T.O. Greenspiration Events - Happy Earth Day!

Angela Bischoff greenspi at web.ca
Sun Apr 22 20:27:36 EDT 2012


Toronto Greenspiration Events

Pass this onto a friend - help grow the movement... -a

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Hot Docs 

Canadian International Film Festival - April 26 - May 6

http://www.hotdocs.ca/ 

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Summer Eco Camps in High Park 

The Children's Garden and Exploring Toronto Programs offer fun, environmentally focussed day camp programming that incorporates art, urban nature exploration, organic gardening, vegetarian cooking, storytelling and more.  Ourcamps run all 8 weeks throughout the summer starting the week of July 3-6.  Check out our new programs for Eco Sprouts - 4 to 6 year olds and Eco LIT's - 15 to 16 year olds.  

http://westendfood.coop/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=21285&qid=248133  xxxxx

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Plan your Summer Bike Trip 

VIA: From June 6 through October 31, trains with baggage-car service travelling between Windsor, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal will have bike racks installed to better accommodate bicycles. Cyclists will be able to get on and off at stations enroute that have scheduled baggage stops. A $20 transportation fee applies, in each direction. Enjoy boxless bike travel, taking you to your next great Ontario cycling destination.

GO: The summer service of weekend trains running between Toronto and Niagara Falls will soon resume. The special "bike coaches" will operate 3 times daily on summer weekends and holidays - these trains have bike racks and space for 64 bikes. A convenient Friday evening departure will be available. This service will be offered from May 18 to 21, and on all weekends and holidays from June 29 to September 3.

www.biketrain.ca

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Transforming Conflict, Transforming Me, Transforming the World - Spring Training 

You are invited to participate in two weekends of experiential learning that you will not soon forget. With a riff on 'Me to We', participants will have profound opportunities to imagine what it means for each of us to be the change we want to see in the world.  This is training we can all do, regardless of where you are in life.  

Two weekends in May:  4-6 and 25-27
1171 Woodbine Avenue, Toronto

Cost is $100 for each weekend, $150 for both. For sliding scale for low-income or accommodation, write: info at partera.ca.
Full info available  http://www.partera.ca/events/spring-training-transforming-conflict-transforming-me-transf.html

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People of a Feather

Mon. and Tues. Apr. 23 - 24, 6:30  p.m.
Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor St. 
 
Featuring groundbreaking footage from seven winters in the Arctic, People of a Feather takes you through time into the world of the Inuit on the Belcher Islands in Hudson Bay. Connecting past present and future is a unique cultural relationship with the eider duck. Eider down, the warmest feather in the world, allows both Inuit and birds to survive harsh Arctic winters. Recreations of traditional life are juxtaposed with modern life in the town of Sanikiluaq, as both people and eiders face the challenges posed by changing sea ice and ocean currents disrupted by the massive hydroelectric dams powering eastern North America. The eyes of a remote subsistence culture challenge the world to find energy solutions that work with the seasons of our hydrological cycle.

http://www.peopleofafeather.com/

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Activism in Action! Practical skills for effective social change presents:

Using technology – Facebook and social networking 
with Gelek Badheytsang and Anna Synenko

Mon. April 23, 6:30-9:30pm       
Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave.  2 bl n. of Bloor St. at Bedford Ave. (n. of St. George TTC)
$15 -  $25 per session or pwyc
info: peaceworks at primus.ca 

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Stop the Secrecy! Pack the Courts!

Mon. April 23, 8:30 a.m. - Wed. Apr. 25, 6 p.m.
6th floor, Federal Court House Toronto, 180 Queen West

http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/680 

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Green13 presents:

Junction Neighbourhood Workshop: 8 Easy Weekend Projects!

Monday, April 23rd, 6:30-8:30 pm
Annette St. Library, 145 Annette St. (basement auditorium)
Free.

From 6:30 - 7:30 pm join us to receive an update on Project Neutral, meet your neighbours and participate in a discussion about about the changes you want to see in your neighbourhood.

From 7:30 - 8:30 pm Jen Atkinson from Windfall Ecology will show you how to save both energy and money by creating a more energy efficient living environment. Jen will cover weatherstripping, energy-efficient heating, cooling and appliances, home insulation, and lighting your home.This hour will include hands-on demonstrations so that you can do-it-yourself on your own schedule.

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Chernobyl, Fukushima, Darlington and Beyond

Tues. April 24, 10:30 a.m.
St. Andrew's United Church, 117 Bloor Street East (Yonge-Bloor subway stop), 3rd floor
Free, all welcome

Angela Bischoff from the Ontario Clean Air Alliance will speak about the connection between nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons
proliferation, as well as the Ontario government's plans to spend upwards of $80 billion on new nuclear power projects.
 
Organized by Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, co-sponsored by the Hiroshima Day Coalition
For further information, please contact Anton Wagner at awagner at yorku.ca

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Solar-Share Info Session

Tues. April 24, 5:30 PM 
401 Richmond St W, Suite 405 (at Spadina)

We host monthly information sessions where you can learn about Community Solar Bonds and how you can get involved. 

http://www.trec.on.ca/generation/solarshare 

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Fermentation Workshop - Sauerkraut

Tuesday April 24th, 6 - 9 p.m.
90 Croatia Street

Back by popular demand, this workshop will take you through all of the steps you need to know to make your own sauerkraut at home.  Expert advice and troubleshooting tips from our Canning Coordinator James Partanen and Heather Kilner.  

Register now: http://westendfood.coop/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=153 

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Sustainable Aviation: Is it Possible?

Webinar on Tuesday, April 24 at noon (PST)
with Thomas Cheney

Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/611450738
 
Aviation has been considered by many in the climate movement to be incompatible with a livable climate for future generations. Based on an in-depth analysis, this presentation will explore the possibility that aviation at the scale predicted by mid-century is compatible with effective climate mitigation. Climate mitigation has been considered particularly challenging for aviation, in part due to the difficulty of electrification. Biofuels produced from ligno-cellulosic feedstocks, in conjunction with operational changes to avoid contrails and nitrogen oxide emissions, have the potential to create a low-carbon or even a carbon-negative aviation sector.

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April Town Hall - Our Changing Neighbourhood:  Trends, Plans and Possibilities

Tues. April 24, 7 - 9 pm
Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen Street East (East of Broadview)

How we can build a healthy and inclusive community in the political and economic climate today. The evening will be moderated by Christopher Hume, architecture and urban issues columnist for the Toronto Star.  Special guest speakers include:
• Mariana Valverde, local area resident and Director of the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies at U of T.
• Denise Graham, former planner with the City of Toronto
• Katharine N. Rankin, Prof. at the Dept. of Geography and Planning at U of T.
 
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Green Cleaning: DIY Natural Cleaning Party!

Wednesday April 25, 6:30 - 8:00pm
Karma Cooperative Food Store, 739 Palmerston.
FREE for Karma Coop Members. Prospective members are welcome. Please learn about membership at http://karmacoop.org/about/membership.php

info: http://www.anarreshealth.ca/node/1006

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Taste the Waste Documentary Screening

Wed. April 25, 7 p.m.
OISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor Street West (St. George subway)
Pay What You Can

Zeitgeist-Toronto presents the Toronto premiere of the brand-new documentary focusing on the worldwide destruction of food. Why do we throw away so much? And how can we stop this kind of waste? Panel discussion with Helene St. Jacques, Chair of Toronto Food Policy Council and Jacob Kearey-Moreland from Occupy Gardens to follow the screening.

http://www.tastethewaste.com/
Email: ryan at zeitgeist-toronto.com

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A Triumph of Failed Ideas - European models of capitalism in the crisis
with Steffen Lehndorff, Senior Researcher at the Working Time and Work Organisation Department at IAQ, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

Wednesday, April 25, 7-9 PM
CSI Annex, 720 Bathurst Street, 3rd Floor (South of Bloor)

The current crisis in Europe is being labelled, in mainstream media and politics, as a ‘public debt crisis’. The present book draws a markedly different picture. What is happening now is rooted, in a variety of different ways, in the destabilisation of national models of capitalism due to the predominance of neoliberalism since the demise of the post-war ‘golden age’. Ten country analyses provide insights into national ways of coping – or failing to cope – with the ongoing crisis. They reveal the extent to which the respective socio-economic development models are unsustainable, either for the country in question, or for other countries. Published by the European Trade Union Institute, 2012. www.etui.org.

Sponsored by the Centre for Social Justice, the Socialist Project, and Socialist Register. For info: office at socialjustice.org 

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Amnesty International and coalition partners from across Canada and the US will host a public presentation about:

Goldcorp Inc. in Central America 
- with special guests from mining-affected communities. 

Wed. April 25, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Hart House, U of T

This is an invite to an event next week in support of mining-affected people in Guatemala. Come and meet some of the activists and victims of one of Canada's biggest gold mining companies, Goldcorp, Inc. 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-Are-All-Shareholders/354980467888262 

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Economic Inequality - What Do We Do?

Wednesday April 25, 7 pm
The Commons, North Toronto Collegiate Institute, 17 Broadway Avenue (Just east of Yonge Street, two blocks north of Eglinton)

Much of the meeting will focus on the impacts of the provincial budgets, and what each of us can do to choose a more equal society, rather than opting for more inequality, including presenting to a committee at Queens Park dealing with the budget.

Speakers:
- John Stapleton - Expert on social policy legislation, including role as senior policy advisor to the Social Assistance Review Committee; frequent writer on social policy issues for many publications. See http://www.openpolicyontario.com
- Sheila Block - Director of Economic Analysis, Wellesley Institute, and associate of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
See http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/author/sheila/

This event is wheelchair accessible
Free – donations welcome

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The Clean Bin Project

Wednesday April 25, Eco Fair at 6 p.m., film at 7 p.m.
Central Technical School, Auditorium, 725 Bathurst (Harbord, east of Bathurst)

An award winning documentary, the film follows Vancouver couple Grant Baldwin and Jen Rustemeyer during their year of trying to live consumer and waste-free and explores the larger issues of garbage in North America. Eco Fair and film followed by a panel discussion via Skype with Jen Rustemeyer 

Presented by Central Tech in cooperation with Planet in Focus and Cinemapolitica 

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Crash the Gold Corp Bash 

Thur. April 26th, noon - 1:30 pm 
130 Adelaide St. West, Toronto

Help make Goldcorp's environmental and human rights record front page news!! Join us for a protest and march from Goldcorp's Toronto headquarters to Yonge/Dundas square. 

For more information: solidarityresponse.net and https://www.facebook.com/events/437574352925378/

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Occupy First Unitarian Congregation and Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice invite you to explore: 

Non-Violent Civil Disobience or Non-Civil Obedience? What Strategies Work?

Thursday April 26, 7 p.m. 
First Unitarian Congregation, 175 St Clair Ave West.
Free.   All welcome.

Despite being driven underground by a government crackdown in 1981, Solidarity in Poland emerged as the governing political party. Severe repression failed to stop the protests of Chilean workers, and their non-violent opposition led to the defeat of Pinochet’s military dictatorship.  How can we, the 99%, apply their strategies to today’s struggle for equity?         
 
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Toronto Student School’s Conference on Water Issues and Activism
A conference for high school students 

Thursday, April 26
Toronto Student School, near High Park

TSS is inviting senior high school students from across Toronto to join us and listen to activists present on their efforts against the commercialization of water resources as well as protecting access to this most precious resource. Presentations include the Suzuki  Foundation on Fracking, Stop The Mega Quarry folk, TVO's The Water Brothers on Corral Reef Destruction, Wellington Water Watchers on the impact of Nestle's water bottling facility near Guelph, Protestbarrick on how Canadian mining is affecting water access globally, and a few more. Secondary school's environmental groups, senior environmental studies classes, world issues classes and other interested young people are encouraged to attend. There is no cost to students and lunch will be provided. Young people will select which workshops to attend.

For more info:   http://thestudentschool.org/?page_id=59    mark.fischer at tdsb.on.ca  

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Connect Beauty
 
Thursday, April 26, 6 pm – 10 pm
Centre for Social Innovation Annex, 720 Bathurst Street, south of Bloor
 
Passionate about merging sustainability with style? Ready to update your natural beauty regimen before summer? Just in time for the new season, the 2nd annual CONNECT BEAUTY event and fashion show will celebrate the  natural and eco-conscious beauty and trends of spring 2012. Presented by the Women’s Healthy Environments Network (WHEN) in conjunction with Fashion Takes Action, CONNECT BEAUTY will showcase the chic flair of sustainable, toxic-free beauty.
 
Tickets: $15 limited early bird, $25 in advance, $35 at the door - connectbeauty2012.eventbrite.com
Women’s Healthy Environments Network (WHEN)  www.womenshealthyenvironments.ca
Fashion Takes Action  www.fashiontakesaction.com

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An Ecology of Mind
 
Thursday, April 26, 3:30 – 5:30pm
George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire Place, U of T

The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education invites you to a screening and discussion of Nora Bateson's new film portrait of Gregory Bateson, celebrated anthropologist, philosopher, author, naturalist and systems theorist.  Gregory Bateson’s youngest child, Nora, depicts him as a man who studied the interrelationships of the complex systems in which we live with scientific rigor and caring integrity.  The critically acclaimed film, which is being presented to sold-out audiences in many countries, includes footage from Bateson’s own films shot in the 1930s in Bali (with Margaret Mead) and New Guinea, along with photographs, filmed lectures, and interviews.
 
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Nora Bateson and Peter Harries-Jones (anthropology, York University), Katja Neves-Grace (ecological anthropology, Concordia University), Dorion Sagan (science writer, essayist and theorist), and Eric Bredo (philosophy of education, University of Toronto).
 
Admission is free but space is limited: first come, first served. For more information visit: www.oise.utoronto.ca/tps
 
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The Youth Alliance Project presents...
 
Talk that Talk: Young Women discuss Abuse, Justice, and Police
 
Thursday, April 26, 4 - 7 p.m.
377 Dundas St. West (University and Dundas) 
 
The Youth Alliance Project (YAP) is a youth-driven collective working to improve responses to violence against young women in Toronto. YAP conducted research that identified the strengths, challenges and gaps in police policies and practices and made recommendations for improvement that will be shared at this event.
 
The goals of the day are: 1) To bring youth and youth supporters to talk about our experiences of violence and justice, 2) To explore how we can meet our needs in respect to support, healing and justice, and 3) Engage youth and youth supporters and build their response to Youth Alliance recommendations on a community-based level and strengthen police accountability to the recommendations.
 
DINNER is provided. Tokens available if needed. Child-minding available if needed.
For more info email Helen -  yohannes.helen at gmail.com  Phone: (647) 963-6335
 
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Toronto: A Natural City? Re-Envisioning our Built Environment

Thursday, April 26, 7:30pm
Fort York, 250 Fort York Blvd.

How can Toronto and other cities re-envision their built environment to create a more sustainable foundation for growth and community? Is it even possible for cities to be both natural and successful?

Spacing magazine’s Matt Blackett will moderate an urgent but hopeful discussion with contributors to The Natural City (University of Toronto Press, 2012, edited by Stephen Bede Scharper and Ingrid Leman Stefanovic) including leading figures in philosophy, architecture, ecology and urban planning as they invite us to explore how to heal the urban/nature divide. Responding to the presentations will be architect & urban planner, Ken Greenberg, author of Walking Home: the Life & Lessons of a City Builder.   

Admission:  $10  ($8.85 + HST)   FREE for students, compliments of University of Toronto Press            
R.S.V.P. to 416-392-6907 ext. 221 or fortyork at toronto.ca

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Interested in an Investment with Pootential? Come to the ZooShare Information Session!
 
Thur. April 26, 7 p.m.
Metro Hall, Room 304, 55 John St.
 
ZooShare Biogas Co-operative Inc. is a non-profit renewable energy co-operative that is developing a 500 kW biogas plant on the grounds of the Toronto Zoo. The plant will turn the Zoo's annual manure output and food waste from GTA-based grocery stores into electricity, heat, fertilizer and cash for the Zoo – and our primary investors, individual Ontarians. Come out to learn more about ZooShare and the biogas plant it's developing at the Toronto Zoo. We'll be available to answer questions about everything from which animal has the best poo to how to become a member or investor.

http://socialinnovation.ca/event/interested-investment-with-pootential-come-zooshare-information-session 

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Egypt's Unfinished Revolution - Promise and Perils 
 
Friday, April 27, 7 pm
OISE, Room 5-150, 250 Bloor Street West (St. George subway)
  
More than a year after a historic popular uprising in Egypt toppled former dictator Hosni Mubarak, the country remains at a crossroads. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has refused to cede power despite growing calls for an end to military rule. With scheduled presidential elections less than two months away, the future of the Egyptian revolution looks far from certain. Egypt and the Arab uprisings will be the topic of this GTWA Coffeehouse with speakers David McNally and Ali Mustafa, who recently returned to Canada from the Middle East where he spent the past 9 months covering the Egyptian revolution and greater region. The evening will include a discussion period.
 
Speakers:
- David McNally teaches political science at York University, Toronto, and is the author of Global Slump: The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance
- Ali Mustafa is a writer and multimedia journalist. His work has appeared in many alternative sites and publications, including Znet, The New York Times eXaminer, Electronic Intifada, rabble.ca, and The Bullet.
 
The event is organized by the GTWA Internal Educational and Political Development Committee
Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/326774054051216/

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Toronto Socialist Action Presents - Rebel Films

Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class
62 minutes, 2005 

Friday, April 27, 7 p.m. 
OISE, 252 Bloor St. West, Room 2-212 (St. George Subway Station)
Everyone welcome. $4 donation requested. 

Narrated by Ed Asner, and based on the forthcoming book by Pepi Leistyna, Class Dismissed navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representations from American television's beginnings to today's sitcoms, reality shows, police dramas, and daytime talk shows. Featuring interviews with media analysts and cultural historians, this documentary examines the patterns inherent in TV's disturbing depictions of working class people as either clowns or social deviants -- stereotypical portrayals that reinforce the myth of meritocracy. Jim Deutsch, a leading member of U of T Science for Peace, will comment on the film; discussion to follow.

Please visit: www.socialistaction-canada.blogspot.com or call 416 – 535-8779.

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Permaculture Design Course

April 27 - May 12

Co-Creating Regenerative Futures for the City and Beyond. Hosted by Garden Jane and Jillian Hovey. 

Click http://gardenjane.com/workshopsandevents/permaculturecourse.html for more information and registration.

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Toronto Spring! - Permaculture Living Convergence
 
April 27-29
Children's Peace Theatre @ 305 Dawes Rd.
 
This exciting 3-day convergence weekend will include: mass seeding of the city, rallies and marches, informal critical workshops and healthy, local food throughout the weekend! Our Market of the Diaspora event will take place on the last day of the convergence, April 29. Join us as we come together to celebrate the stories, songs and wisdom that have carried us on our journeys from the lands of our origin to this moment, where we area a global family of the diaspora. Inviting groups, schools, etc.
 
More info on our home page: http://www.thepermacultureprojectgta.com/
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/176400199129234/
  
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Get on the Bus from Toronto to Six Nations March for Peace, Respect and Friendship
 
No One Is Illegal - Toronto is coordinating a bus to Six Nations for the April 28 March for Peace, Respect & Friendship in response to the call-out from Land Protectors of Kanonhstaton to demand that Six Nations land rights be respected.

Sat. April 28
BUS DEPARTS TORONTO - 12:30pm (sharp), 252 Bloor West. Please arrive by 12:15pm
BUS DEPARTS KANONHSTATON - 5:00pm (sharp), drop off at 252 Bloor West or along the way.

Suggested donation: $10, but absolutely no one turned away for lack of funds.
Spots are limited, so please register by emailing nooneisillegal at riseup.net. Please put "April 28" in subject line.
Full details at: http://april28coalition.wordpress.com/
http://www.facebook.com/events/260744657353207/ 
http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/696 

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Tending To Our Hearts: A Mindfulness Workshop for Artists and Activists

Sat. April 28,  10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor (St. George subway)
$35 - $50 sliding scale (includes lunch)
Registration required: sheila at sheilabanerjee.ca

This is 'Anti-Oppression 303'-- the conversation people have started a hundred times about how we can love each other better in radical communities. Let's get inspired, moving through what stops us to thrive together!** While artists and activists powerfully resist injustice at the organizing level, oppressions affect us in personal ways as well. We need spaces to reflect and share about our inner experiences—about those places where oppressions have touched us and left us wounded. Racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, classism, ableism, sizeism—as well as exclusivity and judgment within our own communities—affect our relationships, our leadership, and our sense of possibility in life.

This event is designed to nurture and develop the healing aspect of activist culture. We will develop our skills for authentic, loving connections in relationships and learn mindfulness tools for furthering our resilience.  The workshop will involve 3 parts: 
(a) each participant will get to learn mindfulness tools which can be applied to a challenge in their life
(b) a discussion of how oppressions are reproduced in radical communities and how we can transform this tendency, and 
(c) a musical collaboration activity that will draw on the themes inspired by the day. ALSO, VEGGIE LUNCH INCLUDED!

http://sandboxproject.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/a-great-workshop-on-anti-oppression-and-activist-burnout-by-r3collective/ 

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West-End Community Power Initiative

Sat. April 28, 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Bickford Centre, 777 Bloor Street West (Christie and Bloor) 

Please join City of Toronto Councillor Mike Layton and greenTbiz as we launch the West-End Community Power Initiative this April. Hosted by the Korea Town, Bloorcourt, Bloor Annex and Dovercourt Village Business Improvement Areas, this event is a community-based initiative that will explore how local residents, businesses and organizations can find opportunities to power their communities more sustainably.

http://greentbiz.org/event/21/west-end-community-power-initiative/

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Clean Train Festival
 
Saturday, April 28, 1 – 4 p.m.
West Toronto Railpath at Wallace Ave.
 
Join Jonah Schein and Andrew Cash for a community festival in the beautiful park along the tracks! This is our chance to come together as a community and have our voices heard: “We don’t want dirty diesel trains in our backyard!” Speeches, music and children’s games will be at Wallace Ave. Stay tuned as we announce performers and special guests!
 
http://andrewcash.ca/come-to-our-clean-train-festival-april-28-2012-along-the-railpath-at-wallace-ave

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Honour and Protect Mother Earth  - Anniversary of the Great Walk to Stop the Quarry 
Celebrate life, justice, earth, air, fire, water

Sun. April 29, 1:30 p.m.
Toronto First Unitarian Congregation, 175 St Clair Ave West  (at Avenue Road)

Join together to stop the 3 biggest environmental threats in Canada: Tar Sands Alberta, , Pipe Lines BC, and Mega Quarry Ontario
Learn about environmental protection through a North American Native Perspective.
Featuring Presentation by Danny Beaton 
Exclusive Screening of Documentary about the Mega-Quarry
  
Tickets $15 (sliding scale available)       
Everyone welcome - Limited seating - Get your tickets early
  
Get your “Stop the Mega-Quarry” signs, buttons, and NDACT membership
Join us earlier for:  Service (10:30 a.m.), Coffee hour (11:30 a.m.),  100 Km lunch (12:15)
Sponsored by First Unitarian Green Team & Toronto Chapter Council of Canadians
 
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Get Fraud Out of Parliament – Demand Public Inquiry and By-Elections

Sun. April 29, 2:30 – 4 p.m.
Old City Hall (Queen and Bay)
 
Rally Against Election Fraud, Voter Suppression, and Anti-democratic neo-conservative behaviour.

We, citizens of Canada, are calling on the Queen's Representative in Canada, His Excellency the Right Honourable Governor General David Johnston to immediately comply with the following three orders, which are constitutionally provided for in the Constitution Act of 1982 and all laws following it:

1) An immediate suspension of parliament and a new, untainted election completely free of fraud and voter suppression, as well as the complete cessation of the passage of new bills;
2) A completely open and independent Royal Commission, absolutely free of political interference and involvement, beginning within a reasonable amount of time (no more than 3 months from the date of Elections Canada’s address to parliament on March 29th), as well as a criminal investigation up to and including the Prime Minister’s Office;
3) Complete accountability, including the involvement of jail time and the application of justice in upholding the Constitution of Canada, 1982, and all the democratic rights prescribed therein. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/212452192194745

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May Day Cultural Event

Sun. April 29, 2 - 6 p.m.
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street (near Spadina and College)

Workers unite - stand up and fight!  Join us for a family friendly afternoon of music and entertainment - speakers - food and refreshments 
Performances by Faith Nolan, Voces Poeticas, Mohammed Ali Aumeer and more! 
Speakers: Sid Ryan, Liz Rowley 

https://www.facebook.com/events/268432039909871/

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Transport Futures: Goods Movement & Mobility Pricing Forum 

May 31, 2012 – 8:30am to 5:00pm 
Metropolitan Hotel, Toronto, Ontario 

www.transportfutures.ca/goods

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