T.O. Greenspiration Events: The City Belongs to Us!
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Mon Jul 2 17:15:19 EDT 2012
Toronto Greenspiration Events
Pass this onto a friend... -angela
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Shrine Circus Protest
June 29 - July 8 - daily, one hour before each performance
Woodbine Center, 500 Rexdale Blvd @ Hwy 27
Shrine Circuses have deplorable records of cruelty to animals, serious violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act, and animal attacks resulting in injury and even death. Elephants used by Shriners have rampaged, killing trainers and injuring children. Although many successful charitable organizations never use circus fundraisers, about 150 of Shrine's 191 temples host annual circuses. These circuses raise funds for the temples' administrative costs, not for the Shriners children's hospitals.
Animals in circuses are beaten to make them perform tricks on command. If they do not perform properly, they are beaten some more. In cases where they snap and either run amok or attack someone, they are beaten again. Check out http://www.circuses.com/ for more information.
https://www.facebook.com/events/177138889083280/
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Adventures in Slumberland
July 1 - Aug. 6 - Wed. - Sun. 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. (weather permitting)
Lagoon Theatre, Centre Island
$10 or paywhatyouthink
Prepare to be amazed as the delightful and bizarre dream world of a little boy named Nemo is brought to life before you. This family show is an adaptation of Little Nemo in Slumberland, a weekly comic created by Winsor McCay from 1905-1912, still regarded as one of the greatest comic strips of all time. With puppetry, circus, masks & music Frolick Theatre invites people of all ages to get away to Centre Island this summer.
http://www.frolick.ca/
https://www.facebook.com/events/257102567727673/permalink/261845163920080/
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SQUAT - The City Belongs to Us
A response to the brutality of Speculation.
Christophe Coello/FR / 2011 / 94 min / Spanish / S.T. English.
Tuesday, July 3, 6:30 PM
Bloor / Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor Street West
Suggested donation $2-5
For more info: cinemapolitica.org/bloor - http://bit.ly/LcnyqX
An intimate look at the actions of the Barcelona-based activist collective Miles de Viviendas (Thousands of Homes), a robust and diverse group of individuals determined to set condemned buildings free by occupying them and transforming the boarded flats into inspired homes. The film follows this deeply political, radical and committed group as they resist gentrification, bring vitality to forgotten urban spaces, protest against war and neoliberalism, and build community.
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Stop the Sludge! Honour the Treaties!
Public info night featuring speakers from Six Nations and James Cooke of citizen groups Stop the Waste Park and the Southgate Public Interest Research Group.
Tuesday July 3, 7 p.m.
OISE, Room 5260, 252 Bloor Street West (Closest subway stop: St. George Station)
How would you like to eat food that was fertilized with hazardous human waste? What if that same waste leaks into our local rivers? The April 28th Coalition invites you to learn about the unfolding events and struggles against a dangerous project to build a new waste processing ('sludge') plant at the headwaters of the Grand River on Six Nations territory, as well as resistance to this project from those at the frontline of a struggle concretely linking environmental jsutice and Indigenous sovereignty. What is happening in Dundalk is the realization of the spirit of the Two-Row Wampum. Residents of Dundalk as well as Six Nations land defenders are maintaining a blockade, erected in early April, against a sewage sludge processing plant. With vast community support, they are calling for governments and corporations to respect the treaties and Six Nations’ sovereignty over the territory.
http://www.stopthewastepark.com/
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Conscious Feminism Discussion Series
An evolving consciousness salon on women, meditation, feminism and spirituality happens every Tue in July.
$15
Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord, Toronto, 416-922-8744
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Communication in Action – Make your voice count!
Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm
July 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19 (for this summer series you may register for the first 4 sessions only or for all six sessions; the first four sessions will cover listening skills, raising a concern, personal styles, and negotiation; sessions five and six will cover conflict intervention and facilitation skills)
At Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave. 2 bl n. of Bloor St. (St. George subway)
Develop effective strategies for interpersonal and group communication in a series of six evening workshops:
Explore your conflict style
Become a better listener
Learn how to raise concerns – without raising hackles
Learn the principles of conflict resolution
Practice conflict intervention (mediation skills)
Facilitation Basics
$150 (or $100 for first 4 sessions only) (inquire if cost is a barrier, you may qualify for a subsidized space)
To register, send a $25 deposit to save your spot; make cheque payable to “Toronto Monthly Meeting” (memo: peaceworks) 60 Lowther Ave. Toronto M5R 1C7 or send an email to: Peaceworks at primus.ca to reserve your place
Lyn Adamson is an experienced facilitator and trainer in communication skills, conflict resolution, teambuilding and nonviolent conflict intervention. Lyn works with St. Stephen’s Conflict Resolution Service, and as Coordinator of PeaceWorks. A Quaker and mother of two, Lyn is a board member with Greenspiration, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, and the Canadian Department of Peace Initiative.
For more info: 416-731-6605 or 416-596-7328 or email: peaceworks at primus.ca
www.peaceworkstmm.org
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The Growing Gap & What to Do About It - Addressing Urban Injustice
Public Forum
Wed. July 4, 6 pm - 8pm
Innis College Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave. (at Sussex & St. George St., South of St. George subway)
Panel:
David Ley, UBC, Vancouver
Damaris Rose, INRS-Urbanization, Montreal
Janet L. Smith, University of Illinois, Chicago
Maarten van Ham, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Discussants:
Ken Greenberg, consultant;
Armine Yalnizyan, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
What are the socio-economic and ethno-cultural trends polarizing Canada’s major urban areas? How have communities elsewhere responded? What can we learn from these responses? Professors Ley and Rose will compare trends in Vancouver and Montréal with Toronto; Professors Smith and van Ham will report potential lessons from Chicago and major European cities.
www.NeighbourhoodChange.ca
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Council of Canadians Toronto Chapter Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, July 4, 7 – 9 p.m.
Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Room 302
Guest Speakers: Fair Trade Toronto – www.fairtradetoronto.ca
Join us at our July monthly meeting. All welcome!
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Eyewitness report on Greece - Election, Workers' movement, EU Crisis
a Socialist Action Public Forum
Wednesday, July 4 7 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor St. West, Room 2-212 (at the St. George Subway Station)
With Barry Weisleder, co-chair, NDP Socialist Caucus, Canada editor of Socialist Action newspaper and supplementary remarks by Elizabeth Byce and Judy Koch, all of whom travelled across Greece for 12 days in June. Photo slide show, plus open Q & A, and discussion period will follow the presentations.
Everyone is welcome. $4 donation requested, or PWYC.
For more information, e-mail: barryaw at rogers.com
Visit the SA web site at: www.socialistactioncanada.org or call 416-535-8779
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Antigone - Ancient Tragedy Inspired by Modern Rebellion
Show times: July 4, 6:30 PM; July 6, 10:30 PM; July 8, 1:15 PM; July 9, 8:15 PM; July 10, 1:00 PM; July 13, 5:15 PM; July 15, 7:00 PM
Randolph Theatre, 736 Bathurst Street, Toronto.
From the company behind the smash hit ‘Love is a Poverty You Can Sell’ and the critically acclaimed ‘Marat/Sade’, comes a visceral adaptation of legendary Greek tragedy ‘Antigone’ for a politically divided world. Inspired by the searing images of the G20 and ‘Occupy’ protests, this tale of a young woman who dares to defy authority is more relevant than ever.
By: Sophocles
Company: Soup Can Theatre
fringetoronto.com/fringe-festival/shows/antigone
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The Fringe
July 4 - 15
Toronto’s theatre festival features plays, dance works, sketch comedy, solo shows and more by local and international companies.
http://fringetoronto.com/
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the omega project
with the Foundation for Lasting International Peace
daily July 5 - 15
Trinity-St.Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor St. W.
Daniel and Lindsey met working on the biggest project in FLIP’s history: a documentary film about the 2011 uprising in Egypt. It made them famous, and now they’re back, talking about the project and what it meant to them, to FLIP, and to the world. Hear and see stories of the people involved and see the video that made them famous.
http://fringetoronto.com/fringe-festival/shows/the-omega-project/
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Peacebuilding Work with Angry Youths in Chechnya
with Andre Kamenshikov, Leader of Nonviolence International in Russia
Friday, 6 July, 7 p.m.
Hot House Cafe,, 35 Church Street (at Front)
Andre, well-known to several of us, has long done peacebuilding work, especially with young Muslim males, in Russia’s north Caucasus (Chechnya and Dagestan). After dinner he will tell us about current ethnic conflicts in Russia and Nonviolence International’s projects that are addressing them.
Dinner $30 inclusive. Cash bar. Pay at dining room. If you are a Science for Peace member and want to attend but cannot afford to do so, speak to a member of the executive committee and we will try to help out.
Please RSVP to me by email before 5 July so the restaurant can arrange a suitable room for us. Parking under the building.
Metta Spencer, President, Science for Peace, mspencer at web.net , 416 789 2294
https://www.facebook.com/events/362473447154193/
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Bike Pirates 7th Year Anniversary Party
Sat. July 7, 7 p.m.
Meet @ Bike Pirates after closing... 1292 Bloor St. W.
Second meet up location... Humber Bridge 9pm and 11pm
Ride along lake and Bonfire. Group ride down west end rail trail. Then along Lake shore trail to bonfire site... Food and drink will be provided but surprises are welcome.
https://www.facebook.com/events/355044137901110/
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Yogathon Festival for Unity and Open Doors Concert
Sat. July 7, Yoga 3-7 pm, concert 7:45-9:45 pm.
Artscape Wychwood Barns, Barn 2, 601 Christie
$30
Practice yoga and meditation while surrounding yourself with global rhythms performed by Plakaso and Muhtadi, followed by an interactive drum session.
http://onlynowexists.org/
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Capture the Flag
Sat. July 7, 8:30 p.m.
Meet at Logan & Danforth
Free
Urban game, similar to tag or hide-and-seek.
manhunttoronto.wordpress.com
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Grand Opening of the Winchester Community Garden Project
Sponsored by the Central Neighbourhood House with food being provided by the St James Town Community Cafe
Saturday July 7th, 2:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Winchester Parkette (on Ontario Street just north of Carlton Street)
The St James Town Community Cafe is an aspiring volunteer-run social enterprise, which has been providing healthy meals at a pay what you can basis for one year now. Our idea for the cafe is a community based, horizontally democratic, inclusive cafe which brings people together from across various social sectors to sit down and eat together... food brings all people together. Our focus is to provide healthy, sustainable, culturally appropriate food that is accessable and affordable to all. Please come and experience this fantastic model of community building and enjoy our good, healthy food.
A co-operative effort between the Central Neighbourhood House, Bleecker St Co-op and the St James Town Community Cafe.
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Jazz Fundraiser for Haiti
Sun. July 8, 3 p.m.
The Rex, 194 Queen W
By donation
Traditional jazz by Toronto's finest and a raffle.
Benefit concert for a women's co-op in Terrier Rouge
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You, Me and We: Making a Difference with Compassionate Communication
facilitated by Henry Wai
Sun July 8 - Intro 10:00 am -12:30 pm
Sun July 8 - Deepening (Theme: Empathy) - 1:30-5:30 pm
- downtown Toronto
INTROs - 10:00 am -12:30 pm - for those new to this process
DEEPENINGs - 1:30-5:30 pm - for those who've completed the morning INTRO or a similar short intro - builds on what is learned in the INTRO
Tuition: INTRO - $25 DEEPENING - $45 (if finances are a barrier, please contact Henry before the events to discuss alternatives)
People in distress are thirsty for empathy. Your ability to be present to others with care, focus, and minimal reactions can make the difference between a breakdown and a breakthrough. Young or old, timid or bold - clarify needs and choices, resolve conflicts and solve problems with a simple, transformative process which all ages can use. Based on a communication process used in 37 countries.
To learn more: www.nonviolentcommunication.com/aboutnvc/aboutnvc.htm
Info/Registration: Henry 416-913-8861 wai_renooy at sympatico.ca
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Toronto Laneway Bike Tour
Sun. July 8, 11 am
NW corner Gore Vale and Queen
Free
Bike tour of laneways in Trinity-Bellwoods, Little Italy and Queen West.
For more info: info at graemeparry.com
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2012 Urban Agriculture Summit
August 15 - 18 2012 in Toronto.
Register now!
Around the world, people are growing food in cities! You can learn new tools to advance urban agriculture in your community. Learn, network, train, tour. Summit programming is an action-oriented combination of workshops, panels, keynotes, tours, networking events and professional development opportunities.
http://www.urbanagsummit.org/
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Room available in Artist's Warehouse loft - July 1st...
Listed here: http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/roo/3106904089.html
200sq ft perfect for english language student or travellers, short term visitations etc. or 2nd long term roommate
Furnished
Community and eco oriented.
Near transit, all amenities, all inclusive, wireless, great professional gourmet kitchen, laundry in building, free parking (bike & car).
Perfect for conscientious, respectful, independent, environmentally & sustainably motivated creative spirit!
There's 2 of us now. We both cycle, love to cook, are into permaculture/justice/enviro issues. Join us! (3 total)
Please share this with others.
Please inquire 416.732.8965 pei.czech at gmail.com
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