TO. events: globalization, Weathermakers, peace, cycling, art, green cleaning

[angela bischoff]

Special Lecture by Dr. Benjamin R. Barber
Consumerism, Globalization and the End of Sovereignty
Wednesday, April 2 @ 3 - 5 pm
Leslie Dan Pharmacy Building, Room B250, U of T, 144 College St.
CONTACT: Petra Jory, email: p.jory at utoronto.ca

Dr. Barber, author of 17 books including the recent international
best-seller Jihad vs. McWorld will examine the privatization associated
with a consumer society, and the globalization of markets in labor and
capital which together constitute a profound threat to traditional
sovereignty.

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Tim Flannery and Bridget Stutchbury
The Weathermakers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change

Speaking at the Bloor Cinema ~ 506 Bloor Street
April 3rd, 2008
Doors open at 6:30 pm ~ Lecture begins at 7:00 pm
Followed by book signing ~ Books available for purchase

Tickets are $25
General Admission
Purchase tickets online at [ http://www.rsgc.on.ca ]www.rsgc.on.ca
https://www.netdirectories.com/~rsgc/oler2.cgi?1054

World renown explorer, conservationist and writer-scientist, Tim Flannery
has written many bestselling books, including The Future Eaters, The
Eternal Frontier and of course the #1 international bestseller The Weather
Makers. Tim Flannery was director of the South Australia Museum and
professor at Harvard and the University of Adelaide. He was voted
Australian of the year in 2006 and is now professor at Maquarie Universty.
His new book, An Explorer's Notebook, Essays on Life, History and Climate,
will publish in Canada Spring 2008.

Sponsored by: RSGC Guild

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Rebel film
Life and Debt
Friday, April 4 @ 7 pm
OISE, 252 Bloor St.W., Rm 2-212 (St. George Subway)
INFO: 416.535.8779; web: www.socialistaction.org/ca.htm
$2 donation requested

123 minutes / 2001

Documentary from director Stephanie Black that examines how the policies
of the International Monetary Fund (I.M.F.), the World Bank, and other aid
organizations have changed the Jamaican economy over the past 25 years.
The film shows how Jamaica's agriculture, industry, government, and
culture have been restructured by import-export systems, leaving the local
people to struggle in poverty and work in sweat shops.

Each of the films in this series will be preceded by a brief introduction,
and will be followed by a commentary, and an open floor discussion period.

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THE HUMAN RIGHT TO PEACE: FULL TIME WORK

Canadian Department of Peace Initiative CONFERENCE/AGM
Friday April 4, Friday, 7:30 PM
at the Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square (behind the Eaton
Centre at Dundas and Bay)
$15, $10 low-income.  STUDENTS FREE

Friday features the Hon. Douglas Roche speaking on The Human Right to
Peace: Full Time Work.  This power-point presentation will be followed by
a roundtable discussion on the need and vision of a Department of Peace
and Canada’s role in peacebuilding with Members of Parliament Borys
Wrzesnewskyj (Liberal) and Olivia Chow (NDP), and Elizabeth May, Leader of
the Green Party and Saul Arbess, Canadian Department of Peace Initiative
Co-Chair;  MODERATOR, Lyn Adamson, Co-Chair Toronto Chapter and Co-Chair
Ontario VOW SPECIAL GUEST: Emilio Zarris, Vocalist.   Info on Doug Roche
is at: http://roche.apirg.org/public_html/index.htm and a summary of his
book on the Human Right to Peace is at:
http://www.peace.ca/humanrighttopeace.htm

April 5, Saturday, 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Friends House, 60 Lowther Avenue – BUILDING A CULTURE OF PEACE
Full day including lunch: $25, or $10 low-income
Saturday is a full a workshop day with presenters and panels discussing
various components of a Department of Peace.  The morning plenary and
workshop sessions include Nuclear Disarmament, with Douglas Roche  (Middle
Powers Initiative),  Murray Thompson (Pugwash), Phyllis Creighton
(Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) , Women and Peace Building
(Helen Chilas & Jo Rodriguez - Voice of Women), and Civilian Peace Service
(Gord Breedyk – CPSC, Lyn Adamson, Nonviolent Peaceforce). 
At 11:30 there will be a presentation on the international campaign for
departments of peace with the co-chairs, Saul Arbess and Bill Bhaneja

LUNCH will be provided at 12:00: 
1 PM: Afternoon plenary and breakout sessions will include:
Legislative Action and Advocacy (Rob Acheson, Co-Chair Toronto Chapter).
Cities of Peace (Richard Preston - McMaster University, Dmitri
Rossopoulos, Quebec), Peace Education (Robert Porter - Global Campaign for
Peace Education, Anne Goodman, Interchange and OISE, and Penny Sanger,
Educating for Peace),  and Involving Youth in Peace (Dr. Peter Stockdale -
Saint Paul University).

At 4 PM The AGM of CONSCIENCE CANADA will be held.  Conscience Canada is a
member org of CDPI and will show their newly released DVD: WORK FOR PEACE,
STOP PAYING FOR WAR. The AGM is open to all.  A reception will follow at
5:30 pm.

April 6, Sunday, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM  CDPI – AGM – all welcome
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), 252 Bloor Street West
Working group planning sessions and a board meeting will provide
opportunity for interested people to participate in strategizing to
further the campaign for a Department of Peace.
Lunch will be provided.  Costs included in weekend registration, or
$15/$10 low-income.

Please inquire re billeting or accommodation if coming from out of town.
Registration information: www.departmentofpeace.ca or email to:
cdpi.agm at gmail.com.  Advance registration recommended for Sat/Sun.

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Local Advocacy Workshop - Toronto Cyclists Union

Sunday April 13 - 11:00am to 4:00pm 
Council Chambers, Toronto City Hall, Queen & Bay

Learn how to improve cycling conditions in your Ward. Become a positive
force of change. Learn political process and leadership. Gain skills to
become a positive influence in your community. Meet other local leaders
and hear about their experiences. 

Free to all.

This workshop is for anyone who wants to learn how, with the support of
the Toronto Cyclists Union, to improve cycling conditions and get more
cycling programs that are specifically targeted to your ward. You will
learn about the bike union programs that will help
you be an effective leader for change, and about navigation strategies
through political processes. You will also get public speaking and media
coaching, and you will also learn about how to get local volunteers,
book meeting rooms, host meetings, and ways to work with your local
Councillor. Community leaders will also share their secrets of success,
and City Council Members will share their valuable inside knowledge of how
to influence your local Councillor. Free. 

<http://www.bikeunion.to>www.bikeunion.to

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D I S M A N T L I N G M O N O C U L T U R E:
TALES OF ANTS AND ECONOMIES IN THE AMERICAS

A visual storytelling of the Beehive Collective's Graphic Trilogy

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6-8pm, MONDAY, APRIL 14 2008
at University of Toronto
New College, William Doo Hall
45 Willcocks Street (east side Spadina Circle)
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Free - all welcome! Wheelchair accessible.
located just west of Spadina, between College and Harbord.
from Spadina Station take the Spadina streetcar southbound.

The Beehive is a wildly motivated, all-volunteer, art-activist collective
that has gained international attention and participation for its
collaboratively produced graphics campaigns. (Wait! You aren't familiar
with the bees' work? check out http://www.beehivecollective.org )

With two giant illustrated portable murals and an engaging narrative,
the Bees take audiences on an interactive VISUAL tour of the connections
between COLONIZATION, MILITARIZATION, and RESOURCE EXTRACTION in the
Americas. The presentation features an inspiring preview and a behind-
the-scenes look at the making of the long-anticipated "MESOAMERICA
RESISTE" graphics campaign...our most ambitious and elaborate graphic so
far... 4 YEARS in the making and almost finished!

It's a picture-lecture to be understood by anyone - not just the experts
and political analysts
 JOIN IN as we de-construct the complex and
overwhelming issues that are shaping our world, using bio-regionally
accurate depictions of animals and insects as metaphors to link cultural
and ecological diversity.

For MORE INFO please visit our TOUR page via the link below.
http://www.beehivecollective.org/english/tour.htm

Sponsored by New College Student Council, New College,
Equity Studies Program, Steelworkers Local 1998, and OPIRG.

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DIY Natural Cleaning Party!						 												Tues. April 15
12 Ossington Crescent, Toronto

Anarres Natural Health is hosting a Do-It-Yourself green cleaning party in
partnership with Women's Voices for the Earth, an inspiring women's
environmental health organization working to educate consumers about
chemicals in cleaning products.  You'll go home with your very own set of
easy-to-make cleaning products (plus recipes) that have been tested for
effectiveness and are good for your health and the environment!

The workshop is Pay-What-You-Can, with all proceeds going to InterPares.

To learn more, or to RSVP, click here:
<http://www.party2win.com/womensvoices/parties?e=diynaturalcleaningparty&userid=152864>http://www.party2win.com/womensvoices/parties?e=diynaturalcleaningparty&userid=152864

Love & RRRevolution,
Tracey TieF, Certified Natural Health Practitioner

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