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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><img width=408 height=96 style='width:4.25in;height:1.0in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D582DE.AD444220"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Ways To Vote – Mon. Oct. 21<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=vote&document=index&lang=e">https://elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=vote&document=index&lang=e</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Call on your federal candidates to act on the Climate Emergency and implement a Green New Deal. Send a letter here.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://act.greenpeace.org/page/47503/action/1">https://act.greenpeace.org/page/47503/action/1</a></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Your guide to federal election transit promises <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Where the parties stand on transit issues by ttcriders</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.ttcriders.ca/transitelectionguide">http://www.ttcriders.ca/transitelectionguide</a></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>‘Mr. Delay, Mr. Deny’ and Canada’s precarious climate change future<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Good piece by Mark Winfield, enviro studies prof, about the 2 major partiess' positions and contradictions on climate issues.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://theconversation.com/mr-delay-mr-deny-and-canadas-precarious-climate-change-future-124932">https://theconversation.com/mr-delay-mr-deny-and-canadas-precarious-climate-change-future-124932</a> </span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Majority of federal candidates surveyed oppose radioactive waste mound at Chalk River<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The NDP, Green Party and People’s Party of Canada candidates who replied were virtually unanimous in opposing the construction of a permanent aboveground radioactive waste mound at Chalk River by the federal government through its multi-billion-dollar contract with SNC-Lavalin and two American corporations. No responses were received from Liberal or Conservative candidates. </span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://concernedcitizens.net/2019/10/10/majority-of-federal-candidates-surveyed-oppose-radioactive-waste-mound-at-chalk-river/">https://concernedcitizens.net/2019/10/10/majority-of-federal-candidates-surveyed-oppose-radioactive-waste-mound-at-chalk-river/</a></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Confronting Carbon: Comparing party platforms<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>How do the political parties compare when it comes to tackling climate change?</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/confronting-carbon2/">https://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/confronting-carbon2/</a></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>This is Not A Drill: 700+ Arrested as Extinction Rebellion Fights Climate Crisis With Direct Action<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Heartfelt thanks to the 700+ citizens around the world that got arrested yesterday to bring attn. to Extinction Rebellion demands for a climate emergency. And to the 20 citizens in Toronto that got arrested blockading the Bloor Viaduct. And to the dozens of citizens today blockading and scaling the Jean Cartier bridge in Montreal. Brilliant interview with Gail Bradbrook of Extinction Rebellion on Democracy Now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2019/10/8/extinction_rebellion_global_actions_climate_crisis">https://www.democracynow.org/2019/10/8/extinction_rebellion_global_actions_climate_crisis</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Extinction Rebellion Global Reports - Non-violently hitting our stride<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>As we approached the first weekend of the October Rebellion, it was humbling and inspiring to see that rebels showed no sign of slowing down.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://rebellion.earth/2019/10/12/rebel-daily-5:-non-violently-hitting-our-stride/">https://rebellion.earth/2019/10/12/rebel-daily-5:-non-violently-hitting-our-stride/</a></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://rebellion.earth/2019/10/14/rebel-daily-6/">https://rebellion.earth/2019/10/14/rebel-daily-6/</a> </span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> _______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>Let’s stop calling this the Sixth Great Extinction. Let’s start calling it what it is: the “first great extermination”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The big polluters’ masterstroke was to blame the climate crisis on you and me. The answer, George Monbiot suggests, lies in "mass dilemma actions" where thousands of people assemble in the centre of the capital city, maintaining a strictly nonviolent discipline, focusing on the government and continuing for days or weeks at a time rather than small-scale, high-risk activism. Extinction Rebellion is aiming to create these non-violent mass dilemma actions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/09/polluters-climate-crisis-fossil-fuel">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/09/polluters-climate-crisis-fossil-fuel</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>The Need to Grow - award-winning environmental doc about food and solutions <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Watch it online for free here.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://grow.foodrevolution.org">https://grow.foodrevolution.org</a></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>It’s a No-Brainer — Tax the Billionaires!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>A wealth tax wouldn’t just bring in revenue. It would curb the out-of-control political power of the one per cent. Both the Greens and NDP support a one-per-cent tax on wealth above $20 million.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2019/10/09/Tax-Billionaires-No-Brainer/">https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2019/10/09/Tax-Billionaires-No-Brainer/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>Doug Ford government broke the law when it scrapped cap-and-trade, court rules<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Unfortunately, there will be no further action, because in short, since cancelling it, the legislation that made its cancellation illegal has been scrapped—by the same government.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-cap-and-trade-ruling-1.5317611">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-cap-and-trade-ruling-1.5317611</a></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'>Parenting My Parent<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>I wrote a personal piece about caring for my mother. If you're not on FB but would like to read it, let me know and I'll email it to you. -a</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/angela.bischoff.79/posts/10156862936343207">https://www.facebook.com/angela.bischoff.79/posts/10156862936343207</a></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Heading for Extinction - A series + chat on the science behind the climate crisis<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Oct. 15, Oct. 29 and Nov. 12, 7 p.m.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>OISE, 252 Bloor W, Room O12198, U of T</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>We are facing a climate catastrophe and in the beginning of the world’s 6th mass extinction event. What does it all actually mean? What can you do? Join us for a discussion around the science with Extinction Rebellion + Science for Peace to get up to speed on the latest climate science and how we can prevent ecological + systems collapse. This is a bi-weekly event held at the University of Toronto. Each week we will cover a different topic. They include: Climate and Politics; Potential Solutions; Impacts on People; Impacts on Agriculture; Climate and the Military; Psychological Responses to the Climate Catastrophe</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/724424651336509/">https://www.facebook.com/events/724424651336509/</a></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>The Work: Unpacking Masculinity and Patriarchy <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Oct. 15, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre, 1499 Queen St. West</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Western masculinity is in a state of crisis. Even as feminist-inspired movements for social change are making strides in challenging patriarchal authority, conservative and alt-right forces are consolidating their control over how masculinity is debated and understood. What would a feminist masculinity look like, in 2019? How can we, as a culture of feminist men, women and non-binary people, work to cultivate it? 2017 documentary film, "The Work," offers a provocative and fascinating snapshot into an intensive struggle for personal and social change. The film follows an intensive weekend of group work at Folsom State Prison, in which incarcerated and non-incarcerated men delve into a world of complex and often explosive emotions together. Join this screening and discussion of the film.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/421512455162832/">https://www.facebook.com/events/421512455162832/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>The Ethical Imperative for Peace<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Oct. 15, 7:30 - 9 p.m.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Centre Place, 320 Richmond St E - Unit 101</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>As our institutions seem to be unravelling, we will consider the ethical case for embracing peace. Free.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-ethical-imperative-for-peace-tickets-75100689183">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-ethical-imperative-for-peace-tickets-75100689183</a></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. – Sun. Oct. 15 - 20 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Attend the entire 20th anniversary of Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival - more than 50 films including the Opening Night Gala, Industry Conference, Fest Forum panels, Family Program and Closing Night Gala with Academy Award winning filmmaker Louie Psihoyos.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://planetinfocus.org/2019-program/#/">https://planetinfocus.org/2019-program/#/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'>The Growing Threat of PFAS – the Forever Chemicals<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Oct. 16, 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m </span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Webinar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of chemicals widely used for over fifty years due to their ability to resist grease, water, and oil. They are highly persistent in the environment, have known health impacts and are now widely present in the blood of all Canadians tested. PFAS is used in household products such as carpets, furniture, waterproof clothing and food packaging as well as firefighting foam to deal with fuel-based fires. Because they are highly mobile and persistent in water, PFAS are recognized as a widespread drinking water contaminant. According to experts, in the Great Lakes Basin, "the highest levels of PFAS are generally found in areas of Lake Ontario, the western end of Lake Erie and the Detroit River corridor" with Toronto having the highest concentrations of certain PFAS in air. But Canadians have very low awareness of PFAS use and contaminated sites and little understanding of how the Canadian government is responding. The Canadian Environmental Law Association, Toxics Free Great Lakes Network, and Healthy Great Lakes Program is sponsoring this webinar to present an overview of PFAS use, the growing threat to the Great Lakes-St Lawrence River Ecosystem and a discussion of how communities can take action.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Register for the webinar: RSVP to email <a href="mailto:deleonf@cela.ca">deleonf@cela.ca</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Climate Action Catalyst Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Oct. 16, 4:30 - 7:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Scarborough Civic Centre, Committe E Room 2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Attend a climate action catalyst to see how you, too, can be a climate leader within your community. At this workshop, you will be able to learn about the current climate science and the causes and impacts of climate change. On a more local scale, you will also be able to learn about what Toronto is doing in the face of climate change. The effects of climate change have already begun to impact Toronto, with Centre Island being consistently flooded. You will have the chance to learn about where Toronto's highest GHG emissions are coming from and what you can do to live more sustainably. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-action-catalyst-workshop-tickets-73171537037">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-action-catalyst-workshop-tickets-73171537037</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Etobicoke-Lakeshore All Candidates Meeting: Making Life More Affordable<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Oct. 16, 6:30 - 9 p.m.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Daily Bread Foodbank, 191 New Toronto</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join us to hear from local candidates about how they plan to tackle affordability in housing, childcare, healthcare and more.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/etobicoke-lakeshore-all-candidates-meeting-making-life-more-affordable-tickets-72643589933">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/etobicoke-lakeshore-all-candidates-meeting-making-life-more-affordable-tickets-72643589933</a> </span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>Getting Informed to Vote: Pre-Election Panels<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Noor is delighted to offer this series of pre-election panels, featuring expert commentary on critical election issues and different parties’ positions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Oct. 16, 6:30 – 9 p.m. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Noor Cultural Centre, Auditorium, 123 Wynford Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Indigenous Justice | Prof Hayden King (Yellowhead Institute, Ryerson University)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>National Security | Fahad Ahmad (PhD Candidate, Carleton University)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Militarism | Prof John Duncan (Ethics, Society & Law, Trinity College, University of Toronto)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://noorculturalcentre.ca/getting-informed-to-vote-pre-election-panels/">https://noorculturalcentre.ca/getting-informed-to-vote-pre-election-panels/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Oct. 17, 6:30 – 9 p.m.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Noor Cultural Centre, Auditorium, 123 Wynford Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Environment | Maya Menezes (The Leap)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Immigration & Refugee Policy | Syed Hussan (Migrant Workers Alliance for Change)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Economy | Randy Robinson (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://noorculturalcentre.ca/getting-informed-to-vote-pre-election-panels/">https://noorculturalcentre.ca/getting-informed-to-vote-pre-election-panels/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>Chew On This<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Oct. 17 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Oct. 17 is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Chew on This! marks this important day each year with our nation-wide event, drawing attention to poverty in Canada and calling for action through a national plan to end poverty. Over 5 million people in Canada live in poverty. 1 in 8 families struggle to put food on the table. Chew on This! is a non-partisan cross-country campaign coordinated by Dignity for All, but made possible through local organizers from coast to coast to coast. Our goal is to raise awareness about poverty in Canada by engaging with people on the street, in schools, at places of worship, and on Parliament Hill and adding their voices to our call for federal leadership in ending poverty in Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://dignityforall.ca/chew-on-this/">https://dignityforall.ca/chew-on-this/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'>Reelworld Film Festival<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. – Mon. Oct 17 - Oct 21<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Canada Square Cinemas, 2190 Yonge</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The 19th annual Reelworld Film Festival showcases films by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) Canadian filmmakers exploring the nuances of "home." The films portray BIPOC Canadians navigating the complexities of home life, creating new homes, and finding a home in community, in culture, and in people.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.reelworld.ca/">https://www.reelworld.ca/</a> </span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Holocaust to Resistance, My Journey, a memoir by Suzanne Berliner Weiss<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Friday Oct. 18, 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Friends House, 60 Lowther Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Suzanne Berliner Weiss offers a page-turning narrative about her remarkable life of survival, resistance and solidarity. Hidden as a Jewish child from the Nazi regime of Vichy France, Suzanne shares her childhood journey from fascism in Europe to adoption in an American home in Cold War USA. Check out Suzanne’s video introduction. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2409158386017812">https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2409158386017812</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>The Fruit Machine <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Friday, October 18, 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>OISE 5-240, 252 Bloor St w, U of T<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>2018 • Documentary. Some softened by age and sadness, others loud and angry, the voices of the survivors of Canada’s public service homosexual purge are now united and determined. They are torqued by decades of silence, years of being ignored. They demand justice, and they want to be heard. Gary Kinsman, co-author of The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation, and author of The Regulation of Desire, and John Wilson, pioneer of the gay liberation movement in Ontario and leading member of Socialist Action will speak. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/toronto-socialist-action-httpssocialistactionca-27394821737">https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/toronto-socialist-action-httpssocialistactionca-27394821737</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>The Real Dirt On Beauty Products<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fri. Oct. 18, 6:30 - 8 p.m.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Northern District Library, 40 Orchard View</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Talk on toxic ingredients and the environmental impact of beauty products. Free.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/search.jsp?N=4288100025">https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/search.jsp?N=4288100025</a></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>Toxic Tour of Chemical Valley<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sat. Oct. 19, 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Bus leaves for Christie Pits and returns in the evening<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Toxic Tour is an opportunity to see and experience first-hand the pollution that Aamjiwnaang First Nation community members experience every day. Aamjiwnaang First Nation is located in the middle of Sarnia’s Chemical Valley, the most polluted place in North America, according to National Geographic. The reserve is encircled by over 73 high-emitting facilities such as petrochemical refineries and various factories. The toxic operations and regular chemical releases are poisoning people in the community which faces high rates of asthma, cancer, miscarriages, stillbirths, and endocrine disruptions. The fact that an Indigenous community is being sacrificed for corporate profit and nothing is being done to protect community members is a clear sign of Environmental Racism. We can do our part by learning about this situation and supporting the grassroots groups raising awareness and trying to stop further contamination of the community’s people and territory. By Rising Tide Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Register for the actual tour in Aamjiwnaang by filling in the form found at <a href="http://www.aamjiwnaangsolidarity.org/">http://www.aamjiwnaangsolidarity.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Book the Toronto bus here: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/toronto-buses-to-the-toxic-tour-of-chemical-valley-tickets-72193509731">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/toronto-buses-to-the-toxic-tour-of-chemical-valley-tickets-72193509731</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Share event on FB: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/2411353535585296/?ti=cl">https://www.facebook.com/events/2411353535585296/?ti=cl</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B050'>To Speak for the Trees<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sat. Oct. 19, 2 - 4 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Michener Institute of Education at UHN, 222 Saint Patrick Street (near Dundas and University)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Come to celebrate and support Diana Beresford-Kroeger. Hear about her life's journey from ancient wisdom to a healing vision of the forest. Canadian botanist, biochemist and visionary Diana Beresford-Kroeger's startling insights into the hidden life of trees have already sparked a quiet revolution in how we understand our relationship to forests. Now, in a captivating account of how her life led her to these illuminating and crucial ideas, she shows us how forests can not only heal us but save the planet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/to-speak-for-the-trees-tickets-70645084349?fbclid=IwAR0jZiz0A5-9bmChK3sVKJcPCQmNIgZtlrwhlNBhFe1NFMidqKNsLf1xE7g">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/to-speak-for-the-trees-tickets-70645084349?fbclid=IwAR0jZiz0A5-9bmChK3sVKJcPCQmNIgZtlrwhlNBhFe1NFMidqKNsLf1xE7g</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#C00000'>Decolonizing the Heart 2-Day Workshop: Deep Learning for Deep Change<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sat. Oct. 19 and Nov. 9<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Toronto United Mennonite Church, 1774 Queen Street East<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Reconciliation requires building relationships. Building relationships requires more than coming together over issues. Where do we begin?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/decolonizing-the-heart-2-day-workshop-deep-learning-for-deep-change-tickets-73911219447">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/decolonizing-the-heart-2-day-workshop-deep-learning-for-deep-change-tickets-73911219447</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Recollectiv<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Every Saturday, 1 - 2 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Toronto’s Recollectiv is a musical group primarily comprised of people affected by cognitive challenges caused by dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, stroke, PTSD, brain injury, etc. Recollectiv’s mission is to help people in Toronto with cognitive impairments gain a new social network, rediscover a sense of accomplishment and find joy through music-making. The weekly rehearsal provides stimulation, socialization and lifts the spirits of both the players and their caregivers or companions. Open to all who wish to sing or play an instrument, regardless of their physical or neurological challenges. Free.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://recollectiv.ca/">http://recollectiv.ca/</a></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'>For the best Canadian climate and energy news, read and subscribe to the Energy Mix newsletter<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://theenergymix.com/">http://theenergymix.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#ED7D31'>Centre for Social Innovation Events<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://socialinnovation.org/community/events/">https://socialinnovation.org/community/events/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'>Toronto Public Libraries host Our fragile Planet, free environmental and community events<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/search.jsp?N=4288100025&Ns=p_pub_date_sort&Nso=0">https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/search.jsp?N=4288100025&Ns=p_pub_date_sort&Nso=0</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Hot Docs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://hotdocscinema.ca/">https://hotdocscinema.ca/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>_______________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><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><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>--- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Submissions, subscribes, unsubscribes, and comments: <a href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org">mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org</a></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>