T.O. Greenspiration Events: Curious Minds
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Feb 26 21:47:13 EST 2017
Save the EPA
The US Environmental Protection Agency is under attack. A bill has been introduced to terminate it by the end of 2018, there's a move to slash staff by 2/3rds, and this week, the trumpeters are expected to announce new executive orders designed to open some of our most precious public lands to oil and gas drilling, overturn clean water protections for one in three Americans, and halt new air pollution safeguards for millions more.
https://environmental-action.webaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=20185&utm_source=Social&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=EAC4-FENV-0217&utm_content=EM0:02A:0BH-OLE&uid=3890233
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Why 20 Million People Are on Brink of Famine in a ‘World of Plenty’
In a world filled with excess food, 20 million people are on the brink of famine, including 1.4 million children at imminent risk of death in Yemen, Somalia, Nigeria and South Sudan. 3 reasons: lack of money, conflict, and climate change.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/world/africa/why-20-million-people-are-on-brink-of-famine-in-a-world-of-plenty.html
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30 seconds to support anti-Islamophobia motion
Last week, MP Iqra Khalid proposed motion M-103 calling Parliament to condemn all forms of systemic racism and religious discrimination, among them Islamophobia. The motion also called for studies on how to address the problem of religious discrimination in Canada, and how to
combat religious discrimination (including Islamophobia.) Ms. Khalid received thousands of death threats, sexist comments and Islamophobic remarks after introducing M-103. Email your MP now and tell him/her to support this motion
https://www.facebook.com/CJPME/photos/a.535231386502879.143641.230321560327198/1919057674786903/?type=3&theater
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Free Income Tax Clinics
Feb 23-Mar 23: Tuesdays & Thursdays 6-8 pm, Saturdays 10 am-12:30 pm.
Park dale Library, 1303 Queen W
Parkdale Community Information Centre offers free income tax clinics for low-income community members in and around Parkdale. Please book appointments ahead of time. 416-393-7689
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I Am Not Your Negro
Thru Sat. March 4
TIFF Bell Lighthouse (King and John)
In this documentary, director Raoul Peck takes a look at Remember This House, the book James Baldwin never finished. He crafts a radical narration about race in America, using Baldwin's original words. He draws upon the author’s notes about the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. to explore and bring a fresh perspective to the current racial fabric in America. He analyzes the country's obsession with skin color and examines what it means to be Black in the U.S.A. by mixing rich archival footage of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements with recent recordings of young African-American men who’ve been killed, including Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Mike Brown.
http://www.tiff.net/films/i-am-not-your-negro
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Intellectual Freedom in the Surveillance Age
Mon Feb 27, 6 - 7 p.m.
Toronto Reference Library, Hinton Learning Theatre, 789 Yonge (Bloor and Yonge)
Join Brenda McPhail, Director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association's Privacy, Surveillance, and Technology Project who will talk about the effects of surveillance on free expression: freedom to read, freedom to write, freedom to speak.
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Getting Cycling Right: An Evening with Mikael Coalville-Andersen
Mon. Feb. 27, 7 - 9 p.m.
Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front Street West, Imperial Room
World-renowned cycling advocate and transportation planner, Mikael Colville-Andersen will lay out his vision for active transportation. Following his talk, he will shoot the breeze with Toronto’s Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat and Straphanger author Taras Grescoe. $20 - $35.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/getting-cycling-right-an-evening-with-mikael-colville-andersen-tickets-31609003380
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African Heritage & Black History Month: Empowering our Community: Politicizing our Struggles
Monday, Feb. 27, 6 pm – 8:30 pm
United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street
Learn about the history of the Black Sleeping Car Porters, the double legacy of racism and sexism facing Black women in politics and the story of Viola Desmond and other brave anti-racist activists who refused to accept inequality. Three films will be screened recounting these struggles followed by a discussion on the current struggles facing our community with the objective of developing strategies to makes our voices heard through political action. The films will be shown at the same time so choose the film that speaks to you. Then add your voice in a community based discussion to help shape the political action work of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Ontario Federation of Labour and Canadian Labour Congress. By working in solidarity with Black and racialized workers across Canada we will continue the legacy of our ancestors to challenge anti-black racism in our times.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/empowering-our-community-politicizing-our-struggles-tickets-31456882382?aff=es2
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Iceland, A Different Kind of Election Result: Lessons Learned from Pirate Party’s Direct Democracy
Monday, February 27, 7:30 - 9:30 pm
Carrot Common Meeting Room, 2nd Floor, Room 212, 348 Danforth (Chester Station, Entrance next door to Book City)
A wide-ranging conversation with Ryerson University professors and authors Dr. John Shields and Dr. Bryan Evans.
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Syrian Refugees: Have They Been Warmly Welcomed?
Mon. Feb. 27, 7:30 - 9 p.m.
Madison Avenue Pub, 14 Madison
Presented by Why Should I Care? Hannah Evans and Kelsey Lange lead a discussion on how best to help new Canadians and how we can make our communities stronger. Free.
http://whyshouldicare.ca/event/refugees-have-they-been-warmly-welcomed/
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Tackling the Storm out of the Norm: Climate Risk Management Strategies for Canadian Cities
Tues. Feb. 28, 4 - 5:30 p.m.
Munk School of Global Affairs, Room 208N North House, 1 Devonshire Pl, U of T
Severe thunderstorms, flooding, hail and icestorms, and blizzards increasingly threaten Canadian cities. As the global climate shifts, Canadian cities face significant and costly risks from extreme weather. These costs are enhanced in cities because they have large, dense populations, valuable and geographically concentrated property, and complex infrastructure networks. What tools are available to local governments seeking to share the growing risks associated with a changing climate with other levels of government and non-governmental actors?
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tackling-the-storm-out-of-the-norm-climate-risk-management-strategies-for-canadian-cities-tickets-31638999098?aff=es2
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Above and Below: Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Waste Projects
Tues. Feb. 28, noon
Webinar
Presenter Theresa McClenaghan, Executive Director and Senior Counsel with the Canadian Environmental Law Association, will discuss three environmental assessments underway with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission by the private company contracted to manage Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s legacy waste sites. These projects include two plans to bury decommissioned reactors on site (at Whiteshell and Rolphton) and one to create a mega-dump at Chalk River.
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/ab61704d98cabd46c5b9141539e44ee6
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Avoiding Activist Burnout: Self-Care for Activists
Wed. Mar. 1, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor Street, U of T
We will examine what burnout looks like, how it can be prevented, and ways it can be addressed. You will be invited to examine what resiliency looks like for you and together, we will explore various tips and tools to ensure when things get tough, we can all bounce back a little faster.
Trainer: Demetria Jackson wants to live in a world where self-care is seen as a collective responsibility and where the body is seen as a gateway to liberation. As a body acceptance and wellness educator/facilitator she shares ancient medicinal practices like yoga, meditation and reiki energy healing to help people come home to, feel safe in and access the infinite wisdom of their bodies. Her self-care workshops explore the root cause of burnout and offer both immediate, long-term and preventative first-aid techniques to help alleviate the main and subtle symptoms or burning out.
DemetriaJackson.com.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/avoiding-burnout-self-care-for-activists-tickets-31162305294
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The Deadly Intimacy: War and Genocide in the Contemporary Middle East
Wed. Mar. 1, 7 - 9 p.m.
Room UC 144 of University College, 15 King’s College Circle, U of T
Free Public Lecture With Maja Catic, Ph.D Department of Defence Studies, Canadian Forces College. A Science for Peace event.
http://scienceforpeace.ca/events/
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Intellectual Freedom in the Surveillance Age
Wed Mar 1, 7 - 8 p.m.
Beaches Library, 2161 Queen Street East
Join Brenda McPhail, Director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association's Privacy, Surveillance, and Technology Project who will talk about the effects of surveillance on free expression: freedom to read, freedom to write, freedom to speak.
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Em=1&Entt=RDMEVT278153&R=EVT278153
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The All Families Are Equal Act: Celebrating and Understanding the Legislative Changes
Wed. March 1, 5 - 8 p.m.
20 Toronto Street, 2nd Floor
In December 2016, the All Families Are Equal Act (the “Act”), intended to provide equal treatment for all children regardless of how they were conceived, received royal assent. Amending 41 statutes, including most notably the Children’s Law Reform Act and Vital Statistics Act, the Act recognizes the various types of families in our society and streamlines processes for parents utilizing assisted reproduction and surrogacy. Join our expert panel to explore these changes and what they mean for your practice, including: Redefining legal parentage; What you need to know about pre-conception agreements; How is parentage for posthumously conceived children determined, and what are the implications?; Birth registrations under the new regime
http://www.cbapd.org/details_en.aspx?id=ON_17SOG0301T
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The Risks and Implications of Incidental Government Surveillance
Wed. March 1, 6 p/\.m.
Lillian H Smith Library, 239 College
Talk by Christopher Parsons, of Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs about mass surveillance techniques adopted by Canadian law enforcement, intelligence, and security services. Free.
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Protest Pension Money Being Used for Kinder-Morgan Pipeline
Thursday, March 2, 4 - 6 pm.
Outside OTPP Headquarters in Toronto, 5650 Yonge St. at Finch (North-West corner)
U.S. pipeline giant Kinder Morgan, along with the TD Bank, is approaching Canadian pension funds to finance its $6.8 billion Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion. Right now they’re targeting the Canada Pension (CPP) and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) among others, to invest in this climate-altering project. We need to come together and show the managers of these funds that using people's pension money to invest in the destruction of the climate and hence their future is totally unacceptable. Every day the expanded Kinder Morgan pipeline will transport 890,000 barrels of Tar Sands oil to the portlands of Burnaby BC, where it will be loaded into tankers that will elbow through the crowded waters surrounding Vancouver then on to foreign refineries. The flawed National Energy Board process and the Trudeau government’s troubling approval have fuelled continuing opposition on many fronts: local First Nations are raising formal legal challenges; the B.C. provincial elections in May will test the public’s appetite for the project; and at least one politician is strongly supporting civil unrest which many have advocated. We must keep the pressure on to stop Kinder Morgan and to forcefully impress upon the pension fund managers to respect the future of their pensioners and the generations that follow. Write, call or email your MP. Or contact the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan: https://www.otpp.com/contact-us
http://www.toronto350.org/
https://www.facebook.com/events/221432301658510/
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Facing Climate Change
Thur. Mar. 2, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
This second webinar with Environmental Commissioner, Dr. Dianne Saxe will discuss chapters 4 to 7 of her recent Greenhouse Gas Progress Report, Facing Climate Change. She will focus on Ontario’s new Climate Change Mitigation and Low Carbon Economy Act and its greenhouse gas reduction targets. The discussion will be centered around the following questions:
• Why does the ECO conclude that Ontario’s cap and trade system is reasonable and well designed?
• Will the proceeds of the new system be properly used to reduce emissions?
• How good is Ontario’s Climate Change Action Plan? How far will it take us?
• What about adaptation?
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6311050888663735041
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Great Lake Commons Tools and Resources Discussion
Thur. Mar. 2, 7:30 p.m.
Webinar
Join us for a discussion of some exciting new tools and resources (soon to be) available for water commoning in the Great Lakes. Great Lakes Commons has been working to put together tools and resources to help community leaders activate water care and protection locally. During this video call, we will be highlighting several new tools and discussing how they can lead to water protection in our communities.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBVxUNirnX9u7YOQfMkpFKwKoBGDEyvof76N5-yxX-3KiJng/viewform
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Carbon 101: What You Need to Know
Thur. March 2, 7:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Fairmont Royal York Hotel, 200 Front St, Library Room
What do the terms carbon and greenhouse gases (GHGs) mean anyway? How do these widely used terms apply outside of a 10th grade science class? Why are we hearing about them now and how do they relate to buildings, regulations and government? Why are we tracking them and what do they mean for the future of green buildings? This session will provide the opportunity to answer the above questions and put into context why we must pay attention to this now. Industry experts will provide an up-to-date overview on new greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations and what it means for building owners and operators. In addition, this session will introduce Net-Zero buildings and their design process and will provide analysis gathered from net-zero targeted case studies from across Canada.
http://www.cagbctoronto.org/news-events/event-listing/event/1559-green-building-breakfast-series-session-i-carbon-101-what-you-need-to-know
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Dad and the Dandelions
Thursday, March 2, 8 p.m.
on CBC-TV
http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/dad-and-the-dandelions
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Telling Our Stories: Immigrant Women’s Resilience
Thur. March 2, 5:30 - 8 p.m.
Women's College Hospital, 76 Grenville
Launch for a one-of-a-kind graphic novel written by immigrant women, to support immigrant women. Learn of the changing conversation about sexual assault in Ontario. Free.
http://www.ocasi.org/campaigns/4ImmigrantWomen
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Pipelines, Paris, and Decarbonization: The Future of Canadian Energy and Climate Policy
Friday, March 3, 3 - 5 pm
The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place, U of T
The Environmental Governance Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs in partnership with the Law School at the University of Toronto are convening a discussion exploring the implications and implementation of recent national and provincial climate and energy policies and discussing the future of Canadian energy and climate policy in an uncertain global context. Our goal is to further the national and provincial conversations by bringing together multiple stakeholders and sectors. The panel include speakers with deep knowledge of the national and global policy history and context, carbon pricing, First Nations experiences and concerns, and fossil fuel industry dynamics. Speakers: John Drexhange, Erin Flanagan, Nancy Olewiler and Ben Poles
http://tcan.ca/event/pipelines-paris-and-decarbonization-future-canadian-energy-and-climate-policy
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The Coming War on China
Friday, March 3, 7 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, Room 5-280
John Pilger’s film on the United States and China--both nuclear-armed and on the road to war. Yasin Kaya, a leading member of Socialist Action and a political economist, will lead off the discussion. Everyone welcome. $4 donation requested. Presented by Socialist Action.
https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1QzEGz_9guTtC5iObFmasEHiZVBFKhw8_2PiL1mt0bYE/edit
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Curious Minds Weekend - Hot Docs
Fri. - Sun., Mar. 3 - 5
Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor W
Over three days of in-depth on-stage discussions, you will meet innovative thinkers and explore the most urgent and exciting issues of our time. Naomi Klein, Dan Savage, Lee Maracle, Tanya Tagaq and much more - American politics, sexual revolutions, happiness vs. meaning, Canadian history, green city building and more.
In Conversation With Naomi Klein - Fri. March 3, 6:30 p.m.
How to Make a Difference - Sun. March 5, 1 p.m.
Building Better Cities - Sun. March 5, 3 p.m.
http://www.hotdocscinema.ca/responsive/content/curiousmindsweekend
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Toronto International Bicycle Show
Fri. - Sun. March 3 - 5
Better Living Centre, 195 Princes' Blvd
Marketplace and manufacturers' showcase, BMX Jam competition, demos of pedal-assist bikes, Kids' Zone, info on bicycle clubs and bicycle tourism and more at this giant expo.
https://www.bicycleshowtoronto.com
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Fight Islamophobia Counter-protest against white supremacy
Saturday, March 4, 11 am – 2:30 pm
Toronto City Hall (Queen and Bay)
White supremacists and the far right are on the rise in Toronto. Recently, Never Again Canada formed a mob outside of Masjid Toronto and hurled white-supremacist, and Islamophobic slurs at Muslims peacefully gathered for Friday prayers. This group and another, Canadian Coalition of Concerned Citizens, are planning another rally -- this time much bigger. http://bit.ly/2lW1r5W It's up to us to unite and fight against white supremacy, Islamophobia and fascism. Gather with us at City Hall to show that there is no room for Islamophobia on our streets!
https://www.facebook.com/events/200254483787461/
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Our Poles Our Planet
Sat. Mar. 4
U of T, Sydney Smith Hall, St. George
Our Poles Our Planet is a national youth organization dedicated to raising awareness and action for the world's polar regions and their peoples. Led by a team of passionate youth working from cities across Canada and the United States, we engage with students across the nation by organizing a series of Our Poles Our Planet Conferences and related initiatives. These activities inspire youth with an appreciation of the Arctic & Antarctic's wonder, equip them with an understanding of challenges to their continued health and empower them with the tools needed to make concrete change in their daily lives.
http://www.ourpolesourplanet.org
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Ka'nikonhrí:yo Gatherings - Hand Drum Making
Sunday, March 5, noon - 5 pm
CSI, 215 Spadina Ave, 4th floor - Innovation Lab
In the Ka'nikonhrí:yo Gatherings, we will present leaders who can discuss identity, wellness, language revitalization, traditional arts, ceremony, and history, as well as issues that face our communities such as climate change and the environment, decolonization, reconciliation, and sovereignty. These discussions will be through teachings within an Indigenous context, and based on each leader’s own distinct nation and culture. Ka'nikonhrí:yo means to have a good mind in Kanien'kéha (Mohawk). Clayton Samuel King “Waab-Shki-Makoons” will present this hand drum making workshop, with discussions about traditional and modern Anishinaabe life. He will guide each participant as they create their own hand drum, discuss Anishinaabe teachings sounding the drum, and answer questions.
http://bit.ly/2lmdHfR
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Toxic Toronto: A Bus Tour through the Belly of the Beast
Sunday March 5, noon - 4 p.m.
Toronto - location TBA
Join us on a bus tour through the "belly of the beast" to untangle the secret webs of power and money that connect our city to some of the most harmful and toxic mining and extractive projects around the world. PDAC*, the largest gathering in the world for the global mineral industry, begins on March 5. Every year, over 25,000 people descend on the city of Toronto for this 85-year-old trade show and convention. Some have called PDAC the "Superbowl" or the "Oscars" of the extraction industry. But why does it happen here? What is it about Toronto that makes this city PDAC's perfect home? It's certainly no accident.
https://www.facebook.com/events/731516720336337/
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Pray the Devil Back to Hell - Film Screening
Sun. March 5, 6 p.m.
Pray the Devil Back to Hell chronicles the remarkable story of the Liberian women who came together to end a bloody civil war and bring peace to their shattered country. It is a compelling testimony of how grassroots activism can alter the history of nations. An event to honour International Women’s Day. A Fundraiser for Voice of Women for Peace delegates going to the UN Commission on the Status of Women trip in New York. Tix $20, Students $10
http://vowpeace.org
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Singing for Social Change
Lotus Yoga Centre, 100 Harbord
Sun. March 5, 2 - 5 pm.
By Sing for Joy Community Choir. A participatory workshop on songs for social change-for justice, solidarity and courage. Learn songs and explore the history of singing movements world-wide. $30.
http://singforjoy.ca/workshops/
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Music As Disruption
Sun. March 5, 4:30 p.m.
Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W, In the Ballroom
Wavelength Music and City Hall Live host a community panel discussion on the subject of art as activism, with April Aliermo, John Caffery, city councillor Josh Colle and others, plus a live performance by LAL. Free.
http://www.wavelengthmusic.ca
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Georgina Jolibois
Sun. March 5, 7 p.m.
Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor W
The MP for Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River, SK, talks about her experience of being an Indigenous woman in parliament and serving a remote, northern riding in Saskatchewan. Free. In McClure Hall.
http://bloorstreetunited.org
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Meet me on the Beach – to Call for the Closure of the Pickering Nuclear Station
☢ Sat. March 11, 2 p.m.
☢ Pickering Public Beach (south end of Liverpool Road)
To Commemorate the 6th Anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown of 3 reactors, join us on the Beach to call for the closure of the 6-reactor Pickering Nuclear Station in 2018. Bring your banners, kids and friends. We’ll bring speakers, music and cameras. With your help, we’ll record YOUR voices telling our Members of Provincial Parliament that we want Pickering closed in 2018 when its current licence expires – before we have our own Fukushima catastrophe in the middle of our community. Pickering is one of the oldest and largest nuclear stations in the world. Its current licence expires in 2018. OPG has applied for yet another licence extension – this time till 2028. But we have much lower cost and safer alternatives to meet our electricity needs, including water power from Quebec. We’re calling on the Ontario government to close the Pickering nuclear station in 2018 when its current licence expires. Sponsored by Durham Nuclear Awareness and Ontario Clean Air Alliance
Read more and sign the petition here: http://www.cleanairalliance.org/close-pickering/
RSVP and questions: angela at cleanairalliance.org
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The Green Majority
Live Eco Radio Show every Friday from 11 am - Noon CIUT 89.5 FM
greenmajority.ca
Three Women
Feminist Radio every Monday 4 - 5 p.m. CIUT 89.5 FM
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Centre for Social Innovation Events
http://socialinnovation.ca/community/events/listing
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Shape My City Events
http://shapemycity.ca/events.php
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Hot Docs
Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)
http://bloorcinema.com/
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NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing
https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/
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