T.O. Greenspiration Events: Dose of laughter

Bischoff Angela greenspi at web.ca
Sun May 9 14:06:48 EDT 2010


Toronto Greenspiration Events

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The 2010 People’s Summit Fundraising Dinner

Monday May 10th
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto

Catered buffet dinner: 6.30PM
     Local and seasonal food by Sam Robertson
Speaker: 8.00 PM - OFL President Sid Ryan
Entertainment and music to follow
Tickets: $25.00, $200 for a table of 8.  All proceeds going to support  
the 2010 People’s Summit.

www.peoplessummit2001.ca

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STUDIES IN PROPAGANDA

Free Lecture Series -- Spring 2010 - 10th Year - With Sydney White,  
Investigative Journalist

Mon. May 10, 6 - 8 p.m.

The Bahen Centre, 40 St. George St., Lecture Room 1170

9-11 Revisited:  1,000 engineers and scientists exposed the government- 
sponsored myth of 911.  Ask the time-honoured question:  “Who benefits?”

For more info: 416 787 0592

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Dark Days

Film Screening and Discussion for Homeless not VOICEless

Wednesday May 12th, 7-10
Bahen Centre, U of T  Room 1160 (closest intersection College/St.  
George)
5$ suggested donation

Homeless not VOICEless is a campaign of the broader Regenesis Project.  
Homeless not VOICEless is a film project in the making based in  
Toronto that aspires to tell the varied and complex story of  
homelessness from the very people who are experiencing it.
This fundraiser event is being held to generate funds for the ongoing  
research component of this project.
Graciously sponsored by Marberg Staffing and Alumni for a Free U of T"
For more info: ashleyfisch at theregenesisproject.com

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Anti-Incineration Rally
Thursday, May 13 at 11:00am
Queen's Park
Even if you're not from Durham, the idea of building a garbage  
incinerator should worry you. Where would the next one be sited?  
Dumping waste (or burning it) is an issue that pits community against  
community. Together we can fight for Zero Waste.

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=112315858805272&mid=2402b44G1ee15286G4752f9bG7&n_m=greenspi%40web.ca
AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH

See the two videos on the health effects of air pollution posted on  
our videos page: http://www.zerowaste4zeroburning.ca/videos
Civic action to reduce air pollution saves lives.

http://www.zerowaste4zeroburning.ca/

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May 15, 2010! Consulta! Toronto! G20!
Looking for a little bit of resistance love this summer?

As whispers, dreams, and plans to be in Toronto this June to confront  
the G8 & G20 build, we are hoping to gather, meet, plan, and vision  
together as anti-colonial, anti-capitalist organizers and community  
activists. In Toronto, community groups are working together to build  
structures to coordinate their work and plans to resist, confront and  
disrupt the illegitimate so-called powers that meet behind walls of  
privilege. As we lay the groundwork for a mass mobilization,  
strengthened by the power of our
local struggles we are excited by the opportunities that lay before us.

We are calling on all anti-colonial, anti-capitalist radicals. You  
know who you are, you are the ones active in your communities across  
Turtle Island in a million different amazing ways, committed to  
building an active and effective movement rooted in a culture of  
solidarity and respect.

Come to Toronto on May 15, 2010.Share your skills, plans and vision,  
hear about what has been planned thus far, help us fill in the gaps  
and figure out how were all going to work/live together come a  
(hopefully) sunny June weekend.

Plans for the day include spokescouncil meetings, discussions on a  
number of actions as well as ideas for shaping the network in June  
please send agenda
items to community.mobilize at resist.ca

Please RSVP so we can plan for numbers for food and billeting to: community.mobilize at resist.ca 
  with the subject: Consulta RSVP
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Dehcho Ndehe Gha Nadaotsethe:  Fighting for Our Land
with Grand Chief Samuel Gargan, Dehcho Nations, NWT

Saturday May 15th, 7p.m.
at OISE, Peace Lounge, 7th floor (Bloor and St. George)

New Film, "Fighting for the Land" produced by Rebecca Garrett, and Q&A  
with the Grand Chief and Dehcho negotiating team.
sponsored by Indigenous Education Network, and SAGE and others.

This film was commissioned by the Negotiations Team of the Dehcho  
First Nations and tells the story of the Dehcho Dene and their  
struggle to control their land in the face of the interests of the  
federal and territorial governments, oil and gas companies, and mining  
companies.  The project is timely and urgent and touches on issues of  
concern to  anyone interested in environmental issues in the arctic,  
the relationship of resource extraction industries to people's right  
to live on the land, and justice and self determination in the face of  
a legacy of colonialism and assimilation.

Sunday 16th: 10:30 a.m. at Trinity St. Paul's - 427 Bloor St W. -  
Service of the Spirit; Theme: "Honouring all Nations"
Bathurst congregation will join Trinity-St. Paul's in welcoming Grand  
Chief Samuel Gargan from the Dehcho First Nations in the NWT to our  
morning worship. All are welcome; invite your friends.
12:00  Snacks.
12:15 Screening of selected parts of "Fighting for Our Land", new  
community based by Rebecca Garrett and Dehcho First Nations on the  
land rights struggle of the Dehcho; Grand Chief Gargan will  comment  
on her new film and answer questions.

For more info: Rebecca Garrett:   rebecca.garrett at rogers.com

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Faith Communities call on G8/G20 leaders to deliver on the crucial  
issues of our time:
-  Poverty  -  Climate Change  -  Peace

A Panel Discussion

Sat. May 15, 9 a.m. - noon
Walmer Road Baptist Church,  188 Lowther Avenue (1 block north of  
Bloor along Walmer Road, 1 block west of Spadina)
Suggested donation $5
Sponsored by KAIROS Toronto East and KAIROS Toronto Centre

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India and Canada: A Shared Tragedy - Asbestos
with DR. TUSHAR KANT JOSHI, INDIAN OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN AND ANTI- 
ASBESTOS ACTIVIST

Saturday, May 15, 1 - 3:30 pm
Munk School of Global Affairs Seminar Room 108, North Wing, 1  
Devonshire Place (just north of Hoskin Avenue), Toronto, Ontario

Canada and India share a terrible experience with asbestos.  Thousands  
of Canadian workers have died from asbestos disease resulting from  
occupational exposures, which peaked in the 1970s.  Other Canadians  
have also succumbed to asbestos disease - First Nations and other  
people exposed to asbestos-containing insulation, and family members  
of asbestos workers exposed to fibres brought home on work clothes.   
Due to the long delay between exposure and disease, the peak of death  
and illness is only arriving now.  There is very little current use of  
asbestos in Canada, although much of it remains in locations across  
the country.

As the market for asbestos has declined here, Canadian asbestos  
producers have turned to the developing world for new markets.  India  
is one of the largest.  Tragically, Indian workers are re-living the  
Canadian experience - exposed to asbestos with little protection.

WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE!  A strong coalition of asbestos  
disease victims and families, labour unions, environmental activists,  
researchers, health professionals and community members has come  
together to call for an end to Canadian mining, export and use of  
asbestos; a just transition for the communities currently relying on  
this industry; full compensation for asbestos victims; and the  
tracking of asbestos exposure and disease.

Sponsored by the Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers  
(OHCOW) and the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA). Please  
RSVP to: Leah Harms at CELA leah at cela.ca or 416 960-2284 ex 210.

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Workshop: Canadian Law for Charities & Non-Profits
with Charity Lawyer Richard Bridge

Saturday, May 15; 10am-4pm
at Beit Zatoun (612 Markham St. @ Bathurst subway)
Vegetarian lunch is provided. Registration is $50 and space is  
limited, all participants must register online in advance.

Beit Zatoun and Project Hope are pleased to host a full-day workshop  
on the laws governing NGOs, Non-Profits and Charities in Canada.  It  
is led by legal expert and area specialist, Richard Bridge. The  
workshop is intended to help increase the knowledge base,  
preparedness, and legal health of the NGO sector in Toronto.
You can learn more about Richard at www.lawyerforcharities.ca

Beit Zatoun is a registered non-profit providing a culture and art  
platform for the justice and human rights community in Toronto. It  
aims to raise awareness and create greater understanding as the  
ultimate means to peace. Beit Zatoun is located in Mirvish Village.

For more information on the workshop content and to register online: www.beitzatoun.org 
;   www.facebook.com/beitzatoun
email: info at beitzatoun.org

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M.U.C.K. presents:
The Nuclear Comeback
Q & A to follow with Panel Experts

Sunday May 16, 3:00 pm
The Royal Theatre, 608 College Street

In a world living in fear of climate change, the nuclear industry has  
put its hand up as a solution. It claims that nuclear power generation  
produces zero carbon emissions… and people are listening.  What we’re  
witnessing is the start of a global nuclear renaissance, with 27  
nuclear power stations under construction, and projections for another  
136 to be commenced within the next decade.

The earth’s electricity consumption is expected to double in the next  
25 years and the nuclear industry claims that nuclear power is the  
only large-scale method of power production that can reliably replace  
coal, gas or oil-fired power plants.  However, many people have an  
inherent fear of things nuclear. Is it time we learnt to love the  
split atom? Or, is there a risk that we might be jumping out of the  
carbon frying pan and into the plutonium fire?

This film goes on a worldwide tour of the nuclear industry in search  
of answers. The Nuclear Comeback visits some of the planet's most  
famous nuclear facilities – including inside the Chernobyl control  
room and it investigates the state of “the grand old lady” of  
commercial nuclear power – the UK’s Calder Hall; and travels through a  
nuclear waste repository under the Baltic Sea.
http://icarusfilms.com/new2008/nuc.html
http://www.muckfilmfestival.com/#

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Stand Up for Women's Healthy Environments Network
A Dose of Laughter in Support of Cancer Prevention

Sunday, May 16, 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Absolute Comedy, 2335 Yonge Street, Toronto (just north of Eglinton  
Avenue)
Tickets are $20 - contact us to register. http://www.womenshealthyenvironments.ca/contact

"Stand up" for a great cause and enjoy a night of laughs as well! Join  
us at 7pm for a pre-drink and to learn about what you can do to make a  
difference in your own household and your community. Bring your toxin- 
filled household products for safe disposal with our Household Toxin  
Return Program. Comedy show starts at 8pm.

Lower Your Doses is a WHEN campaign aimed at raising awareness about  
the toxins (parabens, phthalates, triclosans and musks) present in our  
everyday household bath and beauty products. Taking action for  
prevention is key to reducing our health risks!

http://www.anarreshealth.ca/node/764

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ROOM for RENT in Loft available immediately
great room in loft available (Dupont St - central - dwtn) - $675
Also room available July, $600

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/roo/1721220189.html

In the next few weeks I plan to meet and hold a visioning session with  
a couple of like minded friends and anyone interested to brainstorm  
"building community space". We'll be listening to each others  
experiences, intentions and what necessitates and pure co-creative  
sustainability such as generating income towards the rent and offering  
space for community gatherings with both self-care and movement  
building in mind. Anyone who is or knows of folks who might be  
interested in getting involved, get in touch with petra - 416 732 8965  
- pei.czech at gmail.com
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Have you signed the pledge for transit?
Sign the Public Transit Coalition pledge to send a message to Premier  
McGuinty and our elected officials. We want to see Transit City built  
on time and we won’t be ignored.

Click here to sign: http://publictransitcoalition.ca/the-pledge/?utm_source=TTCriders+List&utm_campaign=d2b80d86b2-TTCriders_Sign_the_Pledge5_4_2010&utm_medium=email

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National doc looking for interviewees

A national TV program is producing a documentary on the dangers of  
antidepressants. They will be interviewing me to get Tooker's story.  
They're looking for others to interview. Might you or someone you know  
be interested in telling your story?
They'd like to interview someone who had one bad bout of the blues,  
went on SSRIs and things went downhill after that. Someone who has not  
had a long history of depression or mental illness.
If you or someone you know is interested in speaking with this  
researcher, let me know and I'll pass you on.
Thanks for considering...
-angela

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