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Description automatically generated"></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>*Rethinking Energy 2020-2030: 100% Solar, Wind, and Batteries is Just the Beginning</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>21 min. video. Adoption of solar/wind/water/batteries is growing exponentially worldwide and disruption is now inevitable because by 2030 they will offer the cheapest electricity option for most regions. Coal, gas, and nuclear power assets will become stranded during the 2020s, and no new investment in these technologies is rational from this point forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zgwiQ6BoLA&t=0s&fbclid=IwAR0brp7txwXY3cbPApfeE2-kaxf6AMyxxsYmvg6fLmX9XBeTX1XljAAhLh4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zgwiQ6BoLA&t=0s&fbclid=IwAR0brp7txwXY3cbPApfeE2-kaxf6AMyxxsYmvg6fLmX9XBeTX1XljAAhLh4</a> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>The Hill We Climb: the Amanda Gorman poem that stole the US inauguration show<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdKdyemxbew&feature=emb_title">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdKdyemxbew&feature=emb_title</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>CBC's Choral Concert - Music & Poetry celebrating the Gem of the Universe<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-419-choral-concert/clip/15820503-music-and-poetry-celebrating-gem-universe">https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-419-choral-concert/clip/15820503-music-and-poetry-celebrating-gem-universe</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Bill C-12 - proposed federal climate accountability law<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Bill C-12 will be going to the Environment Committee perhaps as early as this week. MP Elizabeth May and Ken Love did a thorough analysis of this dangerously weak bill and examined why too many MPs, bureaucrats, journalists, and even certain progressives still don’t “get” the urgency of the climate crisis. Here is a YouTube link to the webinar: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://youtu.be/sSAbwi2GTKU">https://youtu.be/sSAbwi2GTKU</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Demand a world-class climate accountability law for Canada - petition<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://act.leadnow.ca/bill-c-12/">https://act.leadnow.ca/bill-c-12/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Keystone Decision Triggers Calls for More Pipeline Cancellations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>After President Joe Biden kept his promise to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline, Indigenous campaigners and climate organizations were quick to respond with pressure on the United States and Canada to also cancel Line 3, Dakota Access, and Trans Mountain pipelines along with oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://theenergymix.com/2021/01/24/keystone-decision-triggers-calls-for-more-pipeline-cancellations-sign-ons/">https://theenergymix.com/2021/01/24/keystone-decision-triggers-calls-for-more-pipeline-cancellations-sign-ons/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Call on Trudeau to pass the Just Transition Act<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, keep your promise to “make sure no one gets left behind” as we shift away from fossil fuels. Legislate the Just Transition Act.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://act.350.org/sign/jt-act/">https://act.350.org/sign/jt-act/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Why Won’t Canada Back a Nuclear Weapons Ban?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Should Canada continue to be part of NATO or instead pursue non-military paths to peace in the world? Nuclear weapons are banned under international law. Our gov't needs to be challenged to get on the right side of history and sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2021/01/17/why-wont-canada-back-a-nuclear-weapons-ban/">https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2021/01/17/why-wont-canada-back-a-nuclear-weapons-ban/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>More on the treaty here: <a href="https://www.icanw.org/how_the_treaty_works">https://www.icanw.org/how_the_treaty_works</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>War Abolition 101: How We Create a Peaceful World<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>March 1 - April 11<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>War Abolition 101 is a six week-online course providing participants an opportunity to learn from, dialogue with, and strategize for change with World BEYOND War experts, peer activists, and changemakers from around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/warabolition101/">https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/warabolition101/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Climate and the 2021 Toronto City Budget<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The 2021 City Budget process is underway, and this year is unlike any other. Read the budget analysis by the Toronto Environmental Alliance, including 6 things to call for during the City Budget consultations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.torontoenvironment.org/climate_and_the_2021_city_budget">https://www.torontoenvironment.org/climate_and_the_2021_city_budget</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>RIP Wayne Roberts - Godfather of Food Policy in Canada and Radical Happiest<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Besides being an influence on Tooker and I coming to Toronto, Wayne was "the godfather of good food policy for Canada for the things that he contributed to food policy in Toronto and Canada at large." Roberts was an author of a number of books including Get A Life!, Real Food For A Change, and The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food. "He's a pollinator...he's like this beautiful dandelion, it just spreads everywhere, his positivity, his passion, his power." "As he was dying, he and I would laugh a lot as we always did — and he and I coined the term 'radical happiest'."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/food-security-advocate-writer-wayne-roberts-remembered-as-hero-to-many/ar-BB1d1HnH">https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/food-security-advocate-writer-wayne-roberts-remembered-as-hero-to-many/ar-BB1d1HnH</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>Kitchen Table Climate Conversation <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon. Jan 25, 7 pm EST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Participate in a climate conversation as if we were sitting at a kitchen table; learn more, share feelings, create solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1149695535487897">https://www.facebook.com/events/1149695535487897</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/kitchen-table-climate-conversation-tickets-136207657771">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/kitchen-table-climate-conversation-tickets-136207657771</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>Our Climate Café<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon. Jan. 25, 6 p.m. EST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Our Climate Café is a safe and supportive space for communities to congregate and chat about navigating the current climate crisis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/our-climate-cafe-tickets-123957553379">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/our-climate-cafe-tickets-123957553379</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>Showing Up for Racial Justice - Defunding the Police Zap and Campaign<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Monday, January 25, 12 noon EST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The City of Toronto’s 2021 Budget process is now underway. Join SURJ Toronto in calling and emailing City Councillors to demand that they defund the Toronto Police Service (TPS) by 50% and redirect the funds towards vital community supports & services.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://tinyurl.com/SURJDefundZap-Jan25">https://tinyurl.com/SURJDefundZap-Jan25</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXzvoZYArxcVS4D8GnKIvr3YOHLqf1jngSFh7IG9jhJlhrTA/viewform">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXzvoZYArxcVS4D8GnKIvr3YOHLqf1jngSFh7IG9jhJlhrTA/viewform</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B050'>Overcoming the Climate Crisis: What Needs to be Done<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Jan 26, 7 p.m. EST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>What do we have to do, and when, to avoid catastrophic global warming? With speaker Prof Danny Harvey, Climate Scientist, U of T. Hosted by Science for Peace.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wabtvIQiQ_-16NE0Gpp49A">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wabtvIQiQ_-16NE0Gpp49A</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Emergency: The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Jan. 26, 4 - 6 p.m. EST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mark Jaccard speaks on how climate-concerned citizens can overcome myths that hinder us from acting in time to prevent extreme climate impacts. Their actions can involve personal consumption choices (electric vehicles, heat pumps) but these only have an effect if citizens are also engaged in the political process and civil society to elect and support climate-sincere politicians. These personal and collective efforts must align with and foster a global strategy of decarbonization, especially in developing countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/krause-memorial-lecture-emergency-the-citizens-guide-to-climate-success-tickets-131855191427">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/krause-memorial-lecture-emergency-the-citizens-guide-to-climate-success-tickets-131855191427</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Impact of COVID-19 on Women and the Economy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Jan. 26, 11 a.m. EST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Seven dynamic speakers will discuss the obstacles and opportunities COVID-19 has created for women in the economy. Youth, grassroots activists and new Canadian panelists will challenge thinking from intersectional perspectives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JoyVyPjcQt2tovQmvqNsjw">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JoyVyPjcQt2tovQmvqNsjw</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>#BuildBackFossilFree Digital Rally<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Jan. 26, 8 p.m. EST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join the Indigenous Environmental Network for a digital rally featuring frontline leaders calling on President Biden to take bold executive action to end the era of fossil fuel production, protect communities reeling from the climate and COVID-19 crises, and #BuildBackFossilFree.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://biologicaldiversity-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/7116111673338/WN_Dtfn2D_QSJuQQcyX-b-i6w">https://biologicaldiversity-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/7116111673338/WN_Dtfn2D_QSJuQQcyX-b-i6w</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>The Time is Now: Canadian and Global Recognition of the Right to a Healthy Environment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Jan. 26, 8 p.m. EST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join us for a public talk by Dr. David R. Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur, on the urgent need for the legal recognition and implementation of the human right to a healthy environment. While already recognized in the majority of countries, this right is not yet protected by national laws in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom or Japan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oFwBYr30TQGbz0SpldXTSw">https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oFwBYr30TQGbz0SpldXTSw</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'>Mobilising Men for Feminist Peace<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Jan. 26, 8 am EST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Socially-constructed gender norms that associate masculinity with power, violence, and control play an important role in driving conflict and insecurity. These norms are enabled by institutions that glorify violence and fund the war system. To advance feminist peace, it is critical to work towards a transformation of the currently accepted norms.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://menengage.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYld-GsrD4pHdwJGkLXOUeS2WbaFpvfhDQa">https://menengage.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYld-GsrD4pHdwJGkLXOUeS2WbaFpvfhDQa</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Ending the global security threats of nuclear power<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Lessons from the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Jan. 27, 3 - 4:30 pm EST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Through considerable organizing by civil society, the dream of a Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) comes into force on January 22. The effort involved challenging existing claims about the value of nuclear weapons, creating a new narrative centered on human security, building new alliances between civil society and governments, and using international law and institutions to drive change. Can these approaches help tackle the strong but subtle link between nuclear power and nuclear weapons, halt emerging programs to build so-called small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs), and finally end the reckless pursuit of nuclear energy programs worldwide? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://unbvirtualclasses.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Gv5APIANQYOU2h5bYAZBvQ">https://unbvirtualclasses.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Gv5APIANQYOU2h5bYAZBvQ</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Environmental Justice in Nunavik<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. January 27, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Temporal trends in perfluoroalkyl acids concentrations and association with country foods consumption during pregnancy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/environmental-injustice-in-nunavik-tickets-131552971479">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/environmental-injustice-in-nunavik-tickets-131552971479</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0070C0'>Nuclear Power and Weapons – The Connections<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thursday, January 28, 2021, 8 p.m. EST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>On Jan. 22, the International Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will come into full force, having been ratified now by 51 parties of the 86 sovereign signatories to the treaty. This is the most important international agreement on nuclear weapons since the Non-Proliferation Treaty came into force in 1970, a treaty that the US was instrumental in bringing to fruition. What people and governments constantly overlook is that nuclear weapons programs often come from nuclear power programs around the world – linking the two inextricably. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7236028662?pwd=aWhYNWw0WEZiK0NKYnRoWCtoaC9zQT09#success">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7236028662?pwd=aWhYNWw0WEZiK0NKYnRoWCtoaC9zQT09#success</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>Complex Systems Change - Pathways to Zero Emissions in Canada<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Jan. 28, 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>This weekly webinar series will explore the ways we're working together today in pursuit of a climate-safe tomorrow. With Ontario Clean Air Alliance <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4FeuWbETRcC2YQyV_EiT7Q">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4FeuWbETRcC2YQyV_EiT7Q</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>The future of Toronto transit fares<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thursday, January 28, 6:30 - 8 pm EST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is reviewing its fare policies in 2021 and consulting people about a “5-Year Fare Plan.” That's why TTCriders is organizing our own engagement process to develop proposals to share with TTC. The more transit riders that we speak with, the stronger our collective voice will be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-future-of-toronto-transit-fares-tickets-136815359423">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-future-of-toronto-transit-fares-tickets-136815359423</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Ontario Wide Virtual Action - No COVID Evictions! Rent Relief Now!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thursday Jan. 28, 1 p.m. EST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join ACORN members from across Ontario for a virtual action to demand immediate protection for tenants from eviction & rent relief during COVID19. Our communities are seeing spiking case numbers and stricter public health measures, YET Doug Ford is allowing evictions to continue. No one should lose their home during a housing crisis and pandemic!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://acorncanada.org/civicrm/event/info?id=2569">https://acorncanada.org/civicrm/event/info?id=2569</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'>Marine protected areas and beyond: setting sail for a sustainable ocean<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Jan. 28, 6:30 EST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are an important tool for conservation, protecting biodiversity and habitats from harmful human activities; but, there are some ocean goals that MPAs cannot help us reach. As we strive to protect 30% of Canada’s ocean by 2030, we must look beyond MPAs to see the bigger picture of the ocean and how we use them. This webinar gives an introduction to MPAs in Canada and explores the different pathways we can take to a healthy ocean now and into the future. With Sierra Club Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.sierraclub.ca/en/civicrm/event/register">https://www.sierraclub.ca/en/civicrm/event/register</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Fossil Banks No Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fri. Jan. 29, all day<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Hold Canada's big banks to account for their fossil fuel loans and investments. You can participate by visiting your own branch, dropping off a letter or joining a larger action planned by one of the many participating groups.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/3467157360067375/">https://www.facebook.com/events/3467157360067375/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Banking on our Kids' Future<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fri. Jan. 29, all day<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Canada's big five banks are pouring hundreds of billions into fossil fuels, endangering our kids' future and supporting projects that violate Indigenous Rights. As parents and grandparents, we are coming together to demand that banks change their practices. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.forourkids.ca/banking_on_our_kids">https://www.forourkids.ca/banking_on_our_kids</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/231074698492304">https://www.facebook.com/events/231074698492304</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>People's Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle - Virtual Convergence<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fri. Jan. 29 - Sun. Jan. 31<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The People's Music Network for Songs of Freedom and Struggle carries on our rich tradition of dynamic weekend-long community events about music for peace and justice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://peoplesmusic.org/event-4115935">https://peoplesmusic.org/event-4115935</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>Dance, Dance for Status for All!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sat. Jan. 30, 3 p.m. EST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join us in joy, in celebration, with love for our liberation. Let's move together to ensure full and permanent immigration status for all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYudOuspzoqE9MMdYd2U8xGGS4LLh-yB6-_">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYudOuspzoqE9MMdYd2U8xGGS4LLh-yB6-_</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B050'>Help Make a Difference – Climate Change Empowerment Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sun. Jan. 31, 1 – 5:30 p.m. EST <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Concerned about climate change and want to help? Need support to figure out your next step towards making a difference? We all have a part to play. Get started with this empowerment workshop. By donation: $30 or pwyc - Climatefast <a href="https://donorbox.org/climatefast">https://donorbox.org/climatefast</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Registration / Info; <a href="mailto:Henryhwai@gmail.com">Henryhwai@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>COVID, Racism and the Far Right<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sun. Jan. 31, 2 pm EST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Please join Toronto East Anti-hate Mobilization (TEAM), for an online forum in which we will explore how racism and intolerance are currently being expressed during this challenging time. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://bit.ly/Covid-Racism">http://bit.ly/Covid-Racism</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/755080262103740">https://www.facebook.com/events/755080262103740</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>For the best Canadian climate and energy news, visit and subscribe to the Energy Mix newsletter<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://theenergymix.com/">http://theenergymix.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Democracy Now Daily Show - my source for global peace, justice and enviro news<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/">https://www.democracynow.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Submissions, subscribes, unsubscribes, and comments: <a href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org">angela@cleanairalliance.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>