<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" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font><img height="141" width="600" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="035900CD-5320-4353-A2C6-FA2ADA671856" src="cid:40101CC9-7FB4-4B16-B77C-7CA75406FA0B@Home"><font face="Times"><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#ff6a00">Getting Ontarians moving while saving them money - Renewable energy, not rebuilt nuclear reactors<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">The ON Government is looking for ways to stretch its budget while investing in long overdue infrastructure improvements, like expanded transit and safe bridges. Here’s the idea we have submitted: Refocus our electricity system away from high-cost nuclear and toward low-cost water power imports from Quebec. Please give it the thumbs up here. Thank you!</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://talk.ontario.ca/idea/getting-ontarians-moving-while-saving-them-money">https://talk.ontario.ca/idea/getting-ontarians-moving-while-saving-them-money</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#3a88fe">Troubled times ahead with new anti-terror legislation<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">By Matthew Behrens. Most comprehensive piece on this issue out there.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://rabble.ca/columnists/2015/02/troubled-times-ahead-new-anti-terror-legislation">http://rabble.ca/columnists/2015/02/troubled-times-ahead-new-anti-terror-legislation</a></span></font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4"><font color="#3a88fe">Stop Canada's Big Brother Bill C-51</font><br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Petition. <a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/en/canada_secret_police/?bvPYIab&v=53768">https://secure.avaaz.org/en/canada_secret_police/?bvPYIab&v=53768</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><br><b><font size="4" color="#3a88fe">CTV News with Keith Stewart of Greenpeace on how Bill C-51 could target environmentalists</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/en/canada_secret_police/?bvPYIab&v=53768">https://secure.avaaz.org/en/canada_secret_police/?bvPYIab&v=53768</a></span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">Proportional Representation in Canada 2015<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">This is a recording of a 90 minute webinar organized by Fair Vote Canada in February 2015. It includes a PPT presentation on proportional representation (PR), statements by the democratic critics of Canada's three principal opposition parties, expert opinion from Denis Pilon, and general discussion about PR as an issue in Canada's upcoming federal eleciton in 2015 and the need for a multi-partisan consensus.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSn8fJTxRKI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSn8fJTxRKI</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Say NO to Energy East</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Click here and follow the step by step instructions to file a climate application with the NEB. </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://350.org/step-by-step-ee/?akid=6252.1793187.kFYkHc&rd=1&t=1">http://350.org/step-by-step-ee/?akid=6252.1793187.kFYkHc&rd=1&t=1</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Or click here to find a local application event near you.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://act.350.org/event/peoplesgatherings/search/?akid=6252.1793187.kFYkHc&rd=1&t=2">http://act.350.org/event/peoplesgatherings/search/?akid=6252.1793187.kFYkHc&rd=1&t=2</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#ff4013">Make your voice heard: MTO calls for input on lower speed limits<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Do you think the Ministry of Transportation should reduce the default speed limit province wide from 50 km/hr? I do! Lower traffic speeds mean fewer crashes and injuries. Have your say here! </span></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">5 min. survey <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/speedlimitontario">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/speedlimitontario</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Find out more here: <a href="http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5e12dec7cf3f22df0ae13fc69&id=badc451871&e=8c9aaa44a4">http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=5e12dec7cf3f22df0ae13fc69&id=badc451871&e=8c9aaa44a4</a> </font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2015/01/29/queens-park-considering-lower-speed-limits-in-cities-and-towns.html">http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2015/01/29/queens-park-considering-lower-speed-limits-in-cities-and-towns.html</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#00a3d7">To Save the Planet, Eat Less Meat, Report Urges<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">For first time, top nutritional panel says American consumers must cut back on red meat to prevent irreversible climate change</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/02/20/save-planet-eat-less-meat-report-urges">http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/02/20/save-planet-eat-less-meat-report-urges</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#9929bd">Climate Cartoons #1 - What is a Carbon Budget?<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">2 min. video by Toronto’s Green Majority</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5iADT6xdn8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5iADT6xdn8</a></span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Toronto: go 100% clean</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Please sign the petition. As Canada's largest city, Toronto must lead the way by reducing its greenhouse gas emissions which are fuelling climate change, and make the transition to cleaner sources of renewable energy. Already, over a dozen cities and even whole countries have pledged a 100% clean future, and our hometown should be next.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/en/campaign/Toronto_go_100_clean_23?buLrXbb">https://secure.avaaz.org/en/campaign/Toronto_go_100_clean_23?buLrXbb</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#ff6251">Bought - The Truth Behind Vaccines, Big Pharma, GMOs and Your Food</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Watch the 90 min. film online here: <a href="https://www.boughtmovie.net/free-viewing/">https://www.boughtmovie.net/free-viewing/</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#00a3d7">Toward a World with Commons and Without Psychiatry: An Anarchist Vision<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Public Lecture By Dr. Bonnie Burstow</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Mon. February 23, 2 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, floor 7, room 162.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><br><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">Studies in Propaganda<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Mon., February 23, 6 - 8 pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">15 Kings College Circle, Room 140, University College, UofT</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Free lecture with Sydney White, Investigative Journalist. </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">FUK-U-SHIMA: The Great Silence. How many rads 'til extinction?</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">CitizenFour</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Documentary with whistle-blower Edward Snowden</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Mon. Feb .25 and Wed. Feb. 25, 9 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Bloor Hot Docs (Bloor and Bathurst)</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=32690~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0&">http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=32690~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0&</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br></font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#ff6251">People’s Climate Intervention - Energy East Application Party<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Tue Feb 24, 5:30 pm - 8:15 pm, Room 2</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Annette Library, 145 Annette Street</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">We need to make Energy East a climate test for Canadian leaders the way Keystone XL has become the climate test for President Obama. We need you to stand up and join us in fixing our broken regulatory process.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=68187dfc9ae1f7e087011ab7b&id=bbe64efe8d&e=72d4af74a2">http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=68187dfc9ae1f7e087011ab7b&id=bbe64efe8d&e=72d4af74a2</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#3a88fe">Is there a war on science? </font><font color="#3a88fe"><span style="font-size: 14px;">With author Michael Riordon</span><br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Tues. Feb. 24, 1 - 3 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">As governments and corporations scramble to pull the plug on research that proves that they are poisoning our planet and rush to muzzle the scientists who dare to share their disturbing data, it seems the powerful have declared a war on science. In his book Bold Scientists: Dispataches from the Battle for Honest Science, Michael Riordon asks deep questions of bold scientists who defy the status quo and asks who controls science and at what cost to the earth and its inhabitants?This is unspun science for dangerous times. Free.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="mailto:info@btlbooks.com">info@btlbooks.com</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT180870&R=EVT180870">http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT180870&R=EVT180870</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">The 2040 Climate Imperative: Zero Emissions by 2040 </font><font color="#be38f3"><span style="font-size: 14px;">– Webinar with Guy Dauncey</span><br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Tue, Feb 24, 3 - 4 p.m. EST</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">The climate crisis is easy to understand once you have the key numbers. And those numbers lead to some clear and compelling conclusions.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1102084849606203137">https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1102084849606203137</a></span></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><font face="Times"><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Diesel Trains are Coming This Spring<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Tue. Feb. 24, 7 - 9 pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fern Public School, 128 Fern Ave, Toronto</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Metrolinx is hosting a public meeting with the Roncesvalles Macdonnell Residents Association to give an update on its progress in electrifying the Union Pearson line and installing sound walls. The 23-km long train from Union Station to Pearson Airport could be a truly affordable public transit line for all. So why is the Wynne Government and transit agency, Metrolinx, turning our new Union Station to Pearson Airport train into a train for the 1%? The 23 km long line has just two stops between the terminals, and it costs up to $27.50 to take the train one way. And Metrolinx and the Province are moving ahead with running unhealthy diesel trains through our neighbourhoods this SPRING, and not clean electric trains. This is the first time in over a year that Metrolinx has held a public meeting on the Union Pearson issue. Metrolinx and the Province refused to hold any public meetings before deciding that it is going to cost an outrageous $27.50 to ride the train. Invite MPPs that represent residents along the line to attend the meeting and hear community concerns. Your MPPs contacts are here along with more info.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.ttcriders.ca/metrolinx-public-meeting-when-we-will-get-clean-electrified-trains-low-fares-and-more-stops/">http://www.ttcriders.ca/metrolinx-public-meeting-when-we-will-get-clean-electrified-trains-low-fares-and-more-stops/</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br></font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="4" color="#ff6251"><b>Animal Rights Academy Lecture</b></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Tues. Feb. 24, 7 - 9 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">University College 15 King's College Circle, Room 256, U of T</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Paul Waldau talks about the relationship between conservation and animal protection movements. Free.</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://animalrightsacademy.org">http://animalrightsacademy.org</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br> </font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#3a88fe">ON Climate change public consultation <br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Join the conversation on climate change as we work to prepare a new strategy for fighting climate change. Share your feedback on what matters to you or attend an event.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/climate-change-consultation">https://www.ontario.ca/environment-and-energy/climate-change-consultation</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Tues. Feb. 24, 6 - 8 pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor Street</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. Feb. 25, 6 - 8 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor Street</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">Emergency Planning in the Nuclear Age - </font><font color="#be38f3"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Webinar</span><br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. Feb. 25, 2 pm </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Presenter Theresa McClenaghan, Executive Director and Senior Counsel with the Canadian Environmental Law Association, will discuss the importance of emergency planning, preparedness and response and how Ontario is unprepared for a major nuclear accident.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/644948602276627/">https://www.facebook.com/events/644948602276627/</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Swansea Horticultural Society - Not Far From the Tree<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. February 25, 7:30 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Swansea Town Hall - 95 Lavinia Ave, Rousseau Room, Main Floor </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Laura Reinsborough will talk about Not Far from the Tree, a non-profit group which deals with urban orchards.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.anymeeting.com/Northwatch">http://www.anymeeting.com/Northwatch</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#ff6251">Rethinking nuclear weapons - </font><font color="#ff6251"><span style="font-size: 14px;">With Martha Goodings</span><br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. Feb. 25, 4 – 6 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">University College, U of T, Room 179</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Free weekly public lectures on public health in a nuclear age.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=65bd52daac4a78ce50293dec4&id=a0aa6cbe60&e=7d6e129e1a">http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=65bd52daac4a78ce50293dec4&id=a0aa6cbe60&e=7d6e129e1a</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#3a88fe">Taking Ourselves Seriously: Developing Strategy for Social Transformation<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. Feb. 25, 6 - 9:30 pm </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">St. George Campus exact location provided to participants </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">The question of strategy – how we might win in the near and long term as we struggle against domination, exploitation, and oppression – is pressing. As anti-authoritarians, however, we frequently face barriers to thinking and acting strategically. These include fixating on principles over plans, fetishizing specific tactics, and organizing in crisis modes. Drawing on interviews with organizers across North America, this presentation will discuss these barriers, and potential ways we can move past them toward developing effective approaches for the long haul of social transformation. Together, we will explore how to build movements in the world as it is – engaging with where and how people are struggling – while cultivating strategies toward the world that we want. This presentation will especially highlight strategic approaches based on fighting for non-reformist reforms and building dual power.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.eventbrite.ca/o/tools-for-change-1382386439">http://www.eventbrite.ca/o/tools-for-change-1382386439</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">Women: A Weapon of War<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. February 25, 6 – 8 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">OISE, 252 Bloor W, Rm. 2198</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Topics to be discussed: The current context of violence against women, Violence and the media, War’s effect on women</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Confirmed Panelists: Lee McKenna and Komal Hussain</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sponsored by Voice of Women – U of T. PWYC</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://vowpeace.org/event/u-of-t-speaker-event-women-a-weapon-of-war/">http://vowpeace.org/event/u-of-t-speaker-event-women-a-weapon-of-war/</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">--------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Bold Scientists: unspun science for dangerous times<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wednesday, February 25, 7 - 10 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (Bloor and Bathurst)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">On January 25, 2015 Greece elected Syriza to form a new government after years of protests and street battles against the extreme policies of austerity imposed by the so-called “Troika” composed of the European Commission, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Syriza representing a range of radical and left is the first and the strongest democratic response anywhere in the world to deepening neoliberalism after the 2008 crisis. This forum brings together two important commentators to speak to the openings and dilemmas now confronting the Greek, as well as the European and International left. </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/event/bold-scientists-unspun-science-for-dangerous-times/">http://beitzatoun.org/event/bold-scientists-unspun-science-for-dangerous-times/</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">--------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#ff6251">Creating Futures: Threads of Hope for African Grandmothers </font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Feb. 25 to March 9th</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, 750 Spadina, Jacobs Lounge Gallery </font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Creating Futures is a textile art exhibit to honour the hope and resolve of African grandmas raising orphans from AIDS. Free. In support of Stephen Lewis Fndtn's Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign.</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.grandmotherscampaign.org">http://www.grandmotherscampaign.org</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>--------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font color="#3a88fe" size="4">Climate Vegan Teach-In</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Thur. Feb. 26, 7 - 10 pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Bahen Centre, 40 St. George St., Room B024, U of T</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">In the first hour, the science of climate change and the "meat and dairy" connection will be reviewed (for those who missed the first teach-in). The second and third hour will be spent on developing taking action as part of a Climate Vegan Action Plan. Angela Bischoff, Greenspiration, will help facilitate this session.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">RSVP at: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/775373219198790/?fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/events/775373219198790/?fref=ts</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">For more info, please contact Anita Krajnc at <a href="mailto:TorontoPigSave@gmail.com">TorontoPigSave@gmail.com</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">--------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">Let the Fire Burn</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Thursday Feb. 26, 7 pm </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Koffler House, Room 108, U of T (near Spadina and College)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Free Screening with Cinema Politica: free pop corn, and a post-movie discussion. A compelling deployment of archival materials sets the tone for a disturbing and haunting exploration of a dark chapter in US race history.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.cinemapolitica.org/uoft">http://www.cinemapolitica.org/uoft</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Making Waves: An Invitation to the Great Lakes Commons in Toronto<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Thursday, February 26, 3 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">CSI Annex, Meeting Room #6 (Ground Floor), 720 Bathurst (s. of Bloor)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Moved by a hope that we can yet create a thriving and life sustaining future for these lakes, we invite you to join us in taking up our responsibility to care for and act on behalf of these waters, our Great Lakes Commons. We’ve got plenty of maps, stories, questions, and creative tools ready for your visit. We want to explore Toronto as a water-commons city with you.</span><br></font><a href="http://bit.ly/1z9L4xg">http://bit.ly/1z9L4xg</a><font face="Times"><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#ff6251">Crank Your Chain - Cycle Toronto Pub Night<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Thur. Feb. 26, 7 – 10 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Handlebar, 159 Augusta (Kensington Market)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">What's cranking your chain? Let's have a drink, meet great people, and talk bikes. Learn about our ongoing Cycle Toronto campaigns and how you can get involved by volunteering with Bike Watch, or through local advocacy. Everyone's welcome. No cover if you arrive before 9:45pm. Cycle Toronto members get $5 drinks from 7pm to 10pm. Get a free drink if you join or renew that night.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://cycleto.ca/event/2015/02/06/crank-your-chain-cycle-toronto-pub-night">http://cycleto.ca/event/2015/02/06/crank-your-chain-cycle-toronto-pub-night</a></span><br></font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1555833811300303/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular">https://www.facebook.com/events/1555833811300303/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#3a88fe">Battle of Algiers: Backstory to Charlie Hebdo <br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Thursday, Feb 26. 7 pm</span></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (Bloor and Bathurst)<br>2015 could hardly have had a worse start than the events of January 7 in Paris with the attack at Charlie Hebdo. These two seminal films address the backdrop of Paris and backstory of Charlie Hebdo. La haine (1995) takes place in the streets of Paris showing the state of its disenfranchised youth and sick relations between the state and its people. The Battle of Algiers (1966), one of the greatest political films, shows the seeds of France’s festering present in its racist and colonial past.</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/event/battle-of-algiers-backstory-to-charlie-hebdo/?mc_cid=d7253e1b18&mc_eid=8320353111">http://beitzatoun.org/event/battle-of-algiers-backstory-to-charlie-hebdo/?mc_cid=d7253e1b18&mc_eid=8320353111</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">Another Politics</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Thursday, Feb. 26, 7pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles Ave</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Join author and activist Chris Dixon for a presentation based on his new book Another Politics. Recent decades have seen the exciting convergence of anti-authoritarian radicalism and broader-based movements in the U.S. and Canada. From this convergence, a growing set of activists – from anti-poverty organizers in Toronto to prison abolitionists in Oakland, from occupy activists in New York to migrant justice organizers in Vancouver – are developing shared politics and practices. They are building “another politics,” to use a Zapatista expression. These efforts combine anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, anti-oppression politics with grassroots organizing among ordinary, non-activist people. Drawing on interviews with organizers across North America, this presentation will explore another politics and distill lessons for building effective, visionary movements.</span></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/333308656877212/">https://www.facebook.com/events/333308656877212/</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Movements Need Rhythm! Rhythms Need You!<br></font></b></font><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px;">Thursday nights from 6:30 – 9 pm in Parkdale</span><div><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Do you want to play samba-inspired percussion and support movements for social change? Want to be part of Toronto's social change soundtrack? Anyone can do it, no experience required ...and we need YOU! Rhythms of Resistance Toronto is a musical activist collective that plays drums to support demonstrations, direct actions and other social movement events. We are looking for people with diverse identities, backgrounds and abilities interested in playing for environmental and social justice actions regularly in Toronto. We need new members to be available to come on a regular basis to our rehearsals. Come to one of our upcoming orientations: <a href="http://goo.gl/forms/mE9Ib6No0D">http://goo.gl/forms/mE9Ib6No0D</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Or email: <a href="mailto:rortoronto@gmail.com">rortoronto@gmail.com</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://rortoronto.wordpress.com">http://rortoronto.wordpress.com</a></span><br></font><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/rortoronto">https://www.facebook.com/rortoronto</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#ff6251">Energy East Application Party<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fri. Feb. 27, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Friend's House, 60 Lowther Ave. (St. George subway)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Toronto <a href="http://350.org">350.org</a> is organizing application parties to show to the Energy East that Torontonians demand a full climate review of Energy East. Harper has taken climate out of the environment, and if the NEB does nothing to change this their review will be illegitimate. We need you to stand up and join us in fixing our broken regulatory process. </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1029829223700529">https://www.facebook.com/events/1029829223700529</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#00a3d7">Policies that Build Community </font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#00a3d7">Is current Public Policy effective in helping to create a community where people belong? </font></span><br></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fri. Feb. 27, 9:30 am-3:30 pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Ryerson University, Jorgenson hall - Room POD250 (380 Victoria Street Toronto)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Community Living Ontario, in collaboration with the Ryerson School of Social Work, the Ryerson School of Disability Studies and the CAW Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy is hosting a forum to explore this question. Through our discussions, we hope to help identify some priority issues that could be the focus of Community Living Ontario’s advocacy agenda.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">To register and for more info: <a href="http://communitylivingontario.ca">communitylivingontario.ca</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">Disruption </font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font color="#be38f3" style="font-size: 14px;">When it comes to climate change, why do we do so little when we know so much?<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Friday, February 27, 7:30 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 415 Broadview Avenue</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Free film screening will be followed by discussion lead by Vanessa Gray, Anishinaabe Kwe land defender; Aamjiwanng and Sarnia Against Pipelines. And Peter Tabuns, NDP MPP for Toronto Danforth (former director of Greenpeace Canada). Sponsored by Cinema Politica Toronto-Danforth and CUPE Ontario</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.cinemapolitica.org/screening/danforth/disruption">http://www.cinemapolitica.org/screening/danforth/disruption</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#77bb41">A Rising Revolution: Drug Policy Reform Around the Globe</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Fri. Feb. 27 - Sun. Mar. 1</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Sidney Smith Hall 100 St George</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy conference provides a platform for youth, students, researchers, service providers, people who use drugs, and allies to share ideas, exchange knowledge and organize for future actions. </font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1II60kq">http://bit.ly/1II60kq</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" size="4" color="#b92d5d"><b>Toronto Mapuche Solidarity Film Festival</b></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Fri. and Sat, Feb. 27-28</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">OISE 252 Bloor W, Rm. 5160</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Films that pay tribute to indigenous peoples and activists who have been repressed by the state and big business. All foreign films with subtitles. </font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://wccctoronto.wordpress.com">https://wccctoronto.wordpress.com</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#00a3d7">How Cities Are Saving Bees</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sat. Feb. 28, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Foodshare, 90 Croatia Street</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Celebrate Bee-Day with Toronto Beekeepers Co-op. Share bee space with Honey Bee and Wild Bee Experts and enthusiasts as they discuss how cities are saving bees. Registration is open. Cost is $50 and includes a vegan lunch, vendors, info booths and a panel of experts and enthusiasts as well as 6 bee related presentations. Questions and more info: <a href="mailto:intro@torontobees.ca">intro@torontobees.ca</a>. </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://torontobees.ca">http://torontobees.ca</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">The Legacy and Future of the Cuban Revolution<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Saturday, Feb. 28, 2 - 5 p.m.</span></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (Bloor and Bathurst)</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">On December. 17, 2014 simultaneous announcements were made by the presidents of Cuba and the US, Raúl Castro Ruz and Barak Obama respectively, to establish full diplomatic relations between them. Understandably it raised many concerns and questions among friends of Cuba and the general public regarding the legacy of the Cuban Revolution. This surprising development deserves support since it is based on mutual respect which has always been one of Cuba’s requirements. At the same time, the criminal illegal economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed on Cuba by the US is still in place and it continues to hurt Cuba immensely. To understand the new relations, as well as the opportunities for advancing the Cuban Revolution at home and in other counties through Cuba’s internationalist commitments, we need to continue building the solidarity movement with the socialist project of Cuba. </font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/event/a-political-forum-on-cuba-and-the-us/?mc_cid=d7253e1b18&mc_eid=8320353111">http://beitzatoun.org/event/a-political-forum-on-cuba-and-the-us/?mc_cid=d7253e1b18&mc_eid=8320353111</a></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Energy East Changes Everything Application Party <br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sunday, March 1, 1 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">519 Community Centre, 519 Church Street </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/597319903737556">https://www.facebook.com/events/597319903737556</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#ff6251">The Tory Era & the Challenge of Inner Suburban Transit<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sunday, March 1, 1 – 3:30 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (near Bloor and Bathurst)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">The election of John Tory creates new openings and challenges for the public transit movement in Toronto, as does the large vote for Ford in the city’s inner suburban areas. How are we to understand this moment, and how do we move forward as a transit movement? These are some of the questions posed at this forum. Invited is any one interested in public transit as well as organizations seeking to build, expand and defend the public transit movement. The forum will include speakers, small group discussions and a summary session. Organized by TTCriders and the Free and Accessible Transit Campaign of the GTWA. Free.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/event/the-tory-era-and-the-challenge-of-inner-suburban-transit/?mc_cid=de5fd52c66&mc_eid=98329828f0">http://beitzatoun.org/event/the-tory-era-and-the-challenge-of-inner-suburban-transit/?mc_cid=de5fd52c66&mc_eid=98329828f0</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#00a3d7">Federal Pre-Election Town Hall on Climate Change<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Mon. March 2, 6 – 8 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fitzgerald Building, Room 103, U of T</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">A coalition of over 38 organizations across Canada including university departments, student organizations and environmental and democracy action groups are calling on the federal parties to state their positions on climate change. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, NDP MP Matthew Kellway, and Liberal Party Environment Critic John McKay will attend in person. Minister of Environment, Leona Aglukkaq's attendance is yet to be confirmed. The new, young voters will be asking how a government by each party would do better at tackling climate change than a government of either of the other parties. It is expected that questions will be fielded on specifics such as carbon pricing, regulations, government procurement policies and other means parties may have explored in their policy discussions. Free.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1543663182548525/">https://www.facebook.com/events/1543663182548525/</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/federal-pre-election-town-hall-on-climate-change-tickets-15669492875">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/federal-pre-election-town-hall-on-climate-change-tickets-15669492875</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">Be There: Critical City of Toronto Public Consultation on Climate Change!<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Mon. March 2, 7 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Toronto City Hall, Council Chambers, 100 Queen Street West</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Join the Toronto Climate Action Network and concerned residents to chart a course for the Parks and Environment Subcommittee on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. Let’s pack the room to send a strong message to the Mayor and City Councillors to make climate change a top priority! </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1535506390048539/">https://www.facebook.com/events/1535506390048539/</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.torontoenvironment.org/get_the_city_moving_on_climate_change">http://www.torontoenvironment.org/get_the_city_moving_on_climate_change</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Please sign the petition asking Toronto to go 100% clean, which will be presented at the meeting: </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/en/campaign/Toronto_go_100_clean_23/?lmOavgb&pv=0">https://secure.avaaz.org/en/campaign/Toronto_go_100_clean_23/?lmOavgb&pv=0</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Toronto and the Natural City: Facing Our Ecological Future</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Monday, March 2, 4 – 6 pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Room 200, Centre for Ethics, 15 Devonshire Place, Trinity College, U of T</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Since 2005, more people live in cities worldwide than in rural areas – a first in human history. As a result, how we structure our cities, particularly in relationship to the natural world, is a key ecological as well as social, economic, political, and ethical question. This forum will explore the natural city concept through the living lens of the City of Toronto. The natural city concept tries to re-imagine urban sustainability around a deeper integration of human and non-human life systems. It imagines the human presence not as an aberration but as an organic and “natural” development in the progress of human settlements. With panelists:</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">· David Miller, President & CEO, World Wildlife Fund Canada; Former Mayor, City of Toronto (Moderator) </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">· Professor Roger Keil, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">· Professor Pamela Robinson, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Ryerson University</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">· Professor Hilary Cunningham, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">· Professor Stephen Bede Scharper, School of the Environment, University of Toronto</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Co-Sponsor: School of the Environment, University of Toronto</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#e63b7a">Beit Zatoun Events</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/events/?mc_cid=d87720c94f&mc_eid=98329828f0">http://beitzatoun.org/events/?mc_cid=d87720c94f&mc_eid=98329828f0</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#00a3d7">Hot Docs</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://bloorcinema.com/">http://bloorcinema.com/</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/">https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Eulogies and Condolences for Tooker</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">and Stories of ecology and activism</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.greenspiration.org">http://www.greenspiration.org</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Join my email list by emailing Angela at:</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="mailto:greenspiration@web.ca">greenspiration@web.ca</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Write "subscribe" in the subject line</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">and tell me what city/country you live in.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Likewise to unsubscribe. </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<</span><br><br></font></div><br></div></body></html>