T.O. Greenspiration Events: Summer Jam
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Jul 22 22:43:47 EDT 2012
Toronto Greenspiration Events
Pass this onto a friend... -angela
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Bad Grades for the TTC in First-ever TTCridersʼ Report Card
Much of the blame with the TTCʼs lacklustre performance lies with the Province and Federal Governments because they fail to provide real financial support for the TTC. Improving the TTC’s performance and building the public transit system Torontonians deserve needs proper investment in transit operations in Toronto.
http://www.ttcriders.ca/bad-grades-for-ttc-in-ttcriders-report-card/
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Peace Out
80 min, 2011
Mon. July 23, 9 p.m.
Bloor Cinema (Bloor east of Bathurst)
As energy exploration, excavation and export remain Canada’s economic backbone, contradictions and debates abound on the risks and rewards of development. Director Charles Wilkinson asks a sensible question: What price are we willing to pay for our consumption? And he seeks a comprehensive answer that involves all sides of four major energy projects on the Peace River that will forever alter the landscape of Northwestern Canada. Hydroelectric damming, natural gas fracturing, nuclear reactors and the oil sands present diverse perils and benefits. What is the best path? Peace Out skillfully avoids polemical experts and activists, giving voice to those dedicated to research and reason, making this a vital film amidst the cacophony of opinions polluting headlines.
http://bloorcinema.com/movies/Peace-Out/
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The International War on Drugs: Implications for Canadian Domestic Drug Policies
With Justun Faubert & Robert Scoular
Mon. July 23, 1:30 pm
410 Sherbourne Street, 3rd floor (half a block below Wellesley Street)
Free
Justun Faubert & Robert Scoular are 4th-year students of International Criminal Law. They were interns with the Canadian Harm Reduction Network, through the University of Toronto's Service Learning program. This presentation draws on both academic and community sources.
International Protocols favour punitive sanctions against people who use drugs - that is, law enforcement as opposed to a health or harm reduction approach. The result is that drug users, already a marginalised population, suffer ‘discrimination by policy’ that leads to unintended harmful consequences, including the heightened risk of infectious disease, extrajudicial killings and disproportionate imprisonment. Clearly, our domestic policies need to be challenged, as do international protocols - and the dominance of a few powerful states. The paper on which this presentation is based - The War on Drug Users: Denying Life, Liberty and Security of the Person - can be accessed at http://www.canadianharmreduction.com/
Sponsored by the Toronto Harm Reduction Task Force
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Attn. All Young Women – Want to Learn Spoken Word? The Join the I DO Project
7 workshops that will be filmed for a documentary. Because CONSENT is a right not a privilege.
Mondays and Tuesdays, 6 – 8 pm, July 23rd to Aug. 14th
Chester Le Community Corner, 201 Chester Le Boulevard
"I do!" is a youth initiative that is part of the project Alliance of Multicultural Agencies Against Forced Marriages in Canada at Agincourt Community Services Association. It seeks to create awareness about forced marriage among young women through art workshops. It also aims to film the workshops to be made into a documentary.
We have completed the first art workshop which involved young people (13-18 years of age) creating posters about what they learned. You can read about that workshop on our blog at http://amfmcanada.ca/project-blog/. Currently, we are seeking 20 young women (13-18 years of age) for our next workshop which will teach them the techniques of Spoken Word and how to express their views about forced marriage using this art. It will be held on Mondays and Tuesdays from July 23rd to August 14th at Chester Le Community Corner.
Space is limited. Register here: http://idospokenword.eventbrite.ca
For info contact Amna @ samna at amfmcanada.ca
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I.S. (International Socialists) Toronto District Meeting
Tuesday July 24, 6 pm
@ OISE, 252 Bloor St W, rm 2279
All welcome.
1) Eyewitness report back from the Quebec student strike July 22 demonstration. The Quebec students have vowed to continue their struggle. Steelworkers area council is sending a bus to Montreal for this day of action with trade unionists from Steel and OPSEU. We are also sending a car load of student and other members. We will start our meeting with a report back from the demonstration.
2) Revolution in Portugal 1974. Kevin Brice will introduced a discussion on the Portuguese Revolution of 1974 when workers brought down a 50 year old fascist regime took over factories and land. Fueled by anti-colonial struggles in Africa and the radicalization of the late's 1960's, this is a critical piece of working class history that provides important lessons for our struggles today. Part of the Revolutionary Rehearsals Summer series.
The flowering of the masses--Revolution in Portugal 1974
http://pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/sr229/parrington.htm
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Mahjoub Court Hearings - CSIS in the Dock
July 24 - 26 (Tues. - Thur.)
180 Queen St.
Mr. Mahjoub is one of three Muslim men, including Mahjoub Jaballah (arrested 2001 in Toronto) and Mohamed Harkat (arrested 2002 in Ottawa) still fighting to free themselves from the injustice of security certificates.
Justice for Mahjoub Network - www.supportmahjoub.org
justiceformahjoub at gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/390246874358318/
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Mega Quarry Tour to North Dufferin County
Wednesday, July 25
Leave from the East End of Toronto at 9 a.m. and return by 5 p.m.
Cost: Unwaged or not gainfully employed pay $5 for the day; those that can pay at least $10 for the day
RSVP to Elaine via matthew.kellway.c1a at parl.gc.ca
Learn more about the purpose of this trip: www.ndact.com
Arrangements are being finalized for the Mega Quarry Tour. To avoid issues with allergies and food sensitivities, we are asking that you bring your own lunch.
Elaine Perkins | Constituency Assistant | Outreach
Matthew Kellway, Member of Parliament, Beaches – East York
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Democracy Salon
With the Canadian Electoral Alliance
Wednesday July 25, 8pm - 10pm
519 Church Street (North of Wellesley)
Menu: Appetizers - nibbles and snacks
Entre -
1. Details in Planning of Town Hall meeting in September 25, 2012 where a speaker will talk about Law Commission of Canada report on electoral reform.
2. Determining and discussing ways to publicize such event.
3. Updates on Canadian Electoral Alliance's letter to MPs on Quest for Electoral Reform and Proportional Representation
Admission: bring a snack to share
Invite your friends to our Democracy Salon and take Canada to real democracy!
contact at electoralalliance.ca
www.electoralalliance.ca
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Architecture After Oil: Natural Building in the 21st Century
Thursday, July 26, 7 – 9 p.m.
Ryerson University, The Pit, 325 Church Street
Suggested donation: $5 - $15
A public talk by celebrated researcher and engineer, Bruce King, a world-renowned desinger and structural engineer who has been at the forefront of bringing traditional and sustainable methods into the codified mainstream. He leads the Ecological Building Network and Green Building Press.
More info: www.endeavourcentre.org
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ZooShare Biogas Co-operative Information Session
Thursday, July 26, 7 to 9 p.m.
Come out to learn more about ZooShare and the biogas plant it's developing at the Toronto Zoo. We'll be available to answer questions about everything from what biogas is and which animal has the best poo to what a co-op is and how to become a member or investor of ZooShare.
info at zooshare.ca | zooshare.ca | @zooshare | facebook.com/zooshare
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3810707930
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Art Spin
– for bikers and rollers
Thur. July 26
Meet at 6:30 at Dufferin Grove Park (Dufferin south of Bloor), tour leaves at 7
Wraps up at a finale location for a little after-party!
July is an exciting event featuring a new body of work from Art Spin founder Rui Pimenta, it will be a do-not-miss show!
http://www.artspin.ca/#!Upcoming%20Events/cihc
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Celebrate Cuba's Rebellion Day!
A Political and Cultural Event
Thursday, July 26, 6:30 pm - midnight
United Steelworkers’ Hall, 25 Cecil St. (one block southeast of College and Spadina)
Dedicated to Professor Keith Ellis, in appreciation of his tireless work in solidarity with Cuba
Indigenous Opening Ceremony
Special guest - Raúl Delgado Concepción, Honourable Consul of Cuba in Toronto
Special presentation honouring Professor Keith Ellis - Award winning Author, Poet
Live Band, DJ, Homemade Halal food and much more
On July 26th, 1953 a group of brave young Cubans attacked the Moncada and the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes garrisons, symbols of the tyranny and occupation of Cuba under the U.S. puppet regime of Batista. Although the attack was defeated, it raised the banner of struggle, which would lead to the victory of the Cuban Revolution on January 1st, 1959. We celebrate the heroic resistance of the anti-terrorist Cuban Five who are unjustly held in U.S. prisons while the Cuban nation is defending its socialist achievements through mass mobilizations for the implementation of the Economic and Social Policy Guidelines of the Party and of the Revolution.
Organized by Toronto Forum on Cuba – http://torontoforumoncuba.weebly.com, torontoforumoncuba at rogers.com
http://cubanosjgg.blogspot.com, asociacion.jgg at gmail.com
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Critical Mass Ride
Fri. July 27, meet at 6:15 p.m. corner of Spadina and Bloor (and the last Friday of every month)
All 2-wheeled motor-free, enviro-friendly, gentle, safe, silent, graceful and healthy vehicles welcome!
We aren't blocking traffic - we ARE traffic!
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Ontario Student Strike Training Camp
Fri. July 27, 7 p.m. – Sun. July 29
U of T
Please fill out the online registration form here: http://www.utgsu.ca/stuorgtrain/ - and spread the word to any other students who you think will be interested!
On the weekend of July 28 - 29th, several student organizers from Quebec will be coming to the University of Toronto to train the crew of Ontario student organizers who will be (direct) democratizing their campuses and mobilizing towards a student strike. Whether you are an experienced organizer or new to the scene, whether you're on the executive of a union, in the good ol' fashioned rank-and-file, or organize outside of union formations, you are welcome to come to this weekend training camp. All we ask is that you are committed to organizing towards a student strike in a directly democratic, bottom-up, and anti-authoritarian fashion; that you are willing to spread the skills that you learn at these workshops to others in your cities and on your campus; and that you are open to learning new organizing strategies from people who have been on the front-line of the student struggle in Quebec.
Some workshop topics include: introduction to student strikes, communication and mobilization, mobilizing graduate students, from mobilization committees to strike committees, creating and facilitating general assemblies, creating and/or radicalizing student associations, enforcing strikes, graduate student strikes, using strikes to build a movement, and direct democracy. There will be time for plenary discussions, strategy sessions and break-out groups.
https://www.facebook.com/events/199457126847267/
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The People's Peas Garden Presents:
SUMMER JAM! *An Edible & Musical Community Potluck Picnic*
Sat. July 28, 12-5 pm
NorthWest part Queen's Park
We are Celebrating Urban-Grown Food while highlighting the important work still needed to build Community Resilience. This Family-Friendly, Rain-or-Shine event will include:
*Potluck Food* -Bring a Potluck Dish or Snack to share made with local Garden-Fresh fare!
*Acoustic Musical Performances* -The Jolly Jive Trio Minus Two -Maria Kasstan -Jacob & The Radicchio-Active Light Energy Band
Bring your music-makers to jam along!
*Hands-on Workshops*
-Starting a Summer Garden (Li)
-Seed-Saving (Maria)
-Food Policy and the Occupy Movement (Darcy & Katie)
-Garden walks of nearby Community Gardens
-More details coming soon!
The Summer Jam! is a collaboration by:
- OccupyGardensToronto: facebook.com/groups/378678535518452 //OccupyGardensToronto at gmail.com
- FoodForward: pushfoodforward.com
https://www.facebook.com/events/365249673548853/permalink/366291870111300/
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StoMp the Mega Quarry
Sat. July 28
Join “StoMp the Mega Quarry” to walk, bike or run and celebrate Ontario's Prime Farmland and Fresh Water. We are raising awareness and funds to directly support the non profit NDACT in its efforts to preserve precious resources. All levels of walkers, runners and cyclists will experience a scenic, fun and challenging course that features rolling hills and beautiful fertile countryside threatened by the proposed massive Mega Quarry.
More info: http://www.ndact.com/index.php/stomp-the-mega-quarry/race-details
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Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Ambassador Training
Saturday, July 28, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Scarborough Civic Centre, 150 Borough Drive Committee Room 1
Free
Register at: http://www.yourleaf.org/event/2012-07-28/eab-ambassador-training-july-28-2012
Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) plans to take a huge chunk out of our urban forest. But there are actions you can take! Become an EAB Ambassador and help LEAF spread the word about treatment options for ash trees not yet infested, replanting programs and more. This training will include both indoor and outdoor instruction to help you identify ash trees, understand the effects of EAB and become familiar with planting programs that Toronto residents can take advantage of. We'll also provide you with tips on the best techniques to use when sharing the information with others!
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Pedestrian Sunday Festival
Summer - Off-the-grid!
Sunday, July 29, noon - 7 p.m.
in Kensington Market
Pedestrian-only streets throughout Kensington Market featuring musical and cultural performances, art-market, street food, sidewalk sales, and family-friendly discoveries around every corner. See you in the streets! Rain or Shine :)
http://pskensington.ca/
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Vintage Bicycle Show
– presented by the Community Bicycle Network
Sunday July 29, noon - 5pm
Trinity Bellwoods Park (Queen, east of Ossington)
You’re invited to participate in 3 ways:
1. I have a vintage bike I want to show off! Great!, shine it up and bring it to Trinity Bellwoods Park on Sunday July 29th, 2012. No charge.
2. I have vintage bicycle stuff I would like to sell! Awesome, we are selling vendor space for the event. $25 for an individual vendor, $50 for a retail or corporate vendor. Email or Tweet us for more information.
3. I don’t have anything to sell or show, but I love old bikes! Fantastic, show up to Trinity Bellwoods on Sunday July 29th.
For more info: Email: info at communitybicyclenetwork.org and Twitter: @communitybike
Sign up to our newsletter for more information http://www.communitybicyclenetwork.org/newsletter/
Here is a copy of the poster for the event: http://torvbs.wordpress.com/
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No More Fukushimas Peace Walk
Join Buddhist nuns on their walk around Lake Ontario calling for a nuclear free future.
Wed. Aug. 1, 6 p.m. veggie potluck, 7:30 p.m. talk
Friends House, 60 Lowther (St. George subway)
Free, all welcome.
For more info: angela at cleanairalliance.org
http://www.graftonpeacepagoda.org/no-more-fukushimas-peace-walk-july-11-aug-11-2012/
https://www.facebook.com/peacewalk.2012
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From Silence to Attention
A Non-Violent Direct Action Workshop
Saturday Sept 22, 2012 - From 1-5 p.m.
First Unitarian Congregation, 175 St Clair Ave West, at Avenue Rd., Toronto
Do you have an issue that is near and dear to your heart? Are you keen to make a difference - but not sure what to do? Are you looking for ways to garner media attention for your side of the story?
This interactive, dynamic and fun workshop, offers proven and practical strategies for getting heard. You will develop the theoretical and practical skills you need to determine when and how to use non-violent direct action to achieve your goals. Specific topics that we will cover include: types of direct action, how to ensure your action is strategic and effective, designing actions, action roles and responsibilities, and dealing with issues that arise during the action itself, such as addressing conflict and negotiating with people with different ideologies and approaches to action.
Facilitator: Jessica Bell, M. Ed., works as a facilitator and social movement trainer. She is the co-founder of Toronto training organization, Tools for Change, and a trainer with the Ruckus Society. Jessica teaches advocacy in the Non-profit and Voluntary Sector Management Program at Ryerson University.
Who should attend? Anyone seeking effective strategies for working on controversial issues - mega-quarry, tar sands, pipelines, Aboriginal rights, medically-assisted death, Occupy, G-20, & more.
Cost? $30, sliding scale. Nobody turned away for inability to pay. If you can pay a little extra, please do so to help us cover expenses.
Please make your cheque payable to “First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto”.
To register: fill out form below and send, with your cheque, to:
Kate Chung, First Unitarian Congregation, 175 St Clair Ave West, Toronto M4V 1P7
Name: _____________________________________
Phone: _____________________________________
Email: ______________________________________
Mailing Address: ______________________________________________
Where did you hear about this course? _____________________________
Registration fee* enclosed: _______________
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