T.O. Greenspiration Events: Jan 10 - 16

Angela Bischoff greenspi at web.ca
Mon Jan 10 01:32:41 EST 2011


Toronto Greenspiration Events

Need a wall calendar? I have beautiful bicycle calendars for sale. They're a fundraiser for bike-lanes-on-Bloor advocacy. Send $10 + $2 postage to:

Tooker Gomberg Activist Fund, 19A Withrow Ave, Toronto M4K 1C8

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The monthly Homeless Memorial to recognize those who have died on Toronto's streets while homeless or as a result of homelessness will be held:

Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 12 noon outside Church of the Holy Trinity

(south entrance, west of the Eaton Centre). 

An informal lunch is served after the memorial inside the church. The memorial is held on the second Tuesday of every month.  All are welcome. 

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Toxic Trespass

Free screening, An NFB co-production 

Tues. Jan 11, 7 p.m.

Chapel - Trinity St. Paul’s Centre

427 Bloor St. (Spadina Subway -Walmer Rd. exit)

 

This is an award winning documentary film about children’s health and the environment. Producer Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg will join us for this screening to discuss the issues and the possibilities for change.

·        Are you concerned about the ‘toxic soup’ our children are exposed to in their daily lives?

·        Have you wondered just what effect all those unpronounceable chemicals might have on us in the long run?

·        Do you think that governments and businesses are doing enough to protect our health?

For more information call (416) 922-8435x24 www.toxictrespass.com

Presented by the Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts

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The South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario and No One Is Illegal - Toronto invite you to join in a public conversation: 

 

Can Human Smuggling be defended? 

 

http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/533

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=187624701251816

 

Tues. January 11, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Lillian H. Smith Library, 239 College Street

 

with 

** BARBARA JACKMAN is a lawyer specializing in immigration and refugee law. She has served as a Director in the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Working Women Community Centre, INTERCEDE, and Defence for Children International. 

** KAMALA KEMPADOO is a Professor in the Department of Social Science at York University and author of  Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered (Paradigm 2005)

** GRACIELA FLORES MENDEZ is an anti-racist feminist, student, and activist and member of No One Is Illegal-Toronto. She is a Mexican migrant who “smuggled” herself and lived without status in the United States near the Mexico-U.S border for the majority of her life. 

** MACDONALD SCOTT is an Immigration Consultant with Carranza Barristers and Solicitors, a member of the Immigration Legal Committee of the Law Union of Ontario and a Fellow with the Canadian Migration Institute. He is a member of No One Is Illegal - Toronto and the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty.  

moderator

** KARIN BAQI is a staff lawyer at the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario.

This is a discussion-based forum with a large part of the time allotted for collective thinking and questioning. 

In defense of human smuggling, for the free movement of people.

No One Is Illegal http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/507

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CARIBBEAN STUDIES STUDENTS' UNION invites you to

 

 A FILM SCREENING: W.A.R.: Walter Rodney Stories (2009, director, Clairmont Chung)

 

 Tuesday January 11th, 6:30 pm

 William Doo Auditorium (University of Toronto), 45 Willcocks Street

 (corner of Spadina and Willcocks, one block south of Harbord)

 Wheelchair Accessible

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvJXnBCVZS8

This film covers the life of world renowned, historian, author, and activist, Dr. Walter Rodney who was assassinated on Friday, June 13, 1980, at age 38, in his native Guyana . It is not a linear progression from birth to death but attempts to capture the last year of Dr. Rodney’s life with references to who and what made the man. It’s a story of a man who dedicated his life, and ultimately, gave his life in the struggle for equal rights and justice. He did so through his considerable intellectual gifts and actual grassroots involvement everywhere he went. He went everywhere. The people who knew him weave a tale of how they related to him and him them. In the process we see the growth of their friend, his ideology and how that changed over the years  from his coming of age in racially divided British Guiana, through the cold  war, the Black Power Movement, Pan-Africanism, Caribbean independence, and the  idea of self emancipation. It’s about the influence of places on him and him on places as evidenced by the riots in Kingston , Jamaica , his role in Southern Africa's struggle for independence and finally civil rebellion in independent Guyana where his life ended just a block from his birth-home. It’s a film about  us: all of us.
  FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE PASS THE WORD

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New Nukes at Darlington? NO Way! Workshop

Wednesday, January 12th, 7 pm

OISE, 7th Floor, Room 7-162, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto

A public hearing has been announced for March 2011 on a proposal to build up to four new nuclear reactors at Darlington Nuclear Generating Station. Please join us for preparatory workshops for those interested in making written or oral comments. You must register for the hearing by January 13th!

This informal workshop will include a brief overview of the proposal by Ontario Power Generation to build additional reactors at Darlington, an explanation of the hearing rules and timeline, and will provide ample opportunity for discussion and sharing ideas about topics to be covered. Additional sessions will be held at a later date for those who want to share ideas and support while developing their presentations.

For more info: http://stopdarlington.org/event/deadline-darlington-workshop-toronto/

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AfterShock: Surviving Haiti

Film Screening - Free

Wed. Jan. 12, 7 p.m.

Humbercrest United Church sanctuary, 16 Baby Point Road, one block west of Jane St. (Annette and Jane)

Jan. 12 marks the first anniversary of hte earthquake in Haiti. This documentary was filmed shortly after the earthquake struck, and brings to our eyes stories of survival, heroism, and the resiliency of a battered nation. Please share news of this free screening and opportunity to discuss relief efforts for the residents of affected areas in haiti. The milm maker, Claude Barnes, and the writer, Karyn Klaire Koski, will be in attendance.

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Save Transit City

Thursday, January 13th, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Artscape Wychwood Barns, Barn#2 (601 Christie Street).

A community meeting with Councillor Joe Mihevc and the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) in support of Light Rail Transit across the city and the Eglinton LRT project. 

http://www.ttcriders.ca/ 

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Reel activism film screening: 'Fighting for our Land'

Fri. Jan 14, 7:00pm

Bloor United Church, 300 Bloor Street West

Reel Activism will feature two films documenting Native American struggles for justice, followed by a speaker and discussion:

Rebecca Garrett's film on the Dehcho Dene's ongoing 30-year struggle with Canada for a just settlement of their Aboriginal rights including shared ownership and a shared ecologically-sound land use plan with Canada: Fighting For Our Land.

Followed by a collaborative video by Rebecca Garrett and Cree poet Michael J. Paul Martin on the vision of hope and solidarity for Indigenous rights on the June 24, 2010 eve of the G20 police debacle: Why Are We Marching?

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.

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New Self, New World 

A talk and a workshop by Philip Shepherd based on his paradigm-shattering book

The Talk - Freeing Ourselves from a 10,000-year-old Story

Friday January 14, 7pm to 9pm

@ Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St., Toronto

Cost: $10 or Pay What You Can

A veritable roller-coaster ride of ideas, this talk delivers the essence of Philip's book. Tracking through a range of disciplines - myth, physics, human physiology, history, philosophy - it peels away some of our most deeply held and clouded assumptions about what it means to be human.  Complex and simple, easy to follow and profoundly probing, this talk is like a feed on the oxygen of fresh ideas and liberating perspectives.

 

The Workshop

Experience the Genius of Embodied Thinking

Saturday & Sunday January 15 - 16, 10am to 5pm

Cost: $180 (Pay What You Can option available - contact Philip)

Ideas are potent, but real transformation requires experience.  This two-day workshop offers a gentle, deliberate journey that frees the body and mind from long-standing patterns of control, anxiety and alienation, and releases us into the stillness at our core.  Ultimately, it makes everything easier, because it enables us to see and heal our state of habitual self-conflict, and become present in the simple confidence of our unique wholeness.

Both events take place at Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St. (just south of Bloor St, west of Bathurst St)

For more information or to register: www.philipshepherd.com/workshops 416-203-0808 or philip at philipshepherd.com

About the book: New Self, New World: Recovering our Senses in the 21st Century

Ten years in the writing, Philip Shepherd's book has been getting rave reviews and feedback.  It offers a new understanding of our human nature that is so refreshingly insightful that it solves major, long-standing mysteries in the evolution of our culture - and at the same time helps each of us clarify our deepest truth and live its spontaneous vitality.

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The Zeitgeist Toronto Chapter invites you to attend

ZEITGEIST 3: MOVING FORWARD
World Premiere - Toronto Screening and Q&A

 

Saturday January 15, 9:30 pm (doors 9)

Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor Street West (Bathurst Station)

Free After-party - Annex Wreck Room

 

Valid for 2 VIP seats

RSVP by Thursday January 13, 2011 

to victoria at zeitgeist-toronto.com

 

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward is the much anticipated film from Director Peter Joseph, creator of the 

Zeitgeist and Zeitgeist: Addendum internet films viewed by over 150 million people worldwide.  

 

Moving Forward presents a comprehensive solution to the escalating economic crisis and environmental 

and cultural degradation endangering our planet. Transcending political and economic remedies parroted 

by corporate and government interests, Moving Forward explores an inspiring proposal for long-term 

environmental sustainability and world peace: The Venus Project.  Open minds are encouraged to attend, 

as are family and friends. 

Cost for the public is 'Pay What You Like'. 

watch the official trailer 

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North American Anarchist Studies Network Conference
 

Sat/Sun. January 15-16 (social Jan. 14)

Steel Workers’ Hall, 25 Cecil Street, Toronto 

http://naasn.org/news/naasn-toronto-2011-schedule

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Change for Change: A Coin Drive to Support G20 Arrestees
 

Got some extra coin in your pocket? A bunch of pennies you don't know what to do with? Lighten your pocket and donate to a great cause! All proceeds will be donated to G20 legal support in Toronto.

 

There are drop off locations in many communities, please see below for a

list of participating organizations. If you’d like to bring the coin drive

to your community please email g20coindrive at gmail.com

 

OPIRG Toronto, 563 Spadina Ave

OPIRG York, C449 Student Centre, York University

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ACTIVE PEACEBUILDING COURSE ~ Nonviolence in Action ~

starting January 20th through February24th 

every Thursday 6:30-9:30 pm

at the Friends's House ~ 60 Lowther Ave

 

Develop effective strategies for NONVIOLENT ACTION in a series of six evening workshops including:

 

                                           * Spirit of Nonviolence in our personal lives

                                           * The Faces of Nonviolence – life stories of those who inspire us

                                           * Analysis, Vision & Strategy of Nonviolent Social Change Campaigns

                                           * Role Playing – Non-Violence in confrontational situations

                                           * Power of Nonviolence – case studies

Total cost: $180 Please inquire re subsidy & sliding scale.  Send a $25 deposit to reserve your space to: 

Toronto Monthly Meeting, 60 Lowther Ave. Toronto M5R 1C7, att: PeaceWorks 

...in addition to emailing Petra at pei.czech at gmail.com to confirm 

(call Petra, Outreach Co-ordinator at 416.732.8965 with any questions)

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$625 Room for Rent in our Creative Community style Environment! 
Feb. 1st

Ossington & Dupont Warehouse

 

Our spacial vibe here.... this space combines the interconnectedness of spiritual healing practices (yoga, meditation, etc) and social change (alternative, sustainable, co-creative projects). We share a special blend of privacy and community in a rare, distinctive, and healthy way. 

Petra ~ call 416.732.8965 for viewing  Pei.czech at gmail.com

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/roo/2146612027.html

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Transport Futures - Mobility Pricing Conference
 

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Metropolitan Hotel, Toronto (just north of City Hall)

www.transportfutures.ca/mobility

Join us to examine the role user fees play in Ontario and how mobility pricing – parking fees, fuel taxes, transit fares and road pricing -- can drive transport efficiency, sustainability and social justice.  Dr. Lisa Schweitzer, University of Southern California, Dr. Keith Neuman, Environics Research Group Ltd., Dr. David King, Columbia University, Dr. Richard von Haefen, North Carolina State University, Professor Harry Kitchen, Trent University, Dr. Jeff Casello, University of Waterloo, Mr. Ralph Bond, BA Group, Dr. Brendon Hemily, Hemily & Associates. Register  today to take advantage of our incredible Early Bird Rates. Visit http://www.transportfutures.ca/mobility for full program details!!

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