T.O. Greenspiration Events: RadTO

Sun Mar 18 22:16:37 EDT 2018

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Close Pickering!

Did you know we live in the evacuation zone of one of the world’s largest and oldest nuclear stations? Designed to last 30 years, it’s now 47, and OPG is applying for another 10 yr extension. No way!

http://www.cleanairalliance.org/close-pickering/

http://www.cleanairalliance.org/tell-premier-wynne-you-support-a-money-saving-deal-with-quebec/

What would happen if a serious nuclear accident, similar in extent to what took place in Fukushima, Japan in March 2011, were to occur at the Pickering Nuclear Station just east of Toronto?

http://www.cleanairalliance.org/fukushima/ 

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Parkdale Rent Strike 

Tenants at 1251 King St. West are in the second month of their rent strike against landlord, Nuspor Investments.  Rent strikers are demanding that Nuspor drop the above guideline rent increase, where tenants would have to pay for $296,935 in lobby renovations, and to do needed repairs. Nuspor had issued eviction notices, but tenants were successful in getting Nuspor to agree to a negotiating meeting. We are currently awaiting updates about this situation.

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Join Karma Food Coop

Receiving Karma Co-op's Trial Shop Card is Easy. It's in the Annex near Bathurst and Bloor. Toronto's oldest food coop. 

http://www.karmacoop.org/discover/

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Pedestrian deaths won’t end as long as Toronto panders to cars and drivers

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/pedestrian-deaths-wont-end-by-pandering-to-cars-and-drivers/article38273351/?cmpid=rss1 

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Earth Day 2018 Film Competition

Toronto350.org is calling on filmmakers young and old, amateur and professional, to submit 2-5-minute shorts for our spring film contest. The theme of the contest is What is your favourite spot to be in Toronto, and why is its preservation important to you and the city? Submissions are due by April 1.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1930510/ and http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1419941/ 

http://www.toronto350.org/ 

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Libraries as Media Spaces: Technology, Debate, Equity

Tuesday March 20, 2:30 p.m.

Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St, Atrium

We will explore the “massive revolution” over the past 15 years in how libraries operate, including their role as a neutral space to exchange ideas. No longer just book depots with "shushing" librarians, public libraries are in fact lively and interactive spaces that contend with issues of relevance to us all with accessible technology, focusing on diversity and equity in neutral public spaces and platforms for discussion and debate. This event aims to present the most modern and cutting-edge view of what libraries do and how they serve their communities in 2018. Free.

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What’s Up with NAFTA, Jobs and Equity?

Tuesday, March 20, noon - 2 pm

Ted Rogers School, 55 Dundas Street West, Room 3-129

Are NAFTA negotiations about more than Donald Trump’s latest tweet or Trudeau’s response?  What’s at stake for the rest of us – job prospects, equity, Indigenous rights, Canadian culture, and climate change? Featuring Dr. Pamela Palmater and Monique Simard.  Sponsored by Good Jobs for All Coalition and Ryerson University

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Green Vision Townhall

Tues. March 20, 7 p.m.

Livestreamed from Guelph

ON Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner will be hosting a Town Hall in Guelph, where we will introduce our Green Vision for 2018 and kick off a listening tour to get your feedback on what matters most to you in the upcoming June 7 election. Tune in to our livestream. Ask a question.

https://www.facebook.com/GreenPartyOntario/videos/10155256943447805/ 

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VR Empathy Series #3 - Climate Change

Wed. March 21, 7 - 9:30 p.m.

House of VR, 639 Queen Street West

Experience the future of storytelling by exploring VR as a tool for empathy. Greenland melting. The Crystal Reef. Called the "ultimate empathy machine", will this new medium change the way marginalized voices are heard/seen? $20.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/vr-empathy-series-3-climate-change-tickets-43899210721?mc_cid=7e0fc7a0ce&mc_eid=fda7eefeb0

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Bike Minds: Bikes and Discovery

Wed. March 21, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Fix Coffee + Bikes, 80 Gladstone 

BIKE MINDS is Toronto’s bicycle-themed storytelling event, where guests share inspiring experiences, ideas and research related to cycling. Over a four-part series on the third Wednesday of each month from January to April 2018, BIKE MINDS will explore cycling through four themes: Belonging, Lifestyle, Discovery, and Identity.

https://www.facebook.com/events/712321659156908/

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The Politics of Genocide Recognition: Between the Imperative to Remember and the Need to Forget

with Maja Catic, Department of Defence Studies, Canadian Forces College

Wednesday, March 21, 7 pm

Room 140, University College, 15 King's College Circle, U of T

We will also be broadcasting this lecture live on Facebook at facebook.com/pg/science4peace/videos/. You don't need to have a Facebook account to watch the livestream; but if you do, you can also submit questions for the Q&A session at the end of the lecture. Part of Science for Peace's weekly series of free public lectures.

www.scienceforpeace.ca/1157 

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Will that be Cash or Bitcoin?

Wed. March 21, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Old Mill, Guild Room, 21 Old Mill Road

In this talk, Professor Melino will explore the fintech industry and how it is changing the experience of financial services. He will discuss what this means for Canadians and how this evolving industry will continue the play an increasingly important role in the way we pay for things. Free.

https://alumni.utoronto.ca/events-and-programs/toronto-will-be-cash-or-bitcoin 

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Green Drinks Toronto

Wed. March 21, 6 – 8:30 p.m.

Grace O'Malleys, 14 Duncan St.

A jovial mix of environmental professionals and Torontonians interested in the environment + a few pints (or non-alcoholic drinks!) = A relaxed and agenda-free evening of enviro-meeting and greeting.

http://greendrinks.org/toronto 

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International Day for the Elimination of Racism

Wednesday, March 21, 7 pm

Toronto City Hall, Council Chambers (Queen and Bay)

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March. On that day, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid pass laws. United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the day in 1966, calling on the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination. Events in the United States, Quebec and Ontario remind us of how important it is to build a strong movement to stop racism, Islamophobia and discrimination. This public forum will be a unique opportunity to help shape an action plan for use in every union and every community. 

http://www.labourcouncil.ca/uploads/8/8/6/1/8861416/iderd-savethedate2018.pdf 

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Go as a River (Thich Nhat Hanh) Multi-Faith Dialogues on Sacred Water

World Water Day 

Thur. March 22, 9 - 11 a.m.

Room 207, The U of T Multi-Faith Centre, 569 Spadina Ave.

If these are times of great destruction and desecration, how does re-learning reverence and radical humility teach us to protect the sacred? How can we learn to “suspend damage” (Eve Tuck) in ways that do not deny, but create generative possibilities? On World Water Day, join us for a morning of meditation and dialogues with a multi-faith panel to reconnect with the sanctity of water. 

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A Silent Transformation - Film Screening 

Thur. March 22, 7 p.m.

Centre for Social Innovation, Annex, 720 Bathurst Street

This is a film about the transformative power of the co-operative enterprise model. The co-operative movement was built by people who took on the responsibility for their collective well-being in the face of government neglect, economic exclusion and cultural discrimination. A Silent Transformation sets out to explore the innovative self-help efforts of different communities across the Province of Ontario. By addressing their needs collectively, they are helping to regain the radical vision of co-operation.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-screening-a-silent-transformation-tickets-43461457389?mc_cid=4fc18129a0&mc_eid=fda7eefeb0 

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Cycle Toronto AGM

Thur. March 22, 7 p.m.

The Garrison, 1197 Dundas St. W.

Toronto’s bike advocacy group.

https://www.cycleto.ca/news/cycle-toronto-2018-annual-general-meeting 

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Drawdown: How we can reverse global warming by 2050

Thursday March 22nd, 6:30 - 9 pm

By donation (suggested: $5-20)

Room 244, University College, 15 King's College Circle, U of T

Author and environmentalist Paul Hawken has assembled a team of 200 scientists and researchers from all over the world to rank the 80 most promising existing strategies to reduce atmospheric carbon, based on the amount of carbon reduced, the cost of implementation and the money saved in the process. Among the most effective strategies are empowerment of women globally and changing to a plant-based diet. Furthermore, they have shown that the money saved is many times greater than the cost of implementing the most promising strategies. Please join Science for Peace in collaboration with Pachamama Alliance for this introduction to Drawdown.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/introduction-to-project-drawdown-how-we-can-reverse-global-warming-tickets-43554860761?mc_cid=5e8e31232b&mc_eid=48c86714b8 

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World Water Day Celebration: Film Screenings & Panel Discussion

Thursday, March 22, 6 - 8:30 p.m.

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, 506 Bloor W.

Celebrate World Water Day with us with 2 FREE film screenings and a panel discussion - one a Toronto premiere and the other having its North American premiere - both of which are saying FRACK OFF to oil and gas companies in the name of protecting water: Water Warriors and A Fractured State. 

https://www.waterdocs.ca/worldwaterday2018/ 

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National Day of Action #Defend the Water

Fri. March 23, noon

MP Carolyn Bennett's office, 40 Holly St 

On March 23rd, people across the country will take to the streets for a National Day of Action to Defend the Water. We’ll gather outside our MP’s offices, and then go inside to deliver samples of water collected from the coastline in BC threatened by Kinder Morgan oil spills. With the power of water from the frontlines of resistance, we’ll demand that our MPs put pressure on Trudeau to stop pushing for the pipeline.  

https://act.leadnow.ca/defendthewater/toronto/?source=leadnow&utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blast2018-03-16 

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The Fight for Decent Work Forum: From Elections to Direct Action

Fri. March 23, 6:30 – 9 p.m.

YMCA - Metro Central, 20 Grosvenor Street

Join us at this FREE public forum to learn about the important labour law reforms we’ve won in Ontario, how we can protect our gains and extend our victories so that every single worker receives at least $15 an hour and fairness at work.

https://www.facebook.com/events/335629586842076/ 

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Colonization Road and Oka Crisis 

Friday, March 23, 7 pm

OISE Room 5-150, 252 Bloor W.

2 films: A study of the relationship between the First Nations and the Government of Canada. The colonial governments took actions to make the native people be more like us but, as happened in many colonies around the world, that did not happen successfully. Guest speaker: Kookomis Jacqi, Ojibwe grandmother and Elder at OISE Indigenous Studies Department. Toronto Socialist Action presents Rebel Films, series dedicated to Carrie Lester.

www.socialistaction.ca or call: 647-986-1917 or 647-728-9143 for more information. 

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Our People Will Be Healed

Fri. March 23, 7 p.m.

Aboriginal Education Centre, 16 Phin Ave. (1 block south of the Donlands Subway Station)

The Aboriginal Education Centre, in association with Cinema Politica presents, 'Our People Will Be Healed: A Brighter Future through Education, Culture, and Tradition.’ This is a documentary screening that will be followed by a discussion with Director Alanis Obomsawin. The film is about Norway House Cree Nation sits more than 450 km north of Winnipeg and is one of Manitoba's largest First Nations communities. The community has a focus on innovation, self-determination and sustainability. It is home to a remarkable education centre and a range of community-managed industries, but the legacy of colonial policies and the traumas of both the residential school and the crisis around murdered and missing women remain deeply felt. With Our People Will Be Healed, Alanis Obomsawin shows us a potential pathway forward with these successful stories of Indigenous self-determination and Indigenous sovereignty alongside Canada. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/2055217604748520/ 

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Community Benefits Creating Opportunities Summit 2018

Day 1: Friday, March 23, noon - 8pm at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 4700 Keele St.

Day 2: Saturday, March 24, 8:30am - 5pm at U of T Faculty of Law, Address: 78 Queens Park

The purpose of the Summit is to explore local, regional and national economic development issues in Canada. The focus is on strategies, initiatives and policies that can create opportunities for economic prosperity and remove barriers to inclusion for disadvantaged and underserved communities, and particularly for youth seeking educational and employment opportunities. The Summit also seeks to celebrate the best examples we have across the country for furthering social and economic development and prosperity. 

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/community-benefits-creating-opportunities-summit-2018-tickets-41496276480?aff=erelexpmlt 

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Cause of Death: Unknown 

Canada premiere with filmmaker Anniken Hoel and producer Andrew Grant

Sat. March 24, 4 – 6:30 p.m.

Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West

After her sister died suddenly and unexpectedly while being treated with prescription antipsychotics, director Anniken Hoel begins a global investigation into the crimes of the pharmaceutical industry, the unheralded growth of psychiatric diagnoses and medication, and the corruption of the government regulatory agencies that have failed, repeatedly, to protect us. Made over a ten-year period, the film is simultaneously personal and investigative as it follows Anniken as she seeks answers regarding not only the death of her sister, but of the tens of thousands worldwide who have also met a similar fate. Deaths and damages that until now have been all but ignored. Beginning in a small town in Norway, and journeying through Scandinavia, the EU and the US, the chilling documentary-thriller CAUSE OF DEATH: UNKNOWN exposes the inner workings and motivations of a powerful industry that continually puts profits before people, and has been far too influential in defining who is normal and who is "ill".

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cause-of-death-unknown-canada-premiere-with-filmmaker-anniken-hoel-and-producer-andrew-grant-tickets-42952786942 

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March for Our Lives

Sat. March 24, 10 a.m. for speeches, and then at 11:15 we’ll march to US Consulate (360 University)

Nathan Phillips Square, City Hall, Queen and Bay

Please join Communities for Zero Violence as we march in Solidarity with our US neighbors in the March for Our Lives. We need to let our Government know that we are fed up with our communities being shattered by guns and that we stand side by side with the US students and communities in their fight.

https://www.facebook.com/events/330959304063980/ 

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Land Based Education Panel Discussion

Saturday March 24, 1 – 4 p.m.

OISE Library, 252 Bloor St. W

Is there a role for the university to play in local land reclamation, land grievances and land education? Join OISE’s Dean’s Advisory Council on Indigenous Education (DACIE) and the Indigenous Education Network (IEN) for an afternoon of discussion. Free and open to the public.

https://land-based-education.eventbrite.ca 

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Canada Vs. Venezuela

Sat. March 24, 5 - 8 p.m.

Koffler House Auditorium, 569 Spadina Crescent Room 108, U of T

Yves Engler has been described as "Canada's version of Noam Chomsky" (Georgia Straight), “one of the most important voices on the Canadian Left today” (Briarpatch), “in the mould of I. F. Stone” (Globe and Mail), "ever-insightful" (rabble.ca). He wrote "The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy" and his latest book is A Propaganda System: how Canada's government, corporations, media and academia sell war and exploitation. Maria Páez Victor joined the LCO Board of Governors as a member-at-large in 2012. Dr. Páez Victor is a sociologist, born in Venezuela, educated in Caracas, New York, Mexico City, England and Canada. She has twenty years national and international experience in policy analysis and environmental assessment, with particular focus in the areas of health and energy. She is an active member of the Latin American community in Canada. Yolanda Brito Consul of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Toronto, leader and indigenous activist.

https://www.facebook.com/events/190680231540867/ 

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Scarborough Seedy Saturday and Green Fair

Sat.  March 24, 11 am - 4 pm 

Blessed Cardinal Newman High School, 100 Brimley Rd south (south of Kingston Rd)

East Toronto's own event with an annual seed exchange, heirloom seed vendors, gardening booths and advice, environmental organizations, green living ideas and info on growing and living sustainably. Over 50 exhibitors and a Kids zone. Admission is $2.00 or Pay what you Can - kids are free!

For more info contact: scarboroseedysaturday at gmail.com 

https://www.facebook.com/SSSGFair 

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International Day For The Elimination Of Racism

Sun. March 25, 12:30 - 5 p.m.

Steelworkers' Toronto Area Council, 25 Cecil Street

The United Steelworkers Toronto Area Council Human Rights Committee invites you and your family and friends to come celebrate with music and food from around the world.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2031495823793560/

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RadTO People’s Assembly

Sun. March 25, noon 0 4 p.m.

Library Building (LIB72), 350 Victoria Street, Ryerson University

This half-day weekend assembly will start-off with a public event spotlighting kick-ass local organizers and their experiences, stories, and guiding visions on uniting to fight for the city we need! Featuring speakers from: Education Not Incarceration, JFAAP, OCAP, Toronto Overdose Prevention Society. Moderated by Desmond Cole. Following this, we'll dig into a strategy session, discussing a draft manifesto and forming committees to begin our work together.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2501423486750267/

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/radto-peoples-assembly-public-panel-and-strategy-session-tickets-43687540610  

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For the best Canadian climate and energy news, subscribe to the Energy Mix newsletter

http://theenergymix.com/ 

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The Green Majority

Live Eco Radio Show every Friday from 11 am - Noon CIUT 89.5 FM

greenmajority.ca 

Democracy Now

Mon – Fri. 10 – 11 a.m. CIUT 89.5 FM

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Centre for Social Innovation Events

http://socialinnovation.ca/community/events/listing 

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Hot Docs

Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)

https://hotdocscinema.ca/ 

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NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing

https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/ 

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Subscribes, unsubscribes and submissions: angela at cleanairalliance.org

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