TO. Greenspiration Events: bikes, trains, planes
Bischoff Angela
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Mar 21 23:14:28 EDT 2010
Toronto Greenspiration Events
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Bloor-Danforth bikeway plan rolls on
City Hall quietly requests proposals for environmental assessment as
debate continues
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/bloor-danforth-bikeway-plan-rolls-on/article1501635/
Bike lanes would help Bloor West Village businesses
http://spacing.ca/wire/2010/03/17/bike-lanes-would-help-bloor-west-village-businesses/
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World Water Day and Vote OUT Fluoride rally
Monday, March 22, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Toronto City Hall, Queen and Bay
Description: World Water day is observed by millions all over the
world. It marks a day of adherence by governments to make water
accessible and safe. Toronto's water is far from safe, and dangerously
accessible. A fluorosilicate in the name of HEXAFLUOROSILICIC ACID
(HFSA) is added to Toronto's public drinking water. HFSA is an
industrial waste product from the phosphate fertilizer industry that
comes mainly from Florida and China. It costs taxpayers millions a
year to add, operate, and treat its side effects, including dental
fluorosis. Dental Fluorosis is caused by excessive fluoride intake,
consumed easily through food and beverages, tap water, and dental
products. Dental Fluorosis costs significantly more to treat than the
cavities it presumes to prevent.
On March 22, join the Vote OUT Fluoride campaign outside city hall to
express your support for removing HFSA from our public water supply to
make Toronto's water safe and accessible for everyone.
Link: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=346458040702&ref=mf
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World Water Week - Clean H2O for Everyone
Film screenings, keynote panels, musical performances and more
Mar 22 - 28
Fantastic events. See http://torontomeds.com/waterweek/
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Electric vs Diesel Public Forum
This forum is a public discussion of the proposed Metrolinx expansion
of the Georgetown South transit line and the rail link from Union to
Pearson.
Monday, March 22, 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Council Chambers, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen Street W.
The Board of Health supports expanded public transit as a way to
reduce vehicle traffic, but remains concerned about health risks and
air quality impacts predicted with the proposed diesel rail expansion.
Moderator: Eva Ligeti, Executive Director, Clean Air Partnership
Panelists:
Gary McNeil, Executive VP, Metrolinx
Minister of the Environment, Ontario (invited)
Prof. Christopher Kennedy, Transportation Infrastructure Expert
Dr. David McKeown, Toronto Medical Officer of Health
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Freedom from Internalised Oppression
Mon Mar 22, 6:30-9:00 pm
Suggested $25 (with a pay what you can option)
LOCATION: contact Henry for location
Information / registration: Henry Wai 416-913-8861 wai_renooy at sympatico.ca
When there is conflict or stress, how we relate to ourselves and those
we engage with - our group members, the public, our perceived
opponents - will likely reflect the prevailing power-over approach in
our society. To neither submit nor rebel but to act freely in
accordance with our values depends on recognizing and transforming our
conditioning. Join us to learn and practice using our everyday
language/thinking as a pathway to reconnecting and acting from our
values
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Life After Growth: Why the Economy Is Shrinking and What to Do About It
A talk by Richard Heinberg
Mon. March 22, 6:30 pm overview by Post-Carbon Toronto, 7 p.m.
Heinberg speaks
Trinity St. Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor (West of Spadina)
Richard Heinberg is widely regarded as one of the world’s most
effective communicators of the urgent need to transition away from
fossil fuels. With a wry, unflinching approach based on facts and
realism, Mr. Heinberg exposes the tenuousness of our current way of
life and offers a vision for a truly sustainable future. He has
delivered hundreds of lectures on oil depletion to a wide variety of
audiences around the world. He is the award-winning author of nine
books including:
The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies;
Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World;
The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism, and
Economic Collapse;
and Blackout: Coal, Climate and the Last Energy Crisis.
Sponsored by Post-Carbon Toronto Meet-Up, http://www.meetup.com/PostCarbonTorontoMeetup/calendar/12703066/
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LISTENING TO OUR ELDERS: USING ORAL HISTORY TO ENHANCE CHILD AND
FAMILY HEALTH
Monday, March 22, 4-6 p.m.
Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre, 439 Dundas Street East
Admission and refreshments free - all welcome
This event is part of the CRICH "Let's Get Talking" Community
Discussion Series 2009-2010 and the Toronto Council Fire Native
Cultural Centre "Seasons in Change" Speaker Series 2010.
In this talk, Kim Anderson and Janet Smylie will share information
about a project they are working on called the Indigenous Knowledge
Network for Infant, Child and Family Health. This project involves
collecting oral history from elders in Ontario and Saskatchewan about
how infants and children were cared for in the past. Janet and Kim
will talk about how the project got started, and will share some of
what they have learned. This will be followed with a discussion about
how traditional/historical knowledge can be applied to child and
family programming for our people.
For more info: lbs at councilfire.ca, Joan/Richard at 416-360-4350
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George Brown College’s 18th Annual Labour Fair
The Jobless Recovery: Who Wins? Who Loses?
Monday, March 22 – Friday, March 26
75 events!
Every year, the School of Labour and the Labour Fair Committee
organizes a Labour Fair to showcase current labour issues, initiatives
and cultural events. Besides performances and displays, we bring in
over 75 union and community speakers to give students an "on the
ground" glimpse of work issues in the fields they are training for.
The Labour Fair also presents performers, displays, musical events,
films and much more.
More info and program: http://www.georgebrown.ca/schooloflabour/lab-fair.aspx
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Local Food Plus: At the Intersections of Food, Policy and Community
Organizing in Toronto
For those interested in the academic side of BuyCotting and Food,
there will be an academic talk on:
Tues. March 23rd, 7 p.m.
at OISE, 7th Floor Peace Lounge, Bloor and St. George
This talk is being presented in the lead up to CarrotMob Toronto on
April 10th.
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The launch of new films tackling racism in the workplace.
WORK FOR ALL:
Mobile-izing Anti-Racism
NFB CINEMA - 150 John St. (at Richmond St. W)
Tues. March 23, 7 PM
Free
This month, the National Film Board of Canada releases free films over
the course of ten weeks through its online film project, Work for
All, which tackles the issue of racial discrimination in the
workplace. Join us at the NFB Mediatheque for a big-screen
presentation and sneak preview of some of the films to be released
over the coming weeks, and an inspiring panel discussion on digital
media and the use of mobile communication to address racism.
The panel will explore how citizens use mobile media to affect change,
now and historically. The panel will offer exciting alternatives to
traditional notions of anti-racism education, and suggest new
possibilities for engaging Canadians to confront racism using digital
media and social networking tools. Panellists include Dr. Judith
Nicholson from Wilfrid Laurier University, multimedia artist Wayne
Dunkley and Aisling Chin-Yee, line producer of the Work for All
project. The evening will be moderated by Dr. Ayman Al-Yassini,
Executive Director of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF).
Filmmaker Elizabeth St. Philip will also be in attendance.
Space is limited - please RSVP by emailing nfbmediathequeonf at nfb.ca
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AIRPORT EXPANSION IS BAD FOR YOUR LUNGS
The Toronto Port Authority is holding an environmental assessment for
their proposed “Pedestrian” Tunnel on:
Wednesday March 24, from 6pm to 8pm
at the Harbourfront Community Centre 627 Queen Quay West in the Medium
Assembly Room.
They will focus their “Environmental Assessment” only on the new
tunnel not on the doubling of Q-400 flights to 212 slots at the Island
Airport. They won’t talk about the 31,609,730 kgs. of CO2 or the
77,380 kgs. of NOx and thousands of kgs. of carcinogens. They won’t
talk about the 600,000 taxis, cars and busses that will rush up and
down Eireann Quay or the tens of thousands of taxis that will idle
their engines beside the school and park. They won’t talk about the
noise impacts on you and your family’s health by over 30,000 Q-400
flights a year in your front yard.
Come to the meeting and demand a REAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY.
One that takes into consideration the total environmental impact of
all the Island Airport functions on your health
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Mental Health Regained
with Rosalie Moscoe, RHN, RNCP
Wednesday, March 24, 7 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, Room 5260, Toronto
Admission is $5 at the door.
Pre-registration is suggested as space is limited. Call 416-733-2117
Presentations by people with personal experience using Orthomolecular
Medicine for themselves or for family members, and their paths to
recovery.
This series provides the public with introductory presentations on the
benefits of Orthomolecular and nutritional therapy, an individualized,
evidence-based medical approach used under the guidance of a health
practitioner, to prevent and treat disease.
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>
> Justice & Ecology, Art & Activism, Poetry & Politics, Cosmology &
> Culture
>
> with poet, scholar and activist DREW DELLINGER
> Wednesday, March 24th, 7:30
> $25.00 ($15. for students and unwaged)
> Peace Lounge (7th Floor), Transformative Learning Centre Ontario
> Institute of Studies in Education, U of T
> 252 Bloor St. West (St. George Subway), Toronto
>
> Drew Dellinger is a poet, teacher, writer and speaker who has
> inspired hearts and minds around the world, performing poetry and
> keynoting on justice, ecology, cosmology and compassion. He is also
> a consultant, publisher and founder of Planetize the Movement Press.
> Dellinger has taught at Prescott College, Naropa University, Esalen
> Institute, and John F. Kennedy University, where he was Associate
> Professor and Director of the Program in Social Ecology. He studied
> cosmology and ecological thought with Thomas Berry for twenty years,
> and is currently finishing his doctoral dissertation on Martin
> Luther King Jr., Thomas Berry, and the connections between ecology,
> justice and cosmology.
> To see a preview, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW63UUthwSg
> or to learn more about Drew: www.drewdellinger.org
>
> Sponsored by the Transformative Learning Centre, OISE/UT
>
> For information: please contact co-ordinator Marilyn Daniels - Marilyn at visionlegacy.com
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Pirate For The Sea
- biographical film of Captain Paul Watson
Thur. March 25, 7 p.m.
Sanford Fleming building, ROOM # 1105, 10 Kings College Road,
University Of Toronto
Suggested donation: $5
PIRATE FOR THE SEA is a biographical film of Captain Paul Watson, the
youngest founding member of Greenpeace Canada. He organized early
campaigns protesting the killing of seals, whales, and dolphins.
Greenpeace ejected him for being too much of an activist. Starting his
own organization, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, he went on to
sink illegal whaling ships, stopped Canadian seal hunts for ten years,
permanently halted sealing in British Isles, killing of dolphins on
Iki Island, Japan, etc. This documentary witnesses his latest
campaigns and explores the personal and environmental history of this
controversial marine conservationist.
Pirate for the Sea is the firstever – and only – biographical film
about Captain Paul Watson. This documentary is a chronicle of Watson’s
adventures and speeches, and it is also a search for the man behind
the pirate flag. The film explores the personal and environmental
history of this controversial marine conservationist.
Special guest speaker: Emily Hunter, environmental journalist and
activist, daughter of Bob Hunter
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=499241505706
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The "I (heart) Alt Media" party
Thursday March 25th @ 9pm
Cinecycle 129 Spadina Avenue, Near Queen and Spadina
Featuring woot-woot-artists like Garbageface, John Rose, Anand
Rajaram, Kay Pettigrew, Bob Wiseman, D'bi Young, and DJ Nick Red & DJ B#
Why? Because you love alternative media
Usually finding good news is harder than finding a good party.
Luckily on Thursday, March 25th, you're going to be able to find both.
That night Groundwire, Upping the Anti and the Toronto Media Co-op are
hosting an epic, fun-filled evening with music, drinks, an art auction
by artist CoCo, a raffle and other awesome events in order to raise as
much money as we can. The G20 is coming to Toronto in late June 2010
and we are trying to set up the infrastructure necessary to cover it.
We need journalists, writers, equipment, publications and cash to make
it all happen. Our goal for the G20 is to provide a platform to
provide daily analysis and updates using both audio, video and feeds.
Our goal for the evening is to dance, have tons o' fun and make a lot
of money.
- Upping the Anti, Toronto Media Co-op and Ground Wire
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Blazing the Indigenous Feminist Trail
Panel with First Nations poet Lee Maracle and Incite! Women of Colour
Against Violence co-foundar Andrea Smith.
Thur. March 25, 7 p.m.
OISE, Rm. 2-212 (Bloor and St. George)
Free
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THE CASE OF HAITI: A RESILIENT COMMUNITY
Critical Dialogue: Social work and social justice responses to a
natural disaster
Thursday, March 25, 5-8 p.m.
325 Church Street, Room 108, Ryerson University
INFO: aosjconf at ryerson.ca
Wheelchair accessible, ASL available if requested by March 21
The focus of this educational forum is to examine and address the ways
in which social work and social justice advocates can critically
support and add to the resiliency of individuals, families, groups and
communities living in Haiti as well as diasporic Haitians.
Panelists at this forum will discuss:
- The historical and present day socioeconomic, political and cultural
context of Haiti
- Trauma and its meaning for Haiti and Haitians
- Haitian families, women, men and children - their struggles and
resistance
- What is next? Charity or solidarity?
Organized by: Social Justice Committee, School of Social Work, Ryerson
University; CAW-Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy,
Ryerson; Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care; Women's Health in Women's
Hands; Riverdale Housing Action Group; CAMH; Sojourn House; Seneca
College Working with Refugees and Immigrants Program; Children's Aid
Society of Toronto; Assaulted Women's and Children's Counsellor/
Advocate Program, George Brown College
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Capitalism: A Love Story 2009
127 minutes.
Friday, March 26 - 7 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor St. West, Room 2-212
at the St. George Subway Station.
Everyone welcome. $4 donation requested.
A documentary directed, written by and starring Michael Moore. The
film centers on the financial crisis of 2007-2010 and the recovery
stimulus, while putting forward an indictment of the current economic
order in the U.S. and capitalism in general. Topics covered include
Wall Streets' "casino mentality", for-profit prisons, Goldman Sach's
influence in Washington, the poverty-level wages of many airline
pilots, the large wave of home foreclosures, and the consequences of
"runaway greed". Commentary by Socialist Action co-editor Barry
Weisleder will be followed by an open discussion period.
Preceded by a brief introduction, followed by a commentary, and an
open floor discussion period.
Please visit the Socialist Action web site: www.socialistaction-canada.blogspot.com
or call 416 - 535-8779.
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Organizing to Defend Poor Communities
Public Meeting
MEAL TO BE SERVED
Friday March 26, 6pm
St. Luke's Church – 353 Sherbourne St. (at Carlton)
East Downtown Toronto has a long history of poor people organizing in
their communities around poverty. During the depression the unemployed
in East Downtown Toronto organized to stop evictions, demanded work or
relief, struggled for better hostel conditions, and they fought major
battles around free speech.
In the mid 1990’s poor people in East Downtown Toronto organized
massive demonstrations against the Harris cuts to social services.
During this period poor people in East Downtown Toronto organized to
stop cuts to welfare, demanded affordable housing by taking over
abandoned buildings, set up special diet clinics in the area so that
people on social assistance could get more money to feed themselves
and their families, and organized around the gentrification of their
neighbourhood.
Today, more and more services are being removed from East Downtown
Toronto and the poor are being driven out of the area. The economic
crisis and the current national debt will put more pressure on
services and on the poor living in East Downtown and other poor
neighbourhoods in Toronto over the next few years.
How will people organize themselves today to fight against poverty and
to defend neighbourhoods and services? What is the role of social
agencies in this struggle? Can poor communities learn from past
struggles?
On Friday March 26, community workers, anti-poverty activists, and
poor people who live in East Downtown will gather to discuss the
various ways in which they can begin to fight for basic needs and
services and defend the community. People from other communities will
also be invited to share their experiences and struggles in this fight.
FOR MORE INFO, CONTACT 416-760-6579 eastfightback at gmail.com
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Critical Mass Ride
Fri. Mar. 26 (and the last Friday of every month)
6 pm Meet at Bloor and Spadina
Ride en masse carefree and carfree – safety in numbers!
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Earth Hour
Saturday, March 27th, 8:30 p.m.
Join hundreds of millions of people around the world who will turn off
their lights for an hour to demand action on climate change.
Organize an Earth Hour candlelight vigil in your community or hold a
candlelight dinner party for your friends! Engage those in your
community to encourage everyone to turn off their lights!
http://wwf.ca/earthhour/
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Radical Accessibility: Organizing Events And Actions
Saturday, March 27th, 1pm-4pm
The Centre for Women and Trans People, 563 Spadina (north of College),
1st floor
How do we make our events and actions accessible to as many people as
possible? What does accessibility even mean? This workshop arms
participants with the basic tools to make events and actions
accessible. It will help participants develop a broader understanding
of what accessibility might mean, taking into account experiences,
needs and identities.
Facilitated by members of DAMN 2025 which is a direct action group
currently bringing together disabled people, those affected by
ableism, and our supporters.
rsvp: ools.change at gmail.com.
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The Women’s Coordinating Committee Chile-Canada [Toronto] proudly
presents:
Mapuche: The Rebirth of the Warrior
The Second Annual Toronto Mapuche People’s Solidarity Film Festival
Sat. and Sun, March 27th & 28th @ Victoria College Campus, University
of Toronto (Just East of Museum Station)
In Memory of Our Brothers: Matias Catrileo, Alex Lemun, and Jaime
Mendoza Collío, murdered by the repressive forces of the Chilean State
***In Benefit of the Juana Millahual Mapuche Community of Rukañanco
(in so-called southern Chile) and the communities in conflict affected
by the quake***
Sat. March 27th – Indigenous Sovereignty Night
@ The Birge Carnegie Reading Room – 95 Charles Street West
7 PM – “La Voz Mapuche” [The Voice of the Mapuche] (Mapuche Nation,
2009)
9:15 PM – “Day Zero: The Reclamation of Kanonhstaton” (Six Nations,
Grand River Territory, 2009)
10 PM – REPORTBACK FROM ANTI-OLYMPICS CONVERGENCE VANCOUVER 2010
– Feature Documentary and Panel Discussion from the WCCC[Toronto], Six
Nations, and Much More...
$10 at the door
Sun. March 28th – Get Ready for the G20: More than 200 Years of
Resistance...
@ The Cat’s Eye – 150 Charles Street West
1 PM – “Los Balseros” [The Raft Refugees] (Cuba, 2005
3:15 PM – "Atenco: Un Crimen de Estado" [Atenco: A State Crime]
(Mexico, 2007)***
5 PM – “Los Sin Tierra” [The Landless] (Brazil, 2005)
6:30PM – “Memorias del Saqueo” [Memories of Plunder/Social Genocide]
(Argentina, 2004)
8:30PM – “Aniceto: Razon de Estado” [Aniceto: the Reason of State]
(Mapuche Nation, 2009)
$8 in advance/$10 @ the Door per screening
***All Films with English Subtitles***
*** $30 – Entire Festival
Organized by: The Women’s Coordinating Committee Chile-Canada [Toronto]
Email: wccc_98 at hotmail.com
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The Mad Pride Toronto 2010 Organizing Committee is delighted to
announce:
The Bobbi Nahwegahbow Memorial Award
Bobbi Nahwegabow was an active member of Psychiatric Survivor, Mad
Pride, Women’s and Native Rights communities in the city of Toronto.
Psychiatric Survivor Archives Toronto, The Lakeshore Asylum
CemeteryProject, Parkdale Activity Recreation Centre, The Native
Centre, The Friendly Spike Theatre Band, St. Francis Table, and
Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, are but a few of the organizations which
benefited from this energetic, passionate and righteous human being
who was dedicated to equality rights for everyone.
Although Bobbi Nahwegahbow passed on November 4th, 2007 her tenacious
example will always be remembered by the people she worked with. In
memory of Bobbi Nahwegahbow, The Mad Pride Organizing Committee has
established a $250.00 award in her name, to be presented during Mad
Pride Toronto celebrations in July 2010.
The committee requests suggestions from the community in the spirit of
who best exemplifies the work which Bobbi so actively nourished.
These nominations should be made in the form of a simple statement not
more than one page in length, which highlights the person or group’s
contribution to our community. Self nominations are acceptable.
Please send to either <friendlyspike at primus.ca> or Friendly Spike
Theatre Band, #210, 2466Dundas Street West, Toronto M6P 1W9
Suggestions will be reviewed and decided on by The Mad Pride
Organizing Committee. Deadline April 30th 2010
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Climate Change and Environmental Decline as a Moral Issue
Leaders from the faith and enviro communities are presenting at this 2-
day retreat on April 16-17, at the United Church of Canada Toronto
offices at Islington and Bloor.
Program: http://www.ucalgary.ca/oikos/Retreat/Toronto/Program
Pre-Registration: http://www.ucalgary.ca/oikos/Retreat/Toronto/Registration
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