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--></style></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><img width=408 height=96 style='width:4.25in;height:1.0in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D48513.EB0B34C0"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B0F0'>Tell Senators to Pass Bill C-69 – Canada’s Environmental Laws Need Your Help<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Don't let Senators be misled by the oil and gas industry. Bill C-69 is balanced and makes some critical fixes to Canada’s broken environmental laws. Send your letter here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.passbillc69.ca/">https://www.passbillc69.ca/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>We need a strong, independent Environmental Commissioner of Ontario - Petition<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.greenprosperity.ca/eco/?fbclid=IwAR03QfPmcdTWy7hAOmAMmFa7Bpq6tZHXsQ3VfR1E_vl1k5FZw78fNSk5Nys">http://www.greenprosperity.ca/eco/?fbclid=IwAR03QfPmcdTWy7hAOmAMmFa7Bpq6tZHXsQ3VfR1E_vl1k5FZw78fNSk5Nys</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Scrapping environmental watchdog is like shooting the messenger<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Goodbye oversight, science and evidence?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://theconversation.com/scrapping-environmental-watchdog-is-like-shooting-the-messenger-107345">https://theconversation.com/scrapping-environmental-watchdog-is-like-shooting-the-messenger-107345</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0'>Ontario Prepares New Climate Plan Based on Australia’s Failed Emissions Fund<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Although the announcement isn’t due for another week or more, the Ontario government is coming under fire for considering a new climate plan based on a failed policy experiment in Australia, even as it continues to take heat for gutting a past program that was working just fine. “If they follow Australia’s model, there is no chance in hell that emissions will go down.”<b><span style='color:#7030A0'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://theenergymix.com/2018/11/23/ontario-prepares-new-climate-plan-based-on-australias-failed-emissions-fund/">https://theenergymix.com/2018/11/23/ontario-prepares-new-climate-plan-based-on-australias-failed-emissions-fund/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#70AD47'>Let these birds live. Stop Ontario's war on Double-crested Cormorants. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Nowhere in North America are sport hunters permitted to shoot at close range nesting migratory birds and their chicks while still in the nest, but that is exactly what Ontario’s Conservative Premier Doug Ford is proposing for Double-crested Cormorants and it needs to be stopped now. Please sign the petition.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.change.org/p/derek-robertson-ontario-ca-let-these-birds-live-stop-ontario-s-war-on-double-crested-cormorants">https://www.change.org/p/derek-robertson-ontario-ca-let-these-birds-live-stop-ontario-s-war-on-double-crested-cormorants</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#ED7D31'>I support a ban on handguns and military assault weapons in Canada. Most Canadians do. Please sign the petition. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://guncontrol.ca/">http://guncontrol.ca/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B0F0'>Seabirds Face ‘Agonizing Death’ as Newfoundland Offshore Oil Spill Becomes Impossible to Clean<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Newfoundland and Labrador has no hope of cleaning up from its worst-ever oil spill, after stormy waters off the east coast broke up at least two ocean oil sheens to the point that 250,000 litres of toxic material can no longer be recovered. “My guess is it means there’s a horrendous number of dead birds out there. They’ll die an agonizing death, even if they get exposed to a tiny amount of oil.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://theenergymix.com/2018/11/23/seabirds-face-agonizing-death-as-newfoundland-offshore-oil-spill-becomes-impossible-to-clean/">https://theenergymix.com/2018/11/23/seabirds-face-agonizing-death-as-newfoundland-offshore-oil-spill-becomes-impossible-to-clean/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B0F0'>Newfoundland oil spill: biologists fear scale of devastation may never be known<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Rough seas prevented crews from assessing damage to vulnerable wildlife caused by province’s largest-ever spill. The last large one, 14 years ago, resulted in the deaths of between 10,000 and 12,000 seabirds. Time to ban off-shore oil drilling and invest in a 100% renewable future.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/20/newfoundland-oil-spill-latest-damage-wildlife">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/20/newfoundland-oil-spill-latest-damage-wildlife</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#70AD47'>My Green Reno is offering free "Seal it Up for Winter" Checklists<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Go through your home and seal the leaks. Do a thorough check on your property. Know what you should upgrade NOW and what can wait. Figure out what to upgrade before winter hits. You can do it! Find out how to instruct trades to use proper procedures that help protect your family's health. Discover invisible sources of air pollution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.mygreenreno.com/">http://www.mygreenreno.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Part-time Jobs Posting - Community Animators<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Toronto Green Community, Climatefast, and Green Neighbours Network are launching a new collaborative project funded by The Atmospheric Fund. “Community Futures – Sustainable Neighbourhoods” is hiring two Community Animator part-time positions (one for each area) to expand engagement in environmental initiatives and encourage changes in attitudes and behaviors. We are looking for a team player who is motivated to green their community. Training will be provided in facilitation and volunteer management skills. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Community Animator: <b><span style='color:red'>Scarborough</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.goodwork.ca/jobs/scarborough-jobs-in-community-non-profit-organizations-49222">https://www.goodwork.ca/jobs/scarborough-jobs-in-community-non-profit-organizations-49222</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Community Animator: <b><span style='color:red'>Etobicoke</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.goodwork.ca/jobs/environmental-jobs-in-toronto-community-non-profit-organizations-49221">https://www.goodwork.ca/jobs/environmental-jobs-in-toronto-community-non-profit-organizations-49221</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0'>The Anthropocene – special exhibit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>On till Jan 6th, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>AGO – Art Gallery of Ontario, Dundas and McCaul<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>A major new contemporary art exhibition that tells the story of human impact on the Earth through film, photography, and new experiential technologies. From the collective of photographer Edward Burtynsky and filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/events/2018/9/28/anthropocene">https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/events/2018/9/28/anthropocene</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#70AD47'>White Supremacy and the Alt-Right: Community Response<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mon. Nov. 26, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle, U of T<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>With recent attacks on targeted minorities, including the murder several weeks ago of 11 Jews in a synagogue in Pittsburgh, we must look more closely at both historical white supremacy and its manifestations today. Canada is not immune: Reported hate crimes in Canada rose 47% between 2015 and 2016. White nationalist Toronto mayoral candidate Faith Goldy received over 25,000 votes. Why is white supremacy reappearing in Canada? Is it possible for riots like Charlottesville's to appear in the streets of downtown Toronto? Panelists will discuss hate crimes and the alt-right on a campus, municipal, and national level, as well as community responses from the Jewish, Muslim, and Black communities, among others.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/285583708728171/?notif_t=plan_user_associated¬if_id=1542920971009178">https://www.facebook.com/events/285583708728171/?notif_t=plan_user_associated¬if_id=1542920971009178</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#ED7D31'>Beyond Downtown - Unpacking Progressive Organizing in Toronto (Nov 26th)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mon. November 26, 6:30 - 8:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>40 Willcocks (Wilson Hall), Rm 1016, U of T<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>This panel discussion will centre the work and voices of organizers and activists within the inner-suburbs of Toronto. We will discuss the realities and challenges associated with suburban community organizing, the place of community organizing within broader mainstream progressive discourse, and how we might continue to work towards a more hopeful future for all. Presented by the Muslim Justice Collective. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/581230975654597/">https://www.facebook.com/events/581230975654597/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/beyond-downtown-unpacking-progressive-organizing-in-toronto-tickets-52792462677?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR16xXueHbH13jpSj8iqFeJXQYLwRIVd5WHaTQwjOcAzfiRHOmP5PgtQUCA">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/beyond-downtown-unpacking-progressive-organizing-in-toronto-tickets-52792462677?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR16xXueHbH13jpSj8iqFeJXQYLwRIVd5WHaTQwjOcAzfiRHOmP5PgtQUCA</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B0F0'>The IPCC 1.5 degree report: key findings - Webinar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mon. Nov 26, 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kirsten Zickfeld will present key findings from the recently published IPCC Special Report on the Global Warming of 1.5 degrees. She will describe the current warming relative to 1.5 degrees, the benefits of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees compared to 2 degrees and warming resulting from a business-as-usual trajectory, and the actions needed to achieve the 1.5 degree limit. Kirsten Zickfeld, the only lead author from Canada of the IPCC's recent Special Report on 1.5°C of warming, is a specialist in climate feedbacks and tipping points that could lead to runaway global warming.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WKNMFMUWTrSAYLTE46tcLg">https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WKNMFMUWTrSAYLTE46tcLg</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Weapons Divestment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tuesday, Nov. 27, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>York University, 4700 Keele Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>York University’s Board of Governors voted to continue investing in arms manufacturers. It is now up to the York community, which has stood firmly behind the YU Divest campaign since its inception in 2014, to work to ensure that the University stops investing in arms companies complicit in war crimes and human rights violations that have impacted not only millions of people around the world, but also York students, faculty, staff, alumni and their families. Join us!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/189437271943221/">https://www.facebook.com/events/189437271943221/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0'>Land Use strategies to reverse global warming<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wed. November 28, 6:30 - 9 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Learn about Drawdown Land Use sector solutions: protecting forests and peatlands, legally recognizing forest tenure by indigenous peoples with claims to the land, restoring temperate forests, planting trees for timber or other biomass solutions, and producing perennial grasses and woody plants for bioenergy. Hear about what's happening in Toronto and how you can be part of it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://drawdownlanduse.eventbrite.ca">https://drawdownlanduse.eventbrite.ca</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#70AD47'>Creative Works Studio presents: Endless Possibilities!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Opening: Wednesday, Nov. 28, 5:30 - 8:30 pm <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>The exhibition will be open for viewing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thursday, Nov. 29, 10 am - 4:30pm, Friday, Nov. 30, 10 am - 4:30pm, Monday, Dec. 3, 1:30 - 4:30 pm, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 1:30 - 4:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Creative Works Studio, 793 Gerrard St E, at Logan Ave. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please come to help us celebrate 21 years of making art and music at our annual winter show. CWS has been providing people living with mental health and/or addiction concerns in Toronto with a welcoming space to create art for over 20 years. An initiative of Good Sheppard Non-Profit Homes and operating in partnership with St. Michael’s Hospital, CWS encourages its members to use creativity as a tool for recovery and community engagement through art projects, workshops, and shows. In addition to works in various mediums such as painting, pottery, and sculpture, we'll also have cards, t-shirts, tote bags and other gift items featuring work by the studio's members for the upcoming holidays. For more information, contact Bernadette at Creative Works: bwycks@gsch.ca.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://CreativeWorks-Studio.ca">http://CreativeWorks-Studio.ca</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#ED7D31'>Organizing to Win <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wed. Nov. 28, 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>John Labatt Hall. 207 Queen’s Quay West, 2nd floor, West of Bay and the waterfront<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>We launched our not-for-profit in April and through our work to stop Ford this summer and our work in the 2018 municipal election, we have built a lot that will power our organizing in the new term. Now, we are ready to organize to win on key issues at council and the school board. Organizing to Win is a fundraiser to help us continue our work over the next year. It’s also a chance to have some fun and continue to build a strong network of progressives across our city. This event will bring together policymakers, organizers, and labour leaders for an evening of conversation and networking dedicated to building a Toronto that works for everyone. Drinks and canapés are included in your ticket and provided courtesy of Labatt Breweries of Canada. $100.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.progresstoronto.ca/event/organizing-to-win">https://www.progresstoronto.ca/event/organizing-to-win</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B0F0'>LEAP U of T: Team Meetings<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wed. November 28 and Mon. December 3, 6 - 7:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>BL Room 113, U of T<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Leap U of T meets every week, alternating Mon.s at 4 pm and Wed.s at 6 pm. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>This is the next Wednesday event. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1071694256288573/">https://www.facebook.com/events/1071694256288573/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>And the next Monday event: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1714147712031524/">https://www.facebook.com/events/1714147712031524/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Passionate about climate justice? Ready to get to work on the fossil fuel divestment campaign? From escalating the divestment campaign at Victoria College and extending it to other colleges and the U of T administration as a whole, to coordinating responses to a Ford government’s regressive environmental (and other!) policies, Leap U of T has a busy year ahead. Join us at our weekly strategy meeting to get involved with planning events, actions, and outreach, and learning the basics of divestment organizing. All welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>From wildfires to heat emergencies climate change is the greatest threat to health today - 2018 Lancet Countdown Report<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thur. Nov. 29. 9 - 11:30 a.m. and 1 - 4 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Nat Taylor Cinema, Room 102, Ross North Building, York University, 115 Campus Walk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change is an international research collaboration dedicated to tracking the world's response to climate change and how it affects global health. Reporting annually in The Lancet, it follows a series of indicators, demonstrating that this transition is possible, that it has already begun, but that more work is needed. Morning and afternoon panels. Free.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://form.simplesurvey.com/f/s.aspx?s=bae654fb-cb32-48bf-af19-a666785976e1&lang=EN">http://form.simplesurvey.com/f/s.aspx?s=bae654fb-cb32-48bf-af19-a666785976e1&lang=EN</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0'>Delivering Healthcare Under Fire Dr. Tarek Loubani in Gaza. The James Graff Memorial Lecture for 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thursday, Nov 29, 7:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Victoria College Chapel, UofT 91 Charles St. West<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dr. Tarek Loubani is an Associate Professor at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University, and an emergency room physician at the London Health Sciences Centre and the Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza. He is well-known for his humanitarian work as a field medic in Gaza, where he was shot in the leg by the Israeli military in May 2018 while providing health care for injured Palestinians during the Great March of Return.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/necef-sabeel-canada/events/delivering-health-care-under-fire-dr-tarek-loubani-in-gaza-jgml-2018/?mc_cid=e937516e73&mc_eid=98329828f0">https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/necef-sabeel-canada/events/delivering-health-care-under-fire-dr-tarek-loubani-in-gaza-jgml-2018/?mc_cid=e937516e73&mc_eid=98329828f0</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#70AD47'>A Global Security System: An Alternative to War <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thur. Nov. 29, 6:30 - 8 p.m<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Watch the live video of the panel discussion here. (You don't need a facebook acct. to view the live feed.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/worldbeyondwar">https://www.facebook.com/worldbeyondwar</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#ED7D31'>The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Is About to Crack<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Friday, November 30, 9:15 am <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Pantages Hotel, 200 Victoria Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>The CPP is hosting a public meeting in Toronto to talk to Canadians about their investments. It's the perfect opportunity to amplify our demand that they immediately divest from the for-profit American prisons detaining immigrant families and children against their will. Please join us for a rally and petition delivery before we go inside to the public hearing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://act.leadnow.ca/cpp-TO/">https://act.leadnow.ca/cpp-TO/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B0F0'>Dinner with the Doctor: Exercise is the Pill<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sat. Dec. 1, 5:30 - 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Willowdale Seventh-day Adventist Church, 535 Finch Avenue W<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dinner with the Doctor is a community event featuring delicious and healthy plant-based food and a short health talk on lifestyle medicine. Everyone welcome! RSVP for FREE.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>-Delicious fully plant-based food. -Learn about the power of lifestyle medicine. -Network with community members, doctors and health professionals. -Prizes. -Free health resources. -Family-friendly (kids are welcome!)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/831452577214177/">https://www.facebook.com/events/831452577214177/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dinner-with-the-doctor-exercise-is-the-pill-tickets-52737738997?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR3D91DyhVI0ht9vQEsG9SGwt8khhiUCL6WXZaNacF_KdDVYW35_XWnBV3g">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dinner-with-the-doctor-exercise-is-the-pill-tickets-52737738997?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR3D91DyhVI0ht9vQEsG9SGwt8khhiUCL6WXZaNacF_KdDVYW35_XWnBV3g</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>For the best Canadian climate and energy news, subscribe to the Energy Mix newsletter<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://theenergymix.com/">http://theenergymix.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#7030A0'>Centre for Social Innovation Events<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://socialinnovation.ca/community/events/listing">http://socialinnovation.ca/community/events/listing</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#70AD47'>Hot Docs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://hotdocscinema.ca/">https://hotdocscinema.ca/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#ED7D31'>NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/">https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Subscribes, unsubscribes and submissions: angela@cleanairalliance.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>