T.O. Greenspiration Events: Misusing Meds and Energy
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Jan 12 18:48:33 EST 2014
T.O. Greenspiration Events
I'm hosting 2 superb events this week - one on the dangers of medications (Tues.), the other on the dangers of nuclear power (Fri.). Join me to talk alternatives...
- angela
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Stop Line 9 Toolkit
Some of you have asked for more information on how to talk about Line 9 with your family, friends & neighbours. There's a great Toolkit of Line 9 materials. Lots of information (fact sheets, presentations, maps and reports) perfect for helping you raise awareness on this issue.
http://www.stopline9-toronto.ca/line9toolkit.php
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Promising New Developments in the Fight against Fossil Fuels
Mon. Jan 13, 7 - 9 pm
St. Michael & All Angels Church (south east corner of St. Clair and Wychwood, enter from Wychwood through wooden gates, come up to 2nd floor)
Speakers: Rob Shirkey, President, Our Horizon; and Stuart Basden, President, Toronto 350.org
Climate scientists tell us that to avert a global catastrophe we must stop burning the fossil fuels now powering our economies. Clearly this won’t be easy, given that most of us (as consumers or investors) are part of the equation that makes these fuels so profitable. However, thanks to some recent developments in climate science and energy finance, that equation may be changing. Are we approaching one of those “tipping points” where small but concerted efforts can trigger a major shift?
http://tcan.ca/event/promising-new-developments-fight-against-fossil-fuels
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Deadly Dangers of Misusing Medication – an Oss Talk
Tues. Jan. 14
7 p.m. - Sergio Gonzalez Alvarez
7:30 p.m. - Interview with David Carmichael
The Ossington, 61 Ossington (just north of Queen)
Free.
Sergio Gonzalez Alvarez is a Cuban rhythm guitarist. David Carmichael will speak about the Deadly Dangers of Misusing Medication.
The misuse and abuse of prescription drugs and over-the-counter medication is becoming a major public health concern across the country. David Carmichael, media relations officer at RxISK.org, will speak to these growing health concerns. David will also share his own tragic story that was caused by self-medicating with the antidepressant Paxil in 2004. Three weeks after starting Paxil and 2 weeks after increasing his dosage to a therapeutic level, David killed his 11-year-old son Ian. He was charged with first degree murder. David was diagnosed as being in a “major depression” with “psychotic episodes” when he took the life of Ian and was judged to be Not Criminally Responsible. He received an absolute discharge from the Ontario Review Board in 2009 and now educates the public about medication safety.
Oss Talks are a community conversation, held the 2nd Tues. of each month at The Ossington, hosted by Angela Bischoff of Greenspiration and Ontario Clean Air Alliance. For more info or to volunteer your talent, angela at cleanairalliance.org
https://www.facebook.com/events/175519245989262/
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Toxin Toxout: Getting Harmful Chemicals Out Of Our Bodies And Our World
Tues. Jan. 14, 6 – 8 p.m.
Ben McNally, 366 Bay (near Queen)
Book launch. Two of Canada’s enviro leaders give practical and often surprising advice for removing toxic chemicals from our bodies and homes.
www.ToxinToxout.ca
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Turnout Toronto: A Civic Engagement Fair
Tuesday, January 14, 5 p.m.
Centre of Social Innovation (Annex), 720 Bathurst Street
On January 14th we're going to host a civic engagement fair that's similar to the job fair model, but instead people will be sitting around kitchen tables and sofas learning about how to get involved in their city from politicians/advocacy groups/other citizens/etc. It's called Turnout Toronto. The purpose is to educate on the opportunities to get involved (e.g. working on a political campaign, volunteer with elections Toronto, become a member of Better Budget TO, etc), which hopefully leads to things like higher voter turnout, civic participation and love for TO. I think we can debate five ways to Sunday on what the city needs but we'd all agree that you can never have enough love.
https://www.facebook.com/events/244698312362710/
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Keepers of the Water: A Vigil of Lament and Celebration
Wed. Jan. 15, 6:30 p.m.
Church of the Holy Trinity, behind Eaton Centre, near Bay and Dundas
Indigenous communities across Turtle Island are at the forefront of protecting our sacred watersheds. Join us as we come together as Indigenous people and allies for a sacred vigil to celebrate and honour the watersheds, and to lament their threatened destruction from unsustainable fossil fuel development and resource extraction. Together, we will take time to deepen in faith our commitment to be “keepers of the waters” as we celebrate together in traditional Indigenous and Eastern Christian practices. Bishop Mark MacDonald will preside. Organized by: Church of the Redeemer Aboriginal Issues Working Group and Creation Matters @ Redeemer, Diocese of Toronto – Creation Matters, Toronto Urban Native Ministries (TUNM), KAIROS Canada, East /Central Toronto KAIROS, and Church of the Holy Trinity.
www.kairoscanada.org/
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Reclaiming Citizenship, Rejecting Double Punishment: Deepan Budlakoti speaking tour
Wednesday January 15, 7 - 9 p.m.
OISE room 2211 (252 Bloor St. West), University of Toronto
Deepan Budlakoti is an Ottawa-born construction worker and activist who, in 2010, was stripped of his citizenship by the Canadian government. He is now a stateless person pitted in an incredible battle against the Conservative government over his entitlement to citizenship. The government is attempting to deport him to his parents’ homeland, India, a country where he has never lived and does not have citizenship. See more info about his story here: www.justicefordeepan.org. Deepan is currently traveling across Canada to tell his story and seek support. He will be speaking about his experiences as a young man in criminal prison, in immigration detention, and his current conditions as a stateless person. His struggle connects to issues of criminalization, racial profiling, prisons, immigration detention and, more broadly, questions of identity, belonging and borders. Who is entitled to Canadian citizenship? Who is excluded and how are exclusions justified? Who is subject to deportation and double punishment?
https://www.facebook.com/events/489317097852178/
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French Conversation and Culture Group
Wed January 15, 5 - 6 p.m.
CSI Annex - Meeting room #3, 720 Bathurst Street
$25 per session, or 5 sessions for $100
Join our conversation group and you will not only improve your French but you will also discover French culture through games, articles, passionate discussions and of course...FOOD. For More Information: ludiwine.clouzot at ecoloodi.org
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Brainstorm session for the new Social Justice open studio
Wednesday, January 15 -- 6:30pm
862 Richmond Street West, Suite 100, Arcadeatorium
Do you like to make things? Around other people who are also making things? For the revolution? Come out to the brainstorm session for the new social justice open studio sessions! This will be a regular time to come together, make work, get feedback, and collaborate. Join us as we explore and experiment with new modes of radical creative production! We want to bring together creatives who centre their work in anti-oppression and social justice: graphic designers, comic book artists, zine makers, game developers, industrial designers, visual artists, animators, filmmakers, visual storytellers, and all kinds of tinkerers — anyone who needs shared time, space, and support to work on projects that we normally work on in isolation.
bentomiso.com/events/brainstorm-session-for-the-social-justice-open-studio
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Buskers For Justice (We Are José Campaign)
Wed. Jan. 15, 1 - 3 p.m.
Canadian Border Services Agency, 1 Front W
Free (donations appreciated)
Musicians and actors including Daniel Williston and Duff MacDonald busk for permanent residency status for Salvadoran refugee José Figueroa.
facebook.com/events/208243179361613.
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Nonviolence as Political Action
With Jill Carr-Harris, Development worker in India on women’s empowerment.
Thursday Jan. 16, 7 - 9 pm
Room 179, University College, 15 Kings College Circle, U of T
All welcome. No charge.
Co-Sponsored by University College Health Studies Programme, Canadian Pugwash Group, Science for Peace, and Voice of Women for Peace.
http://www.scienceforpeace.ca/vital-discussions-of-human-security-fall-2013-spring-2014
If you miss it, the video podcast will be available on the SfP YouTube channel within 1-2 weeks after the talk.http://www.youtube.com/user/Science4Peace
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Animal Rights Academy - Christian and Animal Rights Theology
with Allison Covey
Thur. Jan. 16, 7 - 9 p.m.
100 St. George, Room 507
The first half is a talk and the second half discussion. All are welcome (including 4 legged friends, provided they are relatively quiet and friendly).
via PaulYork AnimalRights
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Sustainability CoLab Launch Event
Thur. January 16, 4 - 7 p.m.
Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St
Free with pre-registration
Sustainability CoLab is scaling an innovative approach to climate change action by engaging businesses to set targets to reduce their carbon impact. After more than two years of research and interest from over a dozen communities across Ontario, we’re inviting you to join us as we bring together leaders from across the province to celebrate the launch of this new national non-profit and announce our support services, funding partners, staff and board and the first communities selected to join the CoLab Network.
http://sustainabilitycolab.org/launch-event/register
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Bouncing Back To Calm
Thur. Jan. 16, 7 p.m.
Big Carrot, 348 Danforth
Free
Wellness educator Isabelle Moreau discusses stress management.
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Quietly Into Disaster - A Plea For Survival
Film screening and discussion about nuclear energy with Angela Bischoff, Ontario Clean Air Alliance
Fri. Jan. 17, 7 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor St. W, Rm 2-214 (St. George subway)
PWYC, suggested donation $4
This 2012 documentary deals with facts and topics concerning nuclear fission: damages done to health and environment, nuclear waste and politics, renewable energies, reactor safety, the serious implications of a nuclear accident and the public resistance.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/806197712739315
Trailer: http://quietly-into-disaster.com/
Organized by www.socialistaction.ca
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The Green Majority
Toronto's Environmental Radio Show
Weekly, Fridays, 11 - noon EST
Listen live or catch the podcasts
http://greenmajority.ca/
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The Square
Friday, January 17, 6:30 p.m.
Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor Street West
Cost: $11
Join Amnesty International Toronto Organization (AITO) for this film screening. “The Square” follows a diverse group of Egyptian activists, armed only with cameras and the power of social media, as they risk their lives to build a liberated society.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1438752576336735/
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Peace & prosperity, not war & austerity
2014 Convention of the Canadian Peace Alliance
Fri. - Sun, January 17 - 19
Ryerson University
As Stephen Harper continues to pour untold billions into wars abroad and militarism at home, we would like to propose some real alternatives to the pro-war agenda. To that end, this convention will be the formal re-launch of our centre-piece campaign: Peace & prosperity, not war & austerity. Instead of committing $490 billion to military spending over the next 20 years - as the Harper government has done in its Canada First Defence Strategy - we propose to redirect those resources to health care, education, child care, good green jobs, anti-poverty initiatives, and climate justice. Over three days of panel discussions, plenary meetings, and workshops, the convention will discuss how to raise these issues in your community, set up a local campaign, and build support among the wider public.
Friday night: What would you do with $490 billion? Alternatives to war, militarism and austerity. Sat. and Sun. workshops
peace14.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/175409392651232
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Arctic Defenders
Fri, Jan 17, 9 p.m.
Sun, Jan 19, 12:30 p.m.
Tue, Jan 21, 6:30 p.m.
Wed, Jan 22, 8:45 p.m.
Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor W (at Bathurst)
Award-winning director John Walker has a long history of documenting the Canadian experience, and in Arctic Defendershe charts the remarkable story of how Canada’s newest territory, Nunavut, was created. It’s an amazing story that reveals many discoveries and developments that have never been discussed in the media. The battle began in 1968 with a young Inuit man who had a grand dream to reclaim land so the Inuit could have governance of their own territory. Along with a small group of Inuit radicals, a long and difficult confrontation ensued with a government that was reluctant to relax their sovereignty in the North. Thirty-one years later however, their dream finally came true with the creation and recognition of Nunavut—the largest territorial land re-visioning to ever take place. It’s an amazing testament of how perseverance and unwavering tenacity by even a small group of individuals can help re-build a country’s modern day identity.
http://prod5.agileticketing.net/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=18627~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0&#.UsCTg-BTRfU
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Setting up and improving your group's structure
Saturday, January 18, 1 - 4 p.m.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/event/8043545461
Who is part of your group and who isn't? How do you make decisions? Is it working for you? This workshop explores how small groups can establish and improve systems to integrate people into the group and effectively make decisions. Topics covered include: membership types and different styles of decision-making, from hierarchy to consensus.
Trainer: Jessica Bell, M.Ed. is a facilitator and trainer. More info at www.jessicabell.org.
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Local EcoMentors training sessions
Saturday, January 18, 11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
ING Direct Café, 221 Yonge St.
Registration deadline: Thursday, January 16 at 5 p.m.
Gain the skills you need to educate your peers and younger students about environmental issues that matter most to you. EcoMentors training sessions are free, fun-filled days of interactive activities that will inspire and equip youth as community leaders. Plus, youth can earn volunteer hours, meet other environmentally engaged youth and take home resources to help them facilitate workshops! Hosted by Earthday Canada.
http://www.ecomentors.ca/events.php
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Jaguar Chocolate Making Workshop
Saturday, January 18, 2 - 6 p.m.
1131 St. Clair West
Join ChocoSol’s Founder, Michael Sacco, for a 4 hour hands-on jaguar chocolate making workshop. Attendees will grind, mold, and temper jaguar chocolate, and learn about the ingredient process. Not only are the forest gardens habitat for fauna like the jaguar, they provide ways for indigenous communities to create safety belts of communal use around natural areas. This is beyond conservation, and is rooted in millennia of ecological and spiritual stewardship. Today, ChocoSol is proud to be part of a small cadre of chocolatiers, chefs, farmers, and artisans participating in the regeneration of the jaguar cacao, both through seedling planting and intercultural encounter, dialogue, and exchange, as well as through recipe development and intercultural learning.
$50 per person (cash please). A minimum of 5 people are needed. Maximum 15. Attendees also have the opportunity to purchase jaguar chocolate at a reduced price.
To reserve your spot, please email info at chocosoltraders.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/383226775155572
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Bed Bugs: Politics And Science Of The Resurgence
Sat. Jan. 18, 1:15 p.m.
Victoria University, rm 206, 140 Charles W
Free
Toronto Entomologists' Assoc illustrated talk.
ontarioinsects.org
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Staying Alive – Family Nature Walk
Sat. Jan. 18, 1 - 2:30 pm.
High Park Nature Centre, 440 Parkside
$2 - $5 or pwyc
Guided walk to learn how squirrels, chipmunks, chickadees, owls and insects survive winter.
highparknaturecentre.com
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Global Gossip on Health Care
with Alissa Von Bargen, Canadian Doctors for Medicare
Sunday, January 19, 12 p.m.
Trinity St.Paul's United Church, 427 Bloor Street West
The session will provide a brief update on the United Church's health care involvements and an opportunity to hear about current concerns such as the Brian Day court case regarding private medical clinics, seniors' care, the role of parish nurses, and other issues of particular concern to some members of the congregation. Support our common struggle for a health care system based upon need rather than ability to pay, and for a renewed commitment to have policies we claim to care about implemented.
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The Power Of Nonviolence
Mon. Jan. 20, 7 pm.
Friends Meeting House, 60 Lowther (St. George subway)
Free
Martin Luther King Day forum with talks on nonviolent action in India, nonviolence in South Sudan and nonviolent action for environmental justice in Aamjiwnaang and on Line 9. For more info: 416-731-6605, peaceworks at primus.ca
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NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing
http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/listings/
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