T.O. Greenspiration Events: Darlington Hearing
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Mar 20 23:49:25 EDT 2011
Toronto Greenspiration Events
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Darlington Nuclear Hearing
The federal hearing on the proposal by Ontario Power Generation to build up to four new reactors of yet-to-be-specified design gets underway Mon. March 21st.
The opening act will be an afternoon hearing on procedures, starting at 1:30 pm, and the headliner is Ontario Power Generation presenting their environmental assessment overview, starting at 7 pm
Come one, come all!
Location:
The Hearing wil be held at Hope Fellowship Church, 1685 Bloor Street, Courtice (between Oshawa and Bowmanville, a few kilometres due north of the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station)
Schedule: Morning sessions start at 9, afternoon sessions at 1:30, evenings at 7 pm.
The detailed schedule is posted at http://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/050/details-eng.cfm?cear_id=29525; here's the summary of the schedule as of March 20th (M=Morning, A=Afternoon, E=Evening:
Week of March 21: Mon A/E; Tues M/A; Wed M/A; Thur M/A, Fri M/A, Sat M/A
Week of March 28: Mon A/E; Tues M/A; Wed A/E; Thur A/E, Fri M/A, Sat M/A
Week of April 4: Mon A/E; Tues M/A; Wed A/E; Thur A/E, Fri M/A,
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Darlington/154293134613131
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Water: In conversation with Maude Barlow
A discussion on access to public water as a fundamental human right, with a specific focus on the impact of the bottled water industry.
Monday, March 21, 6:00pm-9:00pm
William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, U of T
Admission: $2.00 students, $5.00 general (No one will be turned away)
RSVP: It is strongly recommended that you e-mail to guarantee a spot at waterworkinggroup at gmail.com
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=149900228405170
The event features keynote speaker, Maude Barlow- a renowned water-justice activist. Maude Barlow is the national chairperson of the Council of Canadians, and served as Senior Advisor on Water at the UN, in 2008/09.
The panel includes Dr. Romila Verma, a lecturer on Water Resource Management at the University of Toronto, representatives from the Public Water Initiative at UofT, and expected attendance from community activists and University administration.
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1325 the Key to Peace
the play
Mon. March 21, 7 pm
in the meeting room at Friends House (St. George Subway station)
Voice of Women for Peace presents this reading of the plan 1325 the Key to Peace
With photos and reports on the recent conference on the Status of Women at the UN.
All welcome. Suggested $10 or pwyc
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Forest Gardening Workshop
Mon. March 21, 6 to 8:30 pm
FoodShare (90 Croatia St., entrance off of Brock Ave.)
cost: $25 waged, $15 students, unwaged folks free
Mother Nature never uses pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, or machinery. And yet her ecosystems seem to have a steady law of ever increasing fertility, diversity and abundance. How does she do it?
From Masanobu Fukuoka's "lazy farmer"/natural agriculture system, to Robert Hart's "Edible Forest Garden" - come hear about how nature's natural techniques have been carefully observed and imitated to create human-influenced ecosystems that provide not only the possibility of sustainable nourishment, but also medicines, fodder, fuel, fertilizers, shelter, wild-life habitat, beauty and inspiration.
For more info: Ana Maria Santinoli http://www.foodshare.net 416 363 6441 ext. 277 anamaria (at) foodshare.net
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Iraq War Resisters in Canada present:
CAMPAIGN UPDATE
Fundraising dinner marking eight years since the illegal US invasion of Iraq
Mon. March 21st, 6:00 pm Dinner, 7:00 pm Programme
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street
With guest speakers discussing Minister of Citizenship & Immigration Jason Kenney’s recent attack on the Canadian judiciary and its impact on US war resisters. And special musical guest Darren Eedens http://www.myspace.com/darreneedensmusic
$20 suggested donation • refreshments
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Democracy Cafe presents:
Fierce Light: Where Spirit Meets Action
film screening, by Velcrow Ripper
Monday, March 21 · 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Hart House (Committees Room), U of T
Fuelled by the belief that "another world is possible," Fierce Light is a compelling, global journey into the world of spirit in action, an exploration of what Martin Luther King called "Love in Action," and Gandhi called "Soul Force"; what Ripper is calling "Fierce Light."
Acclaimed filmmaker Velcrow Ripper takes an insightful look at change motivated by love, featuring interviews with spiritual activists Thich Nhat Hanh, Desmond Tutu, Daryl Hannah, Julia Butterfly Hill, Judy Rebick: Member of CAPP's Advisory Board and more.
Visually stunning, Ripper's film explores issues of justice, engagement with the real world, and spirituality.
Admission by donation (whatever you can spare).
http://www.fiercelight.org/
Organized by Canadians Advocating Political Participation
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Gardening Up Front
with Green13
Monday, March 21st 7 pm
Annette Branch Library, 145 Annette St.
Spring is in the air! The perfect time to talk about gardening, and gardening out front! Please join us for this community talk.
Speaker: Andrew Roy, of Green Gardeners
• all about urban edible landscapes
• your vegetable garden: local, organic, and free
• how to mix vegetable gardens with shrubs and perennials for year 'roundappeal
We will bring forward information available on by-laws pertaining to front yard gardening.
Hosted by Green 13 www.green13toronto.org
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Transilience: Adapting urban living for a changing future
Tuesday March 22, 7 – 9:30 p.m.
Leslie Dan Pharmacy Building, Room 850, 144 College St.
Two global movements have emerged in the last few years as a civil societal response to foreseeable constraints and societal shocks resulting from changes in climate and energy resources - Resiliency and the Transition Town. Although starting from different perspectives and communities, both movements are coordinated, advance responses to near-future impacts to urban planning, transport, food and water supply, energy, ecology, and habitation. The big question remains for citizens and communities, that, if foresight is true, what ought we to do - today?
A special Design with Dialogue event is held in conjunction with the 2011 McLuhan Centenary, as a panel and participatory workshop in which the public is invited to engage the questions:
What are the ecological drivers moving us toward planning for urban resilience?
How might we make the transition to resilience as a community and not as competing resource users?
How is the city a medium, a media system? Can McLuhan's notion of media ecology help guide historic changes in resource ecologies?
What are the risks if we don't act, or we fail to cooperate in "transilience?"
The session starts with a one-hour panel discussion with Resilient City planners Craig Applegath (Dialog Design), Jeff Ranson (OCADU and Innovolve), and Transition Town planner Blake Poland (UofT Public Health). Peter Jones (DwD, OCADU) hosts the workshop and Peter Rose (OCADU) moderates the panel.
A moderated Q&A dialogue with the audience will follow the panel. The evening concludes with a participatory workshop engaging all audience members in a scenario envisioning based on the themes and questions of the panel.
Please join us for an engaging, creative, hands-on thinking and doing workshop that may help our communities change values, habits, and communication to create and adapt to a more resilient future. Register for this open public event at Eventbrite, so that an accurate count of participants can be made. http://transilience.eventbrite.com/
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Film, Faith and the Environment presents:
Water on the Table
Wed. March 23, 7 p.m.
At St. George-the-Martyr Anglican Church, 197 John St. (located just north of Queen St. W. at McCaul)
Free. Earth friendly food and discussion to follow film.
Sponsored by The Green Witness Community
For more info: Stephen at 416-231-3060, stephen at saintmatts.ca
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Bells on Bloor Ride - Organizational Meeting
Wed. Mar. 23, 6:30 p.m.
Dufferin Grove Park centre (opposite the exit from the Dufferin Mall in the park)
For more info: hamishw2 at hotmail.com
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Orthomolecular Treatment for Schizophrenia and Associated Mental Disorders
Presented by Jonathan Prousky, ND
Wed. March 23, 7:00 pm
OISE, U of T, Bloor St. and St. George, Rm 5150
$10
http://www.orthomed.org/isf/pubinfosessions.html
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Resisting Neoliberalism: Claiming Rights not Charity
Wed. 23 March · 5:00 - 9:00 pm
Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, POD 250
The goal of this forum is to unpack the impact of the neoliberal agenda on non-profit organizations. The forum will address the ways in which this agenda affects our clients and communities at large, and how to remain hopeful in the context of the neoliberal agenda.
SPEAKERS:
• Deena Ladd, Coordinator, Workers Action Centre
• Angela Robertson, Director, Equity and Community Engagement, Women’s College Hospital
• Winnie Ng, Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy
• Anna Willats, The Shelter/Sanctuary/Status Campaign
Performance: More info coming soon!
Wheelchair accessible
Refreshments will be served 5 - 6 pm
More info call : (416) 979-5000 Ext. 6220
Sponsors: Social Justice Committee, School of Social Work, Ryerson University, Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy, Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care, Women's Health in Women's Hands, Riverdale Housing Action Group, CAMH, Sojourn House, Seneca College
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CLINIC FOR PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT DURING THE G20
*hosted by the Human Rights Legal Support Centre
*sent on behalf of the G20 Toronto Legal Action Working Group
Wednesday March 23 at 10 am - 1 p.m. OR 5 pm - 7 p.m. Both sessions are identical.
180 Dundas Street West on the 8th floor
This session will assist people who are thinking about filing a human rights application under the *Human Rights Code* about their treatment during the G20.
You may have been treated in a discriminatory manner if the police or other G-20 authorities treated you negatively and differently because of your
race, ethnic origin, place of origin, citizenship, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or creed, or family/marital status.
The session is also for people who had needs related to a disability, or related to another Code-related factor such as age or gender, if those needs
were not recognized and met by the police, for example, during the G-20.
These "hands-on" and practical sessions are designed to assist people to make their own Applications. The sessions will include a brief overview of
the *Human Rights Code* and the Application form. This will be a group session, followed by an opportunity for people to speak briefly with lawyers
from the HRLSC about their own matters.
*You have one year from last time that you experienced discrimination to make an application to the Human Rights Tribunal. In most cases, you have
until late June 2011 to make an Application about your treatment during the G20. This session might be one of your last chances to get information
from the HRLSC about the Application process.*
To register for either session, please call Karen McNeilly at416-325-7305 or
1-866-625-5179. You can also register by email at: <KMcNeilly at HRLSC.on.ca>.
For more information, please visit: http://www.hrlsc.on.ca/en/g20summit.htm.
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Lunchbox Speakes' Series - The Social Economy Centre (OISE/UT) Presents
Housing Alternatives
Wednesday, March 23,Noon - 1:30 pm.
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,252 Bloor St. West,Room 12-199
Joe Deshchênes Smith will talk about investment process for new affordable housing, as well as attributes of the Home Ownership Initiative’s 2nd mortgage for low/modest income home-buyers.
Michael Shapcott will discuss the social economy elements of the Precarious Housing report recently released by Affordable Housing and Social Innovation at the Wellesley Institute.
Moderator: David Hulchanski, Director, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto
Bring your lunch and a mug. Water, coffee and tea will be provided.
For more information, please contact:
Lisa White: secspeakerseries at gmail.com
This event will also be webcast live on the Internet. Please see our website for detailed instructions:
HTTP://SOCIALECONOMY.UTORONTO.CA
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SPIRITUALITY IN HEALTH CARE NETWORK presents:
Integrating Spirituality and Health Care
Wednesday March 23, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Friends House 60 Lowther Avenue Toronto (2 blocks north from the Bedford exit of the St George Subway Stn.)
Suggested Offering $10.00
BEFRIENDING OUR WILD, WELL AND WHOLE SELVES - A PLAY DATE WITH CREATION SPIRITUALITY
Drawing on the teachings of Creation Spirituality and Evolutionary Faith, we will explore a freeing and expanded model of wellness and wholeness.
To redefine itself in this time, Health Care must address the environmental crisis. To accept our response ability to 'the 6th Great Extinction' or 'The Sacred Demise' the practitioner is awakening to the dualistic worldview which perceives the health of the human separate from the health of creation, and care of the body separate from its larger body, Mother Earth.
The evening promises an evolutionary exploration of this emerging spirituality in healthcare.
Carol Kilby, M.Div., D. Min., E D of Gaia Centre for Eco-Spirituality and Sustainable Work, previously a minister in the United Church of Canada and a therapeutic recreationist in hospital, rehabilitation and chronic care facilities. www.gaiacentre.org
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How Did Prescription Drugs Become a Leading Cause of Death? Ethics and the Risk Proliferation Syndrome
Wednesday, March 23rd, 4 p.m.
York U, Bethune College Room 320
For more info: grasp at yorku.ca
Prescription drugs are one of the most beneficial parts of modern medicine. Yet they have become the major source of iatrogenic illness and death. This presentation will explain the risk proliferation syndrome that has created an epidemic of adverse reactions and posed serious ethical challenges to medicine.
Donald Light, PhD. is the Lokey Visiting Professor in comparative health care at Stanford University and a professor of social medicine in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine. A Fellow of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, he is doing research on justice issues in global pharmaceutical policy.
He is an economic and organizational sociologist who compares health care systems and analyzes health care policies. He has written about the history and dynamics of health care markets and health care insurance, countervailing powers, the medical profession, immigrants and health care, and global justice. As a founding fellow of the Center for Bioethics, he is concerned about the high prices of medicines and barriers to their access. His research aims to provide a demythologized, more realistic account of costs, relative effectiveness and harms, and innovation than is promoted by commercial interests and sponsored academics.
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The Strangest Dream
- the story of Joseph Rotblat and the founding of the Pugwash movement for the abolition of nuclear weapons
Wednesday March 23rd, 7 pm
National Film Board, 160 John St.
A very inspiring film. Free
Presented by PeaceFlicks
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Leaving India to Anarchy: Gandhi's Dealings with Violence
Thursday, March 24, 10 a.m - noon
108N - North House, Munk School, 1 Devonshire Place
Speaker: Faisal Devji (Reader in Indian History at the University of Oxford)
Respondent: Ramin Jahanbegloo (Department of Political Science, University of Toronto)
Moderator: Ritu Birla (Department of History, University of Toronto)
Sponsored by Centre for South Asian Studies
Co-sponsored by Asian Institute
Register online at: http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=10312
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Partnering for Change: Conversations on rights, livelihoods, and peacebuilding
with Joshua & Rhoda Mukusya
Thur. March 24, 7:00 pm
Combination Room, Trinity College, U of T, 6 Hoskin Avenue
Joshua & Rhoda Mukusya of the Utooni Development Organization in Kenya are experts on climate change in semi-arid regions. Along with noted panelists, they will explore the intersections between climate change, peace building, development and hunger within their communities.
For more info: Mennonite Central Committee Ontario, Phone: (519) 745-8458, ontario.mcc.org
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The Women Behind the Grassy Narrows Blockade Speak
Hear from three of the women who have helped initiate and sustain the Grassy Narrow blockade, the longest running blockade in Canada -
Judy da Silva, Roberta Keesick and Barbara Fobister are sisters and leaders of the Anishinabe First Nation of Grassy Narrows.
Through their actions they are empowering the youth in their community, reclaiming control over their territory, reviving their culture, and defending our earth against the impacts of unsustainable forestry industrial practices and mercury poisoning on the population of Grassy Narrows.
Thursday March 24, 7 p.m.
Friends Meeting House, 60 Lowther Avenue, (off Avenue Road, St. George TTC)
Free, but donations are welcome.
SPONSORED by Hamilton/Burlington KAIROS, IDEA Hamilton, with assistance from the Christian Peacemaker Aboriginal Justice Team.
For more information on Grassy Narrows go to: FreeGrassy.org
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Activism in Action - Practical Skills for Effective Social Change
Develop effective strategies to create social change in this series of evening workshops (register for 6 or 12 sessions)
Second Session: Thursday Mar. 24, 6:30-9:30pm
At Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave. (St. George stop on TTC)
You can still register and join this activist training series.
For more info and to get the complete list of Thursday sessions contact: Lyn C- 416-731-6605 or H - 416-596-7328 or Email peaceworks at primus.ca
or Petra (outreach) C - 416-732-8965 Email Pei.czech at gmail.com
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When Is It Safe to Swim in the Great Lakes?
Thursday, March 24, 6 PM
Rm. 208, Roseburgh Building, 4 Taddle Creek Rd., U of T
Swimming in the Great Lakes is an activity with economic importance, health and social benefits, and health risks. The objectives of this session are:
1. to summarize the current research on health risks of swimming in the Great Lakes;
2. to review the epidemiology of swimming –related illness , including emerging health concerns relevant to Great Lakes beaches;
3. to discuss limitations of current beach monitoring with respect to prediction of human health outcomes
4. to discuss the current safety of swimming in the lakes, and how to improve the margin of safety
Sponsored by the Centre for Environment, U of T
http://www.environment.utoronto.ca/SeminarSeries/EnvironmentHealthSeminarSeries/SwimmingGreatLakes.aspx
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Empty Stomachs and Loaded Rifles: Food Scarcity and Global Security
March 24–25
Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, 1 Devonshire Place
This year’s conference, Empty Stomachs and Loaded Rifles: Food Scarcity and Global Security, promises to ignite a timely discussion of the leading issues confronting the global community in the 21st century. Specifically, the conference will explore the critical links between food shortage and conflict. Indeed, issues of food scarcity and global security are increasingly inseparable. As such, the conference will stimulate panel discussions on three leading themes, namely Control and Equity of Food Supply, Food Scarcity as a Catalyst for Political Unrest, and Weaponization of Food.
For the conference website and registration details, please visit: http://www.munkschool.utoronto.ca/mgc/
Student registration is $10.00 and regular registration is $15.00.
For further information, contact us at: munk.graduateconference at utoronto.ca
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Dishonour Defied - Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion
Fri. 25 March · 7:30 -10:30 pm
Centre of Gravity, 1300 Gerrard St East
Five years ago a woman was gang raped in a remote village in Pakistan. Unlike many women before her, Mukhtar Mai decided to confront her assailants. She defied the conventional thinking and fought back. She took her battle to the highest courts in Pakistan. Mai became an international figure and now runs schools for children in her native village.
Dishonour Defied is the story of how Mai made a life with courage after the tragedy that befell her. It's also the story of other women and girls struggling for their rights in Pakistan in the wake of the Mai case. This extremely timely film, directed by emerging filmmaker Azra Rashid, deals with the courageous rape survivor Mukhtar Mai and women's rights in Pakistan.
Following the screening there will be a Panel discussion facilitated by the film's director, Azra Rashid.
Presented in partnership with Cinema Politica and the Toronto-Danforth NDP Outreach Committee in recognition of International Women' Day.
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Rebel Films presents:
Inside Job
2010, 108 minutes.
Friday, March 25 - 7 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor St. West, Room 2-212 (St. George Subway Station)
Everyone welcome. $4 donation requested.
'Inside Job', directed by Charles Ferguson, provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, the film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics, regulation, and academia. It was made on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China. .
Preceded by a brief introduction, and followed by a commentary, and an open floor discussion period.
Presented by Toronto Socialist Action
Please visit: www.socialistaction-canada.blogspot.com or call 416 – 535-8779.
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TCAT and U of T Cities Centre present:
Cities, Mixes and Fixes - Interdisciplinary Workshop
Fri. March 25, 4:00-6:00pm, 230 College Street, Rm 066.
Nancy Smith Lea, TCAT Director, and Steering Committee members Neluka Leanage and Michelle St-Amour will discuss three key aspects of Complete Streets: road design, land-use planning and community organization.
More info: http://www.citiescentre.utoronto.ca/about/Calendar/Cities_Mixes_and_Fixes_Interdisciplinary_Workshop__Complete_Streets.htm.
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The Toronto Body Soul & Spirit Expo
Mar. 25-27
Exhibition Place, CNE Grounds
http://www.bodysoulspiritexpo.com/expo/expo.php3?city=44
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SPIRITUALITY CONFERENCE
4th Annual Decolonizing Conference
...Land, Citizenship, belonging, and the Place of the Spirit
March 25 & 26
OISE, 252 Bloor Street West
Fee: Free
Since European contact and the subsequent historization of the myth of the discovery story of the “Americas,” Turtle Island has not been the same. In essence, the “discovery” story ushered in an age of colonialism, imperialism, and the enslavement of Indigenous populations across the globe.
If you have any questions please email: decolonizingconference at gmail.com
For the conference program, please go to: http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/ciars/index.html
Cosponsored by Anti-Poverty Community Organizing and Learning (APCOL): http://www.apcol.ca/
Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, GSA, CUPE 3907, Sage, and Initial Teacher Education.
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Roundtable Discussions for Sustainability
Friday, March 25 · 5:00pm - 8:30pm
Earth Sciences Building, U of T, 33 Willcocks St. Room 1050
The Roundtable Discussions are interdisciplinary discussions on topics in sustainability organized by the Toronto Undergraduate Geography Society. This year's discussion question asks:
Among the numerous players involved in sustainability efforts, which actor, and at what scale, must take the lead to build ecologically, socially and economically sustainable societies?
This year's question will be addressed by our esteemed panelists:
1) Harvey, L D Danny (Ph.D); professor, Department of Geography, University of Toronto
2) Gudz, Nadine; Director, Sustainability Strategy, InterfaceFLOR Canada, Inc.
3) Scharper, Stephen (Ph.D.); associate professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto Mississauga and Centre for Environment, UofT
4) Willard, Bob (Ph.D); Former IBM Executive, Author, and Public Speaker for Sustainability in Business
5) Hug, Elise - Project Manager for the Mayor's Tower Renewal, City of Toronto
6) Welsh, Jane - Project Manager, Environment - Zoning By-law and Environmental Planning, City Planning
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113994492008890
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The Land, our Life: Indigenous Rights and Our Common Future
Sat. March 26th, 10:00 am – 3:30 pm
St Mark’s United Church, Scarborough, 115 Orton Park Road
Bus: Orton Park Road at Ladysbridge Drive North
Free parking available; wheelchair accessible
This workshop is focused on Indigenous land rights, Canadian history we may not know, and how we can take action for right relationships in Scarborough and beyond. Everyone welcome to this participatory day, which is also part of the current KAIROS campaign in support of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:
http://www.kairoscanada.org/en/take-action/the-land-our-life/
Presented by St. Mark’s United Church and KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
For more information contact Jeffrey Dale, jeff at st-marks.ca or 416.439.8623
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Earth Hour 2011
Sat. March 26th, 8:30 - 9:30 pm
"Earth Hour" began in 2007, when 2.2 million people powered down in Sydney, Australia and environs. In 2008, some 50 million powered down worldwide. In 2010 1.3 billion people in 128 countries participated in Earth Hour by powering down. The simple act of turning off our lights en masse sends a powerful message - that we are one in our acknowledgment of our profligate use of energy, one in our discernment of this time of necessary change, one in our will to live modestly for the sake of life.
"This year, World Wildlife Fund is calling on Canadians to think about how we use and produce energy. To create the best possible future for Canadians and the planet, let's stop wasting energy, and generate what we need from clean, renewable sources like wind and solar. Canada can be a world leader in clean energy. But the longer we wait, the more it will cost - both in dollars and environmental impact.
It will continue to be a call to action to every individual, every business, and every community throughout the world. A call to stand up, to take responsibility, to get involved and lead the global journey to a sustainable future."
People are registering their actions and events at www.earthhour.org/
Here in Ward 13 we are calling upon one and all to power down, to turn off lights, and more. This year there are several Earth Hour walks in the this part of town. Once again there will be candle lit walks along Bloor West, the Junction, and, new this year, Baby Point Gates. At 9:30 pm these three walks will converge in Memorial Hall at Runnymede United Church, 432 Runnymede Road, for refreshments, music, and information on going beyond the hour.
Please check the following website for updates: www.green13toronto.org We anticipate that The Villager and SNAP will post events, as well as local residents' associations, BIAs and our Councillor, MPP and MP.
This year as well, Roncesvalles and Parkdale will start neighbouthood walks in their village centres and plan to meet up at the intersection of Roncesvalles/King/Queen.
There is also a walk for young children in High Park, taking place an hour earlier.
THIS EARTH HOUR, GO BEYOND THE HOUR. After turning off your lights for Earth Hour, what else can you do to make a difference? Together our actions add up.
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Green Choices for Faith Communities
Saturday, March 26 & Sunday, March 27
Eglinton St. George's United Church, 35 Lytton Blvd., Toronto
Join the Green Awakening Network and Greening Sacred Spaces for our joint annual networking and training event in Toronto. We welcome individuals from all faith backgrounds to participate and network with others who are responding to the challenge of climate change. Come and share your stories and be inspired to promote change in your community.
http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=44e45a7a7313a93dd7e13e292&id=b8cb16bc8e&e=399c95a857
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Seedy Sunday
Sun. March 27, 1 - 5 p.m.
Lawrence Heights Community Centre, North York, 5 Replin Road (between Allen Rd. and Lawrence Ave W)
Are you imagining Spring? Dreaming of seeds & getting your hands in the dirt? North York Seedy Sunday will help your gardening dreams come true! Exchange homegrown seeds, and buy from some of Ontario’s finest seed vendors, with a focus on organic, heirloom, and local. Enjoy free workshops & children’s activities. Purchase yummy snacks and network with other gardeners.
For more information, please visit: www.northyorkharvest.com/seedy-sunday or contact melissa(at)northyorkharvest.com. You can also find North York Seedy Sunday on Facebook.
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Looking back at NAC: Canadian Feminism and the Politics of Whiteness
Sun. 27 March · 4:00 - 6:00 pm
OISE, Room 8201, 252 Bloor St. West (at St. George subway)
Introduced by: Mary-Jo Nadeau, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto (Mississauga).
Background reading: "Troubling Herstory: Unsettling White Multiculturalism in Canadian Feminism", Mary-Jo Nadeau, Canadian Woman Studies; Spring 2009; 27, 2/3.
Organized by Ideas Left Out
ideasleftout at gmail.com
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Nuclear in the Spotlight
A chance to express hope for Japan and a green future…
With the Ontario Clean Air Alliance
Wed. March 30, 7:30 p.m.
Annex Live, 296 Brunswick (at Bloor), Toronto
With performances by Mike Ford, Meghan Morrison, Richard Underhill, Michael Louis Johnson, the Raging Grannies, and more.
Special guest speaker Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear will address the current situation in Japan.
Yes! to renewable energy
No! to nuclear and coal
Please join us at this FUNdraising event. Proceeds to go to Japan relief efforts as well as to OCAA.
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192323914141758
Tickets: http://nuclearspotlight.eventbrite.com/
Items and gift certificates for the silent auction have been donated by: The Big Carrot, Mountain Equipment Coop, The Bike Joint, La Palette, Downward Dog, Scollard Acupuncture Clinic, Herschel Photography and Art, and more... Thank you!
For more info: angela at cleanairalliance.org, 416 926 1907 x 246
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