<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="#0093b9">T.O. </font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00bb48">Greenspiration</font> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#a200b8">Events</font></b></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">- Pass this onto a friend!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px;"><b><br></b></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><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">“To deny this is to deny reality. But regardless of odds or potential outcomes (our choices / strength of character / what we stand for / our legacies should be based on principles of common sense, compassion, fairness / equity / equality / justice, wellness, survival, NOT the likelihood of success or failure), we ALL -- especially those of us with greater privilege, opportunity, voice than so many others -- have the power and moral responsibility to ACT, get informed, step up AND out, volunteer, participate, contribute, advocate / spread the word, protest, entertain / embrace considered risk at times, try to help however possible and, in doing so, INSPIRE others to do the same. Because if we take the decision / path to see AND face the true -- indeed, the existential -- wickedness of our now-shared, undeniable, inescapable predicament, there will at least be possibilities. Perhaps even some we haven't imagined -- yet.” - <i>Glenn MacIntosh, EcoSanity</i></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" size="5" color="#c64300"><b>Bike Month: May 26 – June 26</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">A celebration of cycling in the Greater Toronto Area with hundreds of community events including rides, races, tours, festivals, and more.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://bikemonth.ca/">http://bikemonth.ca/</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'"><br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#a700b8"><b>Need road repairs? Call 311<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Potholes, faded bike lane markings, and other problems create hazards for cyclists and other road users. If you spot something that needs repair, make sure the city knows about it by calling 311, and reporting it online at: www.toronto.ca/</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="#00bb61"><b>Green Majority TV is now launched</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Our weekly radio show on CIUT 89.5 has been launched on YouTube with a full video show and special video interviews. Check out the new show including last weeks show about 'eco-terrorism' and extreme movements here: <a href="http://greenmajority.nationbuilder.com/">http://greenmajority.nationbuilder.com/</a></span><br><br></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><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="#c90067"><b>Forbidden Voices</b></font><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Their voices are suppressed, prohibited and censored. But world-famous bloggers Yoani Sánchez, Zeng Jinyan and Farnaz Seifi are not frightened of their dictatorial regimes. These fearless women stand for a new, networked generation of modern rebels. In Cuba, China and Iran their blogs shake the foundations of the state information monopoly - putting their lives at great risk. CBC documentary. <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.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/feature-programs/forbidden_voices/?cid=The+Norse%3A++An+Arctic+Mystery+-+Tonight+on+The+Nature+of+Things">http://www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/feature-programs/forbidden_voices/?cid=The+Norse%3A++An+Arctic+Mystery+-+Tonight+on+The+Nature+of+Things</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="#2900ba"><b>The Active Communities Pledge </b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">is an initiative of Share the Road Cycling Coalition to encourage voters and candidates to be champions for cycling and active transportation in the upcoming June 12 provincial election. Take the pledge!</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.activecommunitiespledge.ca/index.php">http://www.activecommunitiespledge.ca/index.php</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="#00bb63"><b>Take the Waste Free Challenge </b></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">10 simple steps you can take right now to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost more of your waste.</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.wastefreeto.ca/">http://www.wastefreeto.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><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="#c64100"><b>2 rooms available</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Smaller room offered at $435, plus a larger room at $545.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Shared kitchen, bathroom, garden, bike parking and hydro. Heat and internet are included. </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Looking for mature non-smokers, not into booze big or loud parties.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Location Dufferin/Davenport - convenient for 24-hour TTC.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">E-mail: <a href="mailto:ourcentre.tocr@yahoo.ca">ourcentre.tocr@yahoo.ca</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><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#a400b8"><b>Leading for Real </b></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Mon. May 26, 6:30 - 9 pm,<br>The Friends (Quakers) Meeting Room, 60 Lowther Ave</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">An Inquiry into, “What are you facing in the world that is calling for your leadership? What are we as a human family facing in the world that is calling for our leadership? And how can/will we respond?”<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.eventbrite.ca/e/embodied-leadership-series-tickets-10573145563?aff=mcivte">http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/embodied-leadership-series-tickets-10573145563?aff=mcivte</a><br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#00bb80"><b>Green Bonds: Mobilizing Long-term, Climate Change Capital. Real or an Illusion?<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Monday, May 26, 10 a.m. - noon </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Hyatt Regency Hotel. 370 King Street W, Toronto</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">$49.00. Includes light refreshments. </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Join The University of Toronto’s School of the Environment’s Environmental Finance Advisory Committee for a lively panel discussion on the risks and opportunities for Green Bonds: Mobilizing Long-term Capital to Support Greening the Economy. Nothing says "Environmental Finance" more than "Green Bonds". Developed by early (and continuing) innovator issuers like the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation and the European Investment Bank, Green Bonds are now rapidly evolving into an asset class, tied loosely or tightly to green infrastructure, projects and activities. </span><br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Register <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/green-bonds-mobilizing-long-term-climate-change-capital-real-or-an-illusion-registration-11173304655?">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/green-bonds-mobilizing-long-term-climate-change-capital-real-or-an-illusion-registration-11173304655?</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><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="#007db9"><b>An Evening with Charles Montgomery<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Award-winning author of bestselling book HAPPY CITY</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Monday May 26, 6:30 - 9 pm</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">720 Bathurst, CSI (at Bloor). $5</span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Are you passionate about placemaking? Are you an urban activist, thinker, creator, or lobbyist, passionate about your city? Interested in creating a great neighborhood? <br>If so, then this is the event for you!<br><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/an-evening-with-charles-montgomery-award-winning-author-of-bestselling-book-happy-city-tickets-11191258355">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/an-evening-with-charles-montgomery-award-winning-author-of-bestselling-book-happy-city-tickets-11191258355</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="#c72d00"><b>Mass Mind Control</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Disorders are billing codes, MK Ultra, Prozac, Zoloft etc. mass murders and homicides</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">With Sydney White, investigative journalist - Studies in Propaganda</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>Mon. May 26, 6 p.m.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Rm. #140 University College, 15 Kings College Circle, U of T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>A Free-U-of-T event</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">For more info: 416 787 0592</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'"><br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#9900b9"><b>LACSN (Latin American and Carribbean Solidarity Network) is hosting a new members meeting </b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">for Individuals, organizations, and grassroots collectives to join our network</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>Monday May 26, 7 pm</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">OISE, Room #5250, 252 Bloor St W (St. George subway)</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">To work collaboratively on activities and events in solidarity with progressive struggles here, across Turtle Island and Latin American. </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://lacsn.weebly.com/">http://lacsn.weebly.com/</a></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>---------------------------------------<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="#007db9"><b>Why Should I Care?: Reforming Canada's Senate</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Monday, May 26, 7:30 p.m. (doors open 7 p.m.)</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Duke of York Pub, 39 Prince Arthur Ave. (near University and Bloor)</span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Though the debate over Senate’s value continues, the fundamental arguments remain the same: critics contend that the Senate is a thoroughly flawed institution. Advocates see it as playing a necessary role in the operation of Canada’s government. What function does Senate serve in our democratically elected political process and should changes to its framework be made? Leading constitutional expert Peter Russell will discuss the role of the Senate in Canadian politics. He will answer your questions on whether Senate reform is needed, and if so, how change can be made.<br>RSVP: <a href="http://whyshouldicare.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=49814f037bc23c56222deca06&id=29ddbc9b28&e=ae6e1d893c">http://whyshouldicare.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=49814f037bc23c56222deca06&id=29ddbc9b28&e=ae6e1d893c</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="#4ebb32"><b>Neoliberalism and Politics: Reflections on the recent elections in India</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Monday, May 26, 7 pm</span></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 (Bloor and Bathurst)<br>Prabhat Patnaik, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. A highly distinguished and internationally renowned critical scholar. </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/neoliberalism-and-politics-reflections-on-the-recent-elections-in-india/">http://beitzatoun.org/event/neoliberalism-and-politics-reflections-on-the-recent-elections-in-india/</a><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><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="#c64300"><b>Sea Sick: How We're Pushing the Planet Toward Mass Extinction</b></font><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tues. May 27, 6:30 - 8 pm<br>Runnymede Public Library, 2178 Bloor St. W<br>Journalist and author Alanna Mitchell talks about her travels around the world with scientists who are racing to understand how we're changing the ocaean's chemistry and its ability to support life on the planet. <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="#9800b9"><b>Breakfast session with award-winning author Charles Montgomery</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tuesday May 27, 7:30 a.m. -10:30 am<br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">One King West Hotel. $40 includes breakfast.<br>Are you an elected official, city staff member, or an engaged citizen looking for new ideas on how to create a successful and healthy city for all? How to transform neighborhoods into vibrant places to live?Join us!<br><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/happy-city-creating-successful-healthy-cities-for-all-tickets-11201723657">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/happy-city-creating-successful-healthy-cities-for-all-tickets-11201723657</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="#006cb9"><b>Shab-e She'r (Poetry Night) XVIII Open Stage of poetry and music</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tuesday, May 27, 7pm (open mic signups 6:30)</span></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 (Bloor and Bathurst)<br>Each month, Shab-e She'r brings voices from a broad range of poetic styles, ethnicities, nationalities, religions, etc. Vanessa McGowan is a Toronto based Spoken Word Artist and Singer/Songwriter steeped in social justice, advocacy, counselling and workshop facilitation with 13 years experience in social services. Josh Smith is many things. Host: Bänoo Zan.</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/shab-e-sher-poetry-night-xviii/">http://beitzatoun.org/event/shab-e-sher-poetry-night-xviii/</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="#00bc3e"><b>Housing Co-Op Info Session </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Tues. May 27, 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;">McCormick Community Centre, 66 Sheridan</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Get details on Dufferin Grove Housing Co-op. Free. </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://dufferingrove.com">dufferingrove.com</a>.</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'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#c64c00"><b>From Self Care To Collective Empowerment<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Wednesday, May 28, 6:30 - 8:30 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 (near Bloor and Bathurst)<br>For activists, students, community workers, cultural workers and others. Are you stressed? Do you see people around you burning out? Do you multi-task? Do you struggle with balancing activism and your life commitments? Are you carrying an impossible load? Combining Indigenous knowledge and cutting edge science this workshop will help you make use of the relationship between self and collective empowerment.<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/from-self-care-to-collective-empowerment/">http://beitzatoun.org/event/from-self-care-to-collective-empowerment/</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'"><br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#8300b9"><b>Nutritional Support for Kids on the Asperger’s and Autism Spectrum</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Wed. May 28, 7 - 9 p.m.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">OISE, 252 Bloor W, Rm 5-280</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1noeiZG">http://bit.ly/1noeiZG</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" color="#0086b9"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">Unist'ot'en Camp and the Showdown With Chevron: How Can Toronto Be in Solidarity?</font></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>Thursday, May 29, 6 pm videos, 7 p.m. discussion</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Friends House, 60 Lowther (St. George subway)</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Since 2010 Unist'ot'en clan members have been maintaining a permanent presence on their traditional territory in so-called Northern British Columbia, to assert sovereignty over lands which were never ceded to the Canadian government and to begin a process of decolonization. The Camp also stands as the enforcement of a clan decision to ban all of the proposed Fracked Gas and Tar Sands pipelines intending to cross over their territory. Hear about the latest developments in the showdown with Chevron, what is being planned in response, and how we can be in solidarity from here in Toronto.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Fundrazr Campaign. <a href="http://fnd.us/c/dkgyf/sh/e3I2Yf">http://fnd.us/c/dkgyf/sh/e3I2Yf</a></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Event page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/513634472092146/">https://www.facebook.com/events/513634472092146/</a></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span><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'" size="5" color="#00bc45"><b>Movers & Shakers, Community Makers: Our Activist Neighbourhood </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. May 29, 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;">Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen E.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Presentations and discussion of the Riverdale community's history of social action, with Amy Go and others. Free. </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://ralphthornton.org">ralphthornton.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'" size="5" color="#c9001d"><b>Menstravaganza </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. May 29, 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;">The Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">(Femme Int'l) An evening of menstruation-themed cinema and a panel discussion about periods in global culture mark Menstrual Hygiene Day. $10. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">416-531-9959.</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="#bb00b8"><b>The Amazing Universe </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. May 27, 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;">Spadina Road Library, 10 Spadina Rd.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Presentation on alien worlds, the life and death of stars, cosmic catastrophes and more. Free. </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://torontopubliclibrary.ca">torontopubliclibrary.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="#006fb9"><b>Silent Partners: Sustainable Architecture - Lecture </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Thur. May 27, 6 - 9 p.m.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Conservation Council of Ontario presentation by Green-Deck-City architect Loghman Azar. Free. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">pre-register 416-533-1635.</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="#00bc34"><b>Trinity-Spadina Town Hall Event with Elizabeth May and Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Friday, May 30, 6:30 p.m.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Auditorium (Room 2158), Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, U of T</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Let’s talk about how Greens are bringing real change to both Parliament and Queen's Park.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">This free event is open to media and the public -- to reserve your seat, send an email to <a href="mailto:RSVP@greenparty.ca">RSVP@greenparty.ca</a></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/717056285004975/">https://www.facebook.com/events/717056285004975/</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="#c64500"><b>stories beyond borders</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Friday, May 30, 5:30 - 7:30 pm</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Beit Zatoun, 612 Bathurst<br>Presented by Canadian Roots - an evening of short-video screenings created by youth for youth! Exhibiting a body of digital work that is a product of a youth led art-based collective learning process. The youth, ranging from 17 to 28, discuss their personal experiences and thoughts on community and identity in relation to indigenous history, issues, and justice.</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/stories-beyond-borders/">http://beitzatoun.org/event/stories-beyond-borders/</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><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="#b400b8"><b>Critical Mass Ride </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Fri. May 28, meet at 6 p.m., ride at 6:30 p.m.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Bloor and Spadina. </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Ride en masse. Take the streets in joy and safety. Free. Fun.</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://facebook.com/groups/2246288900">facebook.com/groups/2246288900</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></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5" color="#0079b9"><b>Common Thread Community Chorus of Toronto presents its annual May concert<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">A concert of Folk music featuring “Santa Maria de Iquique” and Special guests Proyecto Altiplano</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Saturday, May 31, 1:30 pm and 7:30 pm.</span><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The Estonian House, 958 Broadview Ave.<br>Ticket prices are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Seniors and students, $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Children under 12 are free.<br>Common Thread is a secular, non-auditioned choir that sings folk music reflecting the languages and cultures of Toronto. Common Thread is for anyone who believes that social justice and community can be built through music. We want to remember the striking workers, their wives, and their children who were massacred on December 21, 1907 by the Chilean army at the Santa Maria de Iquique school in Chile.<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="#00bc43"><b>Community Tree Planting in Mississauga</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Saturday, May 31, 9 am – 12 noon</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Erindale Park, Mississauga</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Come join Sierra Club on for community tree planting. Shovels, gloves, and light refreshments will be provided, and high school students are eligible for volunteer hours. A great way to get involved and give back to the environment and your community! Rain or shine, hope to see you there!</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">RSVP with Lindsey Jennings at <a href="mailto:ljennings@creditvalleyca.ca">ljennings@creditvalleyca.ca</a> or call at 1-800-668-5557 ext 445. </span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://ontario.sierraclub.ca/en/challenge-urban-sprawl-grow-greenbelt/tree-planting-mississauga-may-31">http://ontario.sierraclub.ca/en/challenge-urban-sprawl-grow-greenbelt/tree-planting-mississauga-may-31</a></span><br><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></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="5" color="#c73000"><b>Festival Of Social Innovation </b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sat. May 31, 2 - 6 p.m.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">CSI Annex, 720 Bathurst (near Bloor)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Centre for Social Innovation and its programs. Free. </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://socialinnovation.ca/festival">socialinnovation.ca/festival</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="#aa00b8"><b>Do the Math - film and discussion on carbon pricing</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Sunday June 1, 7 pm</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. (St. George subway)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Film showing 'Do the Math' followed by discussion on carbon pricing with Cheryl McNamara of Citizens Climate Lobby. Do the Math shows the numbers on the climate crisis, the tarsands, and the divestment movement. Free. Organized by ClimateFast and Toronto350. <br><a href="http://www.climatefast.ca">www.climatefast.ca</a>, toronto350.org, www.citizensclimatelobby.ca 416-731-6605.</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="#007db9"><b>Bruce Trail Conservancy - Toronto Club and we are hosting our first ever Hike-a-thon in August<br></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Registration starts June 1</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://brucetrail.org/">http://brucetrail.org/</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><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="#00bc37"><b>Hot Docs</b></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://bloorcinema.com/">http://bloorcinema.com/</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><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="#c64a26"><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></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'"><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></body></html>