<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><b style="font-size: 20px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#009ec5">T.O. </font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00a229">Greenspiration</font> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#9c1c9f">Events</font> <br></b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#d16400"><b>The Groundswell Community Justice Trust Fund </b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">is seeking to fund groups/projects that are led by people who are directly affected by discrimination, criminalization, and exploitation, and who work to build the power of their communities to change their conditions. Grants in the $500 - $2500 range. The fund is financed entirely through donations made by individuals who support social justice principles. The collective administering the fund is composed of individuals who have been directly involved in social justice struggles for many years. Applications accepted until February 15. Donations welcome too.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://groundswellfund.ca">groundswellfund.ca</a> </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#c800c4"><b>Richard Underhill for Mayor</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Great platform! Progressive, green, smart. One I’ll get behind. Check it out.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://blog.underhillformayor.com/">http://blog.underhillformayor.com/</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#265cc6"><b>Silence of the Labs</b></font><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CBC's Fifth Estate documentary about the politicization of science by the Harper gov't<br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/episodes/2013-2014/the-silence-of-the-labs">http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/episodes/2013-2014/the-silence-of-the-labs</a><br><br></span></font><div><div><div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#009f45"><b>Why Neil Young's got Big Oil worried</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">As citizens concerned about the unchecked expansion of the Oil Sands, we call on Harper to reconsider his approval of Shell’s “Jackpine” project based on the significant environmental damage which all admit it will cause, and the fact that the project violates Canada’s treaty with the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Avaaz Petition: <a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/">http://www.avaaz.org/en/</a> /?bLkIjdb&v=34676</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#e35004"><b>GoodWork</b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> is Canada's environmental job site, connecting environmentally friendly job seekers, organizations and companies since 2001.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://goodwork.ca/">http://goodwork.ca/</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><div></div></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#971bd4"><b>Stop the TPA Money Grab for Mini-Pearson</b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Mon. January 27, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.<br>City Hall Council Chambers, 100 Queen St. W.</span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Now is our time to show City staff and the media where Torontonians stand on the dangerous jet plans. The City will hold what will most likely be the last public consultation on the issue. Don't miss this crucial opportunity to speak out on the request to permit jet airplanes at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (BBTCA). <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/240418232802301/">https://www.facebook.com/events/240418232802301/</a><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#008dd4"><b>Land Over Landings – Rally and Council Mtng.<br></b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0085b5" size="4"><b>Because food is a growing concern</b></font><br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Monday, January 27, Rally starts at 6:45 p.m. Council meeting starts at 7 p.m.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Pickering City Hall, One The Esplanade, Pickering </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Rallying place: Parking lot on Esplanade Road South</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br><a href="http://Landoverlandings.com">Landoverlandings.com</a></span><br><br></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#00a323"><b>Sauerkraut and Kimchi Workshop</b></font><br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tues. Jan. 28, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">West End Food Coop's Co-op kitchen, 1229 queen (w. of Dufferin)</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">$50 WEFC members, $55 non-menbers</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Learn to make Sauerkraut and Kimchi with local Cabbages! James Partanen, expert canner with many years of experience, will be leading you through a tested recipe and an in-depth discussion about local food, food security, and preserving. You will learn about the theory and practice of fermentation, gain hands-on experience working with fermenting and canning equipment, and leave with some jars (sauerkraut or kimchi your choice) of fresh fermenting cabbage!</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://westendfood.coop/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=258">http://westendfood.coop/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=258</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#dc761a"><b>The Politics of Work</b></font><br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tuesday Jan 28 -- 7pm</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Debates Room, Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">A moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A with thinkers, activists and political figures focused on contemporary problems faced by the Left in its struggles to construct a politics adequate to the self-emancipation of the working class. Hosted by the Platypus Affiliated Society-Toronto. Sponsored by the Hart House Social Justice Committee.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Panelists:</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">* L. Susan Brown - Author of Does Work Really Work</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">* Dave Bush - <a href="http://Rankandfile.ca">Rankandfile.ca</a></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">* Neil Fischer - Internationalist Perspective</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">* Sam Gindin - Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/570984872995023/">https://www.facebook.com/events/570984872995023/</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#cc00d0"><b>Rally and Rider-Outreach for Better Service and Lower Fares</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>Wed. Jan. 29</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Toronto City Hall (Queen and Bay)</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> . Watch the City Council meeting at 100 Queen Street West with us from 10.00am - 12.00pm</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> . Rally for More TTC Funding outside the City Hall entrance at 12.30pm</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> . Talk to riders and gather petitions near City Hall from 1.00pm - 2.30pm (We are leaving from the entrance of City Hall at 1.00pm.)</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> . Watch the City Council meeting with us from 3.00pm onwards</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">It's time to demand the city and the province give more funding to the TTC so we can have better service and lower fares. Join with the Toronto Environmental Alliance and the TTC Riders.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://on.fb.me/1fTGpMD">http://on.fb.me/1fTGpMD</a></span><br><br></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#007fd1"><b>My Journey - with Olivia Chow</b></font><br><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Wednesday January 29, noon - 1:30 p.m.<br>Sears Atrium, Engineering Building, 245 Church St.<br>Olivia Chow visits Ryerson to discuss her new book, the memoir My Journey. Ms. Chow will be in conversation with Cathy Crowe (Ryerson Distinguished Visiting Practitioner) and a panel of Ryerson students. All are welcome to attend. Ms. Chow's memoir examines the events, people and ideals that have shaped her journey from childhood immigrant to leading Canadian elected official. A light lunch and refreshments will be served. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#009e37"><b>More Than Honey</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Wed, Jan 29, 6:45 p.m.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Bloor Hot Docs Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>Oscar-nominated director Markus Imhoof’s More Than Honey examines why numerous colonies of bees have been decimated throughout the world over the past 15 years, without known cause. Depending on the world region, 50 to 90 per cent of all local bees have disappeared, and this epidemic is still spreading from beehive to beehive – all over the planet. Scientists have found a name for the phenomenon that matches its scale, “colony collapse disorder,” and they have good reason to be worried: 80 per cent of plant species require bees to be pollinated. Without bees, there is no pollination, and fruits and vegetables could disappear from the face of the Earth. The honey bee is as indispensable to the economy as it is to man’s survival. As Einstein said 50 years ago: "If bees were to disappear from the globe, mankind would only have four years left to live."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br><a href="http://prod5.agileticketing.net/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=18667~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0&#.UuLEnvtOm9I">http://prod5.agileticketing.net/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=18667~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0&#.UuLEnvtOm9I</a></span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" color="#0071b5" size="5"><b>Vegetarianism 101: Easy steps to eating less meat</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>Wed Jan 29, 7 - 8 pm<br>Runnymede Library, 2178 Bloor St. W<br>Interested in making healthier, more sustainable and more compassionate food choices? The Toronto Vegetarian Association will give you some tips and tools for going vegetarian or reducing your consumption of animal products, and answer all those commonly asked questions like: where do I get my protein and what's a quick meal I can pull together on a work night? Free vegan snacks!<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; ">---------------------------------------</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div></div></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#dc0000"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">Patents & Progress: What to do about Corrupt Medical Research Practices</font></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thursday Jan 30, 7-9pm, Room 179, University College, 15 Kings College Circle, University of Toronto.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">All welcome. No charge.</span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; ">With James R. Brown, Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto. </span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>Co-Sponsored by University College Health Studies Programme, Canadian Pugwash Group, Science for Peace, and Voice of Women for Peace.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.scienceforpeace.ca/vital-discussions-of-human-security-fall-2013-spring-2014">http://www.scienceforpeace.ca/vital-discussions-of-human-security-fall-2013-spring-2014</a></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">If you miss it, the video podcast will be available on the SfP YouTube channel within 1-2 weeks after the talk.http://www.youtube.com/user/Science4Peace</span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#8b00cb"><b>Can we afford FORD more years?<br></b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thursday, Jan 30. 7 pm</span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (at Bathurst)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">What is the class composition of Ford Nation? What are the tasks of the left in 2014? The Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly looks at the future of municipal politics in Toronto. Expect a broad-ranging discussion that shifts the focus away from Mayor Ford's personal failings and toward an analysis and critique of austerity policies, as well as the class dynamics that underpin Ford's continuing popularity. The discussion will foster ways of coordinating activities in the fight against austerity, regardless of who is the next mayor.<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/event/can-we-afford-ford-more-years/">http://beitzatoun.org/event/can-we-afford-ford-more-years/</a><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#285fcc"><b>Animal Rights Academy - with Michael Sizer on animal rights videography<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. Jan. 30, 7 - 9 p.m.</span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Room 570 of 100 St. George<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The first half is a talk and the second half discussion. All are welcome (including 4 legged friends, provided they are relatively quiet and friendly). <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">via PaulYork AnimalRights<br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#009c3b"><b>Catalyst Cafe</b></font><br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thursday January 30, 8 - 10 pm </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The Music Gallery, 197 John Street</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">$15 Regular // $10 Students/Members/Arts Workers // $5 Seniors</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Join us for an intimate evening that will feature arrangements of spoken word with live music from Leanne Simpson's high acclaimed album Islands of Decolonial Love, and songs by Tara Williamson with accompanying musicians Sean Conway and Nick Ferrio. This will be an evening of contemporary Indigenous music you do not want to miss.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.musicgallery.org">www.musicgallery.org</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#d16600"><b>Public Forum on Race & Justice</b></font><br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. January 30, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Room 103, FitzGerald Building, 150 College St., U of T<br>The Justice in Toronto Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the University of Toronto Global Cities Institute, begins 2014 with a lecture on Race and Justice in Toronto, featuring Gary Pieters, President of Toronto’s Urban Alliance on Race Relations, and Scot Wortley, a Professor at the Centre for Criminology and Socio-legal Studies at the University of Toronto.<br>This series of public forums will address some sources of injustice in Toronto and propose ways to make the city more just. In each event, an academic scholar has been paired with a city activist. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/e/race-justice-in-toronto-tickets-10147695029?aff=eorg">http://www.eventbrite.com/e/race-justice-in-toronto-tickets-10147695029?aff=eorg</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#c300c4"><b>Research in Action: Building Accountable Community Research<br></b></font><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thursday January 30, 7 p.m.<br>OISE, room 2211 , 252 Bloor Street West<br>Free. Wheelchair accessible. With<br>- Jaggi Singh, Community University Research Exchange (CURE), QPIRG Concordia<br>- Maria Basualdo, Community Research Project, OPIRG-Ottawa<br>- More speakers to be announced</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">What does community based research look like? What would it mean for academic institutions, faculty and students to take leadership from community groups, and facilitate education and research in the interest of social change? How can we ensure that community groups will truly benefit from this research? There are important concerns around the ways in which educational institutions situate themselves in communities, and take up community issues as research interests, without ever consulting with the communities themselves. <br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/282509825230567/">https://www.facebook.com/events/282509825230567/</a><br><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#0080c6"><b>Party For Truth</b></font><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. Jan. 30, 8 p.m.<br><img id="e6b2a356-aa7f-46bc-90e0-3db80aa7a132" height="1" width="1" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:39AC37E2-A56F-429B-B316-F4577CEDA906@home"><br>Lee's Palace, 529 Bloor W.<br>$20. </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; ">With speakers: Hon. Ron Hellyer, Richard Dolan, Dan Hicks and more plus live performances, DJs and more. </span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">A fundraiser for our upcoming cross-Canada speakers tour.<br><a href="http://www.modernknowledge2014.com/party-for-truth.html">http://www.modernknowledge2014.com/party-for-truth.html</a><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">7 min. video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEOU0Kc3T1Q&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEOU0Kc3T1Q&feature=youtu.be</a> </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#009e29"><b>Focus on Sustainability Film Festival</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Fri. Jan. 31, noon – 9 p.m.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">York U, Keele Campus</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br><a href="http://iris.info.yorku.ca/ai1ec_event/oil/?instance_id=345">http://iris.info.yorku.ca/ai1ec_event/oil/?instance_id=345</a></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#c05d3c"><b>Simple ways to create more flavour when preparing and cooking food</b></font></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span><br></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; ">Friday, January 31, 6:30 pm - till round abouts 9:30 p.m.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">STUDIO 404, 888 Dupont St. in warehouse (cr Ossington)<br></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; ">$45 pp ~ 2 for $80.... (cash preferred) - </span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">please inquire about sliding scale, few spots always available<br></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; ">Introduction to using herbs, spices and condiments to enhance your favourite dishes! We will be learning how to recognize, shop for, store and grow your own in order to add more spice to your favourite foods and your life!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; ">If interested in attending please contact me to confirm and I will send you more details, directions and the menu we will be preparing along with answering any questions you may have. I will respond ASAP!</span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; ">pei 416.732.8965 or </span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="mailto:permacultured.food.design@gmail.com">permacultured.food.design@gmail.com</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#a20b9b"><b>Toronto Strong Neighbourhood Strategy 2020</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Fri. January 31, 9:30 am – 12:30 p.m.</span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Metro Hall | Room 310, 55 John Street (at King)</span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">We will share the results of the Toronto Strong Neighbourhoods public consultation process with you. Most importantly, we would like to ask for your advice on the options for selecting Neighbourhood Improvement Areas (NIAs) that are based on the consultations and Urban Heart. The advice you provide us with will help inform City Council's decision on the criteria used to select NIAs. <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Please register by emailing <a href="mailto:neighbourhoods@toronto.ca">neighbourhoods@toronto.ca</a> Or by calling 416.392.8616<br>If you require American Sign Language interpreting, translation, child care or any other accommodations please specify in your confirmation.<br><a href="http://toronto.ca/neighbourhoods">toronto.ca/neighbourhoods</a><br> </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#00569c"><b>The Turkish Summer: Insights and Lessons from the Gezi Park Resistance<br></b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Friday, Jan 31, 7 pm</span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (at Bathurst)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The protests in Turkey from May 2013 began in opposition to development plans for Istanbul's Taksim Square-Gezi Park. Massive sit-ins, protests, strikes developed and spread across Turkey soon encompassed questions of freedom of speech, social inequalities, women's rights, issues of secularism, and others. Gezi Park became another moment of the "movements of the squares" opposing neoliberalism and authoritarian governments. Innovative political tactics of camps, street humour, graffiti and many others symbolized the new protests met with political repression and police violence which followed. A forum of activists, commentators, and social theorists in a wide-ranging discussion of insights and lessons for both the Turkish and International left. <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/event/the-turkish-summer-insights-and-lessons-from-the-gezi-park-resistance/">http://beitzatoun.org/event/the-turkish-summer-insights-and-lessons-from-the-gezi-park-resistance/</a><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#399d67"><b>Mid Winter Take the Sun Celebration</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sat. Feb. 1, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Beaches Recreation Centre, 6 Williamson Road</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tickets $15, Students $10</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Join The Global Sunrise Project & The Canadian Voice of Women for Peace for an inspiring evening of friendship, music, dance, games, snacks, silent auction & great raffle prizes to be won! Proceeds will go to Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and The Global Sunrise Project.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://vowpeace.org/event/mid-winter-take-the-sun-celebration/">http://vowpeace.org/event/mid-winter-take-the-sun-celebration/</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#d24a00"><b>Coldest Day of the Year Ride</b></font><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>Sat, Feb 1, 12:15 pm<br>Queen’s Park (at Hoskin ave. See map <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/3P3Qr">http://goo.gl/maps/3P3Qr</a> )<br>Celebrate winter cycling at the Coldest Day of the Year Ride! Ride with us from Queen's Park to Dufferin Grove Park, where we'll have a small campfire set up next to the skating rink! Bring your skates and a reusable mug for our campfire hot chocolate, or bring a thermos with your own hot drink. Dufferin Grove Park's Zamboni Cafe also has hot chocolate, snacks, and $2 skate rentals.<br>BIXI SPECIAL: Don't have a bike available for the ride? No problem! All BIXI bikes will be given free extra usage time from 12pm to 4pm. There is a BIXI dock at Queen's Park where you can check your BIXI in before the ride. We also have limited reservations to test a BIXI bike for free on this ride. Reserve yours by emailing <a href="mailto:siva.v@cycleto.ca">siva.v@cycleto.ca</a> by Thurs Jan 30! <br>Check out our winter riding and gear tips at <a href="http://cycleto.ca/bike-winter">http://cycleto.ca/bike-winter</a> <br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/198207010373082/?ref=notif¬if_t=plan_user_invited">https://www.facebook.com/events/198207010373082/?ref=notif¬if_t=plan_user_invited</a><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#a800c4"><b>Confronting Injustice: Social Activism in Age of Individualism<br></b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Saturday, Feb 1, 7 pm</span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (at Bathurst)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Climate Vulnerability Monitor estimates that 400,000 people die every year as a result of the human-made global warming. The UN projects that 3 billion people may be pushed into extreme poverty by 2050 due to environmental devastation. The scale of this problem makes clear that individualist, lifestyle-centric approaches to activism will not suffice. We need to change the structures of our social system, not our light bulbs. The book, Confronting Injustice: Social Activism in the Age of Individualism seeks to expose the structural roots of the crises we face, and outlines an approach to activism which transcends the hopeless individualism of our time. Presentation by author Umair Muhammad.<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/event/confronting-injustice-social-activism-in-the-age-of-individualism/">http://beitzatoun.org/event/confronting-injustice-social-activism-in-the-age-of-individualism/</a><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#007fc5"><b>The Arab Spring</b></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#007fc5" size="4"><b>Two afternoons. Two media. Two Generations. One world event </b></font><br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sat./Sun, Feb 1 - Feb. 2, noon - 4 pm</span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (at Bathurst)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">How do we cope with the gap between our sphere of awareness ( media saturated information, instant images/videos) and our sphere of influence (what is mine to do? what can I do?) and the resulting mood of grief and helplessness that this creates in each of us? Through artistic encounters and conversation we discover what this event is communicating outside of the linear/rational framework of the news. This is experiential discovery and learning process through working with painting and clay. No artistic experience necessary. <br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/event/two-afternoons-two-media-two-generations-one-world-event-the-arab-spring/">http://beitzatoun.org/event/two-afternoons-two-media-two-generations-one-world-event-the-arab-spring/</a><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#009838"><b>NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/listings/">http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/listings/</a></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<br>Eulogies and Condolences for Tooker<br>and Stories of ecology and activism<br><a href="http://www.greenspiration.org">http://www.greenspiration.org</a><br><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<br>Join my email list by emailing Angela at:<br>greenspiration@web.ca<br>Write "subscribe" in the subject line<br>and tell me what city/country you live in<br><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<br><br><br></span></font></div><br></body></html>