<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><font face="Times"><img height="141" width="600" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="A9EAC4DE-6CFA-49B4-8DE4-68D3FF095924" src="cid:E3452E37-2580-4B25-8B1E-E3916FEAF5BE@Home"></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">9 weirdest things about this RCMP intelligence report on the "anti-petroleum movement"</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">So we're a well-financed anti-Canadian petroleum movement, according to the RCMP. And we consist of peaceful activists, militants and violent extremists who are opposed to society's reliance on fossil fuels which are reportedly causing global warming, though apparently the tarsands are an insignificant contributor. I'm not making this up - that's the RCMP report! Just in time for Bill C-51.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/9-weirdest-">http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/9-weirdest-</a>things-about-rcmp-intelligence-report-anti-petroleum-movement</span></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#00a3d7">Just Say “No” to Canada's Expanding War in Iraq and Syria</font></b></font><div><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Call for an End to Conservatives’ Racism and Fear-Mongering</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://homesnotbombs.blogspot.ca/2015/03/just-say-no-to-canadas-expanding-war-in.html">http://homesnotbombs.blogspot.ca/2015/03/just-say-no-to-canadas-expanding-war-in.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="#669c35">Why Become A Climate Vegan</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Earth is heading for catastrophic climate change without radical shifts in human behaviour. Two key causes of global warming are fossil fuel use and “meat and dairy” consumption. We need to phase out fossil fuels and “meat and dairy” to avoid tipping points and in order to return to a stable energy balance which requires we reduce greenhouse gas concentrations to below 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://climatevegan.org/why-become-a-climate-vegan/">http://climatevegan.org/why-become-a-climate-vegan/</a></span></font><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="#ff4013">Chris Hedges speaking about Bill C-51 </font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://rabble.ca/rabbletv/program-guide/2015/03/best-net/chris-hedges-speaking-to-hg-watson">http://rabble.ca/rabbletv/program-guide/2015/03/best-net/chris-hedges-speaking-to-hg-watson</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="#5e30eb">Keep it in the ground</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Join us and more than 87,000 others in urging the world's two biggest charitable funds to move their money out of fossil fuels. A Guardian and <a href="http://350.org">350.org</a> joint campaign.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2015/mar/16/keep-it-in-the-ground-guardian-climate-change-campaign">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2015/mar/16/keep-it-in-the-ground-guardian-climate-change-campaign</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">St. Francis Table is in need of volunteers</font></b></font><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Especially Mon. and Wed. nights., on Queen St. in Parkdale. Soup kitchen.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><a href="http://www.catholicregister.org/item/19781-st-francis-table-is-in-dire-need-of-volunteers">http://www.catholicregister.org/item/19781-st-francis-table-is-in-dire-need-of-volunteers</a></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Contact: <a href="mailto:st.francistable@yahoo.ca">st.francistable@yahoo.ca</a> </font></span></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="#77bb41">Seeking: Sustainability and Social Justice Advocates... on bicycles!</font></b></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis so apply early to secure your spot on tour. <a href="http://www.reasonstodream.otesha.ca">http://www.reasonstodream.otesha.ca</a> for more information and application details.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#ff6251">WaterDocs</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">March 20-28</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">AGO (Art Gallery of ON), Jackman Theatre, Dundas and McCaul</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">A documentary film festival about all things water, Water Docs presents features and shorts, discussions with special guests and filmmakers, and opportunities to take action to protect water. The festival informs, educates and activates our audiences about water and water issues. The likelihood of having enough clean, fresh water is diminishing everywhere. Ontarians can no longer afford to be complacent about water. Attitudes and practices must change – now, not ten years from now. So, for the love of water, come join us!</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://ecologos.ca/waterdocs-2015/">http://ecologos.ca/waterdocs-2015/</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#874efe">Monsoon</font></b></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Bloor Hot Docs Cinema - Bloor and Bathurst</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">March 23 - 30</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Award-winning filmmaker Sturla Gunnarsson's visually stunning documentary Monsoon is an exploration of chaos, creation and faith. Filmed across the Indian sub-continent, Monsoon charts the huge system’s annual journey from the southern state of Kerala to India's north-eastern state of Meghalaya, as it surges toward and gradually engulfs every region of the country. While the filmmakers document this powerful force of nature, they meet a remarkable group of individuals along the way whose lives are entwined by the phenomenon that some call 'the soul of India.' Monsoon is a cinematic journey into the terrain where nature, science, belief and wonder converge in one of the most astonishing landscapes on earth.<br><a href="http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=36545~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0&">http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=36545~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0&</a></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#00a3d7">Merchants of Doubt</font></b></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Bloor Hot Docs Cinema - Bloor and Bathurst</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">March 23, 25, 26, 31 and April 2</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Inspired by the acclaimed book by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, Merchants of Doubt takes audiences on a satirically illuminating ride into the heart of conjuring American spin. Filmmaker Robert Kenner (Food, Inc.) lifts the curtain on the secretive group of highly charismatic, silver-tongued pundits-for-hire who stake claims contrary to scientific consensus. Presenting themselves in the media as experts, they are paid by corporations, think tanks and other special interests to cast doubt and delay governmental action on everything from cigarettes to pharmaceuticals and, most recently, climate change. Kenner examines the birth of the doubt industry, how it has succeeded for decades, and why we need to fight back.<br><a href="http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=35296~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4">http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=35296~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4</a> a9905e1b9cb0&</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Game-changers tour: Coming together to boost youth voter turnout in 2015<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">With Brigette DePape and the Council of Canadians</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Monday, March 23, 6:30 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Ryerson Student Centre, 55 Gould St (off Church north of Dundas)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">In 2011, nearly 2 out of 3 young people did not vote. If more young people vote in 2015, we can be the game-changers nobody saw coming! The GTA has several swing ridings where young voters can make the difference in electing progressive MPs.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1554348124853032/">https://www.facebook.com/events/1554348124853032/</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">Greece: austerity and resistance after Syriza's election<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Monday March 23, 7 pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Greece is at the sharp end of the global economic crisis, and years of austerity measures have only brought more suffering and the rise of fascism. But the Greek people have also fought back, including more than 30 general strikes and a clear rejection of austerity at the recent elections. The left alternative party, SYRIZA, was elected on a mandate to challenge austerity, but have already started to backtrack, causing splits among their ranks. What can we learn from Greece about the economic crisis, austerity and resistance? What are people in Greece doing to fight austerity and to push SYRIZA to the left? Join a public forum to discuss austerity and resistance after Syriza's election. Speakers:</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">-Costas Pittas, Greek activist speaking from Athens via skype</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">-Pam Frache, Toronto socialist</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.socialist.ca">www.socialist.ca</a> </span></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">Two Herbal Allies For Women: Motherwort and Vitex<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Monday March 23, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Anarres Apothecary, 749 Dovercourt Road (at Bloor, 1 block W of Delaware exit of Ossington subway)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Are you keen on herbs and want to learn to make tinctures? Are you suffering through your menstrual cycle or your menopause? In this workshop, we will discuss two female herbal allies - Motherwort and Vitex - and learn how to use them safely for various health conditions that women are likely to experience throughout all stages of life. Katie Wolk will give an overview of the female reproductive system and to herbal medicine, including the many ways to use plants for healing. You will learn how to make tinctures (alcohol and/or glycerine extracts) with both herbs and how to incorporate them into a body butter. </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Register: <a href="http://www.anarreshealth.ca/workshop/workshop-make-tinctures-two-herbal-allies-women">http://www.anarreshealth.ca/workshop/workshop-make-tinctures-two-herbal-allies-women</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">John Ralston Saul Hosts: A New Conversation: Indigenous and New Canadian Perspectives on Canada </font></b></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Mon. March 23, 6 - 8 p.m.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Ryerson, 245 Church St.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Join us for an engaging discussion on Indigenous and New Canadian perspectives on Canada led by John Ralston Saul, award-winning essayist and novelist. The event hopes to re-visit what Saul has called "the original conversation" in Canada and asks how Indigenous peoples and newcomers frame and shape their relationship to each other, on the land and in cities like Toronto. Free. </font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><a href="http://ryerson.ca/arts/news-events/events/jrs.html">http://ryerson.ca/arts/news-events/events/jrs.html</a></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#77bb41">Smart Growth 2015</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Tuesday, March 24, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Thomas Lounge, Oakham House, Ryserson University, 55 Gould Street</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">The forum will bring together people from various sectors to share information about various approaches and terms used to describe smart growth including building walkable communities, urban villages, complete streets, new urbanism, LEED-ND and other approaches to healthy community design. $40</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/smart-growth-2015-tickets-15693784532">http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/smart-growth-2015-tickets-15693784532</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#e63b7a">Telephone Town Hall - Greenbelt Review<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Tues. March 24, 7 - 8 p.m.</span></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">To join the Telephone Town Hall call 1 (877) 229-8493 and enter ID code: 111987 </font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Learn the importance of Ontario’s Greenbelt, and the upcoming public consultations happening in your community. The Telephone Town Hall allows us to answer any questions you might have about the process and how you can show your support for the Greenbelt's continued protection. Hosted by: The Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><a href="http://www.greenbelt.ca/telephone_town_hall_2015">http://www.greenbelt.ca/telephone_town_hall_2015</a></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><b><font size="4" color="#d357fe" face="Times">Sex, Shelter and the Games</font></b></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Tues. Mar. 24, 6 - 8 p.m.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">519 Church Street Community Centre 519 Church</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">PrideHouse Toronto Café Series hosts a public discussion on how the city's most marginalized communities will be impacted by the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><b><font size="4" color="#00a3d7" face="Times">Dirt - Riverdale Movie Night</font></b></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Tues. Mar. 24. Soup served at 6:30 pm, screening at 7 pm. </font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen E</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Screening of documentary Dirt, discussion and gourmet popcorn. A story with heart and soil. Free. </font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><a href="http://www.dirtthemovie.org">http://www.dirtthemovie.org</a></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><b><font size="4" color="#77bb41" face="Times">Animal Rights Academy</font></b></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Tues. March 24, 7 - 9 p.m.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">University College, 15 King's College Circle, Room 256, U of T</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Alyson Fortowsky talks about whether intellectuals are obligated to consider the oppression of animals. Free.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><a href="http://animalrightsacademy.org">http://animalrightsacademy.org</a></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><b><font size="4" color="#ff6251" face="Times">The Inspection House: An Impertinent Field Guide to Modern Surveillance - Book Launch</font></b></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Tues. March 24, 7 - 9 p.m.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Handlebar, 159 Augusta</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Someone you can't see is watching you. That idea, long the stuff of feverish dystopian fantasy, is now an unremarkable statement of fact, true in most public places, and true in many that used to be private. Yet most of us being watched have no idea how this vast, casual surveillance came to be, or how it works. The Inspection House is a remedy for our collective incomprehension of the panopticon, built in our name, that we all now inhabit.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><a href="http://www.chbooks.com/catalogue/inspection-house">http://www.chbooks.com/catalogue/inspection-house</a></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/949780975033672">https://www.facebook.com/events/949780975033672</a></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#5e30eb">Human Rights Watch Toronto Film Festival</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">March 24 – April 2</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">At Tiff Bell Lighthouse (King and John)</span></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">The Human Rights Watch Toronto Film Festival celebrates its 12th anniversary with 8 feature films and documentaries from around the globe. Please join us as we feature courageous individuals on both sides of the lens telling stories of injustice and triumph over oppression.<br><a href="http://ff.hrw.org/toronto">http://ff.hrw.org/toronto</a></font></span></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="#00a3d7">Alternative energy: finance, environment, health <br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">With Professor José Etcheverry, York University</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. March 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&">http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=65bd52daac4a78ce50293dec4&id=a0aa6cbe60&</a>e=7d6e129e1a</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#77bb41">IPCC Climate Change 2014 - Mitigation of Climate Change<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wednesday, March 25, 4 - 6 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Room ES 149 (basement), 5 Bancroft Avenue, Earth Sciences Building, U of T</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Ellie Farahani, Head of Operations, UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Working Group III - Mitigation of Climate Change, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://tcan.ca/event/ipcc-climate-change-2014-mitigation-climate-change">http://tcan.ca/event/ipcc-climate-change-2014-mitigation-climate-change</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#ff6a00">Managing ADHD with Dietary and Nutritional Support <br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. March 25, 7 - 9 pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">35 St. George Street, Galbraith Building, Room 244, U of T (north of College)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">It is estimated at least 5% of Canadian children are struggling with ADHD. Cognitive, learning & social-emotional challenges often overlap. Research is increasingly linking ADHD & learning disabilities with diet & nutrition. Come out and learn from Dr. Zoltan Rona about: - Food Intolerance - Chemical Sensitives - Toxicity - Vitamin & Mineral Deficiencies - Dysbiosis.</span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Orthomolecular Medicine for ADHD</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1HiuqC1">http://bit.ly/1HiuqC1</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">Vessel - film screening and discussion</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wed, March 25, at 7pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St, Toronto (1 blk s. of College, west of Beverly). </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">$5-10 suggested donation or PWYC</span></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Vessel documents the story of Rebecca Gompers and Women on Waves and the global movement to provide access to safe medical abortions. Organized by Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics</font></span></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <a href="http://vesselthefilm.com/">http://vesselthefilm.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="#00a3d7">Governing Toronto: Bringing back the city that worked</font></b></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Book signing with Author Alan Medway</font></span></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wednesday, March 25, 1 - 2:3- p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Coxwell Lobby, Toronto East General Hospital, 825 Coxwell Avenue</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">In stark contrast to the dysfunctional megacity of today, the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was a city that worked. Some refer to this period from 1954 to 1998 as Toronto’s “Golden Age.” Former mayor of Toronto's East York borough and Minister of State for Housing Alan Redway has published a new book that chronicles the city's growth and demonstrates, through the success of other metropolitan cities, that Toronto must de-amalgamate to survive.</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Maiz Symposium & Dinner</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wednesday, March 25, 5:30 - 7:30 pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Mad Mexican Taco House, 383 Jane Street</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Enjoy a 6 course local sustainable menu inspired by the eco-gastronomy of the 3 sisters: maiz (corn), squash, and beans. All food will be prepared with vegan and/or local sustainable ingredients only. Non-alcoholic beverages included. Cash bar available. Hosted by ChocoSol Traders and Mad Mexican $50 per person. </span></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><a href="http://www.universe.com/chocosol-maiz-symposium">www.universe.com/chocosol-maiz-symposium</a></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#ff6251">Sow Much Love: Small Farmers, Food Justice and Faith<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. March 25, 7-9pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">St. Cecilia Church Hall, 161 Annette St. (at Pacific) </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Join us as we welcome special guests, Chris Ganowski, president of the Junction Farmers Market, and Adrian Stocking of Willo’ Wind Farm, who will share their experience in developing sustainable, community-based alternatives to the globalized industrial food system. This exciting event is presented by St. Cecilia’s Development and Peace Committee in partnership with St. Joan of Arc Development and Peace as part of the ‘Sow Much Love’ campaign in support of the world’s small farmers. Light refreshments will be served.</span><br></font><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">University workers strike for Justice - York U and U of T<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. Mar. 25, 7 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">OPSEU Membership Centre, 31 WEllesley St. E. (Yonge and Wellesley)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Public talk about the strike.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://socialistaction.ca">http://socialistaction.ca</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br></font><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">---------------------------------------</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#00a3d7">City Hall Workshop<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Thur. March 26, 6 - 9 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Downtown</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Workshop will address ways to access both the political and administrative processes at City Hall. The Workshop will be conducted by Franz Hartmann of TEA, on March 26, from 6-9pm. To register, go to the link below, and list the purpose as “Workshop” and pay-what-you-can (any balance over the cost will be used to print lawn signs or materials). The location will be downtown and will be confirmed before the event.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.stopline9-toronto.ca/line9donations.php">http://www.stopline9-toronto.ca/line9donations.php</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br></font></div><div><font face="Times"><br><b><font size="4" color="#669c35">Presence, Empowerment and Possibility: Nonviolent Communication™ Foundation Workshop<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Thursdays March 26, April 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, 6:30 - 9 pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Downtown Toronto location to be confirmed</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/858927777501914/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming">www.facebook.com/events/858927777501914/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming</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">E</font></b><b><font size="4" color="#ff6251">nvironmental Career Panel Discussion</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Thu. March 26, 6 – 7:30 pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">CSI, 215 Spadina Ave</span></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Round table talk followed by Q&A with Niloufar Bayani, Elena Jusenlijska, Pavel Graymason and Tanya Roberts. $5</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><a href="http://weconserve.ca">http://weconserve.ca</a></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#d357fe">Journey of an Unrepentant Socialist</font></b><br><b><font size="3" color="#d357fe">Book Launch with author Brewster Kneen </font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fri. March 27, 7 - 9 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Trinity-St. Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor Street West</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Kneen is best known in Canada and around the world as an analyst of the industrial food system and corporate capitalism’s strategies of control, which include genetic engineering and patenting of seeds. After half a dozen books on food systems, genetic engineering, corporate control, and rights, in this book he reflects more on his own process. This is his “political/theological autobiography”. It is an abbreviated life-story, with a focus on the 1950s and ‘60s, when he was active in the New Left and the peace and Civil Rights movements in North America, and the Prague-based Christian Peace Conference. His story also includes his subsequent life as a farmer and researcher and writer in Canada.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.ramshorn.ca">www.ramshorn.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="#3a88fe">The Voice for Independent Unions</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Friday, March 27, 7 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">OISE, Room 5-280, 252 Bloor W.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">“The Voice for Independent Unions in Canada” is a documentary produced by Sean Cain about the Canadian Confederation of Unions and its dedication to a democratic, independent labour movement, its commitment to workers’ rights and social justice, and its new working relationship with the Canadian Labour Congress. Sean, who is also the editor of Turn Left, the magazine of the NDP Socialist Caucus, will lead off the discussion following the screening of his film, and the OPSEU current campaign video.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://socialistaction.ca/rebel/">http://socialistaction.ca/rebel/</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#77bb41">Sexual Assault on Campus: Activism and Accountability at UofT and Beyond <br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fri. March 27, 6 - 9 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">William Doo Auditorium, New College, 45 Willcocks Street, U of T</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">In this Community Knowledge Alliance (CKA) event, a group engaged in sexual assault issues on campus will provoke us to think meaningfully about what can be done, not just on campus, but collectively among campuses and community organizations. There is a rising collective movement driven by student unions to address sexual violence on university campuses, and university administrations’ barely visible responses to these growing concerns have been front page news in Canadian newspapers. While therapeutic, gender and safety offices abound on university campuses, they seem not to be effective enough resources for students. Free.</span></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><a href="http://www.wgsi.utoronto.ca/news/sexual-assault-campus-activism-accountability-uoft-beyond">http://www.wgsi.utoronto.ca/news/sexual-assault-campus-activism-accountability-uoft-beyond</a></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><b><font size="4" color="#ff6251" face="Times">Highway of Tears</font></b></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Fri. Mar. 27, 7:30 p.m.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Metropolitan Community Church, 115 Simpson</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Screening Matt Smiley's documentary about the decades-long string of murders and disappearances of indigenous women along BC's Highway 16, followed by discussion with Smiley, NDP MPs Niki Ashton and Craig Scott, and Native Women’s Resource Centre's Darlene King. Presented by Cemema Politica Danforth.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><a href="http://tdndp.ca">http://tdndp.ca</a></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">Green Living Show</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Fri. - Sun, March 27 - 29 </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Metro Toronto Convention Centre</span></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Fantastic speakers, green technologies displays, eco fashion marketplace, local and organic food, electric vehicles and more. Free if you bring in a piece of electronics for recycling; otherwise $10.</font></span></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.greenlivingshow.ca">http://www.greenlivingshow.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="#3a88fe">Aangen Spring Fundraiser & 15th Year Celebration<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Saturday March 28. 6 -9 pm.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Mây Café, 876 Dundas Street West</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">All proceeds from the fundraiser will go to our Send a Girl to School Program, Aangen's Families In Need or any of the other programs you may chose for your contribution. Suggested donation: $20 or Pay What You Can</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.aangen.com/events.asp">http://www.aangen.com/events.asp</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">Green 13’s Annual Earth Hour Walk</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sat. March 28, 8 - 9 p.m.. Meet at 7:45 pm at Alex Ling Fountain (NW corner of Bloor St. and Jane St.)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Remember to bring your own lantern or candle. And if you don’t join us, turn off all your lights from 8 - 9 p.m. -- for the earth.</span> <span style="font-size: 14px;">After turning off your lights for Earth Hour, please consider what else you can do. It's time to make a difference.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.green13toronto.org/event/green-13s-annual-earth-hour-walk">http://www.green13toronto.org/event/green-13s-annual-earth-hour-walk</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">2015 Earth Hour Walk</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Saturday March 28. Doors open at 7:30 and Lights Out at 8:00 PM and the Walk begins.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Meet at Lambton House, 4066 Old Dundas Street.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">The #55 Warren Park Bus from Jane Station, stops at the door. Parking is very limited.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Bring your flash light or lantern or even a candle, for a walk in the Valley, along the Humber if the ice permits, with guide Madeleine McDowell and her lantern. Return to the Historic Lambton House for hot spiced apple cider and maybe some stories.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://Lambtonhouse.org">Lambtonhouse.org</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">Lights Off, Universe On, Astrotours Earth Hour</font></b></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Sat. Mar. 28, 6 - 10 p.m.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">U of T Earth Sciences Bldg, 33 Willcocks</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Planetarium shows, telescope observing, astronomy activities and exhibits, talk by Dunlap Institute director Bryan Gaensler, and chat with an astronomer. </font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><a href="https://nowtoronto.com/events/lights-off-universe-on-astrotours-earth-hour-event/">https://nowtoronto.com/events/lights-off-universe-on-astrotours-earth-hour-event/</a></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#77bb41">Sauerkraut and Kimchi Workshop </font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sat. March 28, 1 - 4 p.m.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">WEFC's Co-op kitchen, 1229 Queen st W (at Dufferin)</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">You will learn about the theory and practice of fermentation, gain hands-on experience working with fermenting and canning equipment, and leave with a 1L jar or two (sauerkraut or kimchi - your choice) of fresh fermenting cabbage. $50</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://westendfood.coop/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=359">https://westendfood.coop/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=359</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">Antarctica: A Year On Ice</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sat. March 28, 7 pm </span></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Jackman Hall, AGO (Dundas and McCaul)<br>A visually stunning journey to the end of the world with the hardy and devoted people who live there year-round. The research stations scattered throughout the continent host a close-knit international population of scientists, technicians and craftsmen. Isolated from the rest of the world, enduring months of unending darkness followed by periods when the sun never sets, Antarctic residents experience firsthand the beauty and brutality of the most severe environment on Earth. </font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><a href="http://ecologos.ca/waterdocs-2015/">http://ecologos.ca/waterdocs-2015/</a></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></span></div><font face="Times"><br><b><font size="4" color="#3a88fe">Organize on Electroshock</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Members of the subcommittee on Electroshock are wondering if there is anyone who would help some of us survivors in CAPA (Citizens Against Psychiatric Assault) to organize a protest against electroshock at the APA (American Psychiatric Assoc) Convention this year, May 16-19 in Toronto. Many other survivor and human rights orgs in the US, UK, and Ireland etc. are protesting on May 16, International Day of Protest. The Toronto committee immediately needs more people to help oganize this, so if you can help, contact me ASAP. The next meeting is this Sat. Mar. 28, 2 pm at the 519 Church St. Community Centre. But it won’t happen unless more people step up. </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">Don Weitz <<a href="mailto:dweitz@rogers.com">dweitz@rogers.com</a>> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#77bb41">Cross-Canada Day of Action: No 4 and 4! Immigration Not Deportation</font></b><br></font><div><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sunday, March 29, 2 pm</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">55 St. Clair East, Toronto, Citizenship and Immigration Canada Headquarters</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Harper Cons plan to uproot migrant workers that have lived, worked and formed relationships in Canada for over four years. So, on March 29th, join at Citizenship and Immigration Canada headquarters to seed justice. We will be planting small seedlings that you will be able to take home. Bring your friends and family for this community action to seed justice.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/919143408106323/">https://www.facebook.com/events/919143408106323/</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">Toronto ABC – Letter-Writing to Political Prisoners</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Sunday, Mar 29, 6 pm</span></font></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (at Bloor)<br>Toronto Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) monthly night at Beit Zatoun for conversation and letter writing to political prisoners.</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/event/toronto-abc-letter-writing-to-political-prisoners/?mc_cid=c48901cc6d&mc_eid=8320353111">http://beitzatoun.org/event/toronto-abc-letter-writing-to-political-prisoners/?mc_cid=c48901cc6d&mc_eid=8320353111</a></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><font face="Times"><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br><br><b><font size="4" color="#be38f3">C-51 can't stop us! Fighting Colonialism, Islamophobia and Surveillance<br></font></b><span style="font-size: 14px;">Mon. March 30, 6 - 9 p.m. </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">With security certificate detainees, indigenous blockaders, and others currently targeted by the national-security regime. As we resist the passing of Bill C-51, join us to hear from some of those most impacted by anti-‘terror’ laws, surveillance, and state violence. Discussions at this event may violate multiple Bill C-51 provisions – join us to insist that we will continue to act irrespective of laws that target dissent. Coordinated by: No One Is Illegal - Toronto, Justice for Mahjoub / End Security Certificate Trials / Earth Justice Action.</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/938">http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/938</a></span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------</span><br></font><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times">---------------------------------------</font></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Times"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="Times"><b><font size="4" color="#3a88fe">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="#669c35">NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing</font></b><br><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;">Or manage your subscription here: </span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://list.web.net/lists/listinfo/greenspirationto-l">http://list.web.net/lists/listinfo/greenspirationto-l</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;"><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<</span><br><br></font></div><br></div></div></body></html>