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Description automatically generated"></span><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'>The Hamilton Pipeline<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Enbridge Gas wants to build a giant pipeline through Hamilton to allow us to increase imports of fracked gas from the United States. This will be burned by OPG, increasing Ontario greenhouse gases from the electricity sector by 400% by 2025 and 700% by 2040.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Read our report and sign the petition here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cleanairalliance.org/stop-the-hamilton-gas-pipeline/">https://www.cleanairalliance.org/stop-the-hamilton-gas-pipeline/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>The Hamilton LRT Debacle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>After a decade of planning and $110 million spent, the Ford Government abruptly cancelled Hamilton’s LRT, leaving empty buildings and questions about the city’s future in its wake. Was it just a line item? Ballooning costs? Or political sabotage in an NDP town? 36 min. podcast</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.canadalandshow.com/podcast/16-the-hamilton-debacle/">https://www.canadalandshow.com/podcast/16-the-hamilton-debacle/</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'>What If… We Changed the Conversation on Climate Change?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>What if the solutions to the climate crisis are already practical, affordable, and ready for prime time and we know how to drastically reduce GHG emissions while creating jobs? And what if the only way we’re guaranteed to lose this battle of our lifetimes is if we convince ourselves it’s already lost? Mitchell Beer's exploration of ways we can change the climate conversation for the better that was delivered at TEDx Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://theenergymix.com/what-if-we-changed-the-conversation-on-climate-change/">https://theenergymix.com/what-if-we-changed-the-conversation-on-climate-change/</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'>Watch and/or read Toronto Environmental Alliance's deputation on the city budget with a focus on climate justice<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.torontoenvironment.org/climate_emergency_and_the_city_budget?utm_campaign=jan2020_news&utm_medium=email&utm_source=toenviro">https://www.torontoenvironment.org/climate_emergency_and_the_city_budget?utm_campaign=jan2020_news&utm_medium=email&utm_source=toenviro</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:#ED7D31'>$5.6 billion can buy a lot of heath care, classroom support and transit <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>$5.6 billion this year - that's how much the Ford gov't says it'll subsidize our electricity rates. It's time for us to start talking about the elephant in the room – the high cost of bloated nuclear projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cleanairalliance.org/billions/">https://www.cleanairalliance.org/billions/</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:#00B0F0'>Tar Sands Expansion: The Ticking Carbon Bomb<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'>How do we halt fossil fuel projects and fight for Indigenous rights and a Just Transition?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon. Feb. 3, 7 p.m.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Canada’s current and proposed fossil fuel projects will be catastrophic for Turtle Island and the global climate. They violate Indigenous rights and perpetuate ongoing colonial violence. They prevent the transition to a better, more equitable and caring world. Learn, discuss and take action to stop the Teck Frontier mine (the largest ever tar sands project, if approved), the Coastal GasLink and Trans Mountain pipelines, the Vista Coal Project, and more. It is imperative that we speak out against these projects before they become a reality. Keith Stewart, Senior Energy Strategist, Greenpeace Canada will present. There will also be a film screening of: “Invasion” - 18 minutes - “In this era of “reconciliation”, Indigenous land is still being taken at gunpoint. Invasion is a new film about the Unist’ot’en Camp, Gidimt’en checkpoint and the larger Wet’suwet’en Nation standing up to the Canadian government and corporations who continue colonial violence against Indigenous people. PWYC with a Suggested Donation of $5-15. All money collected will be donated evenly to the Unist’ot’en camp and to Indigenous Climate Action Network. Co-sponsored by Toronto 350 and ClimateFast.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/s/tar-sands-expansion-the-tickin/2428031667511865/">https://www.facebook.com/events/s/tar-sands-expansion-the-tickin/2428031667511865/</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:#C00000'>Vaxxed II: The People's Truth<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Monday Jan. 3, 5 p.m.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wednesday Feb 6., 5 p.m.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Kingsway Theatre, Bloor and Royal York </span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Interviews of parents and doctors with nothing to gain and everything to lose exposed the vaccine injury epidemic and asked the question on every parent’s mind, “Are vaccines really as safe and effective as we’ve been told?”</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.vaxxed2.com/">https://www.vaxxed2.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://kingswaymovies.ca/">http://kingswaymovies.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:#7030A0'>Your Retirement is at Risk from Climate Change<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Feb. 4, noon - 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Webinar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Share your lunch hour with Shift’s Director, Adam Scott, and Pension Engagement Manager, Patrick DeRochie, as they discuss how your pension is at risk from climate change, how your pension is adding to the climate crisis, and what you, as a beneficiary, can do to support your fund through the necessary transition.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/webinar-your-retirement-is-at-risk-from-climate-change-tickets-82670095481">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/webinar-your-retirement-is-at-risk-from-climate-change-tickets-82670095481</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'>Made in Bangladesh<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>France, Bangladesh, Denmark, Portugal, 2019, 95 min<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tuesday, February 4, 7:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Bloor Hot Docs, 506 Bloor W, Bloor and Bathurst<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>A film that takes you behind that T-shirt you just bought on sale for $9.99, to reveal the human labour, sweat, and suffering that went into it.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=107992~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0">https://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=107992~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0</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'>Narcos And Moneylenders: Dealing In Debt In Colombia<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Feb. 4, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Grad Room, U of T, 66 Harbord<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>PhD candidate Gloria C.Perez-Rivera discusses narco-trafficking, where drug money goes and how it is used. Free.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://gotanthropology.com/">https://gotanthropology.com/</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'>Can Social Media Hate, Lies And Harassment Be Regulated? How?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Feb. 4, 7 p.m.<b><span style='color:#00B0F0'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Rogers Communications Centre, 80 Gould, Rm. 103, Ryerson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>From “fake news” to bullying, death threats, trolling, sexual extortion, stalking and tormenting, the wonderful potential of social media has a dangerous and damaging dark side directed disproportionately to women and marginalized people. Solutions seem elusive given social media’s anonymity, the permanence of its record, and the capacity of cyberabuse to go viral. Join a panel of experts who have looked carefully at this issue and will explore the problem and what we as a society can do.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://cfe.ryerson.ca/events/can-social-media-hate-lies-and-harassment-be-regulated-how">http://cfe.ryerson.ca/events/can-social-media-hate-lies-and-harassment-be-regulated-how</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'>Crazy Talks<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Feb. 4, 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>OISE 252 Bloor W, 12th floor, SJE lounge<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Open monthly forum on psych and mad politics with writer Erick Fabris and guests. This month we view and discuss 55 Steps, a film about Eleanor Riese’s battle over California’s forced drugging laws.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Email: <a href="mailto:madly@teksavvy.com">madly@teksavvy.com</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'>"Just" Cities: Traffic-Related Air Pollution And Justice In The Context Of Urban Sustainability<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Feb. 5, 5 - 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>George Ignatieff Theatre 15 Devonshire Place, U of T<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Talk by University of Washington professor Julian Marshall on the intersection of air pollution, transportation, environmental justice, and public health. Followed by a chat with Jeffrey Brook, Greg Evans and Marianne Hatzopoulou, and audience Q & A<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://uttri.utoronto.ca/events/julian-marshall-just-cities-traffic-related-air-pollution-and-justice-in-the-context-of-urban-sustainability/">http://uttri.utoronto.ca/events/julian-marshall-just-cities-traffic-related-air-pollution-and-justice-in-the-context-of-urban-sustainability/</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'>Futures: Desmond Cole<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Feb. 5, 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Art Gallery of Ontario 317 Dundas W<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The journalist and activist launches his book The Skin We're In and explores Canadian assumptions of a post-racial nation. Free.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://ago.ca/events/futures-desmond-cole">https://ago.ca/events/futures-desmond-cole</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'>Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and The Incidence Of Dementia In Ontario<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Feb. 5, 4:10 - 7 pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Room SS1071, Sidney Smith Building, St. George Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Dementia is a severe neurological disorder that significantly deteriorates quality of life and survival of individuals. It currently affects 47 million people worldwide and the number is expected to triple by 2050. However, the risk factors that make a person more likely to develop dementia are largely unknown. Emerging studies suggest that air pollution may affect brain health. However, little is known about the influence of air pollution on the new onset of dementia. In this talk, I will present three complementary studies that have been conducted in Ontario linking past exposure to air pollution to incident dementia and will discuss some future research endeavours to refine our understanding of the influence of air pollution on dementia risk.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://environment.utoronto.ca/events/all/environment-health-seminar-exposure-to-ambient-air-pollution-and-the-incidence-of-dementia-in-ontario/">https://environment.utoronto.ca/events/all/environment-health-seminar-exposure-to-ambient-air-pollution-and-the-incidence-of-dementia-in-ontario/</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'>#FundtheTTC Day of Action<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Feb. 6</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sign up to help TTCriders reach thousands of transit riders about the critical need for more TTC funding in the 2020 City Budget. We’ll be asking riders to call their City Councillor and take a photo with our selfie frame.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Can’t make it on February 6th? Use our form to send a message to your Councillor! </span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Which TTC stop would you like to volunteer at?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Dufferin Station from 4:30 - 6:30 pm <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Kennedy Station from 4:30 - 6:30 pm <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Lawrence West Station from 4:30 - 6:30 pm <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>St. George Station from 8:30 - 10 a.m.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.ttcriders.ca/feb6action/">http://www.ttcriders.ca/feb6action/</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:red'>Transformative Politics of the Wild: The Power of Solutions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Feb. 6, 3 - 5 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>315 Bloor St. W, Boardroom/Round Room/Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss are among the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced. But it’s 2020. We know this already. WWF-Canada president and CEO Megan Leslie will discuss why we should stop rehashing the problems and start working on the solutions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/28938/">https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/28938/</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'>This World Made Itself & Infinitely Yours, a double-bill <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>by Los Angeles based multi-disciplinary artist Miwa Matreyek<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Feb. 6, 7pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fri. Feb. 7, 7pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Theatre Centre, 1115 Queen St W<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Miwa's work aligns closely with ours as it explores the climate crisis, our planet, and what it means to be a human living on the earth as the environment changes rapidly around us. $25<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://progressfestival.org/programming/this-world-made-itself-infinitely-yours">http://progressfestival.org/programming/this-world-made-itself-infinitely-yours</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:#70AD47'>City Budget Forum - What's in the 2020 Budget? How can you influence it?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sat. Feb. 8, 1:30 - 4 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Barbara Frum Library 20 Covington, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Social Planning Toronto in partnership with the Lawrence Heights Inter-Organizational Network is hosting a free City Budget Forum. Expert panelists will be present to give a budget overview. Learn how you can advocate for essential services like housing, transit, childcare and youth/community spaces. Free. Free childcare will be provided.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/city-budget-forum-community-meeting-tickets-91468303157">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/city-budget-forum-community-meeting-tickets-91468303157</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'>Wellness Market<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sun. Feb. 9, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Gladstone Hotel 1214 Queen W<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Marketplace dedicated to health, self-care and relaxation. Free.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://facebook.com/events/466608047277033">http://facebook.com/events/466608047277033</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'>Go Global Expo<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sun. Feb. 9, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Toronto Reference Library 789 Yonge (n. of Bloor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Learn about working, volunteering, studying or living overseas. This event will showcase: volunteer-sending organizations, study abroad opportunities, non-profit groups, jobs teaching English abroad, internships, adventure travel and lots more. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://letsgoglobal.ca">http://letsgoglobal.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'>To Be Determined: A Dance Project<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fri. Feb. 21, 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sat. Feb. 22, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Ryerson Theatre, 43 Gerrard St. E<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>To Be Determined is student produced and choreographed full-length dance performance. It is an artistic and physical exploration of the beauty and expansiveness of the natural world, and the decline of these environments as a result of human activity. Through dance and movement, we travel to different habitats, such as the arctic, tropics, oceans, deserts, and wetlands, where we discover and observe the power of natural occurrences, the functions of the living things and creatures, but also the disruption of these ecosystems as a result of human impact.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/to-be-determined-a-dance-project-tickets-86288933523">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/to-be-determined-a-dance-project-tickets-86288933523</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'>OPG & Enbridge vs. Our Climate <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mon. Feb. 24, 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Friends House, 60 Lowther (St. George subway station)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Enbridge Gas wants to build a giant pipeline through Hamilton to allow Ontario to increase imports of fracked gas from the US. This will mean a huge increase in greenhouse gases from OPG's gas-fired generating plants. Fortunately, we have alternatives. Learn more here. Hosted by the Ontario Clean Air Alliance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/173270727262687/">https://www.facebook.com/events/173270727262687/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cleanairalliance.org/stop-the-polluting-hamilton-pipeline/">https://www.cleanairalliance.org/stop-the-polluting-hamilton-pipeline/</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><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#70AD47'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></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'>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:red'>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>