<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px;"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0082b9">T.O.</font> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00bb52">Greenspiration</font> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#bd03b8">Events</font><br></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">- Pass this onto a friend!</span><br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" color="#c64d2e" size="5"><b>UN climate chief urges radical clean-up of oil, gas industry or leave three-quarters of fossil fuel reserves in the ground</b></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.reuters.com/article/2014/04/03/climate-oil-idUSL5N0MV28920140403">http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/03/climate-oil-idUSL5N0MV28920140403</a><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'"><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="#5c00b9"><b>Safe Rail Communities </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">SRC is a community-based initiative, started in March 2014 by neighbours in Toronto’s West end. Responding to the alarming increase in DOT-111 rail tanks carrying crude oil and other hazardous materials on the Canadian Pacific rail line that runs through mid-town Toronto, SCR advocates for greater transparency and safeguards with respect to the transportation of crude oil and other hazardous materials along rail lines throughout Canada</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://saferail.ca/">http://saferail.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>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><br><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#0068b9">Tell Prime Minister Harper: Don't Sabotage Our Public Health Care</font></b></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.leadnow.ca/defend-health-care/">http://www.leadnow.ca/defend-health-care/</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><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#02a541"><b>Toronto Tool Library</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "> </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Toronto West, 1499 Queen Street W. </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Toronto East, 1803 Danforth Ave</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">The Toronto Tool Library (TTL) is Toronto’s first community space that specializes in loaning electrical and hand tools to both experienced and inexperienced community members who are interested in repair, maintenance and building projects.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Workshops on power tooks, 3D printing, wood shop, laser cutting and more.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://torontotoollibrary.com/">http://torontotoollibrary.com/</a></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "> </span><br></font></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><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><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#c90015"><b>Help Save the Red Door Shelter – Emergency Meeting</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Monday, April 7, 7 - 9 pm</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen St. E</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The Red Door Shelter on Queen St. East has been a safe haven for women and children for over 30 years and it is now facing eviction. Together we can make sure that development doesn't evict the Red Door from its home, but we are going to need everyone's help.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.reddoorshelter.ca/save-the-red-door">www.reddoorshelter.ca/save-the-red-door</a></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">and it today's Toronto Star article. I hope you'll also sign the petition.</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>---------------------------------------</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="#b100a2"><b>Dance Our Way Home: Women Who Change The World</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Mondays April 7 - June 30, 7:30 to 9pm. <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">at Anarres Apothecary, 749 Dovercourt Road <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Women! Come dance with us! <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://www.anarreshealth.ca/node/1879">http://www.anarreshealth.ca/node/1879</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><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" color="#007bae" size="5"><b>The Siege Of Sarajevo And The Legacy Of The First World War </b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Monday April 7, 7 pm</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Reference LIbrary, 789 Yonge</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Discussion with historian Margaret MacMillan and others. </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://torontopubliclibrary.ca">torontopubliclibrary.ca</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></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="#00a623"><b>Youth in Food Politics</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;">Monday April 7, 6 - 8 pm<br>Metro Hall, 55 John St., Room 308<br>The TYFPC is starting to organize for this year’s municipal election. Come and learn about different opportunities to advocate for progressive food policy in the city, and contribute to TYFPC’s campaigning. What are our food systems questions for Councillor candidates and Toronto’s future mayor? Presentations will be given by members of the TYFPC community, by Food Forward, and by council members of the TYFPC.</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/257360377780257/">https://www.facebook.com/events/257360377780257/</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><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#d16c15"><b>The Widening Opportunity Gap: Growing Up Rich & Growing Up Poor In America Today </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Lecture by professor Robert D Putnam</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Mon. April 7, 5:30 - 7 pm. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">U of T stu free. MacMillan Theatre, 80 Queen's Park</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">$20 </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://cadarioputnam.eventbrite.ca">cadarioputnam.eventbrite.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>---------------------------------------<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="#be00c5"><b>IT Security and Privacy Online: It's Not Paranoia If They're Out to Get You!</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tuesday, April 8, 5:30 p.m.<br>Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina Avenue. Suite 120. First floor.<br>Suggested Donation: $5<br><a href="mailto:info@meetup.com">info@meetup.com</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'" size="5" color="#007cc7"><b>The Public God Forum on the Place of God in Today's Society</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Hosted by the CBCs Michael Enright</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tues. April 8, 7 pm. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Rotman School of Management, Fleck Auditorium, 105 St George</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Free. </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'"><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></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#009c27"><b>Climate Change is a real threat. Together we can do something about it.<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">For Our Grandchildren - Toronto Chapter Start Workshop</span><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;">Wednesday, April 9, 7 - 9 p.m.<br>Trinity St. Paul's United Church, the Fireside Room, 427 Bloor Street West<br>Our political representatives must rise to the challenge of climate change. We need to give them the political will to take a lead in the transition to a clean energy economy. The Toronto Chapter Group Start workshop will introduce For Our Grandchildren to you, and how you can be effective with the time you can spare. Our focus will be on the upcoming civic election and ensuring that climate change and specific solutions are election issues. We are working with the Toronto Climate Action Network to optimize our efforts.<br>Please RSVP at: <a href="mailto:contactus@forourgrandchildren.ca">contactus@forourgrandchildren.ca</a><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>---------------------------------------<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="#e37100"><b>Moving Beyond Gridlock: Multilevel Governance and Transit Infrastructure in the GTA</b></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Wed. April 9, 4:10 p.m. <br></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Rm. ES 142(basement), Earth Sciences Building, 5 Bancroft Avenue, U of T</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Eric Krause Memorial Lecture with MARTIN HORAK, Associate Professor and Director of the Local Government Program, Department of Political Science, University of Western Ontario<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="#d400d6"><b>In Anticipation of Spring… Indigenous Teachings to Celebrate the Season </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">with Grandmother Renee Thomas-Hill and the </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; ">Toronto Food Policy Council Meeting</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Wednesday April 9, 2 - 5 pm<br>Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. West, Committee Room 4<br>Spring is on its way and this month we have two speakers to share indigenous teachings on food, agriculture, and wellness. Grandmother Renee Thomas-Hill, Cayuga/Mohawk Haudenosaunee of the Six Nations Grand River Territory, Turtle Clan, will be joining us to share Indigenous teachings surrounding food as medicine. </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://tfpc.to/meetings/tfpc-meeting-april-9th-2014">http://tfpc.to/meetings/tfpc-meeting-april-9th-2014</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="#4474d7"><b>All-Energy 2014 </b></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">April 9-10, Exhibition Place<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">A multi-stream world class conference, and a free-to-attend busy trade show showcasing the complete range of renewable and sustainable technologies. <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://www.all-energy.ca/">http://www.all-energy.ca/</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><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'" size="5" color="#00a52d"><b>Tangled Art + Disability Festival </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Apr 9 to May 23</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">Free-$25. Various venues. </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://abilitiesartsfestival.org">abilitiesartsfestival.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><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#d36714"><b>Regional Transit Consultations</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thursday April 10, Open House 5:30-6:30, 6:30-9:30 Presentation & Questions</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Riverdale Collegiate Institute, 1094 Gerrard St. East</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Metrolinx, the City of Toronto, and the TTC are working together on a Regional Relief Strategy to consider all options to address transit crowding across the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area. This includes consideration of the TTC Relief Line.</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="#d100c6"><b>Aboriginal Knowledge(s): Colonialism, Decolonization and Education</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. April 10, 5 - 7 p.m.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">OISE Library, 252 Bloor W.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Keynote speakers: Janice C. Hill, Director, Four Directions Aboriginal Student Centre, Queen's University, Kingston; Turtle Clan, Mohawk Nation; Verna St. Denis, Professor, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon; Cree and Metis - Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">A public forum sponsored by Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Social Justice Education (HSSSJE), OISE.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sinclair <a href="mailto:c.sinclair@utoronto.ca">c.sinclair@utoronto.ca</a></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/hsssje">www.oise.utoronto.ca/hsssje</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>---------------------------------------<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="#7a00c7"><b>Container Gardening: Four Seasons Of Interest </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Women's Canadian Club talk</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. April 10, 2 pm. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">St Andrew's United Church, 117 Bloor E.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">$10. </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="#1f5ec8"><b>Eight Step Recovery: Using The Buddha's Teachings To Overcome Addiction </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Book launch. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. April 10, 7 pm. Free.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Free. <a href="http://anotherstory.ca">anotherstory.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><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="#a9009a"><b>Uncovering Myths About Protein: Muscle Building On A Raw Vegan Diet </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. April 10, 7 p.m.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Big Carrot 348 Danforth</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Lecture. Free.</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="#a91100"><b>Gasland 2 </b></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Fri. April 11, 7 p.m. <br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">OISE, 252 Bloor W, Room 2-214<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">2013, 125 minutes. A documentary that declares the gas industry's portrayal of natural gas as a clean and safe alternative to oil is a myth, and that fracked wells inevitably leak over time, contaminating water and air, hurting families, and endangering the earth's climate with the potent greenhouse gas methane.<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Everyone welcome. $4 donation requested. <br><a href="http://www.socialistaction.ca">www.socialistaction.ca</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><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#009e4a"><b>The Green Majority</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Toronto's Environmental Radio Show</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Weekly, Fridays, 11 - noon EST</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CIUT 89.5FM</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Listen live or catch the podcasts</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://greenmajority.ca/">http://greenmajority.ca/</a></span><br><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><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#ec6300"><b>Teach-In on Racial Profiling and Carding of Black Youth - End Unlawful Policing Now!</b></font><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Friday April 11, 6:30 - 9:30 pm</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Oakham House, Thomas Lounge (Ryerson University), 63 Gould St. (corner of Gould & Church St.)<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">End police violence and racial profiling!</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">• Bring us up to date on the lawsuits taken by the Black Action Defense Committee<br>• Answer questions and clarify concerns about these legal actions<br>• Identify additional ways to build active community support and engagement to end Racial Profiling and Carding<br>Speakers will include Community Lawyers • Osborne Barnwell • Ernest Guiste • Munyonzwe Hamalengwa • Selwyn Pieters • Peter Rosenthal<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" color="#c200dd" size="5"><b>Soap Making: Customized Organic Glycerine Soap</b></font><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Friday, April 11, 7 - 9 pm<br>Anarres Apothecary, 749 Dovercourt Road (at Bloor)<br><a href="http://www.anarreshealth.ca/content/soaps">http://www.anarreshealth.ca/content/soaps</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="#1467de"><b>Seed Starting, Growing & Saving </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Beginners workshop, garden fair and seed exchange. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sat. April 12, 11 am - 2 pm. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Annette Library, 145 Annette</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Free</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><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#00a32f"><b>Toronto Indie Arts Market </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sat. April 12, 10:30 am-4:30 pm.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Fashion, crafts, small press, food and more from local artisans and makers. $5.</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://torontoindieartsmarket.com">torontoindieartsmarket.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="#cd6833"><b>Survivors Of Conflict Discussion </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">with former Canadian peacekeeper Percy Purpura, Salvadoran civil war survivor Manuel Rodriguez and others. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sat. April 12, 1 pm. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Parkdale Library, 1303 Queen W.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Free. </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="#b400c1"><b>Flight of the Butterflies IMAX 3D Screening</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sat. April 12, 10:30 a.m. - noon</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Scotiabank Theatre, 259 Richmond Street West</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">$15 - $20</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The film is a multi-award-winning natural history epic, compelling detective story and scientific adventure. Following the year-long annual migration cycle of the butterflies, the production team filmed millions of monarchs in their remote overwintering sanctuaries in Mexico in 2011 and again in 2012 along their migratory routes from Canada, across the U.S. and into Mexico. A fundraiser for the David Suzuki Foundation’s Homegrown National Park Project.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1fHLqG5">http://bit.ly/1fHLqG5</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;">---------------------------------------<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="#0083c3"><b>Celebrating Resistance!</b></font><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sun. April 13, 6 p.m. door, 7 p.m. showtime<br>Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas W.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Honour and celebrate African and Indigenous Resistance featuring: Axé Capoeira Toronto - Afro-Brazilian Martial Arts ; Mery Perez- Nicaraguan Singer ; Nhapitapi- Zimbabwean; Music Group ; Aztec Groupofdance InToronto- Aztec Dance Group ; & DJ No Capitalista<br>$10 in advance / $12 at the door<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/274173986078408/">https://www.facebook.com/events/274173986078408/</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><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="#009a1c"><b>Media Training 101 - Your Story: Write it, sell it, tell it</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">- Sun. April 13, 2 - 5 pm - Write it</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">How to create a memorable story that interests the news media. Media expert & CTV writer Camille Dundas brings exclusive tips on how to get news media interested in your business, event or life story. Space limited! Only 25 participants per workshop to accommodate individual feedback. Guest speaker: Author/Motivational Speaker Karlyn Percil</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">- April 26, noon - 3 pm - Sell it</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">How to effectively pitch your story to the news media. Guest speakers: CTV Canada AM’s senior producer Jennifer Maclean and CP24 News writer/producer Stacey Munro</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">- May 4, 2 - 5 pm - Tell it</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">How to answer questions during a broadcast interview. Guest Speaker: CP24 News Anchor Pooja Handa </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">All held at Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina Ave.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1fSNTu0">http://bit.ly/1fSNTu0</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="#a6008c"><b>New Moon Circles for Women</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Join us for a New Moon Circle at the Dark of the Moon 7 - 9pm each month</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Anarres Apothecary, 749 Dovercourt Road (at Bloor)<br>* To honour your moon time<br>* To bring your cycles in synch<br>* To learn ancient and contemporary traditions around moon time that honour the grace and power of woman hood in all our phases.<br>* Children of any age can join us in circle, play with wooden toys on the mat, or crash in the quiet room adjacent to the space.<br>* LGBTQQ friendly. You do not need a moon cycle to join us.<br><a href="http://www.anarreshealth.ca/content/new-moon-circles-women">http://www.anarreshealth.ca/content/new-moon-circles-women</a><br><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="#009950"><b>Make Earth Week Come Alive with Julia Butterfly Hill - Dinner and Workshop</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Wednesday April 23, 6 - 9:30 pm<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave. Toronto (St. George and Bloor)<br>Light dinner and interactive workshop with Julia Butterfly Hill. Julia is a gifted storyteller and courageous activist who gave 2 years of her life to save a giant redwood she named Luna. We all have vision for a better world – come and be energized, inspired, and motivated! Indigenous drumming with Spirit Wind.<br>Pre-registration: $50 student, $60 adult, $75 supporting<br>Info: <a href="mailto:lyn.adamson9@gmail.com">lyn.adamson9@gmail.com</a><br>Support the work of Julia Butterfly Hill and climate action groups: <a href="http://www.toronto350.org">www.toronto350.org</a> and <a href="http://www.climatefast.ca">www.climatefast.ca</a><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; ">Purchase your ticket at: <a href="http://roots-and-vision.eventbrite.ca/">http://roots-and-vision.eventbrite.ca/</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></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'"><br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#4192d3"><b>NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing<br></b></font><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><br><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#e06300">Bloor Hot Docs Cinema<br></font></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">506 Bloor W (at Bathurst)</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Check out the program: <a href="http://bit.ly/1mRMTet">http://bit.ly/1mRMTet</a> </span><br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">---------------------------------------</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></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></div></div></body></html>