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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=288 height=68 id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D0F9EB.38CF39C0"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><h1 style='margin-top:0cm'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><h1 style='margin-top:0cm'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#7030A0'>Up For Debate gives voice to neglected women’s issues <o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><h1 style='margin-top:0cm'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext'>Women’s issues are being woefully ignored in this federal election. Watch the videos of distinguished female leaders in a panel discussion at U of T as well as party leaders discuss women’s issues here.<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://on.thestar.com/1MFP4C4"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://on.thestar.com/1MFP4C4</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h1 style='margin-top:0cm'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#548235'>Pope Francis Castigates World Elite at U.N., Links Environmental Destruction and 'Social Exclusion' <o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><h1 style='margin-top:0cm'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext'>"The misuse and destruction of the environment are also accompanied by a relentless process of exclusion," the pontiff said.<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://bit.ly/1O4ZATO">http://bit.ly/1O4ZATO</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#7030A0'>Will Pope Francis Have the Courage to Finally Break with the Church’s Anti-Woman Stance?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://bit.ly/1JyBUzs">http://bit.ly/1JyBUzs</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#C00000'>The Wisdom To Survive: Climate Change, Capitalism & Community<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Watch the trailer of this powerful film<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=191&v=7QLIOuRS1n4" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=191&v=7QLIOuRS1n4</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><h2 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'>City Cyclist is at it again with a another video </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B6'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://dandyhorsemagazine.com/blog/2015/09/25/city-cyclist-is-at-it-again-with-a-another-video/"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://dandyhorsemagazine.com/blog/2015/09/25/city-cyclist-is-at-it-again-with-a-another-video/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:72.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#C55A11'>Handbook on Climate Action for Baby Boomers – book launch<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mon, Sept. 28, 6:30 - 9:30 pm <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery, Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence Avenue West<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:72.0pt'>A book grounded in the belief that each one of us can do something to make a difference even on the daunting issue of climate change. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.climateactionforboomers.ca/about/" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.climateactionforboomers.ca/about/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#0070C0'>Challenge Harper, Mulcair & Trudeau! #RefugeesWelcome<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mon, Sept. 28, 5:30 pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Roy Thompson Hall, 60 Simcoe Street<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:72.0pt'>On September 28th, Harper, Mulcair and Trudeau will be participating in a televised pre-election Federal Leaders debate, sharing their visions of Canada's Foreign Policy at Roy Thomson Hall in downtown Toronto. Canada's foreign policy has destroyed people's homes and communities abroad and particularly displaced Indigenous, Black, and other racialized people across the Global South. Join us as hundreds of others in a rally as we insist upon a new vision, one that is about flourishing communities, not displacement and profit. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://bit.ly/1FoF79n"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://bit.ly/1FoF79n</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/665713586896727/"><span style='color:windowtext'>https://www.facebook.com/events/665713586896727/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.refugeeswelcome.ca/pledge"><span style='color:windowtext'>www.refugeeswelcome.ca/pledge</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#548235'>Elizabeth May’s supporters</span></b><span style='color:#548235'> </span>will also protest for being arbitrarily excluded from the debate<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/913535235387906/"><span style='color:windowtext'>https://www.facebook.com/events/913535235387906/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#C00000'>350.org</span></b><span style='color:#C00000'> </span>will protest the lack of climate debate and then hold their own debate<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1210172672343234/">https://www.facebook.com/events/1210172672343234/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#C55A11'>Public Forum on Civic Engagement in Times of Crisis<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Monday, Sept. 28, 7 pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>612 Markham St.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) have spoken on behalf of the Canadian-Muslims through successful initiatives such as the coalition for No Religious Arbitration, the Muslim Marriage Contract, My Canada and the Common Ground Project. Free.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/event/on-civic-engagement-in-times-of-crisis/?mc_cid=34ca50a6c8&mc_eid=98329828f0" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://beitzatoun.org/event/on-civic-engagement-in-times-of-crisis/?mc_cid=34ca50a6c8&mc_eid=98329828f0</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#2F5597'>Slick Water: Fracking and One Inisders Stand Against the World’s Most Powerful Industry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Book Launch with Andrew Nikiforuk<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Monday, Sept. 28, 7 pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St W<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From the award-winning author of Tar Sands comes Slick Water, the shocking, inspiring story of an oil and gas industry insider’s determined stand to hold government and industry legally accountable for the damage fracking leaves in its wake.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.pages-unbound.com/events/2015-09-28-A_Nikiforuk.html" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.pages-unbound.com/events/2015-09-28-A_Nikiforuk.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#548235'>Linda McQuaig is Right: Keep the Tar Sands in the Ground<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tues. Sept. 29, 7 pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>United Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>At the beginning of the federal election campaign, auth Linda McQuaig stated: "a lot of people recognize that a lot of the oil sands oil may need to stay in the ground if we're going to meet our climate targets." This sparked a corporate media backlash. However the science is clear: if Canada continues to extract the tar sands it will be game over for the climate. Speakers include: Andrew Nikiforuk, Justin Podur and Carolyn Egan. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/968348339892519/" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>https://www.facebook.com/events/968348339892519/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> ---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:red'>GTA Federal Candidate Debates <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tues. Sept. 29<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Richmond Hill Riding, 6:30 pm, Langstaff Community Centre, 155 Red Maple Rd <a href="http://bit.ly/1JyuTPd"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://bit.ly/1JyuTPd</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Parkdale - High Park Riding, 7 pm, Fern Avenue Public School, 128 Fern Ave. <a href="http://bit.ly/1iWqFvC"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://bit.ly/1iWqFvC</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>St Paul's Riding, 7 pm, First Unitarian church, 175 St. Clair Ave. W. <a href="http://bit.ly/1ViRD1G"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://bit.ly/1ViRD1G</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Beaches - East York, 7 pm, St Johns Norway Church, 470 Woodbine Ave. <a href="http://bit.ly/1JyuYCh"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://bit.ly/1JyuYCh</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#548235'>The Optimistic Environmentalist: Progressing Towards a Greener Future<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wed. Sept. 30,4:10 pm - 6 pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rm. 149 Earth Sciences Building, 5 Bancroft Ave.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yes, the world faces substantial environmental challenges — climate change, pollution, and extinction. But the surprisingly good news is that we have solutions to these problems. In the past 50 years, a remarkable number of environmental problems have been solved, while substantial progress is ongoing on others. Dr. David Boyd will chronicle these remarkable success stories.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://bit.ly/1OCcHMj"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://bit.ly/1OCcHMj</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#7030A0'>Out of the Mouths of Babes: How a Little Girl Started a Revolution<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=lead style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Talk by Veronica O Davis, founder of Black Women Bike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=lead style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Wed. Sept. 30, 7 - 9 pm. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=lead style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Buddies in Bad Times, 12 Alexander<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Black Women Bike (BWB) was founded in 2011 over a Twitter conversation between three friends. Four years later the organization has grown to over 1,500 women in the District of Columbia Region. BWB was formed in a perfect storm of racial tensions, a Mayoral race, and a journalist peddling the idea that bicycling was for white people only. This is the BWB story, what they have achieved, and what’s next. $10. <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a href="http://bit.ly/1WtwWNv">http://bit.ly/1WtwWNv</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#00B0F0'>Pipeline Trouble: Saying No to Fossil Fuel Infrastructure in a Warming World<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wed. Sept. 30, 6:30 pm - 8 pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Toronto Reference Library, Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium, 789 Yonge St. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As we begin to seriously grapple with escalating issue of climate change, major new pipeline proposals like Keystone XL, Northern Gateway and Energy East have faced unprecedented levels of opposition across North America. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:144.0pt'><a href="http://bit.ly/1GcpH3j"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://bit.ly/1GcpH3j</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#C55A11'>Science for Peace: The Nuclear Agreement with Iran<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wednesday, Sept. 30, 7 – 9 pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Room UC 144 University College, 15 King’s College Circle, U of T<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Attend this event lectured by Cesar Jaramillo the Executive Director of Project Ploughshares. Free.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:72.0pt'><a href="http://bit.ly/1QINpJY"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://bit.ly/1QINpJY</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:72.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#0070C0'>Right To Housing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wed. Sept. 30, 6:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ryerson University, Library Building, 350 Victoria St., Room 72<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have an affordable housing and homelessness crisis in Canada and the government is doing little to fix it. The Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) and the Right to Housing Coalition are joining groups and individuals across Canada in a national week of action. Make affordable housing an election issue and vote housing for all!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://righttohousing.wordpress.com/"><span style='color:windowtext'>righttohousing.wordpress.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#C55A11'>How To Defeat Harper<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wed. Sept. 30, 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OISE, 252 Bloor W, Room 5250<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Talk with Alex Grant, editor of <em>Fightback</em> magazine, and NDP candidate Linda McQuaig. Free.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:fightback@marxist.ca">fightback@marxist.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#548235'>Making Sense of Fake Money<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wed. Sept. 30, 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Rule of Broken Money, a presentation by the Friends of COMER, about the battle to amend the Canada Bank Act to reform monetary policy for the benefit of all Canadians. $5.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/events/">http://beitzatoun.org/events/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#C00000'>The Art of the Possible: An Everyday Guide to Politics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Book Launch with Edward Keenan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wed. Sept. 30, 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Another Story Bookshop <span class=address>315 Roncesvalles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=address>Free. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=address><a href="http://anotherstory.ca/">http://anotherstory.ca/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#2E75B6'>Vigil for Climate Action at the Office of Finance Minister Joe Oliver<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thur. October 1, 7 am - 7 pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>511 Lawrence Ave. W (of Bathurst)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Closing ceremony 7 - 7:30 pm. Participants welcome anytime.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sign up at <a href="http://www.climatefast.ca/" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>www.climatefast.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Or on facebook: <a href="http://on.fb.me/1OzkryF" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://on.fb.me/1OzkryF</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:climatefast@climatefast.ca" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>climatefast@climatefast.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#7030A0'>Russia in the Global Crisis: Geopolitical Dilemmas, Strategic Responses<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thurs. Oct.1, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Geopolitical conflict produced by NATO expansion is a product of an economic and social process taking place in Europe. In fact, it is the logic of the neoliberal model that stimulates NATO expansionism. This is very similar to what we saw in the late 19th century with the new wave of colonialism produced by the so-called Late Victorian Depression. To stabilize the system without changing it. Speakers include Boris Kagarlitsky and Sergei M. Plekhanov. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/514398365389562/" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>https://www.facebook.com/events/514398365389562/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#548235'>Green Building Festival - Hosted by Sustain Buildings Canada<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thursday, Oct. 1, 8:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>585 Dundas St E.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:72.0pt'>Hear from international experts on cutting-edge projects and inspiring case studies addressing the theme ‘Building Resilient Communities’. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://bit.ly/1KZ1YKa"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://bit.ly/1KZ1YKa</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#C55A11'>Complete Streets Forum - TCAT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thursday, Oct. 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hart House, U of T<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The conference held by the Toronto Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT) hosts international experts, showcases local examples or sharing technical solutions for active transportation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.tcat.ca/cs_forum/complete-streets-forum-2015/"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.tcat.ca/cs_forum/complete-streets-forum-2015/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#0070C0'>Harper’s Stolen Majority: Voter Suppression<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Friday, Oct. 2, 7 pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>612 Markham St. (Bloor and Bathurst)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Come participate and listen to a discussion involving the fraud allegations made regarding the past electoral campaigns. This event will give you a clear picture about what the Harper conservatives have done in the past to gain voters and what they will attempt again on October, 19th, 2015. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:72.0pt'><a href="http://bit.ly/1WtmEx1"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://bit.ly/1WtmEx1</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><h3 style='margin-top:0cm'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#7030A0;letter-spacing:-.4pt'>Jimmy’s Hall <o:p></o:p></span></b></h3><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>Friday, October 2, 7 p.m.</span><o:p></o:p></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal>OISE, 252 Bloor W, Room 4-414, above the St. George Subway Station. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>109 minutes, 2014</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><b>. </b></span>Directed by Ken Loach. During the Depression, Jimmy Gralton returns home to Ireland after ten years of exile in America. Seeing the levels of poverty and oppression, the activist in him reawakens and he looks to re-open the dance hall that led to his deportation. <span style='letter-spacing:-.75pt'>Rebel Films are </span><span style='letter-spacing:-.4pt'>sponsored by Socialist Action in Toronto. $4 or pwyc.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#C00000'>Inequality for All<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fri. Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Eastminster United Church, <span class=address>310 Danforth</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cinema Politica Danforth screening of Robert Reich's documentary followed by discussion with NDP candidate Craig Scott, Toronto-Danforth. Free.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#548235'>Green Energy Doors Open 2015<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Saturday, Oct. 3<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:72.0pt'>Join your community in visiting various sites around Ontario to learn about how the people of Toronto are paving a way for cleaner and more sustainable energy economy. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://greenenergydoorsopen.ca/events-2/events-map/" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://greenenergydoorsopen.ca/events-2/events-map/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#548235'>Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>Free screening & discussion</span><o:p></o:p></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>Sat. Oct. 3, </span></strong>12:30 to 2 pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Annette Branch Public Library, 145 Annette St. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In this filmed recording of the launch of Tom Rand’s book, Tom Rand outlines 10 clean technologies to save our world. His book is about hope for the future and how the changes we make today can impact and improve the world for the next generations. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://bit.ly/1RbD7Dc"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://bit.ly/1RbD7Dc</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <b> </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#548235;background:white'>Deep Green Home Renovations: A How-to Guide (presentation) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'>Sat. Oct. 3, 10:30 am to 12 pm; repeated 2:30 pm - 4 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'>Coolearth Architecture Office, 386 Pacific Ave.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://greenenergydoorsopen.ca/locations/coolearth-architecture-office/" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://greenenergydoorsopen.ca/locations/coolearth-architecture-office/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#548235'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#548235'>High Park Children’s Teaching Kitchen Open House and Tour <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sat. Oct. 3, 10 am - 5 pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>105 Colborne Lodge Drive <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://greenenergydoorsopen.ca/locations/high-park-childrens-teaching-kitchen/" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://greenenergydoorsopen.ca/locations/high-park-childrens-teaching-kitchen/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#7030A0'>The SheSpeaks 2: Women Power and Change Conference<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sat. Oct. 3, 9:30 am - 3 pm.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ted Rogers School of Management, <span class=address>55 Dundas W</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Conference for newcomer women, girls and trans folk to meet each other and hear from inspirational leaders around creating social change and working towards economic justice for all newcomer and racialized people. Free.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://bit.ly/1KKDlvp">http://bit.ly/1KKDlvp</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#C55A11'>Returning to Our Origins: Reconciling With Our Indigenous Selves<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sunday, Oct. 4, 1 - 4 pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>612 Markham St. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This event will provide an insight into the importance of reconnecting with Mother Nature has a species and becoming a spiritual member of the Earth community. The Panel will include: indigenous wisdom keepers, evolutionary psychologist and leaders in environmental and transformative education. Proceeds from this event will go towards the rebuilding of the Lodge at Soul of the Mother on Six Nations Grand River Territory.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://bit.ly/1VmbxDK"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://bit.ly/1VmbxDK</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#548235'>Jane Jacobs: Urban Wisdom <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sun. Oct. 4, 5 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cineforum, <span class=address>463 Bathurst</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Screening of the film about the urban writer/activist by Don Alexander. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://reghartt.ca/cineforum/">http://reghartt.ca/cineforum/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#C00000'>Shape My City Events<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://shapemycity.ca/events.php" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://shapemycity.ca/events.php</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#7030A0'>Beit Zatoun Events<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/events/" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://beitzatoun.org/events/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#2E75B6'>Hot Docs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://bloorcinema.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://bloorcinema.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#548235'>NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Join my email list by emailing Angela at:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:greenspiration@web.ca" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>greenspiration@web.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Write "subscribe" in the subject line<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and tell me what city/country you live in.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Likewise to unsubscribe. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Or manage your subscription here: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://list.web.net/lists/listinfo/greenspirationto-l" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://list.web.net/lists/listinfo/greenspirationto-l</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>