<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><img height="72" width="307" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="63CA5ED7-409B-4E83-AE8B-6F218128CA41" src="cid:CE9F29BE-6612-49AA-AFE7-B0B486318E14@Home" class=""></div><font face="Times New Roman" class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#be38f3" class="">An Act to Establish a National Cycling Strategy<br class=""></font></b>On Tuesday, 4 October 2016, MP Gord Johns (Courtenay-Alberni) introduced a private Member's bill to establish a National Cycling Strategy. We need to do more to make Canada a cycling nation. Cycling is a sustainable transportation solution that is low cost, environmentally friendly, and encourages healthy living.<br class=""><a href="http://gordjohns.ndp.ca/cycling" class="">http://gordjohns.ndp.ca/cycling</a><br class="">Petition: http://gordjohns.ndp.ca/help-make-canada-a-cycling-nation <br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">Speak out for a 100% Renewable Ontario!<br class=""></font></b>The province is organizing consultations on Ontario’s Long-Term Energy Plan. Read more here: https://www.ontario.ca/page/consultation-ontarios-long-term-energy-plan<br class="">Greenpeace is organizing input from the public focussing on green energy, not nuclear. Learn more here and get involved: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFFwPKm7VfBGEIdX8hZtIcM7ahAs0h03SZr8Dj_bijzvNH9w/viewform<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#e63b7a" class="">'This Is My Act of Love': Climate Activists Shut Down All US-Canada Tar Sands Pipelines<br class=""></font></b>Coordinated show of resistance executed in solidarity with those fighting against Dakota Access pipeline<br class="">http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/10/11/my-act-love-climate-activists-shut-down-all-us-canada-tar-sands-pipelines?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=email_this&utm_source=email<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#5e30eb" class="">German Parliament Votes to End Internal Combustion<br class=""></font></b>The upper house of the German parliament “passed a bipartisan resolution calling for a ban on sales of new vehicles powered by internal combustion engines, which includes both gasoline and diesel, [and permitting] only electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles by 2030.”<br class="">http://smartershift.com/energymix/2016/10/11/german-parliament-votes-to-end-internal-combustion/<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#0061ff" class="">Ottawa Citizen: We should rename the Prime Minister's office, because Langevin was a racist</font></b></font><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/behrens-rename-trudeaus-office-langevin-was-a-racist" class="">http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/behrens-rename-trudeaus-office-langevin-was-a-racist</a><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">Jury Awards $11.9 Million in Paxil Suicide Malpractice Case<br class=""></font></b>All antidepressants can cause suicidal and homicidal behavior, especially those that routinely cause stimulation or activation, including akathisia, agitation, insomnia, disinhibition, emotional lability, hypomania, and mania, and a general worsening of the patient’s condition.<br class=""><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/10/prweb13743675.htm" class="">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/10/prweb13743675.htm</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#ff4013" class="">Reducing our Carbon Footprint<br class=""></font></b>Monday, October 17, 7 - 9 p.m.<br class="">The Madison, 14 Madison Avenue, Toronto<br class="">Greg Labbé, from BlueGreen Consulting Group, will talk about the energy savings that can come from retrofitting existing buildings. Dave Mugford, a resident of the Mayfair on the Green condo tower in Scarborough, will talk about how he and other members of his condo board managed to turn their building into a leader in waste reduction. Today the building diverts 85 per cent of its waste, compared to the 26 per cent high-rise average.<br class="">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/reducing-our-environmental-impact-tickets-28027686565 (link is external)<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#be38f3" class="">Access to Justice Week</font></b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Oct. 17 - 21</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Osgoode Hall, 130 Queen and University</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Discussions and presentations on technology and the law, inclusion, re-imaging child welfare systems and more for the public, legal professionals, community workers, students and other justice advocates. Law Society of Upper Canada/Osgoode Hall and other venues. Various prices, some events free.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><a href="https://theactiongroup.ca/access-to-justice-week/" class="">https://theactiongroup.ca/access-to-justice-week/</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#5e30eb" class="">Eco-Heroes: Next Generation with David Suzuki<br class=""></font></b>Tuesday, October 18, 1:30 - 3 pm<br class="">Online - Livestream <br class="">David Suzuki and 10 Next Generation Eco-Heroes meet to discuss how to change the world LIVE! 10 young environmentalists join our 2016 Canadian Eco-Hero to discuss how to change the world.<br class=""><a href="http://planetinfocus.org/film-fest/next-generation/" class="">http://planetinfocus.org/film-fest/next-generation/</a><br class="">Watch live at www.planetinfocus.org<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#008cb4" class="">Planet In Focus presents an Evening with David Suzuki<br class=""></font></b>Tuesday, October 18, 7 pm<br class="">Isabel Bader Theatre, U of T<br class="">Special launch event honouring our 2016 Canadian Eco-Hero, the renowned scientist, broadcaster and environmentalist, David Suzuki. The evening includes a short film screening, followed by a keynote address and Q&A. $15/$20<br class="">http://bit.ly/2cMfS6R<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">Planet In Focus Film Festival<br class=""></font></b>October 18 – 23<br class="">Now in our 17th year, Planet in Focus is an environmental media arts organization with year-round programming. Our mandate is to produce cultural events that showcase engaging and artistic films that question, explore, and tell stories about the world in which we live. We use film as a catalyst for public awareness, discussion and engagement on a broad range of environmental issues. Our goal is to enlighten, engage, and entertain audiences of all backgrounds – through film. For 50% discount, use discount code: "ontariocleanair"<br class="">http://planetinfocus.org/film-fest/2016-festival-program/<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#ff4013" class="">Pricing the Planet</font></b><br class="">Tuesday, October 18, 7 - 9 pm <br class="">Beit Zatoun, 612 markham<br class="">Economists, bankers, investment funds and financiers are taking a huge interest in the environmental crisis. They say they can protect the planet their way – with money. This two-part documentary investigates the declining state of our planet and whether a commercial approach can in fact save it. We see how since the Industrial Revolution we have heavily depleted our natural resources, polluted the planet, and how we are now losing endangered species at an alarming rate. $5<br class="">http://beitzatoun.org/event/reel-activism-pricing-the-planet/?mc_cid=eb71764cfb&mc_eid=990e975fc2<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#be38f3" class="">Launch of The Institute for Change Leaders - Hosted by Olivia Chow</font></b></font><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Tuesday, October 18, 11:30 a.m. (speeches noon)</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Ryerson University’s Architecture Building, 325 Church Street, #100</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Since joining Ryerson University as its Distinguished Visiting Professor, my dedicated team of trainers (called Project Organize) and I have taught over 1,200 people, ranging from university students, local residents, front-line community and social workers, union activists and advocates like Fair Vote Canada members. We will share the power of Marshall Ganz’s curriculum to teach practical and effective organizing skills to people seeking social justice. Ganz’s teaching methods are credited as central to Obama’s 2008 win, and have been the heart of many transformational advocacy movements around the globe.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/institute-for-change-leaders-launch-tickets-27840467588" class="">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/institute-for-change-leaders-launch-tickets-27840467588</a> <br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#3a88fe" class="">Help us close Pickering Nuclear station</font></b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Wed. Oct. 19, afternoon</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Join our group leaflet blitz out in Pickering (mail boxes) and get your exercise at the same time. We’ll cover all your costs. We don’t have a budget to pay Canada Post to distribute our leaflets so we rely on volunteers. It’s gonna be a sunny day so join us if you can. Contact <a href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org" class="">angela@cleanairalliance.org</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" color="#0061ff" class=""><b class="">Also, if you haven’t signed the petition to Close Pickering yet, please do!</b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/close-pickering/" class="">http://www.cleanairalliance.org/close-pickering/</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#4f7a28" class="">Let's Talk About the Leap Manifesto - with Avi Lewis<br class=""></font></b>Wednesday, October 19, 6 pm<br class="">OPSEU Toronto Office, 31 Wellesley Street East<br class="">The latest research shows that it is feasible for Canada to get 100% of its electricity from renewable resources within two decades; by 2050 we could have a 100% clean economy, with good jobs for all. The Leap Manifesto starts with the premise that Canada is facing the deepest crisis in recent memory. Small steps will no longer get us where we need to go - and so we need to leap. Join us for a discussion about the Leap Manifesto and how we can organize to leap to a clean, just economy. This is a free community meeting, and dinner is provided, so please RSVP so we know how much food to order.<br class=""></font><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1135481366540489/" class="">https://www.facebook.com/events/1135481366540489/</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------</font></div><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#e63b7a" class="">Digital Activism Roundtable<br class=""></font></b>Wednesday, October 19, 7 - 8:30 pm<br class="">Webinar<br class="">Activists across the country will join together to discuss upcoming Amnesty campaigns and their ideas for activism and organizing.<br class="">Register here: <a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4087157776754116354" class="">https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4087157776754116354</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""></font><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">---------------------------------------</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#874efe" class="">ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival<br class=""></font></b>Oct.19 - 23<br class="">imagineNATIVE presents a dynamic collection of film, video, audio, and digital media works, in addition to exhibitions, panels & workshops, and special events.<br class=""><a href="http://www.imaginenative.org/festival-2016" class="">http://www.imaginenative.org/festival-2016</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">Reframing Environmental Discourse: The Way We Talk about Environmental Issues Really Does Matter</font></b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">With Neil Ever Osborne, Partner at Evermaven Inc. and PhD Candidate at York University</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Wed. Oct. 19, 4:10 p.m.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Room ES 149 (basement), 5 Bancroft Avenue, Earth Sciences Building, U of T</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Refreshments will be served prior to each seminar at around 3:45pm in Rm. ES 1042, 5 Bancroft Avenue, Earth Sciences Building</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#e32400" class="">Toronto in 2017: Budget Cuts - or Jobs, Transit and Housing?<br class=""></font></b>Wednesday, October 19, 6 pm<br class="">North York Civic Centre, Memorial Hall, Burgundy Room B (at North York Centre TTC station)<br class="">Toronto City Council is considering cutting $600 million from transit, housing and other programs and services in 2017. We can't let them do that.<br class="">- Learn about proposed city budget cuts and what you can do to stop them<br class="">- Build your advocacy skills<br class=""></font><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">- Join the fight for a fairer city that benefits us all!</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Light supper. TTC tokens. On-site child-minding available (please request by October 17).<br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/budget-cuts-or-poverty-reduction-a-public-action-forum-tickets-28292195719" class="">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/budget-cuts-or-poverty-reduction-a-public-action-forum-tickets-28292195719</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" color="#be38f3" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Have your say at C-51 public hearings</b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Wednesday October 19, 5.30 - 7.30 pm PT (lines are expected, so best to turn up early) <br class="">Radisson Hotel, 249 Queens Quay W<br class="">We need MPs to hear from as many Canadians as possible that we need to repeal this reckless, dangerous, and ineffective spying legislation. Everyone is welcome to attend Wednesday's public hearings – it’s an open mic session so you can have your say. It’s free to attend – just be sure to bring your photo ID. These consultations represent our single best chance to finally get Bill C-51 repealed. But that will only happen if Canadians like yourself show up on Wednesday to tell MPs we need strong privacy rules to keep us safe from surveillance.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><a href="https://openmedia.org/en/everything-you-always-wanted-know-about-bill-c-51" class="">https://openmedia.org/en/everything-you-always-wanted-know-about-bill-c-51</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><a href="https://saveoursecurity.ca/?src=160429" class="">https://saveoursecurity.ca/?src=160429</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" color="#0061ff" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Conversations with Chimpanzees: Transforming our view of nature</b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Wed. Oct. 19, 6:30 p.m.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Lillian H Smith Library, 239 College</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Fundraising lecture about chimpanzees by Dr. Mary Lee Jensvold. 6:30 pm. $10-$20 sugg donation (benefits Borneo Orangutan Society, Canada).</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><a href="http://orangutan.ca" class="">http://orangutan.ca</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" color="#669c35" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">History of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation</b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Wed. Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Talk by cultural awareness consultant Carolyn King. </font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><a href="http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca" class="">http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><h4 style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#ff4013" class="">The True Cost of Nuclear, Nuclear Refurbishment<br class=""></font></span><span style="font-weight: 500;" class="">Thur. Oct. 20, 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.</span><br class=""><span style="font-weight: 500;" class="">The Agenda, TVO</span><br class=""><span style="font-weight: 500;" class="">The Agenda visits the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station to learn about the $12.8 billion refurbishment. Then, a discussion about the true cost of nuclear power. With Angela Bischoff, Ontario Clean Air Alliance and others.</span><br class=""><a href="http://tvo.org/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin" style="font-weight: 500;" class="">http://tvo.org/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin</a><br class=""></font></h4><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div></div><div class=""><span class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">---------------------------------------</font></span><br style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class=""><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" class="">---------------------------------------</span></div><div class=""><font color="#e63b7a" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#e63b7a" class="">The Legal Toolkit</font></b><br class="">Thursday, October 20, 9 – 4:30 p.m.<br class="">Centre for Social Innovation, Meeting Room D, 192 Spadina Avenue<br class="">The workshop will help you to understand what laws and policies exist to protect the environment and how to use them effectively as well as the opportunities provided by law to participate in government decision-making. It will also help you to understand where the legal framework for environmental protection is absent, incomplete or otherwise inadequate so that you can work to obtain stronger laws and policies. Presented by Sustainability Network, Ecojustice, Canadian Environmental Law Association, and the Commission for Environmental Cooperation<br class=""><a href="https://sustainabilitynetwork.ca/events/the-legal-toolkit/" class="">https://sustainabilitynetwork.ca/events/the-legal-toolkit/</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#9929bd" class="">Hearts and Mines: The US Empire’s Culture Industry<br class=""></font></b>Thursday, October 20, 7 - 9:30 pm<br class="">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Book Launch, Lecture and Discussion with Tanner Mirrlees, Assistant Professor of Communication and Digital Media Studies, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, and Scott Forsyth, Associate Professor of Cinema & Media Arts, York University. Presented by The Centre for Social Justice, Global Labour Research Centre, Socialist Project, and the Union for Democratic Communication. From Katy Perry training alongside US Marines in a music video, to the global box-office mastery of the US military-supported Transformers franchise, it’s clear that the US national security state is a dominant force in global media culture. How and why is this so? Please join a discussion about the production, profit and power of US Empire’s culture industry — a nexus between the US state and globalizing media firms and the source of entertainments that promote US Empire as a way of life around the world. <br class=""><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/event/hearts-and-mines-the-us-empires-culture-industry/?mc_cid=eb71764cfb&mc_eid=990e975fc2" class="">http://beitzatoun.org/event/hearts-and-mines-the-us-empires-culture-industry/?mc_cid=eb71764cfb&mc_eid=990e975fc2</a> <br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#3a88fe" class="">Out in the Cold: The Crisis in Toronto's Homeless Shelters<br class=""></font></b>Thursday, October 20, 6 p.m. </font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">CRC, 40 Oak Street (near Parliament and Gerrard)<br class="">As the dangerous levels of overcrowding in Toronto's homeless shelters worsen, the City is moving in to close one of the largest shelters in the downtown in an effort to clear the area for upscale redevelopment. What happens next depends on us. Free Event with a meal, childcare, wheelchair access and tokens. Part of OCAP's monthly Social Justice Speaker Series. With Speakers: Cathy Crowe, Street Nurse & long-time organizer against homelessness, along with an OCAP member (TBA).<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">Indigenous Artisan Market<br class=""></font></b>Oct. 20 - Oct. 29. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.<br class="">The Well, 121 Ossington<br class="">Market features First Nations cuisine, crafts, jewelry and apparel. Thu-Sat until Oct 29. 11 am-4 pm. Free. <br class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1245821935459744/" class="">https://www.facebook.com/events/1245821935459744/</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#e63b7a" class="">Rally for the Socialist Candidate for United States President, Jeff Mackler<br class=""></font></b>Friday, October 21, 7 pm <br class="">OISE 5-280, 252 Bloor W.<br class="">California-based Jeff Mackler is a veteran teacher unionist, national coordinator of the Campaign to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, steering committee member of the United National Anti-war Coalition, and national secretary of Socialist Action U.S.A. There will be welcoming remarks by a number of prominent political activists. Barry Weisleder, co-editor of Socialist Action newspaper and chairperson of the NDP Socialist Caucus, will chair the event.<br class=""><a href="https://socialistaction.ca/2016/09/21/rebel-films-fall-2016-schedule/" class="">https://socialistaction.ca/2016/09/21/rebel-films-fall-2016-schedule/</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#be38f3" class="">Essential oils with the power to Reclaim your youthful DNA <br class=""></font></b>Friday October 21, 7 - 9 pm</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Anarres Natural Health Apothecary, 749 Dovercourt Road NE corner at Bloor<br class="">Find out how specific essential oils can restore your youthful self from the inside out! With speaker Demetria Kolovos. Take the aging process into your own hands with the help of Nature - the plants, trees, flowers and shrubs whose essences can find and even fix mistakes in DNA. Demi will demystify the naturally occurring compounds we call terpenes, phenols, ketones and flavonoids and how they interact with our own human DNA molecules.<br class=""><a href="http://www.anarreshealth.ca/event/talk-reclaim-your-youthful-dna-dimitra-kolovos" class="">http://www.anarreshealth.ca/event/talk-reclaim-your-youthful-dna-dimitra-kolovos</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#00a3d7" class="">Propaganda System: How Canada’s Government, Corporations, Media and Academia Sell War and Exploitation<br class=""></font></b>Fri. Oct. 21, 7 - 9:30 p.m<br class="">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham <br class="">Launch of Yves Engler's latest book where he reveals why most Canadians believe their country is a force for good in the world, despite a long history of supporting empire, racism and exploitation. The book details the vast sums spent by Global Affairs Canada, Veterans Affairs and the Department of National Defence to articulate a one-sided version of Canada’s foreign policy. With the largest PR machine in the country, the Canadian Forces promotes its worldview through a history department, university, journals, war commemorations, think tanks, academic programs and hundreds of public relations officers. <br class=""><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/event/propaganda-system-how-canadas-government-corporations-media-and-academia-sell-war-and-exploitation/" class="">http://beitzatoun.org/event/propaganda-system-how-canadas-government-corporations-media-and-academia-sell-war-and-exploitation/</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">Whole Life Expo<br class=""></font></b>October 21 - 23<br class="">Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Front Street and John<br class="">We are Canada's largest showcase of natural health, alternative medicine, and green living. With 80+ speakers and over 200+ exhibitors, Whole Life Expo brings you a wonderful array of natural health products and services gathered under one roof for 3 days.<br class=""><a href="http://www.wholelifecanada.com/index.php" class="">http://www.wholelifecanada.com/index.php</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" color="#e63b7a" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Vegan Oktoberfest</b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Sat. Oct. 22, 7:30 doors</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Nest/The Den, 423 College</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Vegan fare and beer, music by DJ Gudrun, photo booth and other fun at this fundraiser for the Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank. $20.<br class=""><a href="http://facebook.com/events/1658796327771686" class="">facebook.com/events/1658796327771686</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><font face="Times New Roman" class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#be38f3" class="">Help us close Pickering Nuclear station<br class=""></font></b>Sat. Oct. 22, mid-day<br class="">Join our group leaflet blitz out in Pickering (mail boxes) and get your exercise at the same time. We’ll cover all your costs. We don’t have a budget to pay Canada Post to distribute our leaflets so we rely on volunteers. It’s gonna be a sunny day so join us if you can. Contact <a href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org" class="">angela@cleanairalliance.org</a><br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><font color="#be38f3" class="">Also, if you haven’t signed the petition to Close Pickering yet, please do!<br class=""></font></b>http://www.cleanairalliance.org/close-pickering/<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""></font><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">---------------------------------------</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#0061ff" class="">SheMade Clothing Swap<br class=""></font></b>Saturday, October 22, 10 - 3 pm<br class="">2111 Dundas St West, Women on the Move<br class="">Do you have any clothes just sitting in your closet? Trade them for new or nicer outfits! :D Bring a shopping bag of clothes or let us know in advance if you need some help. We will have style consultants, and fun activities, learning opportunities, and healing circles. So come hang out with some other amazing women, swap clothes, empower each other, and of course come for the FREE FOOD! Any leftover clothes will be donated to help some women from a shelter or other organization to be determined.<br class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/857867487680936/" class="">https://www.facebook.com/events/857867487680936/</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">Nuclear Neighbour<br class=""></font></b>Sunday, October 23, 2:15 pm<br class="">AGO Jackman Hall (Dundas and McCall)<br class="">Sweden/Finland/Norway | 2016 | Documentary | 78 min The extraordinary Hanna Halmeenpää, a Finnish mother and wife, changes her life when the government allows a Japanese company to build a nuclear power plant in her rustic Northern environment. Working with local women, she mobilizes opposition to the plant, traveling far and wide to save her land. The irony that the company wanting to build a plant in Finland after the ecological disaster of Fukushima is not lost on Halmeenpää. This powerful film shows how difficult it is to be an activist and a wife and mother. Nuclear Neighbour show what happens when you fight against the powers-that-be. Q&A with filmmaker following the film. Feature doc is preceded by Beautiful Nonsense, a 15 min. film about how Shell's exploitation of the oil resources in Nigeria contaminates the land and harms the people. It documents the tragic tale of Ken Saro-Wiwa, who fought for Nigeria’s Ogoni people and paid for it with his life. The film presents a troubling omen for the relationship between resource extraction and revolution. For 50% discount, use discount code: "ontariocleanair"<br class="">http://planetinfocus.org/events/nuclear-neighbour/<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#e63b7a" class="">Homegrown Expo 2016</font></b></font><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">Sun. Oct 23, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.<br class="">Homegrown Hydroponics, 26 Meteor Dr, Etobicoke<br class="">Talk to the experts! Get free Stuff! Learn About Hydroponics and Alternative Medicine. Free.<br class=""><a href="https://hydroponics.com/expo/" class="">https://hydroponics.com/expo/</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#874efe" class="">Climate 101 – Climate Leaders Don’t Build Pipelines<br class=""></font></b>Civil Disobedience planned in Ottawa<br class="">On Mon. Oct. 24th youth and students from across Canada are headed to Ottawa to give the Prime Minister a “Climate 101” crash course. Say NO to the Kinder Morgan pipeline from the Alberta tarsands to Vancouver. <br class="">http://climate101.ca/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=actionkit#youthsignup<br class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">Pickering Nuclear Station: 12 more years or time to call it quits?<br class=""></font></b>With speakers: Ian Fairlie, expert on radioactivity; Jack Gibbons, energy economist with Ontario Clean Air Alliance; and John Coo, Green Cross Canada and Angela Bischoff, OCAA Mobilizer<br class="">Wednesday, October 26, 7 - 9 pm<br class="">Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (near Bloor and Bathurst))<br class="">Pickering is one of the world’s oldest, largest and highest-cost nuclear stations. Its 6 operating reactors are surrounded by 2.2 million people (within 30 kms). Designed to last 30 years, it’s now 45, and OPG is applying for a licence to run it till it’s 57. To add insult to injury, Pickering’s power is surplus energy, and we subsidize the station $900 million per year to keep open. Meanwhile, it has a long history of accidents. What are the safety, health and economic concerns of running Pickering to the ground? Why would we risk an accident when we have lower-cost renewable options including conservation and water power from Quebec? What about thyroid cancer and the KI pills issued by OPG?<br class="">Learn more and sign our petition to close Pickering. <a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/close-pickering/" class="">http://www.cleanairalliance.org/close-pickering/</a><br class="">https://www.facebook.com/events/164556970662161/<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#e63b7a" class="">Beit Zatoun Events<br class=""></font></b><a href="http://beitzatoun.org/events/" class="">http://beitzatoun.org/events/</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#9929bd" class="">Centre for Social Innovation Events<br class=""></font></b>http://socialinnovation.ca/community/events/listing<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#0061ff" class="">Shape My City Events<br class=""></font></b>http://shapemycity.ca/events.php<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">Hot Docs</font></b><br class="">Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)<br class="">http://bloorcinema.com/<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#e63b7a" class="">NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing <br class=""></font></b>https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<br class="">Join my email list by emailing Angela at:<br class="">greenspiration@web.ca<br class="">Write "subscribe" in the subject line<br class="">and tell me what city/country you live in.<br class="">Likewise to unsubscribe.<br class="">Or manage your subscription here:<br class="">http://list.web.net/lists/listinfo/greenspirationto-l<br class=""><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<br class=""><br class=""></font><br class=""></div></div></div></body></html>