T.O. Greenspiration Events: Speak up!
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Tue Dec 4 00:25:53 EST 2012
T.O. Greenspiration Events
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Sign the petition and ask the Province to support, not prevent, better cycling infrastructure and allow contraflow lanes in our city!
http://www.jonahscheinmpp.ca/gocontraflow/take-action/
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The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) is holding public hearings on the rebuilding of 4 Darlington nuclear reactors.
Dec. 3 - 7 in Port Hope
Go in person or listen to live webcast:
http://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/commission/webcasts/
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Key Dates for 2013 Budget Process: Community and Councillor Meetings
It’s that time of the year again: the City Budget process is about to start and that means that we need your support to maintain the City’s support for communities through increased investment in community organizations. C2C is working to ensure the City’s commitment to the community sector by maintaining funding for the Community Partnership Investment Program (CPIP), exemption from garbage fees for charities. We are also asking for continued support for the Hardship Fund, the Community Start-up Fund, Student Nutrition Programs, and increased access to recreation. We need to ensure that our City Councillors are aware of how important these issues are to Torontonians and that these services should be continued with even more support in 2013.
Find out more here: http://commitment2community.org/ xxxxx
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Getting Past Zero: Maintaining Services And Balancing Toronto's 2013 Budgetn - City councillors have important choices to make in the 2013 budget. They can allow city services to continue to erode, or they can modestly increase taxes to enhance the health of our city and Torontonians. Getting Past Zero shows what it will cost to maintain city services and how to pay for it. Download the report at http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/publication/building-community-leadership-for-a-healthier-toronto/
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Dalton McGinty Premier of Ontario: Stop Canadian Motor Speedway's construction via Ministerial Zoning Order
Will you take 30 seconds to sign the petition? Here's the link:
http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/dalton-mcginty-premier-of-ontario-stop-canadian-motor-speedway-s-construction-via-ministerial-zoning-order
Here's why it's important: To protect 650 acres of prime agricultural land, 177 acres of Carolinian forests and three watersheds that provide important fish habitat.
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Combined with the elimination of the plastic bag fee in June 2012, Toronto has taken some major steps backwards for the environment. See media coverage of the issue in TEA's News Room.
http://torontoenvironment.org/newsroom/teainthenews
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WTF is up with the City of Toronto Budget?
Tuesday Dec. 4, 6:30 p.m.
Tranzac, 342 Brunswick (S. of Bloor, W. of Spadina)
Free
People are sick and tired of seeing & hearing gaffes and scandals. In spite of the sideshow at Toronto City Hall come learn some of the real issues and gaps in understanding about Toronto Politics. Learn about Toronto Politics behind the headlines and the copy, connect with others to understand the issues better, and collaborate with others on valuable initiatives and action.
Come learn about the state of the Toronto City budget, and get answers to such questions as: How does city financing works? Is the City of Toronto we facing bankruptcy, drowning in debt, spending too much money? Are we really Greece without the nice weather? Join us and hear from a panel of pundits who are in-the-know to discuss the Toronto City Budget. Sort out Fact from Fiction, raise your own ideas about how the process could be better and the direction the city needs to go. Find out how it works, how it's evolved, the shortcomings and the options still available.
http://topoli01.eventbrite.ca/?ebtv=C
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Cinema Politica together with No One Is Illegal present the Toronto premiere of Swiss documentary:
Special Flight (Vol Special)
Fernand Melgar, 2012, 103 minutes, Switzerland
Tuesday, December 4, 6:45pm
Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor W. (at Bathurst)
Free.
A heart wrenching and chilling observational doc about immigrant "illegals" held in a detention centre and subjected to prison-like conditions without any rights. Each year, thousands of men and women in Switzerland are imprisoned without trial or sentence. Simply because they stay in the country illegally, they may be deprived of liberty for up to eighteen months before being deported.
Trailer & more details: http://www.cinemapolitica.org/screening/bloor/vol-sp%C3%A9cial
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Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires and Global Capitalism
Book Launch, Celebration & Talk
Tuesday, December 4, 7:30 PM
The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West (in the Ballroom)
Join David McNally and friends for an evening to celebrate the launch (in paperback) and the book’s receipt of the 2012 Deutscher Prize.
With MCs Faria Kamal and Alan Sears, remarks from Himani Bannerji and a talk and reading by David.
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Learn more about community power, solar PV and solar hot water
Tuesday, December 4, 6 pm
3030 Dundas West, 3030 Dundas Street West
All welcome!
Green13 has teamed up with greenTbiz and The Junction and Bloor West Village BIAs for a free public seminar on Solar & Community Power. The seminar is designed to educate BIAs, BIA members and local residents on how and why they should consider the development of solar projects in local BIA communities. Attendees will learn how to plan, build and maintain rooftop solar PV projects for their homes, businesses and communities. In addition, they will hear stories from people who have successfully connected their solar PV projects to the electricity grid or are in the process of developing community projects. Plus: water-intensive businesses will learn more about the benefits of solar hot water.
For more information contact greenTbiz Program Manager Robert Wakulat atrwakulat at greentbiz.org or 416-697-9000 or go to greentbiz.org/get-involved/events.
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Ontario teachers and the fight against austerity
Tuesday December 4, 6 pm
OISE, 252 Bloor W, 8th floor (St. George subway)
Join us for a discussion on the Ontario teachers' contract negotiations and potential strike and what we can do to help them win. Some helpful articles:
http://socialistworkercanada.com/2012/11/30/how-workers-can-win/
http://socialistworkercanada.com/2012/11/28/chicago-teachers-and-quebec-students-winning-strikes-and-union-renewal/
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1295924--walkom-why-it-makes-sense-for-ontario-teachers-to-go-on-strike
Organized by the Toronto International Socialists
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Toronto Environmental Alliance presents the 22nd Annual:
EcoBunk Awards
Wed. Dec. 5, 8 p.m.
Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas (west of Dufferin)
When can we celebrate dirty being clean, driving helping the environment, and tar sands development reducing pollution? At Ecobunk! Yes, it's that time of year again when we can celebrate those wonderful advertisers who fill the world with ecobunk that makes us laugh and cry.
Tickets are $40 each. To reserve tickets please call the TEA office at 416-596-0660 or email franz at torontoenvironment.org
http://www.torontoenvironment.org/
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Citizen Engagement for Citizens Workshop
Engaging Citizens, Fostering Innovation and Realizing Social Change in the era of Crowdsourcing and Social Media
Wednesday, December 5, 8 a.m. - 11 a.m.
CSI Annex, 720 Bathurst St (near Bloor)
Never has both the desire and opportunity for citizens to engage with their cities, provincial or national governments and fellow citizens to shape what they look like and how they care for their residents. There are many examples of how citizens are engaging with their cities through social media, crowdsourcing, etc. to make change happen on the street, at the program and at the policy levels. This workshop will look at these examples and discuss the building blocks of leading effective community engagement and open innovation online and offline. Participants will benefit from learning the building blocks, best practices, understanding the tools available and where they do and don’t work, and hearing of success stories in their community. This workshop will be of interest to grassroots organizations, community groups, and charities, as well as civic, municipal and provincial government staff.
Speaking at the workshop will be Laura Graham-Prentice, VP, Communications & Marketing of the YMCA of Toronto, Tamara Balan, Project Director of the Civic Action Alliance, and Paul Dombowsky of Ideavibes. Continental breakfast and refreshments will be provided.
Sign up here: http://to-citizenengagement.eventbrite.com
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City Budget 2013 Information Sharing
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 5 - 7 pm
Davenport-Perth Neighborhood and Community Health Centre (1900 Davenport Road), Campbell Room
Come learn more about the proposed cuts to the 2013 Budget for the City of Toronto and what it could mean for you. The 2013 City of Toronto Budget proposes major funding cutes to shelters and social housing, TTC fare increases, funding freezes for community agencies, drop-in programs, school nutrition programs and more. The proposed City Budget cuts & freezes will make matters worse for low-income people in Toronto. There is still time to reverse the proposals. Get informed and get involved
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Power of Stories: An interactive event on storytelling and HIV
Wednesday Dec. 5, doors 5, event starts 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Central Toronto Community Health Centre, 168 Bathurst St
Everyone welcome. Free. Wheelchair accessible space. We regret that we are unable to provide ASL interpretation for this event.
Join us for food, conversation, and stories from Taking Action II Building Aboriginal Youth Leadership for HIV Prevention, Story Gleaners, and Francisco Ibañez-Carrasco’s work, “Giving it Raw: How to Live with AIDS for 25 Years." This event is brought to you by Cafe Scientifique. With speakers:
- Dr. Sarah Flicker and Renée Monchalin- Taking Action II! Building Aboriginal Youth Leadership for HIV Prevention, a community-based research project on how Aboriginal young people are taking up HIV in relation to their communities and cultures.
- Dr. Francisco Ibañez-Carrasco - Through his nonfiction work in progress "Giving it Raw: How to Live with AIDS for 25 Years." writer, educator and community-based researcher, Francisco Ibañez-Carrasco speaks about being a health care patient as story telling.
- Sarah Switzer and Lorraine Barnaby- Story Gleaners, a community-based research project that used oral and digital storytelling to explore how drug policy affects the health of people who use drugs.
For more email please contact Sarah Switzer at 416-703-8482 ext 143 or by email at sswitzer at ctchc.com for questions.
http://www.catie.ca/en/world-aids-day#canadianwadevents
http://aboriginalaidsawareness.com/event-details/
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Never Again Means Never Again For Gaza
Wednesday, 5 December, 7 pm
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St, Toronto, Ontario M6G 2L8
Screening of "Where Should the Birds Fly?" a film by Palestinian Filmmaker Fida Qishta
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Bank of Canada vs. COMER (Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform) - Court Hearing
Wed. Dec. 5, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
180 Queen St. W. (just west of University Ave.)
This hearing concerns the right of the Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform to sue the gov't for violation of the Constitution and the failure to meet its obligations under the Bank of Canada Act. Our statement of claim can be read at comer.org
This is an historic event with international implications. Please come...
For more info: tomsmarda at gmail.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0llQG_7hnpw
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Centralized vs. Decentralized Energy: Lessons from Germany
Webinar (free)
Thursday, December 6, 10 am
In Germany, citizens, industry, and politicians have engaged in an “Energiewende” (Energy Revolution) that has resulted in more than 103.4 TWh per year being generated from renewable, representing 20% of Germany’s energy mix (Ontario consumed around 141.5 TWh in 2011). A 40-year plan, the Revolution will make Germany the first country to engage in such a progressive and integrated climate, energy and industrial policy transformation. Is the German sustainable energy experiment failing? Is a similar transition possible in Ontario? Is it even desirable?
http://ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID=1209&ContentID=4137&SiteNodeID=273&BL_ExpandID=
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Canning workshop - Meatless Mincemeat
Thur. Dec. 6, 6 - 9 p.m. (reg. at 5:45 p.m.)
WEFC'a Food Hub, 1229 Queen Street West (one door west of the south-west corner of Queen and Dufferin)
Just in time for the holiday season, with fruit from our local producers and dried fruit from one of our fair-trade suppliers. WEFC's Food Production and Programming Coordinator, James Partanen, will lead you through the recipe as well as an in-depth discussion about canning and preserving. This will be a great way to learn new skills or brush up old ones. You will learn about the theory and practice of preserving, gain hands-on experience using a hot water bath canner, and leave with some jars of delicious chutney.
The total cost for the workshop is $45 for West End Food Co-op members or $50 for non-members (which includes the cost of a lifetime membership).
Register here: http://westendfood.coop/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=197
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We Remember December 6
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
Thursday, Dec. 6, Noon – 1 p.m.
Women’s College Hospital Cummings Auditorium
All welcome. Wheelchair accessible
This year marks the 23rd anniversary of what came to be known as the Montreal Massacre. On Dec. 6, 1989, men were separated from the women, and 14 women were shot and killed
at L’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, while their murderer made anti-woman statements. On the anniversary of this tragic day, Women’s College Hospital will reflect on violence against women and
remember the women who have tragically lost their lives to gender-based violence.
Keynote Address: The Time is Now: Charting a Course for Action and Mobilization to End Violence Against Women by Fran Odette, program manager of the Women with Disabilities and Deaf Women’s Program at Springtide Resources
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National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women at U of T
Thursday, 6 December, noon - 1:30 pm
Outside of Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle, U of T
The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women and Children is held each December 6th in memory of the 14 young women killed at Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique in 1989, as well as women today who continue to experience violence in its many forms. More than just a memorial, it is also a call to action to end violence against women and children. Observance followed by free lunch in Hart House’s East Common Room where guests will have an opportunity for informal conversation and to discuss opportunities to end violence at the University of Toronto.
Join the Anti-Racism & Cultural Diversity Office, Assault Counseling & Education, Health & Wellness, Community Safety Office, Health & Well-being, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, First Nations House, Graduate Students Union, Centre for Women's Studies in Education, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, Faculty of Engineering, Sexual & Gender Diversity Office, Status of Women Office, Student Crisis Response, and the University of Toronto Students' Union in this event.
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It’s your life; it’s your right; so F.L.Y. (Forever Love Yourself)
Thur. December 6, noon - 7 p.m.
Central Neighbourhood House 349 Ontario Street
On National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, join us for:
Moment of Silence • Community Fair • Presentations • Workshops Entertainment • Activities for Children and Youth • Dinner
For more details, contact Safia at 416 925 43663 ext. 120
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Speak UP! Reflections on gendered violence & words as weapons
Thursday, 6 December, 6 - 8:30 p.m.
Centre of Social Innovation (Annex), 720 Bathurst Street (near Bloor)
Free community event!
Hear about how the language that we use shapes our actions and ideas about gender, sexuality, harassment and violence. Featuring:
- Mike Layton, Toronto City Councillor Ward 19
- Heather Jarvis, Co-founder of SlutWalk Toronto
- Steph Guthrie, Feminist community organizer
- deb singh, Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/ Multicultural Women Against Rape
- Jeff Perera, White Ribbon Campaign
- And the jazz sensations of Ori Dagan, music by El Costello and halo by Karim Rizkallah.
In remembrance of the victims of L'Ecole Polytechnique.
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Down with the Prison System! Prisoners of the World onto the Streets!
Thursday, 6 December, 8 - 11 pm, free mean (by donation) beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Harvest Noon Cafe / Grad Students Union U of T, 16 Bancroft Avenue (North of College, East of Spadina)
On the 10th anniversary of the police murder of Mapuche Weichafe Alex Lemun, join us for a Mapuche, Anarchist and Revolutionary International Solidarity Night - Live music, video and more...
In Support of the CAM Mapuche Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike since November 14th: Hector Llaitul & Ramon Llanquileo...
With speakers:
- Alaina Tom (Native Youth Movement): ***Directly from the West Coast** On the Development of Enbridge Northern Gateway and Kinder Morgan Pipelines and the Criminalization of Indigenous Protest in occupied Turtle Island.
- Amanda Lickers (Peterborough Anarchist Black Cross/ Sustained Engagements Nogojiwanong Anarchists Collective): On the current situation G20 Political Prisoner George Horton Norabuena and the 72 Hour Solidarity Hunger Strike for International Political Prisoners.
- Jaroslava Avila (WCCC [Toronto]): On the current situation of Mapuche, Anarchist and Anti-Authoritarian Political Prisoners in Wallmapu and $hile, including the current CAM Mapuche hunger strike, the finalization of the 14 Anarchist Bombs Case, Luciano “Tortuga” Pitronello, the Security Case among others.
- Julian Ichim: On the current situation of Irish Republican POWs currently on hunger strike in occupied Northern Ireland.
- Speakers from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
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Sharkwater - screening
Thursday, December 6, 5 p.m.
Bahen Centre, 40 St. George, Room 1230, University of Toronto
Free snacks
The City of Toronto has passed a ban on shark-fin products (38 to 0), because many shark species are endangered, on the verge of extinction. About 70 million sharks are de-finned every year, dying painfully. Shark-fin soup is not a staple food item; it is a luxury dish, served mainly at weddings and at special occasions, but increasingly Chinese newlyweds are choosing not serve it at their weddings, despite pressure from some caterers to do so. Many Chinese celebrities, including NBA star Yao-Ming, are supporting a worldwide ban on shark products. Some local restaurant owners and caterers are upset at losing revenue, claiming it is part of Chinese culture. This claim has been disputed by experts on Chinese culture. To its credit, the City of Toronto has decided that the fate of this endangered 100 million old year species needs to be taken seriously, and that it outweighs the concerns of the restaurant owners and others profiting from shark-fin products. Councillor Krystin Wong-Tam was one of the councillors who voted for the ban. She will be present to discuss the issue with students.
Organized by U of T Animal Rights Club: cruelandunnecessary at gmail.com
Event: https://www.facebook.com/?q=#/events/461862713849250/?ref=ts&fref=ts
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Einstein, Spinoza, and Today’s Realities
Thur. December 6, 5 pm
Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles
Free
For a talk by Dr. Bunli Yang and questions afterPerhaps you’ve wondered about the speed of light, how spacetime gets curved, quantum entanglement, parallel universes, what “laws of nature” mean these days. Maybe the pace of new technologies makes you think our knowledge is increasing faster and faster. But does knowledge differ from understanding? And how does understanding in science help, or not, with society’s choices today? Einstein had much to do with the making of the modern world. His legacy in physics soared with relativity, gravity, quantum theory, cosmology; dived and disappeared as he became “generally regarded as a sort of petrified object, rendered blind and deaf” with his doubts about quantum mechanics; made an amazing comeback with quantum gravity and superstrings. Some of Einstein’s insights can be traced to a 17th century thinker, Baruch Spinoza, who has staged his own amazing, improbable comeback.
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Week of Action to Save the Community Start Up and Maintenance Benefit
December 7th - 14th: Take Action in Your Community to Stop the Cuts!
Get on the bus from Toronto to Kitchener - Confront Milloy! Inviting ourselves to Minister Milloy’s Holiday Open House
Friday, December 7 - Buses from Toronto
Allan Gardens Park, 10 a.m.
Sistering, 962 Bloor W, 9:30 a.m.
PARC, 1499 Queen W. 10 a.m.
*Please Reserve a Seat to make sure you get a spot, Call: 416-925-6939
http://update.ocap.ca/node/1031
www.ocap.ca
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Telling Our Story
A fundraiser for U.S. War Resisters and their ongoing struggle
Fri. Dec. 7, 7 p.m. sharp
Innis Town Hall, U of T, 2 Sussex Ave. (at St. George, N. of Harbord)
$10-20 sliding scale
With a special reading by author Noah Richler; Common Thread Community Choir; a sneak preview of the new film Peace Has No Borders by filmmakers Denis Mueller and Deb Ellis; and a panel of U.S. Iraq War resisters.
War Resisters Support Campaign - www. resisters.ca - 416.598.1222 - wrsctoronto at gmail.com
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Toronto Harm Reduction Task Force presents:
HIV/HCV and “Street” Drugs
Fri. Dec. 7, 2 - 3:30 p.m.
410 Sherbourne St., 3rd floor (west side between Wellesley/Carlton)
Free. All welcome.
What are some of the interactions between newer medications used to treat HIV/HCV and illicit or “off-prescription” drug use?
Thanks to our partnership with the University of Toronto, these timely, informative presentations are provided courtesy of interns who are 3rd and 4th year pharmacology-toxicology students in a harm reduction service learning course. These presentations will be of interest to front line and peer workers, and anyone working with populations where substance use is a concern.
www.TOharmreduction.org TOharmreduction at gmail.com 647.222.4420
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Make Organic Glycerine Soaps Workshop
Friday, December 7, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Anarres Natural Health, near Dovercourt and Ossington
http://www.anarreshealth.ca/node/1622
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Trans
2012 winner for best documentary at multiple Queer Film Festivals.
Fri. Dec. 7, 9 p.m.
Flying Beaver Pubaret, 488 Parliament
PWYC. All donations will go to a Trans Inclusive Sports charity through the 519.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlR5GT_PMWg
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/244059805722256/
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Lenses of Freedom - Live From Syria!
Friday, Dec 7 to Sunday, Dec 23
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (Bloor and Bathurst)
Opening reception and sale: Friday, Dec 7 @ 7 pm
This photo exhibition showcases the work of a complex yet organized network of anonymous and courageous activists-photographers located in major cities across Syria. The photos document the turbulent events and how they are affecting the lives of people and landmarks inside Syria. Braving continuous bombing, shooting and killings, these activist photographers are risking their lives to deliver valuable amateur images for the world to see the truth of events taking place in Syria.
http://beitzatoun.org/cms/events/view/12-12-07/Lenses_of_Freedom.aspx
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Debtocracy - screening
Friday, December 7, 7:30 – 10 p.m.
Centre of Gravity, 1300 Gerrard Street East
Free!
Debtocracy (Greek: hreokratía) seeks the causes of the debt crisis and proposes solutions sidelined by the government and the dominant media. Aris Chatzistefanou and Katerina Kitidi discuss with economists, journalists and intellectuals from all over the world, who describe the steps that led Greece to the current debt trap – to debtocracy. The documentary follows the course of countries like Ecuador, which created Audit Commissions, and tracks the similar process in Greece.
Presented by Cinema Politica Danforth - a project of the Toronto Danforth NDP
More info: Cinema Politica - Danforth (http://www.cinemapolitica.org/danforth)
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/events/289376941179337
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CARSSU (Caribbean Studies Students Union) presents a film screening of Oliver Stone’s:
South of the Border
Friday, December 7, 6 pm - 9 pm
Wilson Hall, Room 2008, 40 Willcocks St., U of T
Refreshments will be served
After the film, there will be a discussion mediated by PhD candidate Kevin Edmond. Special guest Beatriz Santiago from the Louis Riel Bolvarian Circle (a Chivasta group of Venezuelans in Toronto) will be in attendance.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/carssu/?fref=ts
http://carssu.sa.utoronto.ca/
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Public Meeting: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Facility
An opportunity to voice your concerns and get answers to your questions about the uranium facility on Lansdowne
Saturday December 8, 2 - 4 p.m.
New Horizons Auditorium, 1140 Bloor Street West
Invited Guests Include:
-Minister of Natural Resources, Joe Oliver
-GE-Hitachi Representatives
-Nuclear Science Experts
-Toronto Environmental Alliance
-Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Hosted by Andrew Cash, MP for Davenport
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Ontario Common Front General Assembly
Sat. Dec. 8, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor, U of T (St. George subway)
Help develop a new vision for Ontario that supports women, marginalized people and strong communities through good jobs, public services & democratic rights. Because inequality hurts us all.
For details, visit: www.WeAreOntario.ca
https://www.facebook.com/events/424030694319380/
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Dinner and Film Night, featuring the documentary:
As long as the rivers flow: The Grassy Narrows blockade story
Saturday December 8, 6 pm Dinner • 7 pm Film screening
2 Fairford Avenue (1 block north of Gerrard St. E., 4 blocks east of Greenwood)
Suggested donation $7-15 (sliding scale)
On December 2, 2002 Grassy Narrows Anishnabe Community Members mobilized in a powerful direct action to stop the destruction of their way of life and habitat by stopping logging trucks from entering their territory. Many supporters have joined them in this fight. Since the early 1950s, industrial logging was destroying their way of life as massive hectares of forest were cut against their will. The community’s economic self sufficiency was dealt another big blow in the 1970's when mercury was dumped into the English Wabigoon River system (flows directly into Grassy Narrows First Nation and Whitedog) by a paper mill, and the river became poisoned with this mercury. To this day, that poison is still in the river system and new mercury is added from the logging that takes place all over the forest.
Since December 2002, Grassy Narrows Anishnabe community members have taken on this big logging industry. They succeeded in kicking out the world's largest paper company – Abitibi – and they are still fighting against companies like Weyerhaeuser who are trying to regain access to their forest. Please join us in celebrating Grassy Narrows’ resistance, their sovereignty, and their action in defence of the earth. We will be collecting signatures on the Grassy Narrows petition, and emails for the FreeGrassy Supporter email list.
Organized by Coxwell International Socialists - Info: 647.393.3096
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Amnesty International Toronto presents:
Write for Rights
Saturday, December 8, noon - 6 pm
Centre for Social Innovation, 720 Bathurst Street
https://www.facebook.com/events/117749635053008/?ref=ts&fref=ts
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Sounds of Solidarity: Rally at Toronto Immigration Holding Centre
Free the 3! Freedom for migrants! End detentions!
Sun. December 9, Meet at 2:30pm at Federal Court House, 180 Queen West, to get on the buses to the Toronto Immigration Holding Centre for a 4 p.m. rally
RSVP for buses: http://bit.ly/BusesDec9
On December 9th, join us from across Southern Ontarion for a family friendly demonstration outside the Toronto immigration detention centre in solidarity with security certificate detainees Mohammad Mahjoub, Mohamed Harkat and Mahmoud Jaballah and all those locked up in immigration detention. We will be a noisy, musical presence to express our support for those locked up inside. We will have live performances, drummers and hot chocolate! Please bring whistles, pots, pans and other noise makers, dress warm and bring a flashlight. Speakers and performers to be announced shortly.
December 10th marks the 10th year anniversary of Mohamed Harkat’s arrest under a security certificate. Mahjoub will be in court in Toronto for a detention review, once again calling on the judge to free him from over twelve years of arbitrary, indefinite detention. And it is International Human Rights Day. For over a decade now, Mohammad Mahjoub, Mohamed Harkat and Mahmoud Jaballah have lived in arbitrary and inhumane detention as a result of security certificates. Mahjoub was imprisoned for 8 years (including 2.5 years in solitary) and over 4.5 years under continuing house arrest and conditions; Harkat was imprisoned for 3.5 years (including 1 year in solitary) and 6.5 years under house arrest and conditions; Jaballah was imprisoned for over six years prison (including 1.5 years in solitary) and 5.5 years under continuing house and conditions… yet, none of them has ever been charged.
Mahjoub, Harkat and Jaballah are three of the thousands of migrants in Canada who spend more time in worse jails simply because they don’t have full immigration status. With the full implementation of Bill C-31 in December, and with Bill C-43 looming in Parliament, increasing numbers of migrants will find themselves behind bars. Since the Harper government came in to power in 2006, over 72,000 people have been locked up in immigration detention. This includes families and children as well as those jailed in maximum security prisons without access to service or programs.
Email justiceformahjoub at gmail.com: we can provide flyers, media release, and other support.
Please also take a moment to sign the statement against security certificates at www.harkatstatement.com/
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Occupation, Militarization, Political Prisoners, Apartheid
Joint celebration of International Human Rights Day
Sunday, December 9, 3 pm - 8 pm
Steelworkers Hall (25 Cecil Street - south of Bloor, east of Spadina)
Snacks and refreshments will be served - all welcome!
Join us for a day of celebration, resistance, education, community and culture as we gather to reflect on and participate in the annual International Human Rights Day (December 10). Gather materials and learn about upcoming events at the information tables; meet and speak with community organizers and activists; attend the speakers’ panel and discussion: and stay around for cultural performances, food and refreshments.
3 pm - Community information tables
4 pm - Speakers panel and discussion with: Monira Kitmitto (CAIA), Krishna Saravanamuttu (Coalition for Tamil Rights, CTR), Ilian Burbano (Latin American and Caribbean Solidarity Network, LACSN), and Alex Felipe (Bayan Toronto spokesperson / Philippine Solidarity Network, PSN)
6 pm - Cultural performances and social - music, dance, film, art
Jointly organized by: CAIA, CTR, LACSN and PSN
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The Sassy Little Holiday Show!
Sunday December 9, 3 - 9 pm
The Central, 603 Markham Street (Bloor and Bathurst, near Suspect Video)
www.thecentral.ca
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