T.O. Greenspiration Events: spring of sustainability
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Mar 25 16:34:17 EDT 2012
Toronto Greenspiration Events
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The Indigenous Education Network Presents:
Aboriginal World Views in the Helping Professions
with Dr. Cindy Baskin, Professor, School of Social Work, Ryerson University
Monday, March 26, 10 a.m. to noon
252 Bloor St. W., Toronto, ON, OISE Room 5260
This presentation will centre Aboriginal world views and ways of knowing and seeing the world as they apply to those who do the work of "helping." Dominant Eurocentric world views in the helping professions and relationships of colonization will be challenged while principles such as interconnectedness, wholeness and reciprocity will be explored.
Facebook: Indigenous Education Network
Twitter: @IENatOISE @SuzanneLStewart
SlideShare: www.slideshare.net/IENatOISE
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Lake Ontario Evenings: Protecting Our Source edition
Monday, March 26, doors at 6 p.m., program begins at 6:30 p.m.
Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W.
3 presentations on water quality in Ontario, understanding threats to water quality, and protecting Lake Ontario
All welcome. http://www.torontorap.ca/news-media/news/releases/130485
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The Spring of Sustainability 2012
Listen live by phone or webcast or access the recorded replays
Join top ecologists, activists, visionaries, scientists, indigenous leaders and sustainability experts as we chart a way forward to a thriving new world.
Five days a week, for three months, leaders from all walks of sustainable living – from green activism to green lifestyles – will share the latest insights and best solutions to help you make your home, workplace and community sustainable so our planet can THRIVE.
Featuring: Jane Goodall, Bill McKibben, Vadana Shiva, Van Jones, Julia Butterfly Hill, Thom Hartmann, Sobonfu Some, Joanna Macy and more (over 100 speakers).
Produced by the Green Shift Network in partnership with the Sustainable World Coalition.
Free registration: http://springofsustainability.com/
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Media Skills for Activists
Mon. March 26, 6:30 p.m.
Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave.
$15 - $25 or pwyc.
Register: peaceworks at primus.ca
Want to know how to promote your event, and get it covered in the news? Come out to a workshop with Ulli Diemer a former journalist who now works for Sources (www.sources.com). Sources helps organizations get media coverage for their issues and points of view by connecting them with journalists looking for sources and spokespersons. Ulli is also co-ordinator of Connexions (www.connexions.org), an information portal for people working for social justice. Ulli’s personal website, Radical Digressions, is at www.diemer.ca.
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Economic Inequality: What Do We Do?
Monday March 26, 7 pm - 9 pm
Metropolitan United Church, Queen and Church Streets, two blocks east of Yonge Street
This will be a large meeting and rally. Bring your Friends.
Speakers:
Jim Stanford, economist with the Canadian Auto Workers, and columnist for the Globe and Mail
John Ralston Saul, president of PEN International, author of many books including `A Fair Country, Telling Truths About Canada.’
Music by Mike Ford. Latest albums include `Canada Needs You’, `The Cocksure Lads’, and `Seaway.’
This event is wheelchair accessible. Free - donations welcome.
For more information – www.economicinequality.ca
Facebook: www.facebook.com/economicinequality Twitter: @canequal
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Tzeporah Berman on Her New Book, This Crazy Time
Mon. March 26, 5:30 pm - 7 pm
CSI (Centre for Social Innovation), Suite 120, 215 Spadina Avenue
From one of our most controversial campaigners, This Crazy Time is passionate, profound, inspiring and funny. Part manifesto from a leader, part humorous activist memoir from a soccer mom - it offers a wryly honest, behind the scenes, ultimately uplifting look at the state of the planet. For almost 20 years, Tzeporah Berman has been one of our most influential environmentalists. A founder of ForestEthics and currently Greenpeace International Climate and Energy Co-Director, she was instrumental in shaping the tactics and concerns of the modern environmental movement.
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Green Cleaning: DIY Natural Cleaning Party at Grassroots!
Monday March 26, 7:30 - 9 pm
Grassroots Environmental Store, 372 Danforth Avenue
Register at the store: 416-466-2841. Space is limited to 12 participants.
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The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Economy, Energy and Environment
Chris Martenson’s course presented by Transition Toronto (TTo) and the Institute for a Resource-Based Economy (IRBE)
Tues. March 27, 6 - 9 p.m. – Energy and Environment
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), 252 Bloor St. W., Room 2-212 (near St. George subway)
$10 or pwyc
This is a 4-part series, where we will screen a Chris Martenson DVD on each topic, followed by a facilitated discussion. We will also have a Potluck Dinner, so please bring your favourite dish to eat or share!
Registrations and inquiries to: transitiontoronto at gmail.com or Tel. 647-965-5604
Co-hosted by: www.transitiontoronto.ca and www.irbe.org
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Bitter Seeds – Toronto Premiere
a movie examining the agri-business economic pressures that force hundreds of Indian farmers into acts of suicidal desperation every year
Tuesday March 27, 7 p.m
OISE, 252 Bloor St. W, Room 4-422 (St. George subway)
With a speaker from Ekta Parishad land rights movement in India
Sponsored by Toronto the Better.net
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The Social Justice Committee at the Ryerson School of Social Work welcomes you to an evening of discussion on queer and trans safety today.
No Safe Space: The Myth of Queer and Trans Safety
Tuesday March 27, 6-9pm
Oakham House (63 Gould Street), in the Thomas Lounge, Ryerson University
Panelists:
Heather Bain: Crafter, Community Engagement Programs and Services Coordinator, The 519 Community Centre
Sean Martin: Gay Father and Therapist, Scarborough General Hospital Mental Health and University of Toronto Counselling Services
Notisha Massaquoi: Executive Director, Women's Health in Women's Hands
Nik Redman: Trans Dad, Co-Investigator Trans PULSE
Refreshments will be served from 6 - 7pm. Panel discussion beginning at 7pm.
Wheelchair Accessible
ASL Interpretation Provided
SPONSORS: School of Social Work, Ryerson University; Ryerson Faculty Association, Student's Union; Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice & Democracy
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Oceans, Atmospheric Chemistry, and Climate: Novel Processes at the Air-Sea Interface
with Rainer Volkamer, U of Colorado, Boulder. (Distinguished Lecturer Series, Centre for Global Change Science)
Tues. Mar. 27, 3:30 pm
Sid Smith Hall, 100 St. George St., Rm. 2117
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Revolt and Crisis in Greece: From December to the IMF
Tuesday March 27, 7 pm
OISE (252 Bloor St W), rm 2213 (St. George subway)
A talk and discussion with Dimitris Dalakoglou, co-editor of the book, _Revolt and Crisis in Greece_ (AK Press2011) and member of the Occupied London collective that maintains the blog “From the Greek Streets.”
Occupied London is an anarchist collective writing on all things urban. Since 2007, the collective has worked together to publish an irregular journal, offering a platform for discussion within the global social antagonist movement (http://www.occupiedlondon.org/) Since 2008, the collective has maintained a blog, "From the Greek Streets", providing up-to-the-minute coverage of the urban revolt of December 2008 in Greece, and examining the impact and legacies of the revolt and the crisis that followed. (http://www.occupiedlondon.org/blog) In 2011 the collective edited a book titled 'Revolt and crisis in Greece' (http://www.revoltcrisis.org/).
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Searching for Democracy in Israel
With Arthur Milner
Tuesday March 27, 7 pm
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St. (Bathurst subway stop)
$5 min. Tasty refreshments (non-alcoholic) and Zatoun oliveoil+za'atar dipping.
As with Alexis de Tocqueville, who travelled through America in the 1830's looking for democracy, Canadian playwright Arthur Milner recently toured Israel — the "only democracy in the Middle East" — seeking the nature and character of democracy in Israel. With characteristic wit and insight, Milner shares his observations and challenges Canadians to look with clear glasses at democracy in "the Jewish state" and the future of all its citizens. To be followed by Q&A and conversation.
Arthur Milner has frequently travelled to Israel and the West Bank. He has written two plays about the Middle East, MASADA and FACTS. FACTS was produced in Canada in 2011 and is scheduled to tour the West Bank and Israel, in Arabic translation, in July 2012.
The talk is sponsored by Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) Toronto and by United Jewish People's Order (UJPO) www.ujpo.org. UJPO-Toronto is a leading progressive voice in making secular Jewish life, culture and practices accessible. UJPO embraces justice in all its forms.
Contact: info at beitzatoun.org Phone: 647-726-9500
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Growing greens, grains and soil for a better world - Edible Landscaping for Self Sufficiency
with Andrew Roy
Wed. March 28, 7:30
Rousseau Rm. Swansea Townhall, 95 Lavinia Ave.
All are welcome to attend.
(Check first to see whether Swansea Town Hall is open. Employees may be on strike.)
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NFB's Free Favourites at 4 presents:
Act of Dishonour
Wed. March 28, 4 p.m.
NFB, 150 John St. (south of Queen)
Free
In a land beset by endless strife, honour can come at a high price – even for the innocent. Mena, a young, beautiful bride-to-be, lives in a small, remote village in northern Afghanistan, a harsh landscape that still shimmers with breathtaking colours. Respecting the deeply conservative local customs, she and her fiancé, Rahmat, have little contact yet cherish a special bond. The arrival of a Canadian film crew briefly opens a window on a new world for Mena, a foray beyond the boundaries of convention that leads her inexorably down a dangerous road.
http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/mediatheque/schedule.php?id=2834
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Doula! The Ultimate Birth Companion Screening
Wed. March 28, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
CSI Annex, Meeting Room 4, 720 Bathurst St
In honour of World Doula Week (March 22-28) there will be a free screening of the One World Birth film, Doula! The Ultimate Birth Companion. If you’re curious what doulas do or would like to see it in action on the big screen, this is your opportunity…
http://socialinnovation.ca/event/doula-ultimate-birth-companion-screening
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War of 2012: How Do We Stop the War on Iran?
Wednesday, March 28, 5pm
Bahen Centre, 40 St. George Street, room 3012
In a repeat of the build-up to war on Iraq, the US is imposing sanctions and threatening war on Iran. What can we learn from the Iraq anti-war campaign to stop the Harper government from joining this new war?
Yusur Al-Bahrani will speak about the current threats facing the people of Iran, and the lies Israel, Canada and the US are spreading in pursuit of their imperialist ambitions. Jesse McLaren will speak about the anti-war movements of 2002/3 and the lessons we can draw from them.
Organized by the UofT International Socialists
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/320061301387744/
For more info: international.socialists at utoronto.ca
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FemCab 2012
Thursday, March 29, 8pm
Brigantine Room / Harbourfront Centre
Tickets are $15 until March 1st, $25 tickets after that! Call 416-944-1740 x 5 to order today!
Elvira Kurt hosts FemCab 2012, Nightwood’s annual International Women’s day celebration. This award-winning stand up comedian and Second City veteran promises to make the 29th FemCab a side-splitting and commemorative event.
Along with host Elvira Kurt and resident DJ Cozmic Cat! There will be appearances by: Olivia Chow, DJ Cozmic Cat, Rosina Kazi, Dayna McLeod Motion,
Andrea O’Reilly, Evalyn Parry, Lisa Pijuan-Nomura, Raging Asian Women, Suba Sankaran, Shoshana Sperling, Anna Willats, Kristyn Wong-Tam
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Non-Violent Civil Disobedience or Non-Civil Disobedience?
Thursday, March 29, 7 – 9 p.m.
First Unitarian Congregation, 175 St Clair Ave West (at Avenue Rd)
Free!
In 1985, a young South African named Mkhuseli Jack led a movement against the legalized discrimination known as apartheid. Their nonviolent mass action, notably a devastating consumer boycott, awakened whites to black grievances and fatally weakened business support for apartheid.
In April 1940, German military forces invaded Denmark. Danish leaders adopted a strategy of “resistance disguised as collaboration” - undermining enemy objectives by negotiating, delaying, and obstructing Nazi demands. Underground resistance organized sabotage and strikes, and rescued all but a handful of Denmark’s 7,000 Jews. How can we, the 99%, apply their strategies to today’s struggle for equity?
Hosted by Occupy First Unitarian Congregation and Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice
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Nonviolence in a Global World
with Ramin Jahanbegloo, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto
Thur. Mar. 29, 4 - 6 p.m.
Rm. 87, University College, U of T (15 Kings College Circle)
Free. All welcome
Co-Sponsored by University College Health Studies Programme, Canadian Pugwash Group, Science for Peace, and Voice of Women for Peace
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Words of Resistance - Open Mic
Thursday March 29, 6-8PM
The Centre for Women and Trans People at UofT, 563 Spadina Ave. Room 100 (North Borden Building)
We are wheelchair accessible through Bancroft Avenue
Join us for an evening of performance, socialization, food, and fun! The centre is hosting an Open Mic night in celebration of our 25th anniversary and we want you to be a part of our celebration! You can perform through song, chants, drums, poetry, spoken word, slam poetry, monologue, dramatic re-enactment comedy, personal narrative, ritual, make-up, costume, multimedia such as video, a combination of these elements, or perform somebody else's work. First timers welcome. ASL interpretation will be provided.
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White Water, Black Gold (83 minutes)
Thur. March 29, 7 PM
Ralph Thornton Community Centre, 2nd floor, 765 Queen St. E. at Saulter St. (2 blocks east of Broadview Ave.)
Director Ayelen Liberona will be present to discuss her short film Keepers of the Water.
This film follows David Lavallee on his three-year journey across Western Canada in search of the truth about the impact of the world’s thirstiest and dirtiest oil industry. This is a journey of jarring contrasts, from the pristine mountain ice fields that are the source of the industry’s water, to the Tar Sands tailing ponds, where thousands of migrating birds have unwittingly landed and died.
Both government and industry spokespeople deny any cause for concern, but in the course of his journey Lavallee, backed by university scientists, makes a number of discoveries that challenge that assessment and raise serious concerns for Canada and the United States. White Water, Black Gold is a sober look at the untold costs associated with developing this major oil deposit, and raises important questions about how much environmental damage we’re willing to tolerate to feed our oil appetite.
http://ecologos.ca/waterdocs-program-details2012/#march-22
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Archivist Training
Thursday, 29 March, 4 - 6 pm
Parkdale Activity and Recreation Centre, 1499 Queen Street West, - just west of Lansdowne Ave.
Mel Starkman, archivist of the Psychiatric Survivor Archives, Toronto, invites psychiatric survivors and other volunteers interested in our history, to be trained in archiving.
FB Event - https://www.facebook.com/events/327882880603661/
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Complete Streets by Design Lunch & Learn
After an animated and rewarding year of design, consultation, meetings, and debate, Complete Streets by Design is a wrap! Please join TCAT on:
Thursday March 29, Noon to 1 p.m.
for a special lunch & learn free session as we unveil this useful resource.
Webinar log-in instructions here: http://torontocat.ca/CompleteStreetsbyDesign_Webinar
OR to attend in person:
OISE, 252 Bloor St. West, 3rd Floor (directly above St. George subway/Bedford exit)
With funding from the Toronto Community Foundation, TCAT produced the Complete Streets by Design resource to show how six Toronto streets could look and feel if redesigned as Complete Streets. Applying established Complete Streets principles to Toronto streets in both urban and suburban contexts moves the concept of safe and comfortable streets for all road users from an abstract goal to imaginable reality. By providing visually compellingbefore and after street sections, plans, and photo collages, this tool is intended to be useful for professionals and the general public alike.
Elana Horowitz, Chris Hardwicke and Nancy Smith Lea, members of the design and advisory team, will present what was learned throughout the process and highlight how the final product can be used. Copies of the resource will be available free of charge to anyone who attends.
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Book Launch
The Politics of Judicial Diversity & Transformation: Canada; USA; UK; Australia; South Africa; Israel; Colonial and Post-Colonial World and Internationals Tribunals
By Munyonzwe Hamalengwa, Barrister and Solicitor
Friday March 30, 7 p.m.
A Different Booklist, 746 Bathurst St
Barrister and Solicitor Munyonzwe Hamalengwa, with over 20 years of experience as a lawyer in Canada, brings to us a masterpiece that answers questions on race, racism the need for a diverse and transformed judiciary, the impact of the feminist movement and evaluates if Black judges and lawyers have made a difference in the US, Canada, Australia, Israel, South Africa and other jurisdictions.
To RSVP please email: info at adifferentbooklist.com
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"Mental Patients", "Mental Illness" and "Mental Health" in the Canadian Media: Case Studies in Bias and Bigotry
with Don Weitz
Friday, March 30, 7-8:30pm
OISE, 252 Bloor W, Room 3311
Antipsychiatry activist Don Weitz critically examines how the myths of "mental illness" and "mental health are protrayed in Canada's mainstream media. Several examples of pro-psychiatry bias, including exclusion of critical views of psychiatric survivors, in the CBC and Toronto Star are cited.
Possible strategies to combat this negative 'coverage' are also discussed.
Sponsored by Alumni for a Free U of T
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The Friendly Spike Theatre Band Invites interested actors and writers to attend development rehearsals
May Robinson Auditorium, 20 Westlodge Avenue (one block east of Lansdowne, north of Queen St. West)
6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
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We will be continuing development of 'The Walls Are Alive With The Sounds of Mad People', a lively tour of the psychiatric patient built wall. This play will be presented at the site at Queen and Shaw, on Wednesday July 11th, as part of Mad Pride Week. Also, we will be developing two new plays brought forth by company playwrights. Individual artists are encouraged to participate by including their own work in this cauldron to be presented publicly on Friday July 13th, in celebration of Mad Pride!
Our venue is accessible. All are welcome. Hope you can participate!!
For more info: Ruth Ruth <friendlyspike at primus.ca>
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EARTH HOUR takes place on Sat. March 31 from 8:30-9:30 p.m.
Turn off your lights to show solidarity for conservation!
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Annual Candlelight Walk: Earth Hour 2012
Saturday March 31, 8 pm - 9 pm
Join your community by powering down and standing up for the planet . Power down! Turn off the lights. Stop the noise. Come to the forest.
Feel the breath of the forest in early spring. Remember what was here before pavement, before us.
This year we are meeting by the Grenadier Restaurant in High Park for our candlelight walk. We will be walking down, going through the High Park Zoo, and back up to the restaurant.. Meet at 7:45 pm in the parking lot of the Grenadier; the walk, High Park Zoo Earth Hour Candlelight Walk, starts at 8:00 pm. The walk will conclude at The Grenadier Restaurant where we will have an Earth Hour gathering by the fireplace for a celebration, and information on making Earth Hour every hour.
Join the walk: Bring your own candle or lantern, and walk together for Earth Hour. THIS EARTH HOUR, GO BEYOND THE HOUR. After turning off your lights for Earth Hour, go to Climate Action Now and Green Neighbours 21 for suggestions of additional things you can do!
TOGETHER OUR ACTIONS ADD UP! Organized by green13toronto.org
http://www.highparknaturecentre.com/event/special-event-earth-hour-lantern-workshop-walk/
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Students for Medicare presents our 4th Annual Conference:
Medicare in the Age of Austerity - Solutions for Sustainability
Featuring Dr. Gordon Guyatt and Armine Yalnizyan
Sat. March 31, 9:30 am- 2:30 pm
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St. (near Spadina and College)
Lunch Included! Limited free parking behind building
Cost: Free ($5-10 donation appreciated)
RSVP: studentsformedicare at gmail.com
Last December, the Harper government made far-reaching announcements to limit future growth of the Canada Health Transfers to provincial governments. This month, in Ontario, Premier McGuinty commissioned banker Don Drummond to recommend spending cuts to reduce the $16 billion deficit. Within this budget-cutting climate, how will health care be affected? Most importantly, what are the solutions to make universal healthcare sustainable? Please join Students for Medicare as we explore these questions and look to solutions, not only to sustain, but to improve the health and well-being of all people residing in Canada.
www.studentsformedicare.com
Register at http://www.eventsbot.com/events/eb053711259 or RSVP by email: studentsformedicare at gmail.com
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Truth, Reconciliation and Equity: They Matter To Us
Sat. March 31, 9 am - 1 pm
Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre - 439 Dundas Street East
Suggested Donation $15.00 per person
Light Lunch will be provided
Join Toronto Centre/East KAIROS and Toronto Urban Native Ministry for an awareness workshop. With Aboriginal leadership we’ll learn a little about the history of racism and colonialism, as well as current living conditions for many Aboriginal people in Canada.
Preregistration: 416-504-9416 revalurbanministry at hotmail.com
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Toronto Rally For a New Election NOW! Phase 2 against Election Fraud
Sat. March 31, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Old City Hall, Queen and Bay
The 2011 Canadian Federal Election was tainted by voter suppression and election fraud. The results of the elections should be considered illegitimate. The current government won by a small margin of less than 7,000 votes, yet 6 million automated phone calls were made, including automated messages geared at misdirecting voters away from their proper voting station. This scandal represents one of the most egregious violations of our democratic right to vote. We must stand up to take our democracy back.
JOIN US TO DEMAND:
1) A FULLY comprehensive criminal investigation, and a full public inquiry into the robocall scandal that tainted the last election through systematic election fraud achieved by misleading phone calls that suppressed voters from their ability to cast votes;
2) Full accountability up to and including the Prime Minister's Office, and if necessary the arrest and indictment of Stephen Harper himself;
3) A full election - the last election was so egregiously violated that we require a full election, or at the minimum, by-elections in each affected riding.
In the last federal election, election fraud was undertaken by an unknown party, and until we know by whom, we must assume that the current government may be illegitimate, therefore making all laws passed by it illegitimate.
https://www.facebook.com/events/340913062611341/
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Philippine Human Rights Defenders
Saturday, March 31 3-5pm
OISE, Rm. 5-250, 252 Bloor St. W. (St. George subway)
3 Philippine human rights defenders are touring across Canada to raise awareness about the grave realities of human rights violations occurring within a climate of impunity in the Philippines. The tour will expose the violence endured by women prisoners, told first-hand by two former political detainees, Dr. Merry Mia-Clamor and Ms. Angelina Bisuña Ipong, who were subjected to torture, sexual harassment and physical abuse while incarcerated. It will also feature perspectives from General Secretary of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines, Bishop Reul Marigza, who has initiated a legal case to hold former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and other top military officials legally accountable for their responsibility in human rights violations.
For more information: www.kairoscanada.org/PhilippinesTour/
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St. Clair West Stop the Cuts invites you to a two part series:
Why don’t the rich pay? Toronto communities unite to resist austerity
Breaking it Down - Understanding Austerity
Saturday, 31 March, 2:30 - 4:30 pm
Skills for Change, 791 St. Clair Avenue West at Greensides west of Christie
The St. Clair West chapter of Toronto Stop the Cuts has been organizing tirelessly over the past several months to stop the Ford administration's cuts to services and jobs, to expand services for all, and to stop handouts to cops and corporations. To build our strength for the fight ahead, we’re hosting two community events in our neighbourhood on March 31st and April 14th. We invite all members of Toronto Stop the Cuts and its allies to join us as we work to increase our understanding of the roots and implications of austerity, to develop skills that allow us to communicate these issues to our friends & family, and to strategize ways to mobilize in our neighbourhood and beyond.
What is austerity? What are its tools? Why has it become the norm in our city, province and around the world? What does it mean for our families? How is it connected to growing anti-immigrant sentiment, the expansion of policing and jails, and attacks on the public sector?
Part 2: Saturday, April 14: Building Community Power - Neighbourhood Organizing Past & Future
**Child-care Provided - please email us if you have needs for childcare (stopthecuts.workshops at gmail.com)**
* RSVP (stopthecuts.workshops at gmail.com).
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Generation NGO – book celebration and benefit for Bikes Without Borders
Saturday, 31 March, 3 - 5 pm (program at 4)
Centre for Social Innovation, first floor. , 215 Spadina, Room 120
Free
"Generation NGO" is a book about a generation of young professionals who are actively engaged in global issues, who venture overseas to work in international development. What happens when they leave their comfortable homes to journey to refugee camps or war zones in the name of “development,” and then return home? These are their stories.
Bikes Without Borders ( http://bikeswithoutborders.org/) is a non-profit organization using bikes and bike-related solutions as a tool for development in marginalized communities. BWB serves marginalized communities in both the developing and developed worlds where bikes and bike-related solutions can have a significant, positive impact on community development by providing bicycles, bicycle-related solutions, repair/maintenance training and program support to residents of marginalized communities. Proceeds from book sales at this event benefit Bikes Without Borders.
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Need to get rid of E-waste?
Saturday, March 31 noon - 4pm
Electronic Recycling at Free Geek, 51 Vine Ave – Unit B (Just NW of Keele & Dundas)
http://freegeektoronto.org/
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How to Start a Community Garden
Learn the essentials for starting a community garden in your neighbourhood at this exciting two-day workshop - from how to start a community group, to finding land and resources.
Sat, March 31 and Sat, April 14, 10 am - 3 pm
Malvern Family Resource Centre, 1321 Neilson Road, Scarborough
To register or for more information, contact urbanag at foodshare.net or 416-363-6441 ext. 401
Free for residents. Lunch provided
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Eco-friendly roommate wanted - High Park area
http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/hou/2855698396.html
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15th annual Spiritfest Retreat - A Community Weekend of music, nature and art
June 29 - July 2
Register now... Spiritfest.ca
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