T.O. Greenspiration Events: Jan. 17 - 23
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Jan 16 22:43:26 EST 2011
Toronto Greenspiration Events
Need a wall calendar? I have beautiful bicycle calendars for sale. They're a fundraiser for bike-lanes-on-Bloor advocacy. Send $10 + $2 postage to:
Tooker Gomberg Activist Fund, 19A Withrow Ave, Toronto M4K 1C8
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Speak out against the TTC service cuts and the attack on transit expansion
On Monday, Mayor Ford's budget proposed a TTC fare increase and cuts to service along 48 bus routes. TEA and others acted fast (view Monday's press release). Within a day, Mayor Ford and TTC Chair Karen Stintz cancelled the fare increase, but they still want to cut bus service.
You can help save Transit City and stop the cuts to TTC bus service!!
Click here to email City Councillors and Mayor Ford.
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Toronto Water Efficiency
The next meeting of the Implementation & Compliance Monitoring Committee will focus on the City's Water Efficiency Program. This will be a chance to hear about the City's efforts to encourage a reduction in water usage. Please plan to attend:
Monday, January 17, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Metro Hall, Room 302, 55 John Street
Mike Logan, City of Toronto, Public Consultation Unit icmc at toronto.ca
Visit the ICMC web page for more information about the committee, including minutes of past meetings.
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RESULTS Canada Education & Action Meeting
– Reversing the decision to flat-line Canada’s foreign aid
Monday, January 17, 7 – 9 p.m. (new volunteers are encouraged to come at 6:30 p.m. for a brief orientation)
519 Church Street Community Centre, 519 Church Street, Room 303
Join the Toronto Chapter of RESULTS Canada at its monthly Education and Action meeting to learn more about Canada’s decision to freeze its official development assistance envelope in 2011. We’ll discuss the implications the budget freeze will have on life-saving programs for the world’s poorest people and what we as ordinary citizens can do to advocate reinstatement of the annual 8% increases to ODA to meet the globally-agreed 0.7% of Gross National Income target for foreign aid investment.
To RSVP or for more information, contact Roshelle Filart at results.toronto at gmail.com or phone McLean Ayearst at (647) 402-5405
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Key Union Struggles – Building the Fightback
A Greater Toronto Workers’ Assembly Forum on Critical Labour Struggles
Tuesday, January 18, 7 PM
Ryerson Student Centre, 55 Gould Street, Toronto
www.workersassembly.ca
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124489237618378
Panel Discussion, Q & A, and Interactive Discussion with:
Gary Howe, USW Local 1005
Mark Ferguson, CUPE Local 416
Stacy Mills, CUPW Toronto
Introduced and Moderated by Carolyn Egan, USW Local 8300
As the economic crisis continues, governments and employers are bringing in austerity measures, lowering our living standards and working conditions. A number of unionized workplaces are particular targets, and have the potential to become key centres of resistance.
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KIN Learning Circle: Reconnecting with Indigenous and Intercultural Wisdoms for Ecological Wellbeing
Tues. January 18, 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Centre for Social Innovation: CSI Spadina, Alterna Savings Room, 215 Spadina Ave., Toronto
Free
This learning circle introduces the Koru International Network (K.I.N.) – a growing international community of practice whose aim is human cultural diversity for bio-diversity through the revitalization of indigenous wisdoms within all cultures. Our activities include applied research, transformative learning and social action. Come and learn about the work of KIN, tap your inner wisdom, learn from others, and explore the possibility of being part of a growing international ecological movement.
Places limited. Email to RSVP
For more info about KIN click here
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“Waterlife” screening
Wednesday, January 19, 4 p.m.
NFB Mediatheque, 150 John Street
Every Wednesday at 4pm, the NFB Mediatheque presents a favourite NFB title on the big screen for FREE! The perfect midweek break and an easy way to catch up on NFB classics! Seating is first come, first serve. For adults 18 years and older.
http://waterlife.nfb.ca and NFB.ca/mediatheque
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Alanna Mitchell and 'Sea Sick' talk
Wednesday, January 19, 7:30 p.m.
Beach United Church, 140 Wineva Avenue
In her international best-selling book Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis, Canadian journalist and author Alanna Mitchell takes readers on a journey of discovery of the state of our ocean. Come and hear Alanna speak about the ecological crises facing us today.
For more info
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T.O. City Budget Consultations
This is your chance to get involved with the 2011 budget process. Listen to public deputations, or make your own!
There are FOUR consultations being held, inside the Council Chambers of the Civic Centres in East York, York, North York and Scarborough.
RSVP and invite your friends! Democracy works better when people get involved.
Wednesday, January 19, 6pm:
North York Civic Centre, Council Chambers (http://on.fb.me/ijkRvl)
East York Civic Centre, Council Chambers (http://on.fb.me/fURsJ3)
Thursday January 20, 6 pm:
Scarborough Civic Centre, Council Chambers (http://on.fb.me/g0NQnA)
York Civic Centre, Council Chambers (http://on.fb.me/g5Aw75)
Info on how to make a deputation: http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/tmmis/have-your-say.htm
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170899342946205&bcode=C1Csf
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Report Back from Cancún:Eyewitness Report and Discussion
Thursday, January 20, 7 p.m.
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street (East of Spadina, South of College)
• Andrea Harden, Council of Canadians
• John Dillon, KAIROS
• Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu, JustEarth, Toronto Climate Campaign, Post Carbon Toronto
• Statements by Bolivia's Ambassador, Pablo Solòn, and by Gerry LeBlanc, USW Injured Workers' program
• Daniel T'seleie, Canadian Youth Delegation, hopefully by skype
• See video footage of Cancún protests
Over 190 countries, developed and developing, met late 2010 to come up with an agreement to respond to the world climate crisis. Come and listen to the reports of Canadian experts who went there to protest or to witness the negotiations. Vigorous protests inside and outside the conference spoke for the world's peoples in our struggle for climate justice.
Co-organizers: Toronto Climate Campaign; Council of Canadians (Toronto Chapter); Toronto Bolivia Solidarity
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ACTIVE PEACEBUILDING COURSE ~ Nonviolence in Action ~
starting Thur. January 20th through February24th, every Thursday 6:30-9:30 pm
at the Friends's House ~ 60 Lowther Ave
Develop effective strategies for NONVIOLENT ACTION in a series of six evening workshops including:
* Spirit of Nonviolence in our personal lives
* The Faces of Nonviolence – life stories of those who inspire us
* Analysis, Vision & Strategy of Nonviolent Social Change Campaigns
* Role Playing – Non-Violence in confrontational situations
* Power of Nonviolence – case studies
Total cost: $180 Please inquire re subsidy & sliding scale. Send a $25 deposit to reserve your space to:
Toronto Monthly Meeting, 60 Lowther Ave. Toronto M5R 1C7, att: PeaceWorks
...in addition to emailing Petra at pei.czech at gmail.com to confirm
(call Petra, Outreach Co-ordinator at 416.732.8965 with any questions)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=162884390424709
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Join Tony Clarke from the Polaris Institute to Discuss Green Jobs
What is a 'green job'? Do we need new 'green jobs' or 'greener jobs'? Who will benefit from the transition towards a low-carbon economy? What stratgey do we need to transition to greener workplaces? Join Polaris Institute for a panel discussion of challenging issues featuring expert activists, policy makers and acedemics.
Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 3pmET
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100A, 170 St. George St.
Info: There is no cost for attending but please rsvp at w3info at yorku.ca as space is limited.
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Launching the Socialist Register 2011!
The Crisis This Time and David McNally's Global Slump, The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance
Thursday, January 20th, doors 6 p.m., show 7 PM
Lula Lounge,, 1585 Dundas St. W., west of Dufferin
416 588 0307 www.lulalounge.ca
with panel discussion with local contributors:
Greg Albo, Bryan Evans, Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin
Sponsored by: York University Book Store, Fernwood Books, the Socialist Project, and the Socialist Register.
For more information please contact: fpeters at yorku.ca
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Rush Hour Sharrow Evaluation Report Released and Public Meeting
Thursday January 20th, 6-8 p.m.
Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Room 308/309
In May 2010, the City of Toronto installed a new application of shared lane pavement markings referred to as "rush hour" sharrows on College Street. In the summer of 2010 the City of Toronto, in partnership with TCAT, conducted an evaluation of the impact of sharrows on cyclist and motorist behaviour. TCAT participated in the study design and data analysis, and provided support in soliciting survey staff and participants.
The report was released in December and can be downloaded here (bottom of the page under "Design Research".)
Click here for more information.
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SkyWorks invites you to the Toronto Premiere of
HOME SAFE HAMILTON
A film by Laura Sky and David Adkin
This final instalment of the HOME SAFE series examines systemic roots of homelessness and inadequate housing as consequences of economic restructuring, discrimination and displacement. It includes stories of steelworkers affected by foreign takeovers and industrial layoffs, high school students living in poverty, new Canadians, and Aboriginal families.
Toronto Premiere: Thur. January 20, 6:30 pm
NFB Cinema, 150 John Street 2nd Floor - entrance on corner of John and Richmond St. W.
Admission is free, but space is limited. Please RSVP to Alexa at
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The U.S. Supreme Court's Sexual Revolution? Sex, Marriage, and Reproduction from Griswold to Roe
Friday, January 21, 2 - 4 PM
208N - North House, Munk School, 1 Devonshire Place, U of T
Speaker: Marc Stein (Associate Professor of History, Women's Studies, and Sexuality Studies at York University
Sponsored by Centre for the Study of the United States
Co-sponsored by Sexual Diversity Studies, Constitutional Roundtable, Faculty of Law
CSUS and F. Ross Johnson Distinguished Speaker Series
Register online at: http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8848
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Making EI Work
Fri. Jan. 21 from 8:30 a.m. till 5:00 p.m
in the Fermenting Cellar of the Distillery District, 55 Mill St.
The Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation is hosting this consultation in Toronto. To register and for information, go tohttp://eiconference.eventbrite.com
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Fifth coffeehouse: Anti-capitalist organizations: experiences and debates
Friday, January 21, 7 p.m.
Reagle Beagle, 355 Bloor St W
For our 5th coffeehouse, speakers will talk about local and international experiences in left political projects. As per the usual
format, we'll have moderated discussion and debate in an overheated room.
Xavier Lafrance - Quebec solidaire
Sean Smith - the United Left Alliance in Ireland
Abbie Bakan - the Workers' Assembly
We will meet in the back room of the pub.
Reagle Beagle is a fully accessible space.
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Great Minds for Whose Future? - Anti-Corporatization teach-in
Saturday, January 22 · 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sidney Smith Hall, University of Toronto
Earlier this year, Peter Munk, the chairman and founder of the world’s largest gold mining company, gave a historic contribution of $35 million to the University of Toronto. In doing so, he created the Munk School of Global Affairs, which aims to prepare students to become global leaders and foster “a deep understanding of the broader architecture and the forces that shape the global system.”
But what are the implications of this donation? How much influence will Munk have over the University’s curriculum and bias? Who is Peter Munk and what is his company Barrick Gold’s reputationworldwide?
Financial crisis and austerity have ignited a new wave of student protest around the world, from Berkeley to London, Athens to San Juan. Our intention with this conference is to empower local critical thinkers and activists to devise our plan in the fight for just education.
Our goal is to launch the “Reclaiming the U of T” campaign on January 22.
The conference schedule includes “ Lessons from California” with faculty and student from UC Berkeley, “ Worth Fighting For: Human Rights vs. U of T” with Linda McQuaig, Mark Rowlinson and Sakura Saunders and “ Worth Fighting For: Good Education vs. U of T” with Paul Hamel, John Valleau and Leslie Jermyn.
For more information go to: http://munkoutofuoft.wordpress.com/
or contact: anticorprut at gmail.com
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Native Earth Theatre presents a reading of
Water Under the Bridge
Saturday Jan 22, @2:00 pm
Reading followed by a Q&A, Bannock and Tea
The Native Canadian Centre, 16 Spadina Rd.
Pay What You Can.
It is the year 1812, and Sara and Nishkwe are best friends despite being from very different cultures. They live on opposite sides of a river spanned by a bridge. However, Sara's cousin Daniel arrives bringing word that the war is about to start and that the river is no longer to be crossed.
A play for young audiences about conflict, peace and rebuilding in 1812. By Michaela Washburn & Carrie Costello.
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LET THEM STAY!
Day of Action in support of US Iraq War resisters
Join Canadians across the country in support of US Iraq War resisters, who are currently threatened with deportation by the Conservative minority government.
Saturday, January 22, 1:00pm-2:30pm
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street (near College and Spadina)
With special guests:
• Ashlea Brockway Ashlea and her husband Jeremy sought refuge in Canada with their family after he refused to return to fight in Iraq.
• Alyssa Manning legal counsel
… and video interview with Iraq War resister Jeremy Brockway • mass letter-writing • refreshments
From January 15 to 22 people across Canada will participate in a national “Let Them Stay Week”. From film nights to public forums, from music events to information pickets, events are already being planned in Grand Forks, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Windsor, Sudbury, Toronto, Peterborough, Newmarket, Fredericton, Halifax and St. John's.
It was seven years ago that Jeremy Hinzman and his family arrived in Toronto, after Jeremy refused to deploy to Iraq. Jeremy was the first US Iraq War resister to seek asylum in Canada.
Since then, Canadians have mobilized by the thousands to ensure that US soldiers who refused to participate in the illegal and immoral war in Iraq be allowed to stay in Canada. The overwhelming majority of Canadians oppose the Iraq War and two-thirds support US Iraq War resisters. The Iraq War Logs released by Wikileaks show that war resisters were right to say no: by the US military’s own estimates, the Iraq War has killed more than 100,000 people, two-thirds of them civilians. Many were victims of massacres and torture.
Canada's Parliament has voted twice to stop deporting Iraq War resisters and to let them stay—reaffirming Canada’s proud tradition of welcoming conscientious objectors. But the minority Conservative government has refused to respect the traditions and democratic decisions of Canadians, and instead has deported war resisters to be jailed in the US.
Canada's Minister of Immigration Jason Kenney has prejudiced the immigration proceedings of Iraq War resisters by making biased comments in the media and by issuing a directive to immigration officers that singles out war resisters as potential criminals.
The Harper government has been hoping that Canadians will forget about the Iraq War, and lose interest in the plight of the principled individuals who said no to that war. But Canadians have not forgotten – and Wikileaks has brought home the cruel reality of that war once again. We urge all those who support Iraq War resisters to make their voices heard during Let Them Stay Week and remind politicians, as Parliament gets set to resume at the end of January, that Canadians want to Let Them Stay!
Organized by the War Resisters Support Campaign • www.resisters.ca • 416.598.1222 • resisters at sympatico.ca
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Community Justice Coalition - Meeting
Sat. Jan. 22, 2 - 5 p.m.
519 Church Street Comunity Centre - Ballroom
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY JUSTICE COALITION
The Community Justice Coalition is a group of about 80 people from disparate backgrounds including Lawyers, Ex-prisoners Healthcare Workers and Community Justice Workers who initially came together in February of 2010 to resist the Harper government's neo-liberal "Law and Order" agenda, which seeks to lock away more people and for longer periods of time.
CONCERNED ABOUT INCREASED PRISON SPENDING?
Without a doubt, Canada is moving towards the US-style of justice that has proven to be ineffective. Law-and-order legislation and increased prison construction will not make our communities safer. In fact, if things transpire as they have in the US, the result will be just the opposite.
CONCERNED ABOUT COMMUNITY SAFETY?
Money spent on new prisons could be spent on increasing income subsidies, affordable housing, effective drug and harm reduction programs, youth programs, etc. - that is, actions shown to be far more effective in diminishing crime than are tougher sentences and additional prisons.
The systematic dismantling of our social programs combined with the conservative enforcement agenda will ensure record numbers of Canadians experiencing the inside of a jail cell. This is not how we envision a healthy, free and democratic nation. Join us to talk about alternatives.
AT THE MEETING
- DECONSTRUCTING THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
- COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING
FOR MORE INFORMATION: aug10.communityjusticecoalition at gmail.com
EVERYONE WELCOME
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A Downtown Budget Information Session
Co-hosted by Councillors Kristyn Wong-Tam, Pam McConnell & Adam Vaughan
Saturday January 22, 2 – 4 pm
City Hall, Council Chambers, 100 Queen Street West
The City's Budgets for Operating and Capital expenses were released yesterday. Service cuts are proposed that I am worried about. They include:
-Closing of the Urban Affairs Library at Metro Hall
-Elimination of free recreation programs for low-income people
-Elimination of evening and night service on 40+ transit routes, including buses on Dupont, Davenport & Harbord
-Changes to EMS staffing protocols that would eliminate overtime work
-Limits on the new BIAs and funding for streetscape improvements
Detailed information about the proposed budget is available on the City of Toronto's website at http://www.toronto.ca/budget2011/index.htm
Mark your calendar and come out to learn more about how the 2011 Budget will impact our local neighbourhoods and services. Everyone is welcome.
RSVP to councillor_vaughan at toronto.ca or call 416 392-4044.
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ZEITGEIST: MOVING FORWARD
Toronto Premiere was sold out - encore screening added
Saturday, January 22nd, 9 pm (Doors open at 8:30pm)
The Underground Cinema, 186 Spadina Road (Just north of Queen Street)
Cost is 'Pay What You Can'
All are invited to the world premiere of 'Zeitgeist: Moving Forward', the much anticipated film from Director Peter Joseph, creator of the 'Zeitgeist' and 'Zeitgeist: Addendum' internet films viewed by over 150 million people worldwide. Moving Forward presents a comprehensive solution to the escalating economic crisis and environmental and cultural degradation endangering our planet. Transcending political and economic remedies parroted by corporate and government interests, Moving Forward explores an inspiring proposal for long-term environmental sustainability and world peace: The Venus Project.
This documentary is being screened in over 60 countries and over 20 languages, including 17 cities in Canada! And ALL with no major distributor but instead organized solely on a volunteer basis!
Open minds are encouraged to attend, as are family and friends. For theatrical trailer and more information please visit the official film website athttp://www.zeitgeistmovingforward.com or contact Zeitgeist Toronto at outreach at zeitgeist-toronto.com. Hope to see you there!!
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ROOM FOR RENT in Community-style LOFT Warehouse! - Feb 1st
Ossington/Dupont - $625
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=190833987595456
or contact Pei.czech at gmail.com
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