<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><img height="72" width="307" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="CCA3FEDF-AFED-44B8-9EFA-41CA12D8A0E8" src="cid:187DFB49-9664-432A-9E57-EB68861672B5@Home" class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""><br class=""></font><div class=""><span style="font-family: Times;" class="">---------------------------------------</span><br style="font-family: Times;" class=""><span style="font-family: Times;" class="">---------------------------------------</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Times;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><font face="Times" color="#ed719e" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Read The Women’s March On Washington’s Beautifully Intersectional Policy Platform</b></font><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/584086c7be6594762f5ec56e/t/5877e24a29687f9613e546ff/1484251725855/WMW+Guiding+Vision+%26+Definition+of+Principles.pdf" class="">https://static1.squarespace.com/static/584086c7be6594762f5ec56e/t/5877e24a29687f9613e546ff/1484251725855/WMW+Guiding+Vision+%26+Definition+of+Principles.pdf</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" color="#5e30eb" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Naomi Klein on Trump Election: "This is a Corporate Coup d’État”</b></font><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">15 min. interview on Democracy Now<br class=""><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2017/1/20/naomi_klein_on_trump_election_this" class="">https://www.democracynow.org/2017/1/20/naomi_klein_on_trump_election_this</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------</font><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" color="#669c35" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Scarborough Transit Action for Evidence Based Decision Making at T.O. City Hall</b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">4 min. video of action by local citizens at T.O. City Hall, calling on Councillors to use evidence based decision making to ensure that the Scarborough subway is the best transit plan for Toronto. </font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZQxiGtnhck" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZQxiGtnhck</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" color="#669c35" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Seven-stop Scarborough LRT the best option for transit riders - petition</b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><a href="https://www.change.org/p/mayor-john-tory-seven-stop-scarborough-lrt-the-best-option-for-transit-riders" class="">https://www.change.org/p/mayor-john-tory-seven-stop-scarborough-lrt-the-best-option-for-transit-riders</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">Transit advocates lodge complaint over controversial Scarborough subway debate<br class=""></font></b>Misleading briefing note provided by staff misaligned Scarborough’s transit future, TTCriders says.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2017/01/11/transit-advocates-lodge-complaint-over-controversial-scarborough-subway-debate.html" class="">https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2017/01/11/transit-advocates-lodge-complaint-over-controversial-scarborough-subway-debate.html</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#ff4013" class="">Global threat to primates concerns us all<br class=""></font></b><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170118143757.htm" class="">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170118143757.htm</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#be38f3" class="">Groundswell Community Justice Trust Fund: Call for Applications<br class=""></font></b>Application Deadline: Friday, February 17, 2017<br class="">Grants will go out to projects/organizations by April 2017<br class="">Groundswell is now accepting grant applications for 2017! For projects and organizations with a vision of transforming society by fighting systemic injustice. For vital work that is not government-funded and not charity. We are excited to review applications for $500-$3000 </font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><a href="http://www.groundswellfund.ca" class="">www.groundswellfund.ca</a><br class="">Apply online @ groundswellfund.ca/apply<br class="">We are also accepting donations! http://groundswellfund.ca/donate/<br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#0061ff" class="">DISOBEDIENCE The rise of the global fossil fuel resistance.</font></b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">Disobedience is a new film, 41 minutes, about a new phase of the climate movement: courageous action that is being taken on the front lines of the climate crisis on every continent, led by regular people fed up with the power and pollution of the fossil fuel industry. Watch it here:</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><a href="http://watchdisobedience.com" class="">http://watchdisobedience.com</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#ff8647" class="">Environmentally friendly home needed</font></b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">Can offer care for people and pets. Thirty-two years experience in wellness to share. </font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">Call Dianne: 416 551 7259 or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianneknight" class="">https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianneknight</a> and <a href="http://dianneemf.com/consulting.php" class="">http://dianneemf.com/consulting.php</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Times;" class="">---------------------------------------</span><br style="font-family: Times;" class=""><span style="font-family: Times;" class="">---------------------------------------</span><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">Friends and Families for Safe Streets Advocacy Group - launch</font></b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">Tues. Jan. 24, 6 - 8 p.m.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">Metro Hall, Rm 302, King and John St.<br class="">Since the successful launch of the Friends and Families for Safe Streets in October of 2016 we have been busy. We have established monthly peer support meetings for those who have survived a serious collision with a vehicle, and for those bereaved as a result of a collision, and now we are ready to launch the other part of our work to make the streets safer. Please join us on with the presentation of campaigns we are hoping to get you excited about. With your help, we can make the streets safer for everyone and reverse the trend of increasing deaths and serious injuries on our roadways.<br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#e63b7a" class="">Why Should I Care About The State of Journalism?</font></b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">Wed. Jan. 25, 7:30 - 9 p.m.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">The Wallace Gastropub, 1954 Yonge</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">Discussion about what happens to our democracy when investigative journalism declines and fake news and echo chambers impact worldviews, actions and votes? Journalists Susanna Kelley and David Gray-Donald lead the discussion.<br class=""><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-state-of-journalism-tickets-31084956943" class="">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-state-of-journalism-tickets-31084956943</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#9929bd" class="">Invasive species in our Forests<br class=""></font></b>Wed. Jan. 25, 7 - 9 p.m.<br class="">Room UC 144 of University College, 15 King’s College Circle, U of T<br class="">With Sandy Smith, Professor of Forestry, University of Toronto. A Science for Peace event.<br class=""><a href="http://scienceforpeace.ca/invasive-species-in-our-forests" class="">http://scienceforpeace.ca/invasive-species-in-our-forests</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#0056d6" class="">Should charities have the same free expression rights as corporations?<br class=""></font></b>Wed. Jan. 25, 5:30 - 7 pm<br class="">Rogers Communications Centre, Room 103, Ryerson U, 80 Gould Street<br class="">In recent years, the Canada Revenue Agency has launched political audits of selected charities deemed critical of government policy. The resulting outcry has focused attention on Canada's treatment of charities and what role they should be able to play in policy discussions. An expert panel discusses the restrictions on charities, what it means for citizens' free speech and democracy, and what should be done.<br class="">https://cfe.ryerson.ca/events/should-charities-have-same-free-expression-rights-corporations<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">City Budget Meeting for the Community <br class=""></font></b>Thursday, Jan. 26, 7 – 9 pm <br class="">Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Secondary School, 1515 Bloor Street West<br class="">To help promote understanding and transparency about the City of Toronto’s 2017 Budget process, Councillors Perks and Doucette will be holding a public meeting to discuss the City's Long-Term Financial Plan and the 2017 budget. This evening is an opportunity have a conversation about how we raise revenue, how we manage our finances, and how we invest in our City. This will be a joint meeting is open to anyone interested. A background on the Budget and the Long Term Financial Plan can be found online: bit.ly/2iYpmgM<br class="">Councillor_doucette@toronto.ca, 416-392-4072, ward13.ca <br class="">Councillor_perks@toronto.ca, 416-392-7919, gordperks.ca<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#ff6251" class="">The Stairs<br class=""></font></b>Thur. Jan. 26, 6:30 pm<br class="">George Brown College, Room 128, 200 King Street East<br class="">The Community Action Centre with the School of Social and Community Services is presenting a free screening of the documentary The Stairs. There will be a Q&A with the cast and director of the film after the screening. The Stairs is a documentary about the survival of street-involved community in Toronto’s Regent Park. The film explores topics of sex work, substance use, homelessness and sexual violence through a harm reduction lens. The event includes a free vegan dinner with gluten free options. After the screening there will be a Q&A with the director and cast. </font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><a href="http://www.thestairsdoc.com" class="">www.thestairsdoc.com</a> </font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1331075966937367/" class="">https://www.facebook.com/events/1331075966937367/</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><font face="Times" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#be38f3" class="">The How-To's of Co-Buying<br class=""></font></b>Thur. Jan. 26, 6:30 pm<br class="">The Garage at the Centre for Social Innovation, 720 Bathurst St. (s. of Bloor)<br class="">Learn everything you need to know about co-buying as a way to enter the housing market. Our experienced panelists will walk through the co-buying process from start to finish. Join us to learn about choosing the right property, financing, and legal arrangements for co-buyers.<br class=""><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-how-tos-of-co-buying-tickets-30968325094" class="">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-how-tos-of-co-buying-tickets-30968325094</a><br class=""></font><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><font face="Times" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#5e30eb" class="">What's the Matter with America?<br class=""></font></b>Thur. January 26, 6:30 pm<br class="">Rogers Communications Centre, 80 Gould St (Room 204 - Eaton Lecture Room), Ryerson U<br class="">Department of Politics and Public Administration, and Phyllis Clarke Memorial Lecture present: Thomas Frank, founder of The Baffler magazine, author of “What’s the Matter With Kansas?” and “Listen Liberal,” and past columnist for The Wall Street Journal and Harper’s Magazine speaks on Donald Trump’s election and what it means for the USA.<br class=""></font><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><a href="http://www.ryerson.ca/politics/news-events/events/170126-phyllis_clarke_lecture/" class="">http://www.ryerson.ca/politics/news-events/events/170126-phyllis_clarke_lecture/</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><font face="Times" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#0061ff" class="">The Border through Campus: The Politics of Status and Sanctuary<br class=""></font></b>Thursday, Jan. 26, 7 pm<br class="">Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave<br class="">This salon will explore the politics of status and nationality on university campuses, the shifting nature of bordering practices, and efforts to transform campuses into sanctuary spaces. <br class=""></font><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1204439819592525/" class="">https://www.facebook.com/events/1204439819592525/</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">Money Creation in the Debt Economy<br class=""></font></b>Friday Jan. 27, 7 - 9 pm<br class="">519 Community Centre, Room 201, Fireplace Room, 519 Church St.<br class="">Shifting to a sustainable society will require a degrowth approach. We must expose the nexus between current money, banking and financial circuits, and the unsustainable growth and wealth accumulation of the neofeudal state.<br class="">Supporting text: <a href="http://attac-ontario.org/money-creation-in-the-debt.pdf" class="">http://attac-ontario.org/money-creation-in-the-debt.pdf</a><br class="">Proposals for further reading: <a href="http://attac-ontario.org/readings-to-money-creation.pdf" class="">http://attac-ontario.org/readings-to-money-creation.pdf</a><br class="">Contact: Dix Sandbeck <a href="mailto:dix@attac-ontario.org" class="">dix@attac-ontario.org</a><br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#e63b7a" class="">Creative Facilitation: Tools, Tips and Models </font></b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">Sat. Jan. 28, 1 - 4 pm </font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">OISE, U of T, 252 Bloor St. W.<br class="">Having many brains, hearts and minds in a room together is an opportunity for building community and creating dynamic spaces for generative solution making. We'll go over tips on what makes events runs smoothly. We'll also explore different ways to design workshops, meetings and trainings that engage and draw out the collective wisdom in the room. Together we'll explore different models of working with groups large and small, including Open Space Technology, Collective Story Harvesting, World Cafe and more.<br class=""><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/creative-facilitation-tools-tips-and-models-tick" class="">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/creative-facilitation-tools-tips-and-models-tick</a>ets-28703644373<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" color="#5e30eb" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Women and NonViolence / Village Movement in India</b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">Sun. Jan. 29, 12:30 - 2 pm,</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave. </font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">Lyn Adamson speaks on women and nonviolence in the Ekta Parishad land rights movement in India. Free. Come and be inspired!</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><a href="mailto:lyn.adamson9@gmail.com" class="">lyn.adamson9@gmail.com</a> </font></div><font face="Times" class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""></font><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><font face="Times" color="#ff6251" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class="">A Life Of Activism: Natalie Zemon Davis & Chandler Davis</b></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">Sun. Jan. 29, 2 p.m.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">Winchevsky Centre, 585 Cranbrooke</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class="">The United Jewish People’s Order hosts a talk with the UJPO members and lifelong social justice activists who came to Canada during the McCarthy era in the U.S. Free.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">The Green Majority</font></b><br class="">Live Eco Radio Show every Friday from 11 am - Noon CIUT 89.5 FM <a href="http://greenmajority.ca" class="">greenmajority.ca</a><br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#e63b7a" class="">Three Women</font></b><br class="">Feminist Radio every Monday 4 - 5 p.m.<br class="">CIUT 89.5 FM<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------<br class="">---------------------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#874efe" class="">Centre for Social Innovation Events<br class=""></font></b><a href="http://socialinnovation.ca/community/events/listing" class="">http://socialinnovation.ca/community/events/listing</a><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="#4f7a28" 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 </font></b></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><a href="https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/" class="">https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/</a><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=""></font><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<</font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Times" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></body></html>