<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><img apple-inline="yes" id="59106084-B683-455E-9904-4A9CF846C5B8" height="96" width="409" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:792E79C4-8344-4A62-9D05-EF2E9198E49F@Home"> <br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br> <br><b><font color="#ff4013">Keep Fracking Out Of Ontario</font></b></font><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Sign the petition to Premier Wynne</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">chn.ge/22GcPCo </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br> <br><b><font color="#9929bd">Bloor Loves Bikes Campaign Pledge<br></font></b>We, the undersigned, therefore support a pilot bicycle lane on Bloor St for implementation by early 2016 and the inclusion of bicycle lanes on Bloor in the City’s 10-year cycling plan.<br><a href="https://www.cycleto.ca/bloor-loves-bikes-campaign-pledge">https://www.cycleto.ca/bloor-loves-bikes-campaign-pledge</a> </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#00a3d7">Planet Earth</font></b><br>Beautiful 4 min. video points out that animal agriculture and meat consumption is the number one cause of environmental destruction, species extinction and ocean “dead zones.” The agricultural industry has consumed one-third of all fresh water and has destroyed 91 percent of the Amazon.<br></font><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dwyPhaUne8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dwyPhaUne8 </a><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br> <br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b><font color="#669c35">Conquer My Environment Disabilities</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Activism needed to acquire ODSP in time to cancel a pending eviction order<br></font><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/ConquerEnviroDisability">https://www.gofundme.com/ConquerEnviroDisability </a></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"> </font></div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></font><div><font face="Times New Roman"><br><b style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#ff4013">Chi-Raq</font></b><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Directed by Spike Lee</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">Till Thur. March 31, various times</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">TIFF Bell Lightbox Theatre, King and John</span><br><span style="font-size: 14px;">The bold, imaginative and incendiary new film from Spike Lee relocates the ancient Greek drama Lysistrata to the gangland wars of modern-day Chicago. Brilliant critique of racism and gun culture in the US.</span><br></font><a href="http://tiff.net/programming/new-releases/chi-raq">http://tiff.net/programming/new-releases/chi-raq </a><font face="Times New Roman"><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 color="#9929bd" style="font-size: 14px;">Life Off Grid </font></b></font><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Till Thur. March 31</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Bloor Hot Docs (Bloor and Bathurst)</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Meet the pioneers creating a new model for sustainability. Industrious, dedicated and creative people across Canada are living “off grid”— without any connection to the electrical or natural gas infrastructures that criss-cross our nation.</font><div><a href="http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=49720~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0">http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=49720~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0 </a></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#0061ff">Thinking Big in a Time of Climate Crisis: A Town Hall on the Leap Manifesto<br></font></b>Tues. March 29, 7 pm<br>Bishop Marrocco Thomas Merton Aud., 1515 Bloor St. W. (at Dundas West)<br>With Avi Lewis, Peter Tabuns, Cheri DiNovo and more. Free.<br></font><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/thinking-big-in-a-time-of-climate-crisis-a-town-hall-on-the-leap-manifesto-tickets-22585039461?aff=eac2"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px;">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/thinking-big-in-a-time-of-climate-crisis-a-town-hall-on-the-leap-manifesto-tickets-22585039461?aff=eac2 </span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px;"></a><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"> <br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br> <br><b><font color="#669c35">Film Screening and Panel Discussion on Farm Workers Awareness Week </font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Marking the 50th anniversary of the seasonal Agricultural Workers Program in Canada<br>Tuesday March 29, 6 - 9 p.m.<br>IMA 307, Image Arts Building, Ryerson U, 122 Bond Street<br>Two Featured Films:<br>- 'In the Shadow of Borders’<br>- ‘Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers’</font></div><div><a href="http://nourishingontario.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/final-flyer-5-1-1.jpg">http://nourishingontario.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/final-flyer-5-1-1.jpg</a><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"> </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br><b><font color="#ff4013">Sprawl Brawl Round 3: Smart Growth vs. Sprawl </font></b></font></div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Tues. March 29, 7 p.m.<br>Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex St. George and Harbord)</font><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">How Can The Growth Plan Create A More Livable GTHA? Journalist and author Shawn Micallef referees a debate with panelists Dianne Saxe, John van Nostrand, David Donnelly, Susan Lloyd Swail on how we can build smarter, climate friendly communities. Free.</font></div><div><a href="http://environmentaldefence.ca/sprawl-brawl-round-3-how-can-growth-plan-create-more-livable-gtha-smart-growth-vs-sprawl">http://environmentaldefence.ca/sprawl-brawl-round-3-how-can-growth-plan-create-more-livable-gtha-smart-growth-vs-sprawl </a></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#9929bd"><b>Baristas, Clerks & Geeks: Own Your Own Job - The Co-op Model</b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Tues. March 29, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">CSI Spadina, 215 Spadina, 4th floor</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Baristas, telemarketers and clerks with university degrees, student loan debt, minimum wage jobs and precarious employment. Sound familiar? Many people have the knowledge, skills and drive to run their own businesses, and have friends and colleagues with similar interests. If you’d like to start a business with others, employee-owned co-ops may be the answer. Participants will learn the steps for creating a successful employee-owned co-op and how these shared ownership enterprises have succeeded in creating jobs while contributing to community and environmental solutions.</font></div><div><a href="http://socialinnovation.ca/coopworkshops">http://socialinnovation.ca/coopworkshops</a></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#0061ff"><b>The Healthy Cities – Diabetes Prevention Project: New Insights on the Built Environment and Obesity-Related Diseases</b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. March 30, 4:10 pm<br>Room ES 149 (basement), 5 Bancroft Avenue, Earth Sciences Building, U of T<br>With Gillian Booth, Clinician Scientist, St. Micheal’s Hospital<br></font><a href="http://www.environment.utoronto.ca/SeminarSeries.aspx">http://www.environment.utoronto.ca/SeminarSeries.aspx </a><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#669c35"><b>Making Parliament Work for You</b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. March 30, 6:30 - 9 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Ryerson University, Room 105, George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, 245 Church Street</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Fair Vote Canada and Leadnow are partnering to offer this workshop designed to help community organizers and advocates better understand how to locate power, lobby effectively and make the progressive changes our communities want. </font></div><div><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/make-parliament-work-for-you-tickets-22753392008">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/make-parliament-work-for-you-tickets-22753392008</a><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br><br></font><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#ff4013"><b>Urban Carnival: YU For Your City </b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. March 30, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Great Hall, 1087 Queen W.</font></div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Project YU is celebrating its launch with an Urban Carnival themed party. Live music and spoken word performances, food and interactive stations that explore urban issues like transportation, city budgets and the public realm. Free. Project YU’s objective is to provide a platform to support youth civic engagement in public issues, and spread understanding about city issues which affect us all. </font></div><div><a href="http://www.projectyu.ca">http://www.projectyu.ca</a><br><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#9929bd"><b>Show Me Your ID: Reflections on the Movement to End Carding in Toronto</b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. March 30, 6:30 - 8:30</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex (St. George and Harbord)</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Panel discussion of the collective action which has taken place to address discriminatory policing practices, with Akio Maroon, Knia Singh, Caitlyn Kasper and Alok Mukherjee. The panelists will share how their work mobilizing communities has been informed by their experiences with anti-blackness, racial injustice, Indigeneity, gender and their intersectional identities. Free.<br><a href="http://studentlife.utoronto.ca/ccp/carding-discussion">studentlife.utoronto.ca/ccp/carding-discussion</a></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#0061ff"><b>Mediators in the Design of Peace Agreements: The Case of Sudan</b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Wed. March 30, 7 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">University College 15 King's College Circle, Rm 144, U of T</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Science for Peace presents this lecture by Khalid Ahmed. Free.</font></div><div><a href="http://scienceforpeace.ca">http://scienceforpeace.ca</a></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#4f7a28">Human Rights Watch Toronto Film Festival<br></font></b>March 30 - April 7<br>TIFF Bell Lightbox, King and John<br>8 feature films and documentaries from around the globe.<br></font><a href="http://tiff.net/spring2016-series/human-rights-watch-2016">http://tiff.net/spring2016-series/human-rights-watch-2016</a><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br> <br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br> <br><b><font color="#ff4013">Setting up and Improving Your Group's Structure<br></font></b>Thursday, March 31, 6 - 8 p.m.<br>OISE 252 Bloor St West, U of T<br>Who is part of your group and who isn't? How do you make decisions? Is it working for you? This workshop explores how small groups can establish and improve systems to integrate people into the group and effectively make decisions.<br></font><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/setting-up-and-improving-your-organizatons-structure-tickets-19978878363?ref=ecal">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/setting-up-and-improving-your-organizatons-structure-tickets-19978878363?ref=ecal</a><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br> <br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br> <br><b><font color="#be38f3">The BRICS: An Anti-Capitalist Critique<br></font></b>Book launch and public forum. </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Thursday March 31, 7 pm<br>Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St.<br>The relative economic decline of the United States, Europe and Japan is often linked to the rise of an ‘emerging’ bloc comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa demanding ‘a seat at the table’. Yet as many of the world’s leading left thinkers demonstrate in this important new book, the BRICS seem to be not so much overturning the tables of global capitalism, but as collaborating in holding them up. The book's co-editors Patrick Bond from South Africa and Ana Garcia from Brazil will be joined by the two Toronto authors of chapters in the book in discussing how to understand where the BRICS fit on the most crucial global issues ranging from world finance to climate change.<br></font><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/event/the-brics-an-anti-capitalist-critique/">http://beitzatoun.org/event/the-brics-an-anti-capitalist-critique/</a></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">The Jack Layton Speakers Series Presents:<br><b><font color="#0061ff">Reconciliation: The Children’s Version</font></b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Thur. March 31, 7 - 9 pm<br>LIB072, 350 Victoria street, Ryerson U<br>Dr. Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada will address why the Canadian government had to be taken to court to treat First Nations children fairly. Closing remarks by Olivia Chow, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ryerson University.</font></div><div><a href="https://rupsych.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/jlc-blackstock-mar31.jpg">https://rupsych.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/jlc-blackstock-mar31.jpg</a><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#669c35">Reparations, Reconciliation and the Politics of Memory<br></font></b>Thursday March 31, 7 - 9 p.m.: Film Screening & Discussion: Human Traffic: Past and Present<br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Friday April 1: Keynote Address & Reception, 5:30 - 8:30 pm<br>OISE, 252 Bloor St W<br>The Department of Social Justice Education (SJE), OISE, presents a two-day colloquium.<br></font><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1756653891233901/">https://www.facebook.com/events/1756653891233901/</a><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#ff4013"><b>Turn On Brain Health</b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Thur. March 31, 7 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">The Big Carrot, 348 Danforth, Rm 212</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Learn how adopting a mind-body lifestyle improves energy, mood, memory, learning and more with David Wang. Free.</font></div><div><a href="https://thebigcarrot.ca/home/">https://thebigcarrot.ca/home/</a></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#9929bd"><b>Food Justice in Toronto</b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Thur. 31, 7 - 8 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Jane/Dundas Library, 620 Jane</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Presentation and discussion with FoodShare's Tara Ramkhelawan. Free.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#0061ff"><b>Green Line Fundraiser and Celebration</b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Thur. March 31, 7 p.m. - 1 a.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Geary Lane, 360 Geary</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Live music featuring Coral King and Girls Rock Camp, a silent auction, prizes, art and more. $10 (benefits Park People, a charity that supports bringing more green spaces to the city). The Green Line is a vision to create a 5 km linear park in Toronto’s Dupont hydro corridor.<br></font><a href="https://greenlinetoronto.wordpress.com">https://greenlinetoronto.wordpress.com</a></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#4f7a28">Yoga Conference and Show<br></font></b>March 31 – April 3<br>Metro Convention Centre<br></font><a href="https://www.theyogaconference.com/toronto/">https://www.theyogaconference.com/toronto/</a><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br> <br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br> <br><b><font color="#9a244f">The Price We Pay</font></b><br>Friday, April 1, 7 p.m.<br>OISE, 252 Bloor W, Rm 5-260<br>The Price We Pay blows the lid off the dirty world of corporate malfeasance with this incendiary documentary about the dark history and dire present-day reality of big-business tax avoidance, which has seen multinationals depriving governments of trillions of dollars in tax revenues by harboring profits in offshore havens. Tax havens, originally created by London bankers in the 50s, today put over half the world’s stock of money beyond reach of public treasuries.<br></font><a href="http://socialistaction.ca/tag/rebel-films/">http://socialistaction.ca/tag/rebel-films/</a><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br> <br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#9929bd"><b>Mobilizing for Change: Powerful Lessons from the Frontlines</b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Fri. April 1, 7:30 pm.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Community Food Centres Canada presents short, impassioned talks by leading voices in food security, social justice, environment, youth issues and politics. $10.</font></div><div><a href="http://cfccanada.ca/news/mobilizing-change-powerful-lessons-frontlines">http://cfccanada.ca/news/mobilizing-change-powerful-lessons-frontlines</a></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#0061ff"><b>Munk Debate on the Global Refugee Crisis</b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Fri. April 1, 7 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Roy Thompson Hall, 60 Simcoe</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Louise Arbour and Simon Schama debate Nigel Farage and Mark Steyn on how developed nations should respond to human suffering in Syria. $30-$95.</font></div><div><a href="http://munkdebates.com">http://munkdebates.com</a></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#4f7a28"><b>Beyond Fear and Loss, Reaching for Hope</b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Fri. Apr 1 from 4-9 pm, Sat. Apr 2 from 10 am-5 pm. </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Friends House, 60 Lowther (St. George subway)</font></div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Refugee Rights Week group art show featuring works by artists who have found refuge in Canada. Music by Michal Hasek and poetry by Jacqueline Valencia. Some works will be for sale, all proceeds to the artist. Free. Presented by the Quaker Committee for Refugees and the Salvadoran Canadian Association of Toronto (ASALCA).<br></font><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#b51a00"><b>TTCriders Training Day</b></font><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Sat. April 2, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">720 Bathurst St. </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Want to get more involved in advocating for public transit? Want to meet other TTCriders members and transit advocates. We're hosting a training day for our members and friends. </font></div><div><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ttcriders-training-day-tickets-22707925015">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ttcriders-training-day-tickets-22707925015</a></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br> </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#9929bd"><b>Scarborough Seedy Saturday and Green Fair</b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Sat. April 2, 11 - 4 pm<br>Blessed Cardinal Newman High School, 100 Brimley Rd South (south of Kingston Road)<br>Annual seed exchange, heirloom seed vendors, gardening booths and advice, environmental organizations, green living ideas and great workshops on growing and living sustainably. Over 50 exhibitors and many workshops. For more info contact: <a href="mailto:scarboroseedysaturday@gmail.com">scarboroseedysaturday@gmail.com</a> </font></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SSSGFair">https://www.facebook.com/SSSGFair</a></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br> </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#0056d6"><b>The Nexus of Road and Ecology: The Effect of Transportation Planning on Wildlife</b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Sat. April 2, 2 - 3 pm. </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge, auditorium</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Lecture by U of T professor Namrata Shrestha. Free. </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><b><font color="#4f7a28">Organizing Rallies and Marches<br></font></b>Sun. April 3, 1 - 5 pm<br>OISE, 252 Bloor St W.<br>This workshop will cover the basic steps to organizing a rally or march and show examples of creative innovation in rally design. The workshop will also offer tips on planning routes, roles, marshalling, escalation and de-escalation, promotion, and visuals. Trainers: Syed Hussan is an organizer and writer in Toronto working with undocumented and migrant peoples, in defense of Indigenous sovereignty, and against counter intuitive programs like war and capitalism.<br></font><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/organizing-rallies-and-marches-tickets-20862698894?ref=ecal">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/organizing-rallies-and-marches-tickets-20862698894?ref=ecal</a><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br> <br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br> <br><b><font color="#e32400">Animal Welfare and the Environmental Stewardship in Islam<br></font></b>A workshop on factory farming<br>Sunday April 3, 1 - 2:15 pm<br>Lower social room, Noor Cultural Centre, 123 Wynford Drive, Noor Cultural Centre<br>Noor Cultural Centre and the Factory Farming Awareness Coalition are co-hosting this children's workshop on the culture of animal welfare and environmental stewardship in Islam and the ways in which factory farming violates these principles. Come out and learn about the impacts of industrial animal agriculture on the environment and farmed animals. Free.<br></font><a href="http://www.noorculturalcentre.ca">www.noorculturalcentre.ca</a><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br> <br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br> </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;" color="#9929bd"><b>Toronto Vegan Flea</b></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Sun. April 3, 10 am - 4 pm. </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">3030 Dundas W.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;">Vegan food, crafts, gifts and info on the vegan lifestyle plus info on vegan businesses, animal outreach and charitable organizations. $5 (benefits Ruby Ranch Pig and Farm Animal Sanctuary).<br></font><a href="http://www.torontoveganflea.com">http://www.torontoveganflea.com</a></div><div><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br> <br><b><font color="#0061ff">Shape My City Events</font></b><br></font><a href="http://shapemycity.ca/events.php">http://shapemycity.ca/events.php</a><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br> <br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br> <br><b><font color="#4f7a28">Beit Zatoun Events</font></b><br></font><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/events/">http://beitzatoun.org/events/<br> </a><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br> <br><b><font color="#e32400">Hot Docs</font></b><br>Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)<br></font><a href="http://bloorcinema.com/">http://bloorcinema.com/</a><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br> <br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br> <br><b><font color="#be38f3">NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing<br></font></b></font><a href="https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/">https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/</a><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 14px;"><br> <br>---------------------------------------<br>---------------------------------------<br> <br><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <br>Join my email list by emailing Angela at:<br><a href="mailto:greenspiration@web.ca">greenspiration@web.ca</a><br>Write "subscribe" in the subject line<br>and tell me what city/country you live in.<br>Likewise to unsubscribe.<br>Or manage your subscription here:<br>http://list.web.net/lists/listinfo/greenspirationto-l<br><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <br> <br></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>