T.O. Greenspiration Events: Hot Docs
Angela Bischoff
maltzie at bell.net
Sun Apr 29 18:20:07 EDT 2012
Toronto Greenspiration Events
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The Downfall of Rob Ford's Subway Vision - 4 min. video. Hilarious!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7BrsbAVNrIU
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Wanted Apartment
w/ separate entrance, private bath, kitchen
by mature eco friendly male, non smoker, rare drinker
within cycling distance of down town preferred, monthly rental...
contact greenspi at web.ca
thanks...
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Hot Docs - Canadian International Film Festival
April 26 - May 6
http://www.hotdocs.ca/schedule/
Angela's recommendation: Off Label - wow!
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Mamalicious! Fun to Make, Safe Recipes for Mother and Baby Workshop
Monday, April 30, 7:30 pm to 9 pm
Grassroots Environmental Store, 372 Danforth Avenue
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Green 13 monthly meeting
Monday, April 30, 6:15 pm
Annette Library.
Please join us to share your ideas and initiatives on greening Ward 13. Let's make the Junction a Carbon neutral neighbourhood.
http://www.green13toronto.org/
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Introduction To Alternative Economic Exchange Systems
Mon. April 30, 7pm to 9pm
U of T, The Galbraith Building, GB117, 35 St. George St.
Cost: $10 or $7 for seniors and students.
Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling 416-707-1077
The Toronto Dollar, founded in 1998, is one of the more established community currencies in North America. To date the Toronto Dollar has donated over $150,000 dollars to the community and over 1.5 million Toronto Dollars have been purchased and put into circulation.
Join Glen Alan, President of the Toronto Dollar, in looking at ways to build on the Toronto Dollar success and also exploring other models of community exchange.
- Benefits of creating Local Sustainable Economies
- Community Currency examples including the Toronto Dollar
- Mutual Credit Clearing - an introduction
- Next steps for Local Currency and Mutual Credit Clearing in Toronto
Andrew Knox discusses the link between Transition Towns, Local Currencies, Local Economy, and Local Resilience. Focus session on the evolution of community currency in Toronto. Going forward from this, Transition Toronto and the Toronto Dollar would like to form a working group focused on further development of the Toronto Dollar and community exchange systems in Toronto.
Organized By: MINT, Transition Toronto and The Toronto Dollar
Find out ore http://www.facebook.com/events/431030843590840/
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Hunger, Food Security, and Our Communities
Mon April 30, 7pm
Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvailles
Another Story Bookshop owner Sheila Koffman and WEFC Director John Richmond discuss local and global food systems in preparation for the upcoming Food Awareness Week (May 7-12th).
http://www.anotherstory.ca/
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Unite the struggles of the people on International Workers’ Day for an Anti-Capitalist
May Day!
Tues. May 1
Nathan Phillips Square - Toronto City Hall (Queen and Bay)
Rally and Food - 4pm
March - 5pm
Cultural Festival - 7pm - Alexandra Park
9pm, Leaving from Alexandra Park - March & Re-Occupation autonomously organized by Occupy Toronto. Bring Tent.
*The richest 10 people in Toronto earn almost 3.5 times the annual income of all people earning minimum wage in Canada*
All over the world on May 1, millions of people fill the streets to advance the struggles and issues of the working class.
Join the Green Bloc - wear green https://www.facebook.com/events/279222472166682/?context=create
http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/MayDay
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Canning Workshop - beet radish relish
Tuesday May 1st, evening
FoodShare (90 Croatia Street)
Register here to reserve your spot, or for more information about our workshop! http://westendfood.coop/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=154
West End Food Coop
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From Ideas to Impact: Catalyzing a Movement of Social Entrepreneurs
Tues. May 1, 5 pm - 7:30 pm
Centre for Social Innovation Annex, 720 Bathurst Street
CSI presents Geoff Mulgan, CEO of NESTA, for a talk followed by an interview with Tonya Surman, Ashoka Fellow and ED of the Centre for Social Innovation. This is a can’t-miss event for social innovators...
http://socialinnovation.ca/ideastoimpact
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Introduction To Canadian Voice Of Women For Peace
- feminism, peace work, activism working in Canada for over 50 years – Part 1
Learn the history of Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and view our riveting documentary VOW - The First Thirty Years. Janis Alton and Lyn Adamson with other long time VOW activists explain our role in working for Peace and disarmament in Canada.
Tuesday, May 1, 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Friend’s House, 60 Lowther Avenue (St. George subway)
http://vowpeace.org/events/view/introduction-to-canadian-voice-of-women-for-peace/
For more information contact VOW office at 416-603-7915 info at vowpeace.org
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National Youth Arts Week in Toronto Launch Party
Tues. May 1, 7:30 - 11:30 pm
CineCycle (Richmond and Spadina)
The Launch Party kicks off a week of inspiring events taking place across Toronto for National Youth Arts Week.
Check out the full week of events here: http://youthartsweek.ca/comm/toronto-on
Pay What You Can, Suggested donation $5
https://www.facebook.com/events/214244912020576/
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Speak Up! - A Public Speaking Skill Development Series
Tues. May 1 – June 5, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
CSI Annex, 720 Bathurst St.
Learn how to develop and deliver an oral presentation in order to educate, motivate, inspire, and/or captivate an audience. This series will focus on building skills through examining great and not-so great speakers, through developing and delivering your own presentation to be critiqued, and through building the mental skills to speak eloquently…
Read more: http://socialinnovation.ca/event/speak-up-public-speaking-skill-development-series
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Confront Barrick: Shareholder's meeting protest
Wed. May 2, 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front Street
Once a year, the board of Directors of the world's most powerful gold mining corporation converge in downtown Toronto. Join us and representatives from mining-impacted communities to... CONFRONT BARRICK GOLD! WHY PROTEST BARRICK?
In countries like Australia, Chile, Papua New Guinea and Tanzania, Barrick takes advantage of inadequate and poorly enforced regulatory controls to rob indigenous people of their lands, destroy sensitive ecosystems and agricultural land, support brutal police and security operations, and sue anyone who tries to report on it. In the context of this libel chill, Barrick has branded itself as the socially responsible mining giant and boasts its listing on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.
Behind the scenes, Barrick has been singled out as the company most involved in the lobbying effort to stop private member’s bill C-300. This bill would have withdrawn government funding and diplomatic support for companies found – after an investigation – to be abusing human rights or violating international environmental norms. In October 2010, bill C-300 lost by a mere 6 votes. Now, Barrick uses its influence with government to direct millions of international aid dollars to fund projects next to a their mines.
Closer to home, Barrick's Peter Munk pledged to contribute $35 million to the University of Toronto for the establishment of the Munk School of Global Affairs. The donation contract – which was negotiated and approved in secret – provides Munk with influence over the school's curriculum and spells out the conditions under which the School will house the Canadian International Council (CIC), a right-wing think tank.
https://www.facebook.com/events/342174049163106/
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Living Downstream: A Scientist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment
A film screening based on the book by Sandra Steingraber
The Director of 'Living Downstream', Chanda Chevannes, will now be attending the PWYC screening of this film.
Wednesday, May 2, 6 p.m.
Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina Ave., Suite 120.
PWYC. Wheelchair accessible.
Sponsored by Women's Healthy Environments Network.
For more information, www.womenshealthyenvironments.ca
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Planet in Focus - Green Screens Monthly Screening Series presents:
The Clean Bin Project
Wednesday, May 2, 7pm
NFB Mediatheque, 150 John St (south of Queen)
Cost: $6
Partners Jen and Grant go head-to-head in a battle to see who can swear off consumerism and produce the least amount of garbage in a year. Their lighthearted competition is set against a darker examination of waste in North American society, and the duo struggles to find meaning in their minuscule influence on the large-scale impacts of our “throw-away society.” Featuring interviews with renowned environmental artist Chris Jordan and marine pollution expert Captain Charles Moore, The Clean Bin Project presents the serious topic of waste reduction with optimism, humour, and inspiration for individual action. Filmmakers Grant and Jen will join us via skype for a post-screening Q&A.
For more information, visit www.planetinfocus.org Contact: info at planetinfocus.org
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Talk by Ilan Pappe, author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
Wednesday, May 2, 7 p.m.
OISE Auditorium Room G162, Ground Floor, 252 Bloor St. W. (St. George subway)
Dr. Pappé's talk will be entitled: "The False Paradigm of Peace: Revisiting the Palestine Question" and followed by a period of Q&A.
Local sponsors: United Jewish People's Order and University of Toronto Middle East History and Theory Workshop Group.
Tickets available on-line here, or via telephone at 1-888-222-6608.
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We Are Wisconsin: This is What Democracy Looks Like - film
Wednesday May 2, 7pm
Ryerson University, Jorgensen Hall, Theatre Lib 72, 350 Victoria (at Gould)
Cost:$10
When a Republican Governor’s bill threatens to wipe away worker rights and lock out public debate, six ordinary citizens force their way into the Wisconsin State Capitol, and spend the next twenty-six days building a movement that not only challenges the bill, but the soul of a nation.
WE ARE WISCONSIN! is a feature documentary film that follows the day-to-day unfolding of public outcry against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s controversial budget-repair bill, focusing on the human story behind a remarkable popular uprising forged on the floor of the Madison Capitol.
There will be a special Labour Screening of the film for union activists, along with a panel discussion that features the filmmaker and key people in the film including PSI members Candice Owley who is a nurse and president of the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals-AFT, and Rachel Friedman, who is a social worker and activist member of AFSCME.
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After the Arab Spring - Will Justice and Human Rights Prevail in Egypt?
Thur. May 3, 7 p.m.
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (Bathurst subway)
$10 suggested
It has been more than a year since Hosni Mubarak was ousted from his 30-year reign of Egypt; however, the revolution for human rights and justice is far from over. Today Egypt is at crossroads that will shape the future of its citizens. The tensions between religion and politics, the military and democrats, law and emergency rule are in constant flux. In the middle are Egypt’s human rights advocates who are trying to ensure the principles of the revolution are upheld, and a post-Mubarak Egypt brings true democratic changes for the country.
The small victories achieved have been accompanied by numerous setbacks such as the harassment of human rights NGOs. The panellists will discuss the role of the rule of law in establishing democratic reforms in Egypt, and whether human rights will be enshrined by the new government or will the Mubarak regime continue without him. The panellists will also provide an on-the-ground account of the challenges facing Egypt and human rights advocates, and what needs to be achieved in order to close the chapter on authoritarian rule in Egypt.
http://beitzatoun.org/cms/events/view/12-05-03/After_The_Arab_Spring.aspx
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Women and the Arab Spring
Fri. May 4, 7 p.m.
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (Bathurst subway)
$5 suggested
In a time of unparalleled turmoil and potential in the modern Middle East, its people, especially women, face unique and also exciting challenges to remake their societies and political futures. The rest of the world looks on with riveted interest as a long-dormant and misunderstood region stirs to confront stereotypes and past wrongs.
Nimah Nawwab, is a best-selling poet, writer, photographer, lecturer and activist living and working in Saudi Arabia. Nawwab's highly interactive talks across the East and West have served to help build bridges of understanding to a still mysterious realm - women of Arabia - their lives, spiritual challenges, and economic and political realities.
http://beitzatoun.org/cms/events/view/12-05-04/Women_and_the_Arab_Spring.aspx
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Toronto Socialist Action Presents - Rebel Films
How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
53 minutes, 2006
Fri. May 4, 7 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor St. West, Room 2-212 (St. George Subway Station)
Everyone welcome. $4 donation requested.
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. Imports of oil were cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the solidarity and creativity of the Cuban people during this difficult time. Cubans transitioned from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. Cuba, the only country that has faced such a massive reduction of fossil fuels – is an example of options and hope. Jorge Soberon, Consul General of Cuba in Toronto, will lead off a discussion on the new economic reforms and the continuing commitment to socialism in Cuba today.
Please visit: www.socialistaction-canada.blogspot.com or call 416 – 535-8779.
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Bruce Cockburn documentary, Pacing the Cage
Premieres Fri. May 4th at 10pm on VisionTV.
Shot on location during Bruce’s 2009 Slice O Life tour through the Northeastern US, Pacing the Cage combines live footage with Super8. Filmed by Joel Goldberg and Kiarash Sadigh.
Director Joel Goldberg (Samba Squad: Drums We Love) and cinematographer Kiarash Sadigh (God’s Greatest Hits, Sex + Religion) went on the road with singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn while he recorded his solo live album Slice ‘O Life. What they came back with is a moving portrait of one of the most thoughtful and influential musicians of our time. Bruce Cockburn: Pacing the Cage features appearances by Bono, Sarah Harmer, Michael Ondaatje, Sen. Romeo Dallaire, Colin Linden and, of course, Bruce Cockburn performing many of his most-loved songs.
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Alien-Nation
with Lishai, Truth is..., Ritallin, Dub Trinity, DJ Leila P.
Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts & No One Is Illegal - Toronto invite you to a night of performances, dances and celebration!
@ The Rivoli, 332 Queen W (at Spadina)
Sat. May 5, 8 - 11 p.m.
$10 - $15 sliding scale
Alien-Nation is a celebration of creative resistance in struggle - through art and music to build more resilient communities. By focusing on workers’ struggles and systemic discrimination and injustices, we raise our voices in solidarity with undocumented and precariously documented migrants for justice. In a context of global austerity, migrants are suffering xenophobic and racist scapegoating. Working in the back rooms of hotels and restaurants, in private homes as caregivers, on construction sites, and in factories, farm fields, and oil rigs, undocumented and precarious status migrants are treated like aliens. Forced to slave in low-wage jobs, working without benefits and paying into social services they can’t access, they live in daily fear of detention and deportation. Join us as we celebrate their spirit of resilience with stellar music and poetry and close out the night with DJ Leila P.
Co-sponsored by No One Is Illegal - Toronto.
http://www.facebook.com/events/346880595362177/ http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/691 www.mayworks.ca
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4th Annual Mining (In)justice Conference – Resistance
Sat. and Sun, May 5-6, 10am-5pm
At University of Toronto, Earth Sciences Building – 5 Bancroft Ave.
Come out and learn how communities in Canada and around the world are being negatively impacted by Canadian mega-mining projects. Share ideas and collaborate strategies in solidarity with community members who suffer plight at the hands of Canadian mining corporations, which confuse "development" with exploitation, environmental ravage, and social neglect. This year's theme will simply be "Resistance" and will highlight the struggles and victories of peoples living in mining-affected communities.
Speakers from Barriere Lake, Attawapiskat, Ontario, Quebec, Guatemala, Colombia, Papau New Guineau, Tanzania, Chile, Argentina, El Salvador, the Philippines, Tibet, and more. Keynote speakers include academic and activist Avi Chomsky (USA), and prominent community organizer Francisco Ramirez (Colombia).
Two days of panels and workshops on subjects pertaining to global and Canadian mining and extractive industry struggles, labour issues, policy and law development in mining, water and wellbeing, the coporatization of education and NGOs, and many more. There will be opportunity for learning and reflection as well as strategy and action.
See schedule at www.solidarityresponse.net
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Climate Impacts Day
Connect the dots between CO2 emissions and climate change.... Disrupted Bird Migration - Early Tree Budding - No Ice on Lake Ontario - Hungry Critters - Warm Winter - Fish Starvation
Sat. May 5, 10 a.m.
Cathedral Bluffs Park, 24 Lyme Regis Crescent, Scarborough
Invited speakers: Toronto Region Conservation Authority Toronto Field Naturalists, The Wild Bluffs Scarborough Transit Action, Save Chine Meadow, Tim Lang (Eco-Summit UTSC)
What will we do? Stand in solidarity with the wood frogs, salamanders, fish, coyotes, trees. Send hope to the people of Africa and small island-nations that we will reduce our GHG emissions. Talk about what we can do together to sound the alarm and reduce our use of fossil fuels.
Anyone concerned about the wonky weather is welcome.
For more information contact Laurel at c4181enator at gmail.com and climatedots.org
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*you* are invited to a kid-friendly climate action:
WHERE's THE SNOW?
Sat. May 5, 10:30 am
Trinity Bellwoods Park (north hill) (just south of dundas, 4 blocks east of ossington)
yes, it was a record low snowfall in Toronto this winter
come out to participate in the International Climate Impacts Day
and help make a dot of ourselves TOBOGGANING ON THE GRASS!
for kids, parents, kids-at-heart, and anyone who's concerned about climate change
BRING: winter hats & scarves, your toboggans, snowboards and other slippy-snow things
and signs with messages/drawings in solidarity with people around the world, about climate change, what we can do, etc.
For more info: tania_szablowski at yahoo.ca
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Jane's Walk
Sat. May 5, 8:00am - May 6, 11:30pm
Toronto and the World
Free
Jane’s Walk is a celebration of people and cities held around the world on the first weekend of May. Through the simple act of walking together and discussing what makes a neighbourhood, Jane’s Walk helps knit people together into strong and resourceful communities. Created in 2007 in Toronto by friends of the urban thinker Jane Jacobs, the annual series of free, volunteer-led urban walks has grown from 27 to over 500 walks, from Calgary to Canberra and Sao Paulo to Saskatoon. Food, art, history, nature, the built environment, the past and the future of the city and how we live together are amongst the themes developed and discussed on Jane’s Walks. All are welcome to invent their own Jane’s Walk, and new walks are currently added daily to the international website.
Visit www.janeswalk.net to get involved, lead a walk and see what’s happening near you on May 5 & 6.
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MayWorks - Festival of Working People and the Arts
May 5 - 13
Family Fun Day - Sat. May 5, 10 a.m. - noon, Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St.
LeftWords Festival of Books and Ideas - Sun. May 6, 11 - 5 p.m., Ryerson Student Centre, 55 Gould St.
Forums, exhibits, theatre, entertainment
http://mayworks.ca/calendar.html
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Momos and Moo-moos: How Food Has Shaped Parkdale
Sun May 6 (1-3pm)
Parkdale has been shaped by food, and for the better. Parkdale’s varied menu includes the best of Tibet, community gardens, the PARC kitchen, fabulous restaurants (Cowbell being a neighbourhood pioneer), the trendsetting Mitzi’s Café (in the middle of a neighbourhood, not the mainstreet), the Sorauren Farmer’s Market and the newly-formed West End Food Co op. Join Ayal Dinner from the West End Food Co op and Sorauren Farmer’s Market and Chris Winter from the Conservation Council of Ontario on a culinary tour with as many treats as we can line up!
http://janeswalk.net/walks/view/momos_and_moo-moos_how_food_has_shaped_parkdale/
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Sleepwalking to Catastrophe: A Call to Action
Town Hall Meeting on Climate Change
Organized by For Our Grandchildren
Sunday, May 6, 1.30 pm doors open.
Cameron Hall Auditorium, Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, corner of Yonge St. and Heath St. (Subway: St. Clair Station - take the North exit, East side of Yonge.)
Free
Climate Forum featuring speakers:
- Alanna Mitchell, author of “Sea Sick”
- Stephen Scharper, Professor, Department of the Environment, University of Toronto
- the Honourable Glen Murray, Ontario Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities
- Glenn McGillivray, Managing Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
- Dianne Saxe, Environmental Lawyer.
Followed by discussion, networking and action.
contactus at forourgrandchildren.ca.
http://forourgrandchildren.ca/?page_id=58
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Occupy Psychiatry
Sunday May 6, 1- 4 p.m.
250 College St. (just east of College & Spadina), CAMH
Join a global movement for creative change as we occupy the front grounds of Canada’s biggest psychiatric institution - the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).Moral enforcement & social control make psychiatry an integral part of capitalism. The “mental health” system is mainlyfunded by Big Pharma, the transnational drug companies that make and promote brain-damaging psychiatric drugs (antidepressants & anti-anxiety drugs), and boast of billion dollar annual sales and mega-profits. The bottom line is profit, not people. In the name of “mental health” and “the free market”, capitalism and psychiatry manufacture and exploit human vulnerabilities and crises, and routinely violate our human rights. RESIST this global epidemic of trauma, dehumanization, disempowerment, poverty, unemployment, disease, and death. Hear from people who are organizing to resist psychiatry!
http://coalitionagainstpsychiatricassault.wordpress.com/events/upcoming-events-2/
Sponsored by CAPA (Coalition Against Psychiatric Assault) and Occupy Toronto.
For more info: occupy_psychiatry at gmail.com
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LeftWords Festival of Books and Ideas
Smart writers. Critical Perspectives. Great deals.
Sunday May 6, 11 am - 5 pm
Ryerson Student Centre, 55 Gould Street
Free
LeftWords Festival of Books and Ideas celebrates the work of Canadian and international writers whose work appears in books and magazines by independent publishers. Join us for author events, presentations, and workshops, and a fantastic book fair. Find great titles and great deals on books.
See www.mayworks.ca and the Mayworks Facebook page for program updates.
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