<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#0056d6">T.O. </font><font size="4" color="#4f7a28">Greenspiration</font><font size="4" color="#d95000"> Events</font></b><br><font size="2">Pass this onto a friend!</font><br><font size="2">-a</font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br></font><div><font face="Times"><br><b><font size="4" color="#9929bd">Burnaby Mountain Arrests:</font></b><font size="2"> RCMP arrested as many as 24 Burnaby, BC Mountain Caretakers for Kinder Morgan. The Texas company's crews are now attempting to get back surveying for a planned tarsands bitumen pipeline tunnel through the mountain.</font></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><b><font color="#9929bd">Video</font></b> of the arrests and peace camp: <a href="http://www.mediacoop.ca/video/because-mother-earth-worth-it-burnaby-mountain-arr/32227">http://www.mediacoop.ca/video/because-mother-earth-worth-it-burnaby-mountain-arr/32227</a> </font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><b><font color="#9929bd">Video</font></b> of biologist’s arrest on civil disobedience and what citizen engagement looks lik: <a href="http://bit.ly/1xIQ5QN">http://bit.ly/1xIQ5QN</a> </font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><font color="#9929bd"><b>David Suzuki writes letter to grandson arrested at Kinder Morgan protest on Burnaby Mountain</b><br></font>"He is a role model for young people today, inspiring them to get involved in issues of their future," Suzuki writes of his grandson, who was arrested on Thursday. .. "The world is on a collision course with the things that keep us alive and healthy - the air, water, soil and variety of life. Corporations, especially those with head offices in some other part of the country or the world care little for the interests of local ecosystems or communities, except in so far as they interfere with the drive to maximize profit for shareholders… They have no obligation to protect local ecosystems or local communities. Their sole goal is to make as much money as they can get away with," Suzuki added.<br></font><div><font face="Times" size="2"><a href="http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/david-suzuki-writes-letter-grandson-arrested-kinder-morgan-protest-burnaby-mountain">http://www.vancouverobserver.com/news/david-suzuki-writes-letter-grandson-arrested-kinder-morgan-protest-burnaby-mountain</a></font></div></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------</font></div></div><div><br></div><div><font face="Times"><b style="color: rgb(255, 64, 19);"><font size="4">Dene block road in Saskatchewan to stop oil companies</font></b><font size="2"><font color="#ff4013">: </font><font color="#606060"><a href="http://www.canadians.org/blog/dene-block-road-saskatchewan-stop-oil-companies">http://www.canadians.org/blog/dene-block-road-saskatchewan-stop-oil-companies</a> </font></font></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------</font></div></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">TransCanada hires controversial PR</font><font size="4" color="#9929bd"> </font></b><font size="2">firm to derail public opposition to the Energy East pipeline: <a href="http://bit.ly/1zPTv3u">http://bit.ly/1zPTv3u</a></font></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------</font></div><div><div><font face="Times"><br><b><font size="4" color="#00a3d7">Hungry for Action? Join the Fast</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times"><font size="2">What is Fast for the Climate? People from all walks of life are fasting to stand in solidarity with vulnerable communities most affected by dangerous climate impacts. By choosing not to eat on the first day of every month, the growing movement of fasters - including many youth groups, environmentalists and faith communities - is calling for government leaders to act to confront the climate crisis. The opening day of COP20 Lima is expected to be the biggest climate fast in history. Latin American and international NGOs from environmental, development and climate justice networks, a broad range of youth activists, negotiators from across negotiating blocks and other high-profile people in the UN climate talks will join the fast. Many people are hungry for action.</font><br><font size="2"><a href="http://fastfortheclimate.org">http://fastfortheclimate.org</a>.</font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#9929bd">Lower fares, more stops, and clean trains on the Union Pearson train line -Petition.<br></font></b><font size="2"><a href="https://www.change.org/p/lower-the-fares-on-the-union-pearson-train-line">https://www.change.org/p/lower-the-fares-on-the-union-pearson-train-line</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#e32400">What's the Plan for Ontario's Aging Nukes, and the Alternatives?<br></font></b><font size="2">Mon. Nov. 24, 7 - 9 p.m.</font><br><font size="2">Metro Hall (King and John St.), Rm. 310</font><br><font size="2">Did you know Ontario plans to rebuild 10 of our aging nuclear reactors, locking us into nuclear for another 4 or more decades? This will cost taxpayers upwards of $60 billion, to say nothing of the radioactive waste and risk of catastrophic accident on one of our Great Lakes. Did anyone ever ask you if you'd rather your $$ go to a renewable future? Conservation, water power, wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, biogas - the options are endless, more affordable, and infinitely safer. Join Angela Bischoff and Jack Gibbons of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance to find out more, ask questions, and learn how you can get involved. Free.</font><br><font size="2"><a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org">www.cleanairalliance.org</a> </font><br><font size="2"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/858797924139021/">https://www.facebook.com/events/858797924139021/</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">We Live Here! Yes In Our Backyards!</font></b><br><font size="2">Mon. Nov. 24, 2 pm</font><br><font size="2">Lillian H. Smith Branch - Toronto Public Library, 239 College St.</font><br><font size="2">The targeting of people who use drugs is often used as a tool to gentrify and push out people who have historically lived in their neighbourhoods. Labeling all poor people, homelesss people, people who access shelters and methadone clinics, as "addicits" and "criminals" as a way to drum up fear. Folks are now meant to feel unwanted and are pushed out of the "changing" neighbourhood. Their homes, services and the places they congregate, torn down, "redeveloped", pushed, policed and priced out. This event is about the many people who live in poverty, who use drugs or don't use drugs who have a right to live here, free from stigma and discrimination. Yes in our backyards!! We will be discussing the impact of gentrification, the targeting of drug users and how we can combat the not in my backyard mentality, organize and discuss strategies that have worked to save these contested spaces. </font><br><font size="2">TTC will be available, this space is wheelchair accessible. </font><br><font size="2">For more info email: <a href="mailto:thralliance@gmail.com">thralliance@gmail.com</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#00a3d7">Road Pricing and Parking Workshop</font></b><br><font size="2">Mon. Nov. 24</font><br><font size="2">Double Tree Hotel, downtown Toronto</font><br><font size="2">Traffic congestion in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) continues to increase despite unprecedented funding of regional and local transit. With its majority win at the polls in June 2014, the Liberal government has promised to invest another $15 billion over the next 10 years so the GTHA can catch up to other world-class cities. What’s needed is mobility pricing policies. Get the latest information on: </font><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: small; white-space: pre;"> </span><font size="2">• cost benefit analysis and business case approaches to transportation projects;</font><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: small; white-space: pre;"> </span><font size="2">• HOT Lanes and satellite-based tolling systems;</font><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: small; white-space: pre;"> </span><font size="2">• parking technology and policy reforms.</font><br><font size="2"><a href="http://www.transportfutures.ca/rppworkshop">http://www.transportfutures.ca/rppworkshop</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br></font><div><font face="Times"><br><b><font size="4" color="#7b219f">Toronto Election Recap: How campaigns connected using online technology<br></font></b><font size="2">Mon Nov 24, 6 – 7:30 p.m.</font><br><font size="2">Centre for Social Innovation Annex, 720 Bathurst, Garage - Main floor</font><br><font size="2">Four weeks after Election Day we'll hear from staff and volunteers from Toronto's municipal election on their experiences using online technologies to inspire, engage and get out the vote. We'll hear from people involved in both the Big Mayoral Campaigns and more modest council races. There will be an informal panel discussion followed by questions and answers. Then everyone is welcome for drinks afterwards. This event is open to anyone interested in how technologies continue to affect our elections and civic engagement in general. Free.</font><br><font size="2"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/toronto-election-recap-how-campaigns-connected-used-online-tech-tickets-13788095565">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/toronto-election-recap-how-campaigns-connected-used-online-tech-tickets-13788095565</a></font></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#b51a00">Studies in Propaganda</font></b><br><font size="2">Mon. November 24, 6 - 8 pm</font></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">5 Bancroft Avenue, Room B142 (behind Earth Sciences Building), U of T</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Free lecture with Sydney White, Investigative Journalist. The assassinations of the U.S. Presidents who fought the Federal Reserve to regain our right to print our own money: from Jackson and Lincoln to three of the Kennedy's. Is Jefferson's Republic dead?</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="4" color="#4f7a28"><b>Fifth Annual Evening with Mike & Friends</b></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Tues. Nov. 25, 7 - 10 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Gladstone Hotel, 2nd floor (at Queen)<br>OCCA's Jack Gibbons and GPO Leader Mike Schreiner speak at Green Party of Ontario event celebrating Mike’s leadership and issues. <br><a href="http://www.gpo.ca/event/fifth-annual-evening-mike-friends-toronto">http://www.gpo.ca/event/fifth-annual-evening-mike-friends-toronto</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#008cb4">Truth and Toward Reconciliation: Frontrunners: Niigaanibatowaad<br></font></b><font size="2">Screening of the story of the 1967 Pan-Am Games</font><br><font size="2">Tues. Nov. 25, 7 p.m.</font><br><font size="2">Temple Sinai, 210 Wilson Ave.</font><br><font size="2">The National Social Action Committee of the Canadian Council of Reform Judaism in partnership with Temple Sinai is pleased to present this film screening. This presentation reveals the hidden story of the Aboriginal runners who carried the torch to the 1967 Pan-American Games in Winnipeg. Denied access to the stadium at that time, in 1999 the surviving runners received an apology from the province and a standing ovation from the crowd when Winnipeg hosted once more. Laura Robinson the playwright, worked closely with surviving frontrunners to create a script that begins when they were boys in residential school. The playwright, along with two members of the original frontrunners will be featured as guest speakers. With the 2015 Pan-Am Games just around the corner, this screening offers an important perspective on past sports events and some little known Canadian history. Free.</font><br><font size="2">Please register at <a href="mailto:programs@templesinai.net">programs@templesinai.net</a> or call Marcie @ 416-482-3281</font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">--------------------------------------- </font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#9929bd">Safe Space Now! Shelter and Housing for All! Rally, Meal and Action<br></font></b><font size="2">Tuesday, November 25, noon</font><br><font size="2">George Hislop Park north end: Charles St (between Yonge and Church)</font><br><font size="2">Join the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty and allies on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, to fight for:</font><br><font size="2">-24 Hour women and trans drop-ins NOW</font><br><font size="2">-Open Shelters: real beds, not flex beds!</font><br><font size="2">-Safe, affordable, and accessible HOUSING FOR ALL!</font><br><font size="2">We have a crisis of homelessness in the City of Toronto. The number of people in shelters is exploding. As we head into colder weather, we are faced once again with the reality of shelters being over-capacity, and with the lack of safe space at night. Meanwhile affordable housing in Toronto is abysmal - close to 90 000 households remain on the wait-list for social housing, while private market rents skyrocket and overall vacancies are at 1.7%. Join us to take direct action and make sure that all levels of government act now to meet the most basic need for people's lives: access to safe space, shelter and housing.</font><br><font size="2">Ontario Coalition Against Poverty. To endorse and get involved: <a href="mailto:dtewomen@gmail.com">dtewomen@gmail.com</a> or 416-925-6939</font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">--------------------------------------- </font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#4f7a28">Liveable Cities: NYC-Toronto Growing Green</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Tues. Nov. 25, 4 - 5 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">University College 15 King's College Circle, U of T</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Lecture with Jeremy Barrick of the New York City Parks Department of the initiatives to build a greener city. Free.<br><a href="http://yourleaf.org/liveable-cities/nov24">yourleaf.org/liveable-cities/nov24</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------<br>--------------------------------------- </font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#ff4013">Huicholes: The Last Peyote Guardians<br></font></b><font size="2">Wed. November 26, 6:30 – 10 p.m.</font><br><font size="2">OISE Auditorium (G162) 252 Bloor St W</font><br><font size="2">Join us for the Toronto premiere of "Huicholes: the Last Peyote Guardians", followed by Q&A with special guests. Part of a North American tour. The film tells the story of the Wixárika people and their struggle against the Mexican government and Canadian mining companies to preserve Wirikuta, their most sacred territory and the land where the peyote grows. Following the film screening, the director (Hernán Vilchez) and 2 of the film's protagonists (traditional Wixárika shamans from the Sierra Madre) will be present for Q&A. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door (no one turned away).. </font></font><font size="2" face="Times"><a href="http://bit.ly/1yJiVPe">http://bit.ly/1yJiVPe</a> . </font><font face="Times"><font size="2">Toronto screening hosted by the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network (OPIRG Toronto), Cinema Politica, Rebels with a Cause Film Festival, Kairos and Council of Canadians.</font><br><font size="2"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1491357387810247/">https://www.facebook.com/events/1491357387810247/</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">--------------------------------------- </font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#008cb4">A Century of Warfare - Saying No to War<br></font></b><font size="2">Double Book Launch of Anti-War Titles and Discussion on a Century of Conscientious Objection</font><br><font size="2">Wednesday Nov. 26, 7:30 pm</font><br><font size="2">Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave. </font><br><font size="2">With Sarah Hipworth, co-author of Let Them Stay: Iraq War Resisters in Canada, and Stephen Dale, author of Noble Illusions: Young Canada Goes to War. Special guest speakers: Frank Showler, WW II conscientious objector and lifelong activist, and Jo Vellacott, who has done extensive research on conscientious objectors in WW I. Sponsored by Peace and Social Action Committee; Toronto Action for Social Change; Homes Not Bombs;</font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">--------------------------------------- </font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#9929bd">Revolution, War and Terrorism: Evidence From the Family Photo Album<br></font></b><font size="2">With Jack Wayne, Ph.D. Founder of Canadian Scholars Press.</font><br><font size="2">Wed. Nov. 26, 4 – 6 p.m.</font><br><font size="2">Room 140, University College, 15 Kings College Circle, University of Toronto</font><br><font size="2">Hosted by Science for Peace</font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#e32400">Dietary & Nutritional Support for Stress, Anxiety & Depression<br></font></b><font size="2">Wed. Nov. 26, </font><br><font size="2">OISE, 252 Bloor W. Rm 5-280</font><br><font size="2">With Holistic Nutritionist Paul Demeda. This talk will show you specifically HOW foods and nutrients support or compromise the way your brain works, and how you feel. You will learn the key foods and nutrients to use – or avoid – for improving mood, managing stress, and addressing anxiety and depression. $10 in advance or $15 at the door or pwyc</font><br><font size="2"><a href="http://bit.ly/1tpb44Q">http://bit.ly/1tpb44Q</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Project Wild Thing</font></b><br><font size="2">Documentary and Panel Discussion</font><br><font size="2">Wed. Nov. 26, 7 p.m.</font><br><font size="2">Daniel Spectrum Theatre, 585 Dundas Street East</font><br><font size="2">Project Wild Thing is an ambitious, feature-length documentary that takes a funny and accessible look at a complex issue: the increasingly fragile connection between children and nature. $10. Presented by Earthday Canada.</font><br></font><a href="http://bit.ly/1tIoxs3">http://bit.ly/1tIoxs3</a></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#008cb4">Public Space Invaders film night</font></b><br><font size="2">Wednesday, November 26</font>,<font size="2"> 6:30 pm</font><br><font size="2">Revue Cinema</font>, <font size="2">400 Roncesvalles Avenue</font><br><font size="2">Public Space Invaders will be a night to celebrate Toronto and public space through the art of film. Come out and see unique, independently produced short films & docs about your city. Presented by Spacing.</font><br><font size="2"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/792382660826319/?unit_ref=suggested_events">https://www.facebook.com/events/792382660826319/?unit_ref=suggested_events</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font></font></div><div><font face="Times"><br><b><font size="4" color="#7b219f">Traffic Congestion - The Stockholm Solution</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Wed. Nov. 26, 6:30 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Leaside United Church, 822 Millwood Rd at McRae</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">It works! And the citizens like it! Advantages of Stockholm Solution - funding, transparency, public input, no transponders, takes congestion off the backs of other levels of gov’t. Presentation by Lars Henrikson, Honorary Swedish Consul. Supper, presentation, group discussion and feedback. $20. </font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------<br></font><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#e32400">Canada’s Carbon Bubble and the risks it poses</font></b><br><font size="2">Thursday November 27, Doors at 6 pm, talk begins at 6:15 pm</font><br><font size="2">The ROM, Signy & Cléophée Eaton Theatre (Bloor and Avenue Rd)</font><br><font size="2">James Leaton, Research Director of Carbon Tracker, will speak about the risks of the carbon bubble. Find out how lower oil prices and a low-carbon future will affect your investments and Canada’s economy. Free. Sponsored by Environmental Defense and Pembina Institute.</font><br><font size="2"><a href="http://action.environmentaldefence.ca/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=2002">http://action.environmentaldefence.ca/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=2002</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#4f7a28">Animal Rights Academy Lecture</font></b><br><font size="2">Thur. Nov. 27, 7 - 9 p.m.</font><br><font size="2">OISE, 252 Bloor St. W. room 2281</font><br><font size="2">Dr. Paul Bali on the Fermi Paradox and the protection of other life forms from human beings. Dr. Bali is a lecturer at Ryerson University and an animal rights activist.</font></font></div><div><font face="Times"><font size="2"><a href="http://animalrightsacademy.org/lecture-schedule/">http://animalrightsacademy.org/lecture-schedule/</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#00a3d7">African Grandmothers Tribunal: Seeking justice at the frontlines of the AIDS crisis</font></b><br><font size="2">Thursday, November 27, Doors open at 6:30 p.m., Film begins at 7 p.m.</font><br><font size="2">The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema (506 Bloor St. West)</font><br><font size="2">In honour of World AIDS Day, join us afterwards for an engaging panel discussion moderated by Anna Maria Tremonti, host of CBC Radio One’s The Current. Panelists include Stephen Lewis (SLF Chair & Co-Founder), Joy Phumaphi (Executive Secretary of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance) and Justine Ojambo (National Director, Phoebe Education Fund for Orphans, Uganda).</font> <font size="2">Tickets are $15. Advance tickets are available for purchase by SLF supporters through this private Bloor Hot Docs Theatre link: <a href="http://bit.ly/1sjsNzK">http://bit.ly/1sjsNzK</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#9929bd">Endless War? The Middle East and Canada's New Militarism</font></b><br><font size="2">Thursday, November 27, 7 pm</font><br><font size="2">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St. (Bathurst and Bloor)</font><br><font size="2">In 2003, the U.S. and its allies invaded Iraq on false pretenses and left the country in ruins almost a decade later, creating the conditions for ISIL’s ascension in the region. Now the U.S. is spearheading a campaign to return to Iraq and enter Syria to fight off ISIL. Canada is (again) intervening in the Middle East with fighter jets, logistics, forward bases, and other supports. This is another escalation in the 'new militarism' that is dominating Canadian foreign policy and increasingly, society. Can the intervention succeed even on its own militarist terms? What are the alternatives for the anti-war movement? With Speakers:</font><br><font size="2">Sabah Alnasseri, Professor of Political Science, York University </font><br><font size="2">Judy Deutsch, Science for Peace, Canadian Dimension Magazine </font><br><font size="2">Tyler Shipley, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humber College</font><br><font size="2">Sardar Saadi, PhD Student at UofT, Toronto-based activist </font><br><font size="2">Free. The space is accessible by mobile ramp upon request in advance. Washrooms are not accessible. </font><br><font size="2">Sponsored by: Centre for Social Justice, Science for Peace, Socialist Project</font></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#e32400">Renewing The Left</font></b><br><font size="2">Friday, November 28, 7 - 9 pm</font><br><font size="2">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (near Bloor and Bathurst)</font><br><font size="2">With Speakers:</font><br><font size="2">Alan Sears, author of The Next New Left, member of Toronto New Socialists</font><br><font size="2">Patti Dalton, London Common Front & President of London and District Labour Council</font><br><font size="2">Umair Muhammad, author of Confronting Injustice, Jane-Finch Against Poverty</font><br><font size="2">Chris Ramsaroop, activist with Justicia for Migrant Workers</font><br><font size="2">Why is the left not growing at a time of naked attacks on workers, the poor, migrants, indigenous people, young people and women? Democracy, even in its limited official form, is being undermined. Imperialist warfare is on the rise. Things are bad and getting worse. We need a renewed left, yet that is not what we see around us. In his book, The Next New Left, Alan Sears makes the case that lefts require renewal because of dramatic changes in life, work and political projects that eliminate old sites of organizing and forms of collectivity. Thirty years of neo-liberal restructuring have dramatically transformed workplaces, communities and government policies. The left needs to orient itself to this terrain, through and open-ended and experimental method and a more integrative ecological, anti-racist, feminist, anti-colonial and queer class politics. This panel of activists from a variety of movements will critically assess these arguments in developing strategies for left renewal. Free.</font><br><font size="2"><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/event/renewing-the-left-panel/">http://beitzatoun.org/event/renewing-the-left-panel/</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#4f7a28">Holiday Gift Making Workshops - Bath Salts, Scrubs and Bath Oils<br></font></b><font size="2">Friday Nov. 28, 7 - 9 pm</font><br><font size="2">Anarres Apothecary 749 Dovercourt Road (at Bloor)</font><br><font size="2">Explore carrier oils, epsom salts, essential oils, sea salts and other natural ingredients. You'll learn how to identify your skin's needs, and choose the ingredients that will work best for your health and sanity. You'll make a custom bath salt, a custom scrub and a bath oil to give as gifts or to treat yourself from head to toe.</font><br><font size="2"><a href="http://www.anarreshealth.ca/content/holiday-gift-making-workshops">http://www.anarreshealth.ca/content/holiday-gift-making-workshops</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#008cb4">Mexico: 43 Missing Students and the Mass Movement</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Fri. Nov. 28, 7 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Ryerson Oakham House, 63 Gould, Riel Room</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Discussion on the students fighting the brutality of the Mexican state and the capitalist system. Free. </font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><a href="http://marxist.ca">http://marxist.ca</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#9929bd">The Green Majority</font></b><br><font size="2">Toronto's Environmental Radio Show</font><br><font size="2">Weekly, Fridays, 11 - noon EST</font><br><font size="2">CIUT 89.5FM</font><br><font size="2">Listen live or catch the podcasts</font><br><font size="2"><a href="http://www.greenmajority.ca">www.greenmajority.ca</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">--------------------------------------- </font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#ff4013">CanRoots East </font></b><br><font size="2">Fri. Sat, Nov. 28 - 29</font><br><font size="2">Oakham House, Ryerson University, 55 Gould St.</font><br><font size="2">CanRoots is an exciting new opportunity for activists and organizers to gather, share stories, compare tools and methods, and learn from one another so that we can campaign more effectively and win more often. Speakers include Tzeporah Berman, Clayton Thomas Muller, No Casino Toronto and many more. Find out more and register here: </font><br><font size="2"><a href="http://www.canroots.ca/east_invite">http://www.canroots.ca/east_invite</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#4f7a28">Whole Life Expo</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Fri. - Sun. Nov. 28, 29, 30 </font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Metro Toronto Convention Centre (Front St,)</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Welcome to Whole Life Expo, Canada's largest showcase of natural health, alternative medicine, and eco-friendly lifestyles. With 90 speakers and over 200 exhibitors, Whole Life Expo brings you the most comprehensive array of natural health products and services ever gathered under one roof.</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><a href="http://www.wholelifecanada.com">http://www.wholelifecanada.com</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#0056d6">Growing food in the city</font></b><br><font size="2">Saturday, November 29, 1 – 4 p.m.</font><br><font size="2">St. John's Polish National Cathedral, 186 Cowan Ave.</font><br><font size="2">Find out what other food growers are doing around the city and share your experiences at this free one day event, hosted by Greenest City and Toronto Urban Growers. Free.</font><br><font size="2">Register and learn more: <a href="mailto:urbanagriculture@greenestcity.ca">urbanagriculture@greenestcity.ca</a> or 647-438-0038.</font></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#9929bd">Thrive: Our Voices Rising Forum</font></b><br><font size="2">Sat. Nov. 29, 9:30 am – 4 pm</font><br><font size="2">Metro Hall, 55 John Street (at King)</font><br><font size="2">This annual event marks the global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. The event includes keynote speakers, workshops, discussions, a wellness area and food. Open to those who identify as women and trans. Free. Accessible. Gender neutral washroom. Childcare provided. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation provided</font><br><font size="2"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/602513539855168/?fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/events/602513539855168/?fref=ts</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">--------------------------------------- </font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#ff4013">A Line in the Tar Sands</font></b><br><font size="2">Saturday November 29, 1 pm</font><br><font size="2">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St. (at Bloor)</font><br><font size="2">Join contributors, an editor, and Line 9 activists for a celebration of A Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice. Tar sands "development" comes with an enormous environmental and human cost. But tar sands opponents -- fighting a powerful international industry -- are likened to terrorists; government environmental scientists are muzzled; and public hearings are concealed and rushed. Yet, despite the formidable political and economic power behind the tar sands, many opponents are actively building international networks of resistance, challenging pipeline plans while resisting threats to indigenous sovereignty and democratic participation.</font><br><font size="2"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/728954703862511/">https://www.facebook.com/events/728954703862511/</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#4f7a28">Speak for Tears: A Vigil for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Men, and Children<br></font></b><font size="2">Sat. Nov. 29, 6 p.m.</font><br><font size="2">Dufferin Grove Park</font>, <font size="2">875 Dufferin (s. of Bloor)</font><br><font size="2">Speakers Include Jenn Mt. Pleasant, Leighann Ford, actress Tantoo Cardinal and More.</font><br><font size="2"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/366218966889956/">https://www.facebook.com/events/366218966889956/</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#008cb4">Words and Music for Access to Justice Fundraiser</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Sat. Nov. 29, 7 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Hirut Fine Ethiopian Cuisine, 2050 Danforth</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Laura Fernandez, Nigel Barnes, Banoo Zan and Norman Cristofoli and others. 7 pm. Fundraising benefit for Keep Neighbourhood Legal Clinics.</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><a href="mailto:keepneighbourhoodlegalclinics@gmail.com">keepneighbourhoodlegalclinics@gmail.com</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="4" color="#9929bd"><b>Min Sook Lee Awards Gala - Mayworks</b></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Sat. Nov. 29, 6 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Celebrate artists and activists who promote social justice at this party with a silent auction, music and more. $25-$50 Benefits the Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts.</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><a href="http://mayworks.ca">http://mayworks.ca</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="4" color="#e32400"><b>Demistifying Ingredients in your Beauty / Body Care Products</b></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Sat. Nov. 29, 11:30 am-5 pm.</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Victory Café 581 Markham (near Bloor and Bathurst)</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Get informed about the harmful chemicals in face and body products and learn how to make your own natural skin care products. Payment by barter. Pre-register.</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><a href="http://tradeschool.coop/toronto/">http://tradeschool.coop/toronto/</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="4" color="#669c35"><b>Peace, Love, Empowerment</b></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Sun. Nov. 30, Noon - 6 pm. </font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">639 Queen W, Burroughes Building </font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Health, wellness, beauty, seminars, food and more. $20-$25 (benefits Jean Augustine Centre for Women's Empowerment).</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><a href="http://www.peaceloveempower.com">http://www.peaceloveempower.com</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="4" color="#008cb4"><b>We’re Still Here Fundraising Party</b></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Sun Nov. 30, 7-10 pm. </font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square</font></div><font face="Times" size="2">KAIROS Canada celebrates its survival for five years after losing CIDA funding with a party. $20, adv $15.<br></font><div><font face="Times" size="2">Tickets: 416-463-5312 ext 227 or email <a href="mailto:sjohnson@kairoscanada.org">sjohnson@kairoscanada.org</a> </font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#7b219f">Blue Dot telephone town hall with David Suzuki</font></b><br><font size="2">Sunday, November 30, 4 p.m. Eastern</font><br><font size="2">Telephone, across Canada</font><br><font size="2">This fall, David Suzuki travelled coast to coast asking Canadians to stand with him to help protect our right to a healthy environment. The right to breathe fresh air, drink clean water and eat healthy food is recognized by more than 110 nations — but not Canada. Although the Blue Dot Tour has ended, work to gain legal recognition of every Canadian's right to a healthy environment continues. Join this telephone town hall to hear about Dr. Suzuki's experiences on the tour, community efforts to bring about change, and how legal recognition for the right to a healthy environment can make a difference.<br><a href="http://bit.ly/1y3fljN">http://bit.ly/1y3fljN</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#ff4013">Judy Rebick and Rick Salutin</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Sun. Nov. 30, 11 a.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Winchevsky Centre 585 Cranbrooke</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Brunch and talk on the future of progressive media. $30, adv $25, celebratory fundraiser for Outlook, Canada's progressive Jewish magazine. </font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"> 416-398-3405</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="4" color="#669c35"><b>Wen-Do Women’s Self Defence Course</b></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">2 Sundays, Nov 30 & Dec 7, 9:45 am - 5:30pm<br>St Clair & Dufferin area</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Women and girls: this course will be a great opportunity to...<br>• learn simple, effective physical and verbal self-defence skills,<br>• develop your ability to recognize and deal with potentially dangerous situations, <br>• increase your confidence, and <br>• have fun!<br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">Want a 50% discount on an amazingly empowering and fun women’s self defence course? As a greensiration friend, you get a $75 discount on the $150 fee for an introductory 2-day course in Wen-Do Women’s Self Defence. There are also a few pay-what-you-can spots available for those who can’t afford $75. </font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">To register, or for more information, call Claire at 416-538-8837</font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#008cb4">Hot Docs</font></b><br><font size="2">Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)</font><br><font size="2"><a href="http://bloorcinema.com/">http://bloorcinema.com/</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#9929bd">NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing<br></font></b><font size="2"><a href="http://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/">http://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/</a></font><br><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><font size="2">---------------------------------------</font><br><br></font></div></div><div><font face="Times" size="2"><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<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><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<</font></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>