election debate; sea doc; transit; leadership; suburbs; food

[angela bischoff]

“All-Candidates Debate”
Toronto Centre Federal By-election

Monday, February 18

The Sutton Place Hotel ~ Grand Ballroom
955 Bay Street (at Wellesley)
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Everyone is welcome!

Confirmed participants:

Bob Rae (Liberal Party)
Chris Tindal (Green Party)
Don Meredith (Conservative Party)
El-Farouk Khaki (New Democratic Party)
Liz White (Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party)

Feel free to send debate questions in advance to:
 <mailto:info at baycorridor.ca>info at baycorridor.ca
<mailto:greenspi at web.ca>
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National Film Board
Buried at Sea
Directed by John Wesley Chisholm
Monday, February 18 @ 7 pm (free)
National Film Board Cinema, 150 John Street (at Richmond St.W.)
CONTACT: 416.973.3012; web:
<http://www.bettermail.ca/bm/www.nfb.ca/mediatheque>www.nfb.ca/mediatheque

Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of highly toxic materials lie scattered on
ocean floors - in barrels that are rusting away and releasing their lethal
contents. The results could make Chernobyl look like a child's chemistry
experiment gone awry.

While we worry about weapons of mass destruction in the hands of rogue
states, the West's legacy may prove far more dangerous. During the Second
World War, Canada produced more chemical weapons than any other of the
Allies. After the war, and during the Cold War era, massive weapons
stockpiles were simply dumped into the ocean by the United States,
Britain, Canada, the Soviet Union and Germany. They were considered buried
and done with. Problem solved - forever. In many cases, nobody ever
bothered to mark their locations. Information about known dumps was either
mishandled or suppressed.

This documentary takes us on a journey to discover some of the most
dangerous dump sites. The oceans are vast and unknown; it took almost 90
years to find the wreck of the Titanic. Finding weapons lying underwater
will prove infinitely harder - and far more urgent, since the health of
marine species and coastal communities is at risk. Buried at Sea takes us
on that search.

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Rally against Transit Privatization
Friday, February 22 @ 9 am
Harbour Castle Westin on Queen's Quay at the foot of Yonge St.
INFO: Toronto & York Region Labour Council, email: noreply at tyrlc.ca

Outside the meeting of Metrolinx, the newly renamed transportation
authority that is promoting P3 transit projects in the GTA

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The Living Education Institute is offering our  
EcoLeadership Training Level 1 course.   
Sunday February 24th 1:30 –  5:30

For business leaders, teachers, and facilitators who  would like to expand
their ability to be present, to connect to others, and to  be ahead of the
pack.

Some of the concepts to  be covered in this workshop include:
- Learn how to use the Teaching Wheel.
- Intellectual, Emotional, Physical, and Spiritual Intelligence
- Explore  Critical Thinking & Ecological Thinking
- Ecological Decision  Making
- Your Personal Style of Leading
- Approaches for facilitation
- Strategies For Inspiration  

$45.00 with a free  book!

David A. Berger M.E.S.  
416.694.8444 <dberger at livinguniversity.com>

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Let's get Talking: Women, Weight and Where You Live
Monday, February 25 @ 7 pm - 9 pm (free)
Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen Street East
INFO: 416-392-6810; email:
<http://www.bettermail.ca/bm/www.crich.ca>www.crich.ca
RSVP: Kelly Murphy, 416-864-6060 ext 3379; email:murphyke at smh.toronto.on.ca

A community discussion to share ideas and information - everyone is welcome.

Are you a single woman or mother who lives in a neighbourhood that does
not give you the opportunities and resources to be physically active and
to eat healthy foods?  Do you have the time and the money to exercise? Do
you struggle to put food on the table for yourself and your family?  Do
you constantly diet only to gain back the weight you lost or even more
weight?

If the answer to any one of these questions is an emphatic yes, then your
neighbourhood may not offer you the resources to maintain a healthy
weight.  Come and learn more about the relationship between where you live
and healthy weight.

Speaker: Flora I. Matheson, Ph.D., Centre for Research on Inner City
Health (Keenan Research Centre - Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St.
Michael's Hospital)

Respondent: Jen Plyler, MSW, Community Development Coordinator, The STOP
Community Food Centre, Toronto, in partnership with community leaders from
Davenport West.

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The Future Control of Food: A Guide to International Negotiations on Rules
on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity, and Food Security

Seminar and Book launch

Monday, March 03, 2008
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
108N - Seminar Room, North House
Munk Centre For International Studies
1 Devonshire Place

with Geoffrey Tansey

Geoff Tansey is a full-time writer and consultant in food and farming
issues, currently working on the role of intellectual property rights and
the WTO. He helped to establish the journal Food Policy in the mid-1970s
and is an Honorary Visiting Fellow in Peace Studies at the University of
Bradford and a member of the Food Ethics Council. In June 2005 he was
selected from over 1,600 applicants by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable
Trust as one of seven "Visionaries for a Just and Peaceful World" on a
five-year mission to "change the world" by enabling everyone to feed
themselves sustainably.

Register online at:
<http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=5889>http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=5889

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