T.O. Greenspiration Events: She Speaks...

Angela Bischoff greenspi at web.ca
Sun Sep 30 08:13:25 EDT 2012


T.O. Greenspiration Events

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A Costly Mistake - Write Your Councillor Now to Save the Jarvis St. Bike Lanes

Time's running out to save the Jarvis St bike lanes. In early September, we were notified by the Province of Ontario that our request for an Environmental Assessment on Jarvis St had been denied. It's now up to City Council to reverse their decision on Jarvis St. With 7 weeks until their scheduled removal, we need you to act now to save the Jarvis St bike lanes. That will only happen if all of us who have a say in what goes on in our city demand it. There are only 2 council sessions left between now and the bike lanes' scheduled date for removal.
 
Contact your City Councillor now and tell them to protect the Jarvis Street bike lanes!  http://cycleto.ca/e-mail-your-councillor? 
Need help with wording your letter? Click here for all the reasons to save the Jarvis St. lanes.  http://cycleto.ca/news/2012/09/24/why-reverse-decision-jarvis? 

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Fast and Vigil for Climate Justice
 
Sept. 21 – Oct. 2, Parliament Hill, and your own home.
 
Fasters have 3 asks: 1) Eliminate fossil fuel subsidies of well over $1 billion each year (about $40 for each Canadian). 2) Put a price on greenhouse gases and 3) develop a real plan to emphasize conservation and renewable energy. 
 
Many groups and individuals have pledged to fast and/or to support the fast. 
Check out their website: http://www.climatefast.ca/

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Toronto Palestine Film Festival

Sept. 29 - Oct. 7
http://tpff.ca/

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Toronto Peace Walk 

Sunday Sept 30, 2 - 4 pm 
Hart House Circle in front of Hart House, U of T

This is a Thich Nhat Hanh inspired secular and multi-faith walk, without banners or slogans, expressing our deep desire for a peaceful Toronto. 
http://curvedspace.wix.com/peace-walk-toronto#!home/mainPage
https://www.facebook.com/events/437468809624417/

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An Evening with CLASSE

Sunday, Septmeber 30, 8 p.m.
Regal Beagle, 335 Bloor Street West

Join us for drinks with Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois and Cloé Zawadzki-Turcotte of CLASSE with Rabble.ca Quebec correspondent Ethan Cox!
Come out and pick these fine folks' brains one on one about the Quebec student movement!

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Right to Food Rally – No Garden Is Illegal!
 
Mon. Oct. 1, noon – 1 p.m.
Toronto City Hall, Queen and Bay
 
On Friday, upon the order of the Director of City of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation, the beautiful People's Peas Garden in Queen's Park was removed, food trashed, and replaced with sod. This occurred without warning or consultation with the community who grew it, with hundreds participating for five months, the day before the festival to celebrate its harvest. It happened in a City affected by a global food security crisis, with few public spaces permitted for residents to grow.

Join us for a peasful rally for the right to food in Toronto and everywhere. Food not Lawns! Yes to food in public spaces! Yes to a better food system! No Garden is Illegal! Bring soil, seeds, and live plants, food to eat & share, signs, and music! Tweet with #foodTO #TOpoli #occupygardens

Organized by the People's Peas Garden, Occupy Gardens, and Food Forward.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/foodforward/
https://www.facebook.com/events/185270878275210/

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War Resisters Update, Film Night and Fundraising Dinner

Mon. Oct. 1, 6 pm Dinner, 7 pm Campaign Update and Film Screening
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street (near Spadina and College)

Despite enormous efforts by Canadians from coast to coast, U.S. Iraq War resister Kimberly Rivera and her family were forced to leave Canada on September 20. Canadians are shocked and angered that our government did not allow Kim’s humanitarian and compassionate application to be processed before she was forced to leave. She is currently being detained and awaiting punishment at the hands of the U.S. military.  The callousness of the Harper government – who applauded the news of Kim’s forced return to the U.S. – has made many people more determined than ever to fight to ensure that no other Iraq War resisters suffer the same fate. 

Please join the War Resisters Support Campaign for dinner, a campaign update and a screening of the film Soldiers of Peace by Denis Mueller. Soldiers of Peace is the story of veterans who courageously opposed wars ranging from Vietnam to Iraq. This counter-narrative includes Dewey Canyon III at the Miami 1972 GOP Convention demonstrations led by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War. This riveting film explores the metamorphosis of veterans, from those who actually fought in wars, to becoming passionate critics against unnecessary wars. 

$20 suggested donation • refreshments available
Organized by the War Resisters Support Campaign • www.resisters.ca

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Worldwide Pussy Riot Rally Day

Mon. Oct. 1, noon
Meet at Yonge/Bloor intersection and march to Consulate General Of The Russian Federation

What better way to spend 20 minutes at lunch?! To celebrate the hoped-for release of the women of Pussy Riot. Same Pussy channel, same Pussy time. October 1 is the date set for the formal appeal. It has been publicly acknowledged that the global support shown was a mitigating factor in lessening the severity of the original 2-year sentence. Let's push for (or celebrate) complete amnesty! Choose any spot on the north-east corner of Yonge/Bloor by 12:10. At 12:15 listen for whistle (or if someone wants to volunteer to yell "Free Pussy Riot" as the signal, that's cool; my voice won't carry, so I can't personally do it)  Don your balaclava! Unfurl the banner [I'll bring]. We'll walk to the Consulate a block east. Chant (or drum or whatever) until 12:30, hand out pamphlets ... [I'll bring]. 
12:30 Disperse!

https://www.facebook.com/events/118623931619280/

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Lessons from the Quebec Student Strike, and student struggles around the world

Monday, October 1, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm 
Ted Rogers School of Management - Ryerson University

Featuring Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Cloé Zawadzki-Turcotte, Valentina Latorre, Tina Treviño-Murphy & Rodney Diverlus

Students in Quebec made international headlines when they went on strike to stop a 75% tuition fee increase. In what became the longest student strike in Canadian history, Quebec students resisted police repression and a government-led attack on civil liberties. In the process, they inspired a solidarity movement across Quebec and Canada. In response to the social crisis provoked by the strike, Quebec premier Jean Charest called a snap election in August - and lost. On September 20, the incoming government cancelled the fee increase and scrapped Charest's anti-protest law - a total victory of the students' demands. Join us for this historic meeting, to hear leaders of the Quebec Student Strike discuss how they organized - and won. The meeting will also discuss how students in Ontario can do the same. Other speakers include student leaders of the 2011/12 Chilean student protests and the 2011 Wisconsin labour uprising.

https://www.facebook.com/events/423509194375734/

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Ryerson Social Justice Week
Decent Work, Decent Lives for All

October 1 - 5, Ryerson University, Toronto.
www.ryerson.ca/socialjustice

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Toronto Solidarity Fast for Climate Leadership
 
Tues. Oct. 2, noon – 1 p.m.
Queen and John streets, CP 24 Weather News Network
FB Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/116245755193487/
 
Torontonians will gather in solidarity with climate activists who have been fasting in Ottawa on Parliament Hill since Sept. 21st, International Day of Peace. They will end their fast on Tues. Oct. 2, International Day of Non-Violence.
 
The group is demanding that the Federal Government: 1) fulfill its promise to stop fossil fuel subsidies; 2) put a price on carbon; and 3) develop a National Renewable Energy Plan.
 
The public are encouraged to pledge to fast, and to contact their MP, or write to their local newspapers. Sample letters and more details can be found here: www.climatefast.ca
 
“Whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.” - Mohatma (Mohandas) Gandhi, Sept. 25, 1924.
 
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The Hole Story
A skewering analysis of the the ways in which Canadian mining companies have put profit before people and the environment.

Tues. October 2, 6:45 p.m.
Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor Street West 
Suggested donation $2-5 

Join us for an uncompromising look at Canada's mining industry, which according to the filmmakers has no concern for people or the environment in its pursuit of profit. THE HOLE STORY is an alternative mining history to the mainstream commercial narrative of economic development and prosperity.  The history of mining in Canada is the story of astronomical profits made with disregard for the environment and human health. The story of nickel in Sudbury, silver in Cobalt, gold in Timmins, copper in Rouyn...Using striking images, rare archival footage, interviews and their trademark humorous social commentary, Desjardin and Monderie make their case against the way mining has been done in Canada with clarity and conviction. This screening is co-presented with the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network. 

cinemapolitica.org/bloor 
https://www.facebook.com/events/100707673420441/

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Love During Wartime (2010) 

Tuesday, Oct 2 @ 7pm
Jackman Hall, AGO

Love During Wartime directed by Gabriella Bier is a modern-day Romeo and Juliet story. Newlyweds Osama, a Palestinian artist, and Jasmin, an Israeli dancer, fell in love while working in East Jerusalem. However their marriage is marred by Israeli law that prevents them from living together. The film follows this determined couple on a bureaucratic and legal odyssey that tests the strength of their relationship. Co-presented by TPFF and Beit Zatoun  

http://beitzatoun.org/cms/events/view/12-10-02/TPFF_Film_Love_During_Wartime.aspx

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Canadian Democracy in Crisis: Taking Action on Electoral Reform
Town Hall Meeting on Mixed Member Proportional Representation in Parliament

Tues. October 2, 7–9 pm
519 Community Centre, Ballroom, 519 Church St.
Free

With Nathalie Des Rosiers – former head of Law Commission of Canada. Nathalie des Rosiers was president of the Law Commission of Canada when it produced its report, Voting Counts, in 2004.  She has her LLB from Universite de Montreal and an LLM from Harvard.  As well as being general counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, she is professor at the University of Ottawa and a member of the University of Western Ontario's Faculty of Law.  She has received many honours for her work and notably was ranked as one of Canada's "25 most influential lawyers" in 2011 by Canadian Lawyers' Magazine. Nathalie Des Rosiers will speak about the Law Commission report, Voting Counts http://www.electoralalliance.ca/Articles%2FLaw_Commission_report_on_electoral_reform    
The report advocates how to make all votes count by using mixed-member proportional representation. Nathalie will discuss the implications of this new system of voting: mixed-member proportional representation, and how we make electoral reform happen. Network with others concerned about the fate of Canadian Democracy

contact at electoralalliance.ca
www.electoralalliance.ca 
https://www.facebook.com/events/395279047200805/

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Reclaiming the Pink Ribbon
Film screening and discussion with Samantha King, author of "Pink Ribbons Inc.: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy"

Tuesday October 2, 7 p.m.
Innis College Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue, U of T

The Pink Ribbon. The symbol of the struggle for a breast cancer cure. Millions of women march every year to raise money for breast cancer research, sporting their ribbons proudly. But where does the ribbon come from, and what does wearing it really mean? People have begun to question how breast cancer went from a personal battle to its own industry. Are we any closer to finding a cure? And where are all those donations going? The film Pink Ribbons Inc. deconstructs and documents how breast cancer fundraising has been co-opted to promote a frightening corporate agenda, with devastating consequences not only for women’s health, but also for environmental justice and workers’ rights. Based largely on the book of the same name, both the film and the book explore the history of the commercialization of breast cancer, how the pink ribbon became the ultimate symbol for corporate philanthropy, and how we can start to take the pink ribbon back.

Wheelchair accessible venue. Childcare available
$5-$10 Admission or pay what you can. No one turned away for lack of funds*
All proceeds raised from this event will go to the Access fund at the Choice in Health Clinic, which provides free surgical abortions and contraceptives to women, including those without health coverage. This includes women without immigration status; homeless women who do not have an OHIP card and young women whose parents hold their OHIP card.

More information on the Choice in Health clinic at www.choiceinhealth.ca. 
See the trailer for Pink Ribbons Inc. here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2xY2cxto1M
Presented by Choice in Health and OPIRG-Toronto.

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Register now for the next workshop series on:
Non-Violence in Action & Activism in Action 

Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 2 - Nov. 8, 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Course starts October 2nd and runs Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30 to 9:30 till November 8th 2012.
Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave.  2 bl n. of Bloor St. at Bedford Ave. (n. of St. George TTC)
$150 single series - ask about a sliding scale spot if cost is a barrier

Learn practical skills for effective social change. Develop effective strategies for nonviolent social change in a series of six evening workshops.
- Spirit of Non-violence in our personal lives
- The Faces of Non-violence - life stories of those who inspire us
- Analysis, Vision, Strategy of Non-violent Social Change Campaigns
- Role Play - non-violence in confrontation situations
- Power of Non-violence, case studies
- Self Care, prevent burnout
- Human Rights framework
- Using the Media
- Gaining support for your cause, building your campaign
- Speaking and Writing, getting your message across
- Using technology, Facebook and video

For more info: 416-731-6605 or 416-596-7328 or peaceworks at primus.ca

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Spiders of Toronto
 
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
North York Central Library

Did you know that more than 200 species of spiders call Toronto home? Join us to learn all about these fascinating eight-legged creatures. Tom Mason, Curator, Toronto Zoo will entertain us with interesting facts, images and insights. Bring your curiosity and your questions. Spiders of Toronto is one of a series of illustrated booklets in the City's Biodiversity Series.

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MOVE: Environment

Tues. Oct. 2, 7 – 9 pm
Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Ave.

The transportation sector is one of the main drivers of climate change, air pollution and urban sprawl. Reducing these negative impacts will require a wide variety of approaches—from investing in public transit and communities that encourage active transportation.
How can we build a system that reduces our dependence on fossil fuels and treads lightly on the surrounding environment?

Moderator: Rick Huijbregts, Cisco Canada with Panelists:
	• Susan Zielinski, University of Michigan
	• Lisa Rochon, Globe and Mail  
	• Wayne Roberts, Food Policy Analyst
	• Mark Gorgolewski, Ryerson University

http://ebw.evergreen.ca/move/calendar/innovation-talks

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Lifting the Ban on City Hens - Crackdown
  
Tuesday, October 2, 7 p.m.
William Doo Auditorium (UofT), 48 Willcocks Street 
 
Join us for an exclusive preview screening of CRACKDOWN! followed by an expert panel discussion on the benefits and challenges of keeping hens in the city as part of the urban food movement.
Trailer here: www.crackdown.ca

Panelists:
Matthew Bailey-Dick (Waterloo Hen Association)
Chris Schafer (Canadian Constitution Foundation)
Dr. Barry Pakes (public health specialist, ER and primary care physician)
Anonymous Toronto Chicken Keeper
Carolyn Young (Sustain Ontario)
Joe Mihevc (City Councillor)
Jan Keck (Filmmaker)
Moderated by Lorraine Johnson
 
Tickets: http://crackdown.eventbrite.com/
$5 on eventbrite and there will also be tickets available at the door for $8 (cash only).
If you are unable to attend the screening due to budgetary constraints, please email jan at red-gecko-productions. We are committed to making this an accessible event.
All the proceeds are going towards financing the film and ultimately in educating the public about urban chicken keeping.
 
This event is sponsored by TorontoChickens.com, Sustain Ontario, Food Forward, Toronto Food Policy Council & Red Gecko Productions.
 
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Sustainable Investing

Wed. Oct. 3, 7 - 8:30 pm
TekSource Corporate Training Centre, 36 Lombard Street, 6th Floor
$5 OR PWYC

Sustainable Investing - What does socially responsible investing mean to you? This session will discuss socially responsible investing, what it means, and the influence of investment dollars on long term impact. This is part 2 of a 2 part series on Sustainable Investing provided by Corey Ferrier of the Investor's Group. (Part 1 was Sept. 26) Corey is personally committed to understanding your needs and providing you with in-depth analysis and personalized solutions. With the support of a wide range of highly qualified financial experts in investment, tax and retirement planning at Investors Group, he can help you keep abreast of increasing changes to financial markets and investing. Whether you're examining investment performance or wishing to customize your tax and retirement options, you can be confident you'll have the necessary in-depth information you need to make your most important investment decisions.  Corey is dedicated to working with you to ensure you achieve your financial goals.

Website to Sign-up/Register: http://transitiontoronto.ning.com/events/sustainable-investing-part-1-of-2
For more info: transitiontoronto at gmail.com, ph. 416 258 1306

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She Speaks: Indigenous Women Speak Out Against Tar Sands

Wed. Oct. 3, 6:30 p.m.
United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street (near Spadina and College)

Indigenous communities are taking the lead to stop the largest industrial project on Earth and Northern Alberta is ground zero with over 20 corporations operating in the tar sands sacrifice zone, with expanded developments being planned. The cultural heritage, land, ecosystems and health of Indigenous communities including those in the Athabasca, Peace River and Cold Lake regions of Alberta are being sacrificed for oil money in what has been termed a “slow industrial genocide”. Infrastructure projects linked to the tar sands expansion such as the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, Kinder Morgan pipeline, Enbridge Line 9 reversal, and the Keystone XL pipeline threaten Indigenous communities across Turtle Island particularly Aamjiwnaang First Nation and the Haudenausaunee Confederacy here in Southern Ontario. 

CRYSTAL LAMEMAN is a Beaver Lake Cree First Nation activist and the Peace River tar sands campaigner for the Indigenous Environmental Network in Alberta. Crystal is committed to restoring Native treaty rights and stopping the exploitation of the tar sands. 

MELISSA ELLIOTT is co-founder of Young Onkwehonwe United, and a youth activist from the Haudenosaunee Territory of Six Nations. Known to most as Missy, she has organized to defend Kanonhstaton (the former Douglas Creek Estates), and to stop development projects on Six Nations territory being pushed through without their consent such as the Line 9 reversal project.

VANESSA GRAY is a youth organizer from Aamjiwnaang First Nation, a community that has been named the most polluted place in North America by the National Geographic Society. She founded Green Teens, a environmental justice organization of Native youth to resist the impact of the 63 petrochemical refineries in her hometown and is an active campaigner for the rights of Indigenous people across these lands. 

SUZANNE DHALIWAL is the co-founder of the UK Tar Sands Network, which works in solidarity with the Indigenous Environmental network to campaign against UK corporations and financial institutions invested in the Alberta Tar Sands.

Moderated by Heather Milton-Lightning from the Pasqua First Nation, Ruckus Society and the Indigenous Environmental Network.

This event is organized by the Indigenous Environmental Network. IEN is an alliance of grassroots Indigenous Peoples whose mission is to protect the sacredness of Mother Earth from contamination and exploitation by strengthening, maintaining, and respecting traditional teachings and natural laws. It is supported by No One Is Illegal - Toronto, Mining Injustice Solidarity Network, Toronto Bolivia Solidarity and others.  

For more information, to endorse or to support, please write to firstnationswomenspeakingtour at gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/475951072425436/permalink/478436415510235/

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Debating the Gun Ban in Toronto
With Nathalie Des Rosiers
 
Wednesday, October 3, 6 - 8 p.m.
Samara, 33 Prince Arthur Avenue
Free (Light snacks will be served)
RSVP: couch at couchichinginstitute.ca Or call: 416-494-1440 Ext. 225
 
A spike in shootings this previous summer in Toronto has been followed by a panicked chorus of calls for a municipal (and even nation-wide) ban on handguns. Those in favour of a ban have included the Ontario Attorney General and Toronto City Councillors, and even less-known voices outside of the government such as the Catholic Church. The Conservative government's recent move to scrap the long-gun registry adds a further layer of complexity. Taking into account Canada's unpatrolled 5,000 km border with one of the most heavily armer countries in the world, is the ban on guns as unrealistic as the ban on narcotics? Or would a ban serve as a significant deterrent to illegal gun activity? Join us for a conversation on this timely issue that is set to remain center stage at all levels of governments.
 
Nathalie Des Rosiers is the General Counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. Previously she was Dean of the Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section, of the University of Ottawa from 2004 to 2008 and President of the Law Commission of Canada from 2000 to 2004. In 2010, she was a nominee for The Globe and Mail'sNation Builder Award. Nathalie obtained an LL.B. from Université de Montréal in 1981, an LL.M. from Harvard University in 1984, and an honorary doctorate from the Law Society of Upper Canada in 2004.
 
The Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs neither advocates any position nor lobbies for action. Its mandate is to provide a civil place to disagree, fostering healthy, informed discussion on the issues of the day. www.couchichinginstitute.ca

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Generation Now: Four emerging voices on the Canadian political landscape
 
Thursday Oct. 4, Doors open: 6:30 pm, lecture starts: 7:30 pm. Wine and cheese social: 9 pm
Trinity St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor Street West

- Brigette dePape, writer and activist also known as the “rogue page” who stood in protest in the Canadian Senate chambers
- Ben Powless, Mohawk citizen from Six Nations, co-founder of the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition and organizer with Defenders of the Land
- Jamie Biggar, founding executive director of Leadnow.ca who coordinates national campaigns designed to get more Canadians engaged in their own democracy
- Emma Pullman, freelance writer, campaigner with sumofus.org and research director withLeadnow.ca
 
They’re actively engaged in the biggest challenges of our time. Find out what they think about Canada’s future.
Lecture only: $40 lower level seating; $20 upper level seating
CCPA Fundraising wine and cheese social, includes a free drink and a chance to meet the guest speakers (limited tickets available): $40

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Introduction to Media for Campaigns

Thursday, October 4, 6 to 10 p.m.
At U of T

This workshop will help activists understand how the mainstream media works, and how to use it as at tool in your campaigns for social, economic and ecological change. We will cover the basics of how to write compelling press releases, give great interviews, and develop frames and messages that are effective and in line with your goals.

http://www.toolsforchange.net/2012/08/15/introduction-to-media-for-campaigns/

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Sisters In Spirit 

Thur. Oct 4
7 a.m. Sunrise Ceremony, City Hall
6 - 7 p.m. Vigil, Allan Gardens Park, Gerrard and Sherbrook (xxx double check address)

Native Women's Resource Centre of Toronto and the planning committee will once again be hosting this sunrise ceremony and vigil to celebrate and remember the lives of our mothers, sisters, aunties, grandmothers and friends that have been taken from us too soon leaving behind a legacy of memories and loved ones. 

For more Info: (416) 963-9963 or e-mail: info at nwrct.ca 

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Human Rights and Housing: Ensuring Health and Affordable Homes for All

Thur. Oct. 4, 1 - 4 p.m.
Church of the Holy Trinity (10 Trinity Square, behind Eaton's Centre, off Bay and Dundas)

With Chief Commissioner Barbara Hall, Ontario Human Rights Commission and Tracy Hefferman, lawyer, Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario, and Moderator Michael Shapcott, Director Housing and Innovation, Wellesley Institute 

International, national and Ontario human rights laws are a robust foundation on which to build effective housing policies. Everyone is welcome to join smart and skilled practitioners as they set out practical strategies to ensure healthy and affordable homes for all using a rights framework.

http://humanrightsandhousing.eventbrite.com/

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Networked individualism
with Barry Wellman, Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto,
 
Thur. Oct. 4, 7 – 9 p.m.
University College, 15 Kings College Circle, U of Toronto, Rm. 144
All welcome. No charge.
 
Co-Sponsored by University College Health Studies Programme, Canadian Pugwash Group, Science for Peace, and Voice of Women for Peace.

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The eh List Author Series
with Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin

Thursday Oct.4,  - 7 - 8:15 pm
Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street (north of Bloor)

The Making of Global Capitalism. In this timely and provocative book, Panitch and Gindin provide an authoritative guide to the history and geography of global capitalism and the American empire. Join us for the launch of this important new book.

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American Autumn

Friday, October 5, 7 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor St. West, Room 2-212
All welcome. $4 donation requested

Shot on the front lines and meeting spaces of the Occupy movement in New York, Boston, and Washington, DC from the earliest days through the end of January 2012, this is an inside, looking-out view of the Occupy movement. With interviews and insight from key organizers, thinkers and activists, writer/ director Dennis Trainor Jr weaves commentary and a fearless style that often puts the viewer right between police and protesters. The film includes an original score by Goldi, a member of the OWS music Rebel group.

Megan Kinch, who edited a weekly paper called “99: Dispatches from Occupy Toronto”, a project of the Toronto Media Co-op, will start the discussion. She was involved in the 2008-2009 CUPE 3903 strike, the G20 protests and environmental justice struggles.

Presented by Toronto Socialist Action, more info: www.socialistaction.ca or call 416-461-6942.

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The Big Fix

Friday, October 5, 7 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor St. West, Room 2-212
All welcome. $4 donation requested

This documentary examines the April 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. Josh and Rebecca Tickell, along with Peter Fonda, take us with them on their journey to the Gulf of Mexico for a first hand view of the devastation caused by the BP Oil spill and the whitewashing of the facts.

Presented by Toronto Socialist Action, more info: www.socialistaction.ca or call 416-461-6942.

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Don't Attack Iran!
City-wide rally and march with the Toronto Coalition to Stop the War f

Saturday, October 6
2:00 p.m. Rally at Queen's Park
3:00 p.m. March
3:30 p.m. Public meeting: 'Why Harper cut ties with Iran' - featuring special guest speakers (TBA)

The recent decision by the Harper government to sever all diplomatic relations with Iran represents a dangerous escalation of an already tense situation. Instead of pursuing dialogue and a peaceful resolution, Harper has chosen a path that could quickly lead to war. In the short term, Harper's decision severely restricts the mobility of Iranian-Canadians, denying them access to necessary consular services. Even worse, it creates a climate of suspicion and fear that puts Iranian-Canadians under undue scrutiny. In the long term, cutting ties with Iran forecloses the possibility of a diplomatic solution, leaving only military options on the table. A war with Iran would be catastrophic, causing untold civilian deaths, and likely sparking a larger regional conflict.

There is no credible evidence that Iran is using nuclear technology to build a weapon, yet Harper is asking the Canadian public, once again, to believe unfounded claims about Weapons of Mass Destruction. The fact that no weapons were ever found in Iraq – and that the proof of their existence turned out to be false – renders the same accusation against Iran extremely questionable. Almost ten years after the start of the Iraq War, we face the threat of another war – which is why we need to take a stand against it. Join us as we call on Harper to pursue the path to peace, not war.

In 2003, Canadians stopped our government from joining an unjust war. In 2012, we can do it again.
https://www.facebook.com/events/500587406619572/permalink/501003566577956/

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Meeting with Government and Elected Officials

Saturday, October 6, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
At U of T

Politicians, their staff, and high-ranking bureaucrats hold significant formal power in society, including legislative power. While it is often not useful to exclusively rely on a lobbying strategy, politicians can help us achieve our social, environmental, and economic goals.  This workshop will provide you with the tools you need to get the most of your meetings with elected officials.  Topics to be covered include: when is it useful to meet with elected officials and when is not useful, what to ask for, who to bring, how to negotiate, how to prepare, and how to best deal with 'friendlies' and 'opponents'.  

http://www.toolsforchange.net/2012/08/13/meetingwithgovernment/

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