T.O. Greenspiration Events: working for action

Angela Bischoff greenspi at web.ca
Mon May 7 10:11:29 EDT 2012


Toronto Greenspiration Events

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Cyclists accuse Toronto mayor Ford of 'war on bikes'  The BBC reports
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17914504 

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Toronto Jewish Film Festival
May 3-13
http://tjff.com/list-films.php

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The Empowerment Council & the Consumer/Survivor Information Center present:

Are We Losing Psychiatric Patient Advocacy? 
  
Monday, May 7, 4 p.m.
Empowerment Council Office, 1001 Queen Street West (Queen and Ossington)
 
There are important and significant changes that are impacting the future role of patient advocacy in Ontario. A community meeting and update about Provincial Changes to the Mandate of the Psychiatric Patient Advocacy Office. The purpose of this meeting is to share updates and to discuss strategies on how to preserve advocacy for people in the mental health system(s).
 
For more info contact Lucy Costa 416-535-8501 Ext. 33013 or Helen Hook 416 595-2882
 
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Make Your Own Natural Hand Sanitizer

Monday, May 7, 6:30 to 8:30pm
Anarres Natural Health, 792A Dovercourt Road (Half a block north of the Delaware exit of Ossington Station and 1 block west)

For more info: http://www.anarreshealth.ca/node/1069

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Introduction To Canadian Voice Of Women For Peace 
- feminism, peace work, activism working in Canada for over 50 years – Part 2

Tuesday, May 8, 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Friend’s House, 60 Lowther Avenue (St. George subway)

Learn about current campaigns of Canadian Voice of Women for Peace. Janis Alton and Lyn Adamson with other long time VOW activists explain our role in working for Peace and disarmament in Canada.  Join us to plan new campaigns: climate action, nuclear awareness, peace education, leadership training for young women.

http://vowpeace.org/events/view/introduction-to-canadian-voice-of-women-for-peace/
For more information contact VOW office at 416-603-7915  -  info at vowpeace.org 
 
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Northern Gateway and the Attack on the Environment

Tues. May 8, 5 – 7 p.m.
Rooftop Bar, Planet Traveller, 357 College

First Nations in northern B.C. are on the front lines of the attack on environmental voices and most at risk from oil spills. The Yinka Dene Alliance is taking a Freedom Train across Canada to enforce their legal ban on the Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipelines and tankers project, and to stand up for their freedom to choose their own future. Join us to hear from two of their leaders – Nadleh Whut’en First Nation Chief Martin Louie and Saik'uz First Nation Chief Jackie Thomas. Drinks and snacks will be provided.

Please RSVP if you can make it: http://environmentaldefence.ca/gatewayevent.

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Conversation with Nancy Hartsock on
Globalization and Neoliberalism: Critique from a Feminist Standpoint
 
Tues. May 8, 2 - 4pm
Centre for Women’s Studies in Education at OISE/UT, Room 2-227, 252 Bloor (St. George subway)
 
“I want to argue that globalization is a polite term for the continuation of neoliberal policies which support a new round of what Marx called primitive accumulation and Adam Smith called the original accumulation.  The original accumulation meant that Western Europe engaged in practices such as the Atlantic slave trade, the invasion and looting of Latin America, enclosure acts in England and elsewhere which forced peasants off the land and into the cities.  The current round of primitive accumulation is aided by neoliberal policies put in place around the world by institutions such as the world bank and the IMF, and this time involves the massive recruitment of women into wage labor under very poor conditions.  Export processing zones have increased exponentially in poor countries and these zones disproportionately employ women.   This time, the concentration of wealth in fewer and fewer hands is built on the backs of women.”

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Women in Transition: Navigating Relationship Changes to Emerge Healthier & Stronger 
 
Tues. May 8, 6 pm - 9 pm
CSI Annex, Meeting Room #4, 720 Bathurst St.
 
This workshop is one of three Tikkato sessions for women in mid-life.Mid-life is full of transitions but the most challenging can be those we experience in our significant relationships. Starting a new relationship, living through a major change like your children leaving home, or grieving a break-up, divorce or death, can be overwhelming and feel lonely and directionless…

Read more http://socialinnovation.ca/event/women-transition-navigating-relationship-changes-emerge-healthier-stronger

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Climate Change Education for All Citizens – Are we making progress?
 
Tues. May 8,  6-7:30 pm    
OISE, 252 Bloor west, 12th Floor
 
Is climate change education in schools addressed adequately across the full curriculum and in an age-appropriate fashion?
Are the government, the business community and the media addressing climate change education for all Ontarians?
Are Ontarians' attitudes and behaviours reflecting an adequate or an improving understanding of climate change?
If not, what needs to change?
 
Panelists:
Richard Christie, Sustainability Office, TDSB
Franz Hartmann, Toronto Environmental Alliance
Dick Holland, Green Learning, OISE
Catherine Mahler, Education Officer for EE, Min. of Ed.
Phil McNeely, MPP for Ottawa-Orléans
Moderator: Hilary Inwood, OISE
 
Please RSVP to admin at eeon.org

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Dr. Peltier speaks on the science of climate change

Tues. May 8, 6:30 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor W. (St. George subway), 2nd floor

Dr. Richard Peltier, University Professor of Physics at the University of Toronto and founding director of U of T's Centre for Global Change Science, is this year's winner of Canada's highest prize for science, the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering. Dr. Peltier is a pioneer of "Earth Systems Science", the multi-disciplinary field that attempts to explain the whole functioning of the dynamic earth by looking at the complex interaction between things generally studied separately in geophysics, oceanography, atmospheric science, and more. In recent years, Dr. Peltier has been active in developing and validating the climate models that are being used to predict how our climate will respond to our increasing emissions of greenhouse gases.

http://www.meetup.com/PostCarbonTorontoMeetup/events/63017082/?a=ea1_grp&rv=ea1

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Whose Rights? Which Rights? A Community Forum on School Safety 
 
Tues. May 8, 7 p.m.
OISE Main Auditorium (252 Bloor St. W.)
 
From zero tolerance [Mike Harris] to safe & caring schools [Dalton McGuinty], experts and governments, students, teachers and administrators and even the police, have struggled over the intersection of safety and human rights in our schools. How far have we come since the shooting of Jordan Manners in May 2007? Have the recommendations of the Falconer Report, published in January 2008, been acted upon? Are our schools safe?
 
Julian Falconer (The Falconer Report)
Susan Ursel (Labour & Human Rights Lawyer)
Jim Spyropoulos (Equitable & Inclusive Schools, TDSB)
Audrey Macklin (Faculty of Law, University of Toronto)
Anna Willats (Toronto Police Accountability Coalition)
Kelly Gallagher-Mackay (People for Education)
Doug Jolliffe (District 12 OSSTF)
 
Presented by District 12 OSSTF

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Trinity St. Paul’s Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts Presents:

A Thought Leader Forum with David Miller

Wednesday, May 9, 7 p.m. 
Trinity St. Paul's United Church, 427 Bloor W.
PWYC

Can we fight climate change and create jobs simultaneously? David Miller, former city councillor and mayor of Toronto (2003 to 2010), is certain that we can, and will be sharing his views on marrying economic and environmental sustainability.

While in office, David was the chair of the C40 Climate Leadership Group, comprised of the Mayors of the world’s leading cities working in partnership with the Clinton Climate Initiative. Although David has been succeeded as Chair of the C40 by Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York, Mayor Bloomberg, has requested that David continues to be formally involved with the work of the C40. Back to civilian life, David Miller is a leading advocate for the creation of sustainable urban economies and the next generation of jobs. He is also Counsel, International Business and Sustainability at Aird & Berlis LLP.

This is co-sponsored by Greening Sacred Spaces, Green Awakening Network, Harbord Village, Seaton Village and Palmerston Area Resident’s Associations.

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Yinka Dene Alliance Freedom Train - Toronto Stop
Block the Pipelines: Stop the Tar Sands

The Yinka Dene Alliance (YDA) is planning a massive Canada-wide action against Enbridge leading up to its upcoming Annual Shareholders Meeting in Toronto on Wednesday, May 9.

Freedom Train Solidarity Concert - Tuesday May 8, 8 p.m.
The Great Hall (1087 Queen Street West)
Admission by Donation

Rally, March & Water Ceremony - Wednesday May 9, 11:45 am
David Pecaut Square (near King St. & John St., behind Metro Hall)
http://www.facebook.com/events/163762043747293/ 

The Yinka Dene Alliance is one of the leading groups of First Nations in opposing the Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipeline and super-tanker project. We are six Dakelh (Carrier) and Tse Kay Nay (Sekani) Nations in the interior of what is known as British Columbia, and we are where the unbroken wall of opposition to Enbridge's dangerous tar sands pipeline begins.

We are taking an historic journey – the Freedom Train – from our territories to Toronto. We will make stops for rallies and ceremony in Edmonton, Saskatoon and Winnipeg along the way, and will gain strength as we travel across Turtle Island. Remembering the Constitution Train of 1980, we will be travelling from our lands to the Canadian centre of financial power - Bay Street - to send the pipeline companies, oil companies, banks, financial media and the government an unforgettable message: tar sands pipelines and supertankers will not be permitted in our lands and waters.

For more info on the Indigenous and allied movement Against Enbridge’s Tar Sands Pipelines and Tankers, and the Tar Sands:
http://yinkadene.ca/   http://pipeupagainstenbridge.ca/   http://www.ienearth.org/tarsands.html

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Join the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty and Ontario Council of Hospital Unions at Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts 2012...
 
Food Fight: Resisting Austerity

Wednesday May 9, 7 pm
FoodShare, 90 Croatia Street
Free
  
Poverty and Health: The Special Diet is a short video on the affects of poverty on health and specifically the provincial social assistance benefit known as the Special Diet Allowance that was recently gutted by the provincial government. Afterwards there will be a panel discussion on the issues with healthcare workers, trade unionists and anti-poverty activists, including Lisa Schofieldand Ange Holmes, and Jessie Zorzella. Food and refreshments will be served.
 
On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/245009982261422/
Co-sponsored by Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty and Lawrence Heights Youth Food Justice Group.
The Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts May 5-13!

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Fundraiser for CSI Food Constellation: Future Food Salon II 
Third Millennium Farming Jakub Dzamba
 
Thur. May 10, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
CSI Annex, 720 Bathurst St.
 
Ever wonder what we're going to be eating in the future? Smart money says it's going to be critters, but not the ones we currently feast on. Jakub Dzamba (M. Arch.) thinks we can't keep eating the diet we enjoy today because the "footprint" is too big. Instead of cattle, he thinks we'll be eating crickets. Come to the second Future Food Salon and hear his ideas for integrating micro livestock rearing with building designs for the future… 

Read more: http://socialinnovation.ca/event/fundraiser-for-csi-food-constellation-future-food-salon-ii-third-millennium-farming-jakub-dzam

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Next Peaceworks Series: Communication in Action 

4 sessions: Thursday May 10, 17, 24, 31
$100 (or sliding scale, please inquire)
Friends House, St. George subway

Limit of 12 participants, trainer Lyn Adamson 
For more info –peaceworks at primus.ca, 416-731-6605

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Workers: Makers of History. Part of the Maleta Project
 
Thursday, 10 May, 7 - 9 pm
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St. (Bathurst subway)
 
Exhibition: Thursday May 10 - Sunday May 13, Free. Opening May 10
 
Maleta is a collaborative art project tackling the theme of migration that encourages us to examine neo-liberal globalization, Canada’s need for cheap labour, historical changes in immigration, the search for “efficiencies,” acts of austerity and the impact on all working class Canadians.
 
Maleta is the word for suitcase in the Philippine language of Tagalog. It also acts as a metaphor for Filipino migration to Canada, symbolizing what we carry, what we are forced to leave behind, and the method of our global movement. Bringing together Filipino-Canadian artists and community, Maleta crosses multi-disciplinary art practices, pushes and raises awareness of the impact of forced migration for economic survival by visually articulating the silent stories of one of Canada's fastest growing communities.
 
Through a framework of community collaboration, critical engagement and developing art practice, the Magkaisa Centre engages the Filipino community and Canadian public to look deeper into the struggle of temporary migrants and recent immigrants as part of the larger working class struggle here in Canada. Visitors are invited to share their “maleta stories” - their direct or distant stories of migration to Canada and contribute to the growth of the installation.
 
www.mayworks.ca
 
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Occupy the Mic with David Miller

Friday, May 11, 7 p.m.
The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor Street West
Cost: $15

Toronto's favourite mayor launches his new live idea series Occupy The Mic with David Miller. An evening of song, comedy and saving the world. This premiere edition of this live talk show looks at the roots of the Occupy Movement and why the 99 per cent are finally ready to fight back.

Other guests include: singer / songwriter/ MP Andrew Cash, comedian Arthur Simeon, activist Sakura Saunders from Occupy Toronto and NOW editor/publisher Michael Hollett as they probe the problem, try for solutions and entertain along the way. Not your typical town hall.

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Toronto Socialist Action Presents - Rebel Films

Haiti After the Quake 
48 minutes, 2011  

Fri. May 11, 7 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor St. West, Room 2-212 (St. George Subway Station)
Everyone welcome. $4 donation requested. 

Haiti After the Quake 48 minutes, 2011  Al Jazeera's Sebastian Walker was sent to Haiti to cover the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that rocked the island nation in January 2010. He saw firsthand how Haitians dug up their dead from the rubble with their bare hands. He witnessed people struggling to recover from an earthquake, violent weather and disease. More than a year later, millions of Haitians are still living in makeshift camps, cholera has become an epidemic and the aid money has run out. Where have things gone wrong since the great powers promised to 'build Haiti back, better'? Why did the system that was supposed to help, actually make things worse? Ajamu Nangwaya, a member of the Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity, CUPE Local 3902, and a former Vice President of CUPE Ontario, and BC Holmes of the Toronto Haiti Action Committee, will lead off the discussion.

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

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BirthFire 
 
Fri. May 11, 7 pm - 9:30 pm
Dufferin Grove Park, Main Campfire Site
 
Birth can be a magnificent, empowering and overwhelmingly positive experience, but it can also be frustrating, disappointing or traumatic and that can leave a lot of strong emotions behind. This is an event, in honour of International Doula Month, for letting go of any negativity related to birth. We invite everyone - moms, dads, partners, children, friends, parents-to-be, midwives, doctors, nurses, doulas - to come and share your fears, your anxieties, bad advice, social pressures, medical practices, cultural attitudes or disappointing experiences related to birth by burning them in the fire. You can speak about your experiences or fears if you wish, keep them to yourself as you let them burn or simply come to support others with your presence. You do not need to have given birth or attended births to participate.

http://socialinnovation.ca/event/birthfire

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Toronto People's Assembly on Climate Justice

Sat. May 12, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
170 Memorial Park Ave, S. Walter Stewart Library (a mere short bus ride from Coxwell Station)
PWYC - Lunch by Food Not Bombs

Connecting with affected communities - An all-day discussion about where we want to go; who we want to connect with; how we connect; and how to do it without burning out. The morning plenary will focus on how the Environmental Justice community can better connect with affected communities. Lunch will be provided, and there will be break-outs in the afternoon session on various forms of creative actions that people can use going forward. (e.g. street theatre, flash mobs, writing effectively etc.) As always, the horizontality of the Assembly means we will not be having straight workshops, but rather the whole day will be a chance for everyone to input their own unique experiences into the event so that we can all learn from one another.

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Together in Faith: Working for Action on Climate Change    
An Invitation for faith groups to meet with Dr. Kirsty Duncan, MP
 
Saturday, May 12, 2 pm
Bloordale United Church, 4258 Bloor St. W.
 
Dr.Duncan is a Nobel Laureate, an honour awarded for her work on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. She is the Liberal Party Environment Critic, and a member of the All Party Climate Change Caucus. Dr. Duncan will speak on climate change and discuss how faith communities and the general public can bring about real, responsible action on climate at this critical time.
 
Over 60 faith leaders and organizations have signed the Canadian Interfaith Call for Leadership and Action on Climate Change. 
http://www.councilofchurches.ca/communications/canadianinterfaithcallforleadershipandaction-finalextended-eng.pdf  Faith groups have been gathering signatures on the petition which followed upon this, and submitted them to their MPs to be read in Parliament.
 
Sponsored by the Green Awakening Network and the Environmental Working Group of the Anglican Diocese of Toronto.
For more info: Rita Bijons (416) 766 6331

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The Art, Science and Spirit of Decolonization Workshop 
by Zainab Amadahy

Saturday, 12 May, 1- 4 pm
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St. (Spadina and College)
Free - Pre-registration required: email registration at mayworks.ca

This workshop explores how emerging science and the relational frameworks found in the cultures of global Indigenous and other ancient wisdom traditions promote well being and decolonization. This discussion will differentiate wisdom teachings from New Age “spirituality” that embraces the “Law of Attraction”, cultural appropriation and other activities that mislead and even harm people. Participants will be encouraged to share their experiences/teachings across cultures and arts practices. Together we will come away with new and renewed strategies for community building, decolonization and art-making.

Of African-American and Cherokee heritage, facilitator Zainab Amadahy is a singer songwriter, author and activist. She has written and facilitated extensively.

http://mayworks.ca/calendar.html 

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Les Ordres - fundraising dinner and movie screening

Saturday May 12, 6pm 
near Gerrard St. E

October 1970: Under the pretext of waging war against the Front de libération du Québec, Canada’s Parliament passes the War Measures Act. The police and the Canadian military try to break-up popular organizations in Québec. More then 400 people are arrested, the largest mass arrest in Canadian history until the G20 protests in Toronto in 2010. No charges are ever filed against those arrested. This classic film tells their story.

Suggested donation $7-15 (sliding scale)
Organized by Coxwell International Socialists
Info: 647.393.3096

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Scarborough Green Fair - Biodiversity of the Community - Sharing our Resources

Sat May 12, 11 - 3 pm 
Blessed Cardinal Newman Catholic High School, 100 Brimley Road South at Kingston Road. 

There is something for everyone: green exhibits and products, gardening vendors and  displays, nature walks, garden/nature workshops, tips for energy efficiency and renewable solutions . And kids – visit the Kids Zone- you can plant seeds, enjoy arts and crafts, see reptiles face painting and more! This event will demonstrate how you can create a greener school, home and neighbourhood to support Mother Earth! This year’s theme is Marine Biodiversity and Sustainable Energy. Bring in your electronic waste and they will be recycled by Ontario Electronics Stewardship. Please visit http://www.ontarioelectronicstewardship.ca/program/electronics-gallery for a list of accepted electronics. 

For more information, contact: Anne Marie McCowan or Liza Tilander, 416 393-5302 (day) or stagathaecoteam at hotmail.ca 

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Tommy Thompson Spring Bird Festival Tree Tour

Saturday, May 12, 12:30p.m. - 1:30p.m.
Tommy Thompson Park (Leslie Spit), 3 Leslie Street  
Free

Tommy Thompson Park is home to a variety of native trees and shrubs that provide important habitat for birds and other wildlife. Take a guided tour of the park with LEAF's Manager of Volunteers and Community Engagement to learn about the different species and the roles they play in the local ecosystem.

*This hike is not recommended for young children or strollers. Duration: 1.5 hours
http://www.yourleaf.org/event/2012-05-12/tommy-thompson-spring-bird-festival-tree-tour

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To Live in the Age of Melting: A Concert with evalyn parry
 
Sunday, 13 May, 4 - 7 pm
Gladstone Hotel (Queen and Dufferin)
$15
 
Innovative, award-winning songwriter, poet and theatre artist evalyn parry takes her listeners on an uncommon musical and poetic trip, spinning a web of ideas that travel from 19th century cycling heroines to 21st century sailors; from “feminine protection” to bottled water, to the quest for the Northwest Passage.
 
Parry’s outspoken, witty and personal performances are inspired by a powerful vision of political activism. In this special Mayworks concert, she presents the Toronto premiere of her musical essay "To Live in the Age of Melting," a deconstruction of the icon Canadian folk song "Northwest Passage" by Stan Rogers, examining issues of Arctic sovereignty, global warming, colonization, folk song and the history of conquest in the Canadian North.
 
Accompanying herself on an eclectic collection of instruments (including guitar, water bottle, shruti box and loop pedals), in this concert evalyn will also be joined by several of her favorite musical collaborators. A perfect way to spend Mother’s Day and close out the festival!
 
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Renew Yourself! Dancing and singing….

ECHO Concert

Sun. May 13, 3 p.m.
Church of the Holy Trinity (off Bay, behind Eaton's Centre)  

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Mama D's Musical Mothers' Day
with fabulous food and fun

Sun. May 13, 4 - 6 p.m.
The Central Bar, 603 Markham (Bathurst and Bloor)
No Cover

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Natural Body Washes & Hair Care 

Monday, May 14, 10am - 4pm
Anarres Natural Health, 792A Dovercourt Road 
Info: http://www.anarreshealth.ca/node/1085

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