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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><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>Move Forward<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>4 min. music video written and performed by Cassie Norton for the Ontario Clean Air Alliance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JvRzvl-o-Q">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JvRzvl-o-Q</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'>Against Russian Imperialism<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>By Russian Socialist Movement & Sotsialnyi Rukh <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://lefteast.org/against-russian-imperialism/">https://lefteast.org/against-russian-imperialism/</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'>Russia's genocide handbook<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The evidence of atrocity and of intent mounts</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://snyder.substack.com/p/russias-genocide-handbook?s=r">https://snyder.substack.com/p/russias-genocide-handbook?s=r</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'>Hromadske Int.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>English twitter-feed of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, by Afghan-Ukrainian Mustafa Nayyem, a journalist who sparked the Euromaidan student resistance.</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://twitter.com/hromadske?s=21">https://twitter.com/hromadske?s=21</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'>Ukrainian Independent Newspapers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/">https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/</a></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/">https://kyivindependent.com/</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'>Project Save the World<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Watch or listen to one or more (currently 438) discussions on all things ecological and peaceful. Experts from around the world are interviewed by Dr. Metta Spencer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://tosavetheworld.ca">https://tosavetheworld.ca</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'>Expand Democratic Fairness and Lower the Voting Age to 16 - Petition<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/lower-the-voting-age-to-16-and-increase-democratic-fairness">https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/lower-the-voting-age-to-16-and-increase-democratic-fairness</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'>Voting Systems and Climate Action: The Evidence<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fair Vote Canada's new report lays out one key piece of the answer: proportional representation. Countries with PR deliver more ambitious, sustained climate action.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.fairvote.ca/climate/">https://www.fairvote.ca/climate/</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'>IESO coverup of positive gas phase-out findings revealed <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thanks to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request filed by the Ontario Clean Air Alliance (OCAA), we now know that the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) supressed findings that we could phase-out gas power AND lower emissions and bills! Send a message to ON politicians here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.cleanairalliance.org/ieso-coverup-of-positive-gas-phase-out-findings-revealed/">https://www.cleanairalliance.org/ieso-coverup-of-positive-gas-phase-out-findings-revealed/</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'>Toronto Community Enviro Days are back! <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Community Environment Days help reduce the amount of reusable or recyclable waste going to landfill and allow for safe disposal of household hazardous waste. Community Environment Day events will run from April through July. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/recycling-organics-garbage/community-environment-days/">https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/recycling-organics-garbage/community-environment-days/</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'>Ontario Election - June 2, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#00B0F0'>Not One Seat!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>A grassroots movement to ensure that Doug Ford wins #NotOneSeat in Toronto.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>https://www.notoneseat.ca/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://medium.com/@djdynamicnc/our-plan-to-stop-doug-ford-d21e653a5b3">https://medium.com/@djdynamicnc/our-plan-to-stop-doug-ford-d21e653a5b3</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:#00B0F0'>Election 2022: The SCAN! Toolkit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Let’s get active in this election. Keep climate on the table. Here are seven things you can do. Sponsored by SCAN! (Seniors for Climate Action Now!)</span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://seniorsforclimateactionnow.org/election-2022-toolkit/">https://seniorsforclimateactionnow.org/election-2022-toolkit/</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:#7030A0'>Events<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7030A0'>Human Health and the Climate Emergency <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Apr. 26, 8 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Dr. Samantha Green will discuss why the climate emergency is the single biggest threat to human health. Climate change is already harming Canadians’ health, causing increases in extreme weather events, cases of heat stroke, cardiorespiratory issues, and Lyme disease from ticks that can now survive in our warmer climate. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclf-2upj0uHNYeQqv_-yM9HYStZyewmjgb">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclf-2upj0uHNYeQqv_-yM9HYStZyewmjgb</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 Language of Trees<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Apr. 26, 2 - 3 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>“The Language of Trees” will feature a conversation between Alison Hawthorne Deming, author of "Zoologies: On Animals and the Human Spirit", and Kathleen Dean Moore, author of "Earth's Wild Music: Celebrating and Defending the Songs of the Natural World". The event will foster a dialogue around the language of trees: how they communicate with one another, and how their futures are shaped by the language with which humans describe them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UBj-uNdnQJCzn0RCWrKfeA">https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UBj-uNdnQJCzn0RCWrKfeA</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'>Waging Peace for Ukraine and Meeting Refugee Needs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tuesday April 26, 8 - 9:30 a.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join this training to learn tools and tactics to amplify on and offline action, put pressure on key decision-makers, meet refugee needs and build community with other anti-war and refugee support activists. Offered in English, with simultaneous interpretation in Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, French and Spanish.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://socialmovementtechnologies.org/waging-peace-for-ukraine-and-meeting-refugee-needs/">https://socialmovementtechnologies.org/waging-peace-for-ukraine-and-meeting-refugee-needs/</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'>Worker and Union Solidarity with China: Why and How?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. Apr. 26, 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Solidarity exchanges between trade unions in China, Canada and US were put on hold by COVID. At the same time economic and geo-political conflicts between nations have created new challenges to workers and unions. This webinar explores the value of worker-to-worker relationships despite those conflicts — indeed, made more important in a climate of anti-Asian racism and protectionism.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://uvic.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tzFGtdItTBSl1O5YnOOfSA">https://uvic.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tzFGtdItTBSl1O5YnOOfSA</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'>Why we must take control of Artificial Intelligence<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. April 26, 1 – 2 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>John Anderson will examine the importance of the regulation of AI and new forms of automation both as they effect jobs in the workplace, privacy and use and abuse for monitoring people in and out of the workplace and use in cybersecurity and control.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/why-we-must-take-control-of-artificial-intelligence-tickets-323524880627">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/why-we-must-take-control-of-artificial-intelligence-tickets-323524880627</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'>University Rosedale Election Climate Debate <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Tues. April 26, 5 - 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Centre for Social Innovation will host the first 2022 climate debate with University - Rosedale candidates. This will be a hybrid event; you can join us online or come into CSI Annex (720 Bathurst St, Toronto) to watch in person. With participants: Dr. Dianne Saxe - Green Party; Andrea Barrack - Liberal Party; Jessica Bell- New Democratic Party; Moderator: Tonya Surman, CEO<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-debate-tickets-319040738437">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-debate-tickets-319040738437</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'>Not One Seat Volunteer Orientation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Apr 27, 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Learn about the various ways you can plug in to the Not One Seat campaign to deny Doug Ford another term as Premier.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkcuGvqj8jGtSjBcC9iU9NS5qpyF52wIeu">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkcuGvqj8jGtSjBcC9iU9NS5qpyF52wIeu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.NotOneSeat.ca">www.NotOneSeat.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:#ED7D31'>Goodbye sole purpose: The Biden administration’s emerging nuclear policy and budget<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Apr. 27, 2 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Join Adam Mount and Lynn Rusten in conversation with Monica Montgomery to discuss the future of nuclear policy and modernization. Together, we’ll dive into topics like sole purpose, the recently released defense budget, the Biden nuclear posture review, ally management in the wake of the Ukraine War and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LGeTSUriRQqh4DKAXQZtQg">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LGeTSUriRQqh4DKAXQZtQg</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'>Geothermal Energy Forum<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Apr. 27, noon - 1:30 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Geothermal space conditioning (i.e. Ground Source Heating and Cooling) has long been known to be the most energy efficient way to heat and cool our building stock as stated by the US EPA as far back as 1992. Geothermal technology in use for decades has achieved millions of successful installations in all types of buildings from single family homes to MURBs, and from commercial to institutional buildings worldwide. Geothermal technology has also been embedded in both the Canadian Standards (i.e. CSA 448) and in the Ontario Building Code. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://ontario-sea.org/event-4771686">https://ontario-sea.org/event-4771686</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 Water Table: Ontario's Webinar on Water<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Wed. Apr. 27, 6:30 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Given cumulative assaults on regional forests and wetlands as well as the deterioration in local water quality and aquatic and amphibian species, a valid question arises: Is Ontario’s current system of land use planning protecting our waters? Join us for presentations, followed by Q&A, from three respected advocates for water: Krystal-Anne Roussel of the Canadian Environmental Law Association; Kevin Thomason of the Grand River Environmental Network; and Ryan Bowie of the Chiefs of Ontario.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tRe8UnwrQEW4RPYtvvBFDA">https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tRe8UnwrQEW4RPYtvvBFDA</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'>Celebrate International Workers’ Day<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. April 28, 7 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>36th annual Socialist Action evening of speakers, music and poetry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://youtu.be/8kMJ5Wiielc">https://youtu.be/8kMJ5Wiielc</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'>Understand Net-Zero Pledges<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Apr. 28, 12:30 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Companies, cities, and nations alike are stating their Net-Zero pledges at an increasing rate. Which of them holds water? And how might we identify true progress when we see it? Join CSI Designer Amer Jandali in a conversation with Net-Zero Tracker, a platform that's mapping out global Net-Zero pledges, to demystify this critical, yet often overused climate target.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-to-20-understand-net-zero-pledges-tickets-323521059197">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/how-to-20-understand-net-zero-pledges-tickets-323521059197</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'>International & North American Launch of 21st Century Common Security Report<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Thur. Apr. 28, 2 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>In late April 2022, on the 40th anniversary of the Palme Commission’s Common Security report which played a major role in ending the Cold War, the Olaf Palme Foundation, the International Peace Bureau, and the International Trade Union Confederation will issue their 21st Century Common Security Report. Coming amidst the disastrous Ukraine War and break down of the Post-Cold War order, the many dangers of the climate emergency and inequalities, the report provides a critique and a roadmap for building common security, based on the reality that security cannot be achieved against a nation’s rival, but only with it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vt3XCr2bToSpgIxlN5Pemg">https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vt3XCr2bToSpgIxlN5Pemg</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 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>From April 28 - May 8, we're bringing 226 films from across the globe to Toronto cinemas and into your living room on Hot Docs at Home.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/hot-docs-festival">https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/hot-docs-festival</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'>Nuclear Dangers in Ukraine - Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg in Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fri. Apr. 29, 3 p.m. ET <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>World-renowned, lifelong social justice activists and two of the most prominent experts on the geopolitics of the Ukrainian-Russian war and the threat or use of nuclear weapons will discuss the risk and threat of escalation during this most dangerous time. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctce-uqzotG9YgpMQ5i0XjxO3Ggf653yUp">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctce-uqzotG9YgpMQ5i0XjxO3Ggf653yUp</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'>Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Facilities in the Great Lakes Basin <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Fri. Apr. 29, 11:30 a.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The Great Lakes Water Quality Board (WQB) of the International Joint Commission (IJC) is hosting a public webinar to provide information and answer questions about the board's recent report: Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Facilities in the Great Lakes Basin. The report is available at: <a href="https://www.ijc.org/en/wqb/nuclear-decommissioning-great-lakes">https://www.ijc.org/en/wqb/nuclear-decommissioning-great-lakes</a> A summary video is available at: <a href="https://vimeo.com/696591994/adbc6431a6">https://vimeo.com/696591994/adbc6431a6</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Great Lakes Water Quality Board members will provide an overview of the report's findings and recommendations + Q & A.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bYSR5QnoRRiJ7u8PIHEG0Q">https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bYSR5QnoRRiJ7u8PIHEG0Q</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'>Resurgence; Our Connection to These Waters & Winter Island Exhibition<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sat. Apr. 30, 2 - 8 p.m. ET<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Celebrate Indigenous presence on Toronto Island. Performers: Layla Black, Aysanabee, Leed Reed...And Winter Island Exhibition. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/resurgence-our-connection-to-these-waters-winter-island-exhibition-tickets-317977157237">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/resurgence-our-connection-to-these-waters-winter-island-exhibition-tickets-317977157237</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'>The 37th Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>May 1 - 31<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Artists in this year’s Mayworks Festival celebrate networks of care, exploring how working people extend care to each other through generations, how this care is forged in resistance and how it is shaped and remembered through story. Mayworks Festival showcases seven new works and the world premiere of a new play. Events will take place in person across the Toronto as well as online.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://www.mayworks.ca">http://www.mayworks.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'>May Day - Ontario-Wide Day of Action for a Workers First Agenda<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sun. May 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>May 1, or May Day, is the traditional workers’ holiday, a day that working people celebrate the gains they have won over the years and commit to fighting for a better future for everyone. It is also just one month before the June 2 ON provincial election. The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is organizing a province-wide day of action for a workers-first agenda. More than 20 Ontario towns are hosting events:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://ofl.ca/may-1-local-actions/">https://ofl.ca/may-1-local-actions/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>In Toronto, meet at Queen's Park 2 - 4 p.m. ET <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://ofl.ca/event/may-1-toronto/">https://ofl.ca/event/may-1-toronto/</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'>Toronto Marathon Running 3.5 for 1.5 Degrees of Peace<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sun. May 1, 7:45 a.m. - noon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>We’re in a race for time with multiple existential threats to our planet. Mark Shapland is running this marathon as a fundraiser for the Film 1.5 Degrees of Peace. Find out more and support his efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.1point5degreesofpeace.com/events">https://www.1point5degreesofpeace.com/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:#CA42DC'>For the best Canadian climate and energy news, visit 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><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#CA42DC'>Democracy Now Daily Show - global peace, justice and enviro news<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/">https://www.democracynow.org/</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><span lang=EN-US>Submissions, subscribes, unsubscribes, and comments: mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Share this newsletter on social media using this link: <a href="http://greenspiration.org/news-events/">http://greenspiration.org/news-events/</a></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>