: 416-731-6605 OR 416-596-7328
EMAIL: peaceworks at primus.ca
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Cine Cuba - Cuban Film Festival
at the Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles
Thur/Fri Oct. 22 and 23
Films and panels
Presented by the Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association Toronto
Complete schedule here:
http://ccfatoronto.ca/index.php?
option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=55&extmode=view&extid=106
For more info: www.ccfatoronto.ca or Elizabeth 416-654-7105
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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.
Thursday, October 22 – 7 p.m. Flow: For Love of Water
84 minutes, 2008. Irena Salina's award-winning documentary
investigates what experts label the most important political and
environmental issue of the 21st Century -- The World Water Crisis.
Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's
dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics,
pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world
water cartel.
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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Life, Money and Illusion
Thursday, October 22, 7:00 - 9:00 pm, at the Centre for Social
Innovation 215 Spadina Ave., Room 120
with co-host Green Enterprise Toronto.
Newly revised and updated, the 2nd edition of "Life, Money and
Illusion" is being launched with a talk and discussion with the
author, Mike Nickerson.
Our society does not have to grow until we drop!
While economic recovery may be around the corner, there is an
uncomfortable sense that resource draw-down (oil) and accumulating
waste (climate change) are accelerated when economic activity expands.
"Life, Money and Illusion" was written to resolve this tension.
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WHAT'S WRONG WITH CANADA'S IMMIGRATION SYSTEM?
A Migrant Justice Assembly with Salimah Valiani, Amina Sherazee,
Himani Bannerji and David McNally
Friday, October 23
6:00 pm registration and snacks, 6:30 p.m. sharp event starts
245 Church Street, Room ENG-LG11
* Did you know that in 2008 more temporary workers entered the
workforce than permanent residents in to Canada?
* Did you know that Canada has cut its refugee acceptance rate in
half over the last 20 years?
* Did you know that there are over half a million people in the
country without status, over half in the GTA?
Come and hear about how the broken immigration system is being
shattered.
Share your own stories. Build relationships. Develop ideas for the
way ahead. Come prepared to talk back!
Read more: http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/336
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Powershift
Calling all Youth!
What: The largest gathering of youth on climate change issues in
Canadian History! Two days of training, strategy, and action and one
mass lobby day to hold our elected officials accountable for their
part to solve the climate crisis. Check out www.powershiftcanada.org!
Where: Ottawa, so we can talk with our country’s decision makers!
When: October 23-26th…it’s only 2 weeks away!!
Who: You and 999 new friends! Dead Prez and Majora Carter are coming,
are you?
Why: It is time for Climate Justice NOW! If you want to overcome the
challenges of the 21st century, build a clean energy economy, create
millions of green jobs, increase global equity, and revitalize our
economy–Now is the time for action.
http://powershiftcanada.org/
To register for the bus from Toronto email madeline.boyce at utoronto.ca
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International Climate Day of Action
Saturday, October 24, 2:00 pm
Queen's Park, Toronto
Toronto Climate Campaign is organizing a rally on October 24th, as
part of a climate day of action. People across Canada and the world
will be coming together as part of 350.org, building a movement to
unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis – the
solutions that science and justice demand.
The focus of the October 24 event is 350 parts per million, a level
that scientists have identified as a safe limit for carbon dioxide in
the atmosphere. 350 is a concrete number and a symbol of the positive
change that is possible.
The Event will take place at Queen's Park, Toronto on October 24th,
2009 starting at 2pm. For more info please visit http://
www.torontoclimatecampaign.org
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C-Day: Fill the Hill in Ottawa
On October 24 – 350.org’s International Day of Climate Action –
join a history-making mass mobilization to Parliament Hill to show
our politicians that, “Yes they can” make wise and just decisions
when it comes to climate change. C-Day: Fill the Hill is the focal
point of the largest climate action to ever take place on Canadian
soil. This will be a day to remember.
There will be a same-day bus departing from the University of Toronto
campus at 6:15am for the rally. For details on where to get the bus
and how to reserve a space, please contact Effy Varoutas at
fillthehill at live.com.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=153048986259&index=1
http://www.climateday.ca
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Please Join us for the 10th Annual
Night of Dread
Sat. Oct. 24
at Toronto's Dufferin Grove Park
Night of Dread is Clay & Paper Theatre's invitation to the community
to parade our private and collective fears through the darkened
streets of Toronto. The hour-long procession returns to Dufferin
Grove Park for an evening of ceremonial festivities that compel us to
call on, mock and banish the fears that unite and divide us in these
times. Night of Dread is an unforgettable evening of pageantry, music
and masquerade incorporating towering puppets, stilt dancers, fire-
spinners and fearful masks in a daring exploration of dread.
This much-loved community celebration incorporates international folk
and theatrical traditions, drawing inspiration from festivals of
death and remembrance around the world. Come dance in the streets
with our city's finest musicians, puppeteers, dancers and stilt
walkers; together we'll laugh at our fears, waltz with death, eat the
bread of the dead, and remember those who have gone from our midst.
Clay & Paper has many costumes and puppets available for the public
to wear in the parade; come early to the Dufferin Clubhouse to avoid
disappointment!
4 PM: Parade begins assembling at Dufferin Grove Park
6 PM: Parade departs
Dress Code: Black & White
Pay-What-You-Can: suggested donation $10
Info: (416) 316-4461
HELL ON WHEELS
Following the success of Clay & Paper's summer projects Cyclops:
Cycling Oriented Puppet Squad and Puppets Without Barriers (providing
accessible theatre), we are devoting a section of this year's Night
of Dread parade to those on wheels: bicycles, wheelchairs, unicycles
and skateboards. Deck yourself out at home or visit the Hell on
Wheels decorating station at Dufferin Grove Park; arrive early to
adorn your wheels or yourself, and roll through the parade in style!
Decorating begins at 4 PM.
http://www.clayandpapertheatre.org/
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Outspoke Productions and The Hysteria Festival proudly present the
workshop presentation of
SPIN
Starring
The BICYCLE
As muse, musical instrument, and instrument of social change
A Two Wheeled Evening of Entertainment, Featuring Music, Spoken Word
and Theatre
Sun. OCTOBER 25th, 8 pm
at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (12 Alexander St.)
as part of the HYSTERIA Festival
Written and performed by Evalyn Parry
With Anna Friz and Brad Hart
Directed by Ruth Madoc Jones
The Safety Bicycle: Amplified!
Using modern effects Pedals and contact Microphones, the players
manipulate the acoustic sounds of the Bicycle to make Music
The 1890’s: The Golden Age of the Bicycle!
Exposing the Bicycle as a Dangerous Agent of Women’s Emancipation
Ballads of High Adventure!
Theft, Heartbreak, Bicycle-Auto Collision and the Urban Rider
Tickets $10 in advance
call by telephone to reserve at 416-975-8555
or on the world wide web at www.artsexy.ca
We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of
The Ontario Arts Council, The Toronto Arts Council, The Banff Centre
and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
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In honour of Breast cancer awareness month featuring screening of the
award winning:
Exposure: Environmental LInks to Breast Cancer
Sunday, October 25, 2:00 pm-4:30 pm
Camera Bar, 1028 Queen Street East
Free
In honour of Breast cancer awareness month featuring screening of the
award winning Exposure: Environmental LInks to Breast Cancer as well
as exploration of cancer fighting foods catered by Vegan Delights and
The Healthy Butcher) and relaunch of Taking Action for a Healthy
Future resource guide.
Women’s Healthy Environments Network is a non-profit, charitable
organization that works with communities on prevention initiatives
addressing environmental links to health.
For more information please visit our web site at
www.womenshealthyenvironments.ca, call 416 928 0880, email
office at womenshealthyenvironments.ca.
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