T.O. Greenspiration Events - Happy Earth Day

Mon Apr 22 00:28:14 EDT 2013

T.O. Greenspiration Events

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Toronto Bike Events Calendar

http://www.bikeevents.to/

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10 key points for becoming a more compassionate activist
Beautiful piece by Torontonians Judy Rebick and Velcroe Ripper

http://rabble.ca/books/reviews/2013/04/10-key-points-becoming-more-compassionate-activist

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Send a letter to Premier Wynne asking her to put efficiency first! 
Efficiency and green energy - not more nukes!

http://cleanairalliance.org/eff_bulletin 

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Purchase & Expand the BIXI Program

BIXI Toronto is wildly popular, but needs investment. Write members of Executive Committee asking them to purchase the system & invest in a bold expansion plan.

http://cycleto.ca/purchase-expand-bixi-program-ex3113?

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Plan a bike trip this summer with BikeTrain.ca

The Bike Train Initiative introduces bike racks onboard select passenger rail trains this summer around Ontario.
No need to bag or box your bike, and it's free for your bike!

http://www.biketrain.ca/?utm_source=Welcome+Cyclists+%26+Bike+Train+Update+April+2013&utm_campaign=WCN%2FBT+Feb+2013&utm_medium=email

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GEET Clean Engine Retrofit

An engine that can run on anything, even pop. 
Class July 18 - 20

https://www.facebook.com/events/150777005098425/

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Kill Pickering b4 it Kills you! Pull the Plug!

OPG has plans to extend the life of the ageing Pickering nuclear reactors another 6 years.  Tell them NO - deadline April 29th. Deets here.

https://www.facebook.com/events/339130802856535/

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Petition: Reduce Military Spending

Join the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and call on the Federal government to redirect Military spending and to invest in urgent human and environmental needs.

Please sign our petition at http://vowpeace.org/our-work/petition-reduce-military-spending/ and forward to your friends.  Help us to spread the word and make a difference.

In 2012, the Canadian government spent $22.7 billion on National Defence but only $1.6 billion on Environment Canada. The federal government is planning to spend $25 billion on new warships, $16 billion on new fighter jets and $1 billion on armed drones. However, the greatest human security challenges are climate change and poverty.

For more information on Military Spending in Canada click http://vowpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Military-Spending-in-Canada-FACT-SHEET-2013-2.pdf

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Chasing Ice 
Film Screening and CCL Fundraiser (Citizens Climate Lobby - Toronto Chapter) 

Monday April 22, 7 p.m.
Council Chambers, North York Civic Centre, 5100 Yonge Street (Yonge and Empress Walk - South West Corner, North York Civic Centre subway station)

In Celebration of Earth Day, join us for this film screening and meet the people from Citizens climate Lobby Toronto.  All Proceeds from this event will help subsidize local volunteer members to travel to Washington DC for Creating a Climate for Change - Citizens Climate Lobby's conference lobbying days in Washington DC June 23 -25. 

Acclaimed photographer James Balog deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers. His hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate. Traveling with a team of young adventurers across the brutal Arctic, Balog risks his career and his well-being in pursuit of the biggest story facing humanity.   After the film finishes (approximately 80 minutes) there will be a discussion about the work of Citizens Climate Lobby in Toronto.

http://cclchasingice.eventbrite.ca
https://www.facebook.com/events/142582819252408/

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Propagator 209 - Earth Day Present 

Local indy media/video

http://blip.tv/PropaGator/propagator-209-earth-day-present-6563238

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Act for the Planet in Your Community – Earth Day

Monday April 22
Community clean-up 2 - 4 pm (hosted by CounterFit)
Community meal 5 - 6pm
Evening expert panel and community discussion - Diabetes in the Real World – Can toxic exposures cause diabetes? 6 - 8 p.m.

South Riverdale Community Health Centre, 955 Queen East

Free Activities:
-          Music David Shelly artist and performer
-          Crafts for all ages – Pot a seedling. Make flowers out of shopping bags!
-          Bike safety checks
-          Information booths/tables

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FreeScool Lecture with Sydney White, Studies in Propaganda 

Environmental Economics, basing our money on our REAL wealth, not on financial slight-of-hand. Myths about Money & our Bank of Canada

Monday, April 22 from 6-8pm
Room 161, 15 King's College Circle, University College, Toronto

For more info, call 416-787-0592

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Citizens for a Safe Environment Foundation of Toronto Inc. presents:

Water Fluoridation in the 21st Century
with Paul Connett, PhD (chemistry) 

Monday, April 22, 6:30 p.m. Doors Open, 7 p.m. Presentation
North York Civic Centre Committee Room 3, 5100 Yonge Street (5 blocks north of Sheppard Avenue on west side of Yonge Street)

After 50 years* of adding fluoride to Toronto 's tap water, isn't it time to look at the last 50 years of scientific studies on this issue to inform current political decisions? 

Danny Litterst at (647) 244-6724 or danlitterst at hotmail.com or
Karen Buck at (416) 690-7593 or karenbuck at rogers.com"

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Spring Detox Lab Workshop
With Tracey Tief from Anarres Natural Health

Mon. April 22, 7:30 p.m.
Grassroots, 372 Danforth

We'll learn which ingredients help detoxify body, mind and spirit, and how they do it.

https://www.facebook.com/events/366148510160364/

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GreenHeroes.tv Season Two Premiere + Launch of our Application!

Mon. April 22, 7 - 10 p.m.
In front of your TV, Computer, or Mobile Device :)

GreenHeroes Season 2 is launching on EARTH DAY, April 22nd, at 7pm and 7:30pm with two new episodes featuring Chef Jamie Kennedy Kitchens, "Daniel Lanois", Ecoholic Adria Vasil, Fashion Takes Action's Kelly Drennan, and Green Beauty's Donna Bishop.
Be sure to tune in and play along with our free app!
http://academy.greenheroes.tv/

https://www.facebook.com/events/327798577346967/

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Mother Earth Day

Mon. April 22, 3 - 6 p.m.
Evergreen Brickworks

A Day of stories/teachings/performances both "to,from and about the land

https://www.facebook.com/events/546208002068642/

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Mangos With Chili

Monday, April 22 - 8 p.m. 
The Palmerston Library 560 Palmerston Ave 
All ages welcome, childcare available, accessible
$20-$10 dollars, sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds (WE REALLY MEAN IT!!!)

Come to a breathtaking evening of healing and transformative performance by and for two spirit, trans and queer people of color!  After six years, Mangos With Chili returns to Toronto, for two nights of performance, presenting amazing work in theater, performance art, dance, hip hop, burlesque, and spoken word. Don’t miss this life changing night of healing, transformation, testimony, and booty.

https://www.facebook.com/events/165935390228236/

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Digging Up the Dirt: How Canadian Foreign Aid Supports the Mining Industry
With Jen Moore (Latin America Program Coordinator, Mining Watch Canada) and Stacey Gomez (Mining Injustice Solidarity Network). 

Tuesday April 23, 6:30 p.m.
OISE (252 Bloor St. W), Room 2214  

A discussion of Canada’s changing foreign policy under the Harper government. Our speakers will touch on issues including: how Canadian foreign aid is explicitly being used as a tool to support and legitimize the Canadian mining industry, including in Latin America; how this shift in policy violates the principles that Canadian foreign aid is supposed to serve; how Canadian mining companies have had detrimental effects on impacted communities; and what the recent amalgamation of CIDA and DFAIT might mean for future development projects, especially as they relate to resource extraction. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/636798659679607/

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Building Momentum for Transportation Funding

Tues. April 23, 7 - 9:30 p.m.
Evergreen Brickworks, BMO Atrium
$10

Building on previous Innovation Talks focused on civic engagement and funding structures, Evergreen and partners will discuss the current state of transportation funding, outcomes of City and Metrolinx public consultations and next steps in moving the region forward.

With: Dylan Reid, Spacing Magazine
Cherise Burda, Transportation, Pembina Institute
Teresa Di Felice, CAA
Roberto Racinni, City of Toronto
Mitzie Hunter, Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance

http://ebw.evergreen.ca/whats-on/special-events/innovation-talks

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Urban Cycling Refresher: Tips, Tricks and Best Practice Q&A
With Yvonne Bambrick

Tues. April 23, 5 pm - 6:30 pm
CSI Annex, 720 Bathurst St., Annex Lounge
Free

If any of these apply, this session is right up your alley!
	• I love riding my bike to get around town for all kinds of reasons 
	• Recreational cycling is something I like to do for a little weekend fun 
	• I’m thinking about getting back on my bike but feeling a little rusty  
	• I keep hearing about bikes this, and bikes that, and want to know more

Bicycles, the greenest form of transportation on the planet (besides your feet), are the most efficient vehicles on our streets.  Using a bike as one of your ‘urban mobility tools’ not only saves you money, helps you lower your carbon footprint, and get a bit of exercise, it can also save you a lot of time.  You can choose your own route, stop anywhere you like on a whim along the way, and usually get there in a fraction of the time it might take if you were stuck in traffic.

We’ll discuss the following: basic rules/etiquette of the road, rights and responsibilities of cyclists, how to properly lock your bike, traffic violations that apply to cyclists, what to do in case of a collision and how to avoid them, clothing / riding in all weather, using your gears, how to carry stuff, and other ways to make your ride more enjoyable.  Undoubtedly, we will also get into the politics of cycling–oh joy! The Q & A portion should be most interesting, so bring your most niggling bikey questions – someone else will probably be wondering the same thing ;)

For More Information:  heather at socialinnovation.ca

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(Un)Sound Occupation
A 4-evening workshop dedicated to sound and politics

April 23 – 26, 7 – 10 p.m.
Trinity Square Video, 401 Richmond West #376
Free.

This workshop series offers a wonderful opportunity to explore a new way of conceptualizing protest, and the world around us: through sound. The series aims to bring sound artists and activists together to explore the following questions:
How might sound be employed by artists and activists to hear a radically different future than the same old one the system keeps playing for us?
What kinds of sonic tactics might be used in the context of a demonstration/protest?
Can an analysis of how sound is used in mass media offer future modes of intervention?
Can zones of radical openness be conceptualized away from the feedback control and capture essential to capitalist power?
Sound has huge potential in Toronto's protest scene, and this is the space to explore how, and engage sound artists in the politics of sound.

Questions and Readings posted here: http://www.asounder.org/unsoundoccupation
Confirm your participation via torn at asounder.org
http://www.asounder.org/
A Toronto FreeScool event

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Ward 30 East End Bike Summit
Hey east end cyclists! It’s getting warmer out there . . .

Wednesday April 24, 7 - 9 p.m.
At the South Riverdale Community Health Centre, 955 Queen St. E. (near Carlaw) 

·         Learn about local cycling projects.
·         Share your ideas, get involved & support sustainable transportation.
·         Speakers invited, yet to confirm.

(416) 461-1925 ext 241

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Confront Barrick Gold

Wed. April 24, 9:30 a.m. - noon
255 Front St. Metro Convention Center, Toronto

Around the world, Barrick robs Indigenous people of their lands, destroys sensitive ecosystems and agricultural land, supports brutal police and security operations, and sues anyone who tries to report on it. But despite repression and a sophisticated PR machine, the truth is getting out about this corporate criminal. 

Once a year, the board of Directors of the world’s most powerful gold mining corporation converge in downtown Toronto. This year, we're releasing a report that chronicles Barrick's lies and highlights the true stories behind their false CSR spin. Help us ensure that these stories don't get ignored. Join us as we debunk Barrick's lies and help create a powerful movement of solidarity against Barrick and corporate impunity. Be there with us to tell investors: “GOLD IS A TOXIC ASSET, INVEST IN LIFE!”

More info: protestbarrick.net
https://www.facebook.com/events/361759053928131/

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DiNovo to Host Community meeting with No Casino Toronto

Wednesday April 24, 7 - 9 p.m.
Lithuanian House, 1573 Bloor St. West (w. of Dundas)

In response to a flood of calls and e-mails from of Parkdale-High Park residents concerned about the impact of a possible casino, DiNovo called for an open meeting to address community concerns. Activists from the No Casino Toronto who will be making a presentation and providing material.

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Hot Docs 
North America’s largest documentary festival

April 25 – May 5
Theatres across Toronto

To see more films on ecology and the environment, please view our list here: http://www.hotdocs.ca/film/search/search&category=263/
Order your tickets now!

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Whose Borders? Panel and Coffee Table Discussion on Border Struggles

Thur. April 25, 6:30pm
Toronto Free Gallery (1277 Bloor Street West) (Lansdowne Subway Station)
The space including bathrooms is wheelchair accessible.

Presentations from Sebastian Rodriguez (Arizona, USA); Indigenous land defenders from Akwesasne Mohawk Territory; David Moffette (on the Ceuta (Morrocco/Spain) border crossing); members of No One Is Illegal - Toronto and more.

With Canada clamping down on permanent immigration, borders becoming more lethal globally, over 50 million people displaced around the world, indigenous communities demanding and asserting control over their territories while trade agreements take away community self-determination, join us in lead up to the 8th annual May Day of Action for a discussion on Borders. What are they? What are they not? What is a no-border struggle in the current context? Is it the same everywhere? What does decolonization work mean when thinking about borders?

Full details: http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/786
https://www.facebook.com/events/452041198205073/

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Extra Virgin .... You Don't Say
A Chemist reveals the secrets of Olive Oil

Thursday, April 25 @ 7 pm
612 Markham (Bloor and Bathurst)

Patriarchal society and systems seem to be obsessed with the concept of "virginity". In recent years this obsession has encompassed "extra virgin" olive oil.  Is there a connection?  With the enormous popularity and appreciation of extra virgin olive oil people are asking what is "extra virgin" olive oil? Why is it so desirable? Why is the industry around it so scandalous?  This event is programmed by Beit Zatoun and offered by Peter Brickell, a chemist who is long-time supporter and serves as in-house chemist to Zatoun (the progenitor of Beit Zatoun - was it a virgin birth?). He has a natural teacher's ability to bring fascinating and unique insights into a food process many do not fully understand or appreciate.  As has been revealed  by the recent book, Salt, Sugar, and Fat by Michael Moss there are enormous, hidden and harmful impacts of food chemistry in our lives and health.  Do not miss this wild ride into the secrets of olive oil.

http://beitzatoun.org/cms/events/view/13-04-25/Extra_Virgin_You_Don_t_Say.aspx

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Salmon Confidential

Thurs. April 25, Doors open 6:30pm, film starts 7:15pm
2181 Queen Street East, Unit 301
Adults $10, children $6

In this documentary, biologist Alex Morton explores the mysteries of British Colombia’s declining wild salmon stocks. She uncovers how farmed salmon threatens an ecosystem that depends on wild salmon, and shows her challenges dealing with government agencies. Film is followed by a discussion and Q&A with the film-maker Twyla Roscovich via telephone from the West Coast!

Pre-registration Required to: Martina, info at beachbusinesshub.ca or 647.748.1311.   
www.beachbusinesshub.ca/events

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Remembering our Roots: Reconnecting to Nature and Each Other
An evening with Mark Morey

Thur. April 25, 7:30 – 9 pm (doors open at 7)
OISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor St. West.
Tickets: $10

Mark will be sharing stories, teachings from his work with innovative communities around the world, and highly inspirational examples of communities connecting to nature including some of the following topics:
	• The Art of mentoring
	• Naturalist education
	• Sensory awareness training
	• Cultural mentoring
	• Community building
Please join us for this special event to celebrate nature, culture and to help us build our own local resilient community

http://www.pineproject.org/program/remembering-our-roots-reconnecting-to-nature-and-each-other/
https://www.facebook.com/events/471104712963217/?fref=ts

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Animal Rights Philosophy lecture series 
A Free University event

Academic lectures on different aspects of animal rights
Every Thursday evening (until June), 7:10 p.m.
@ 5 Bancroft Ave. Rm B-149 (U of T, Earth Sciences building)
Also, free animal rights related film, same room, Thurs. 5:10 pm. 

The blog for the course is http://animalrightsacademy.com/
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/409385955794789/
Previous lectures are available on podcast and video.

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Toronto Spring Convergence 2013 - Permaculture!

April 26-28, 9:30 am - 9 pm

The Toronto Spring Convergence 2013 is an annual event organized by The Permaculture project GTA’s Toyin Coker and team to be three days of training and guided action in Toronto wrapped up with a Market of the diaspora tasting organic foods and goods on the final day. Inviting Toronto’s Change makers to an information sharing and strategic action weekend, we showcase our talents and hint at our achievements in implementing sustainable projects and engagement advancements in the GTA.

By offering two days of workshops and training we at TPPGTA are introducing change makers to our leadership in action program bootcamp style. While carrying out highly crafted actions here at HeadQuarters and out in the GTA!

Participants will learn new skills around facilitating future actions with their local groups that are safe, informed and influential during our hands on circuit and build offs. We will explore advanced activities in Social development (Yoga, Active Listening, and other Healing crafts through our Spiritual and Self Care networking and healing spaces (meditation, visualization, ancestor worship) and Urban gardening and Nutrition (Our diets, building cold frames, sheet mulching, using rainbarrels, chicken farming, bee keeping/honey production, composting and more.)

The final day is our Market of the Diaspora inviting the community to an organic market and tasting, conversations and networking!

http://guestlistapp.com/events/157269

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Detropia 
2012, 90 minutes

Friday, April 26, 7 p.m. 
OISE, 252 Bloor St. West , Room 2-212 (St. George Subway Station:.
Everyone welcome. $4 donation requested. 

The woes of Detroit are emblematic of the collapse of the U.S. manufacturing base. Is the Midwestern icon actually a canary in the American coal mine? DETROPIA is a cinematic tapestry of a city and its people who refuse to leave the building, even as the flames are rising.

For more info: www.socialistaction.ca or call 416 – 461-6942.
Presented by Toronto Socialist Action as part of their Rebel Film series

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Dismantle the TPP - A People’s Resistance to Corporate Globalization
Join us to discuss and share strategies to build a peoples movement to stop the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and explore sustainable and equitable forms of trade. 

Friday, April 26 – 6:30-9:00pm

Facilitators- Eva Portillio - Coordinator of the Latin American and Caribbean solidarity network , Stuart Trew Trade campaigner for the Council of Canadians and Raul Burbano, Program Director for Common Frontiers. Special guests from Mexico and Peru via skype

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) pretends to be a 21st Century Trade Deal. It purports to “open new markets and create new business opportunities” for all participating countries. But 30 years of neoliberal free trade is enough to show us these corporate rights pacts only benefit the elite and increase inequality. The TPP can only create new barriers to an alternative economic future where living well and protecting the earth are more important than corporate profits. It will undermine the ability of communities to collectively decide what is in their best interests.

For more information on the days of action http://stopthetpp.webs.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/188392284641268/
Organized by the Latin American and Caribbean Solidarity Network, Common Frontiers and The Council of Canadians 

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ChocoSol Chocolate Workshop

Friday, April 26, 6 p.m.
225 Geary Avenue – just one block north of Dupont at Dufferin
We’re offering a discounted price of $25 per person (cash please).

Our two hour sustainable, artisanal chocolate workshops provide interactive bean to bar chocolate education (history, technique, ingredients, how our chocolate is made); the opportunity to taste and enjoy raw ingredients, eating chocolate, and drinking chocolate; and the opportunity to purchase ChocoSol products. The workshop also includes a facility tour, including touring our Choco-Soil department.

ChocoSol chocolate is also an open invitation to all, as our cacao is sourced via direct trade from farmers in Southern Mexico, is organically grown, and is free from child slavery. Our chocolate is made without dairy, gluten, soy and nuts, and is also vegan. 

To reserve your spot, please email info at chocosoltraders.com
www.ChocoSolTraders.com

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2013 Great Lakes Commons Water Forum
With Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, and others

Saturday, April 27, noon - 5 p.m.
Harbourfront Centre, York Quay Centre, Lakeside Terrace (235 Queens Quay W) 
Free

We are very excited that Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow will be speaking at our fourth annual Water Forum in defence of the Great Lakes along with water activists and water experts.  The event MC will be Alanna Mitchell, journalist and author of Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis. Other speakers include representatives from On The Commons, Great Lakes Water Walkers, IICPH, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, National Farmers Union – Ontario and Rising Tide Toronto.

The Great Lakes Commons theme reminds us that the City of Toronto is part of a larger community and that our water sources are shared. We cannot talk about Toronto's water without including other groups and communities who are doing their own excellent and important work to protect our lakes, rivers, watersheds and aquifers that bring life to our region. You'll hear from riveting guest speakers from the Great Lakes Water Walkers, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, National Farmers Union (Ontario), On the Commons, International Institute of Concern for Public Health, and Rising Tide Toronto. We'll also highlight the threat the proposed Line 9 pipeline poses to our region's watersheds.

https://www.facebook.com/events/557561544267101/

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The Amazing Power of Pyramids 
Radmilo Anicic will present the latest results from Russian research about the pyramids

Saturday, April 27th at 6 PM
1291 Lakeshore Rd West, Mississauga

We will talk about scientific research about properties of pyramids done in Russia in the last 16 years; why Russians are building many pyramids in this time; what are the most important properties of pyramids

http://www.blissfulhealth.ca/content/amazing-power-pyramids-april-27th-2013.html

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Toronto’s 27th Annual Socialist May Day Celebration
Concessions No More! Fight to Defeat Austerity

Saturday, April 27, 7 p.m.
Free Times Cafe, 320 College St., (2 blocks west of Spadina) 
$10 waged, $5 non-waged or PWYC

Speakers:
Javier Domokos Ruiz Consul General of Cuba in Toronto.
John Clarke organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty.
Myles Magner Vice President-Elect, Ontario Public Service Employees' Union.
Tyler Mackinnon chair, Youth for Socialist Action.
Farid Ayad National President of the Canadian Arab Federation.
B.C. Holmes representing the Toronto Haiti Action Committee.
Barry Weisleder Federal Secretary, Socialist Action, and substitute teachers' organizer.

Celebrate with entertainers: Robin Banks, international jazz and blues recording artist; Jon Brooks, 2010 Winner Kerrville (Texas) New Folk Contest, 2009 Canadian Folk Music Award Nominee 'Best Songwriter', 2009 Winner NPR's Mountain Stage NewSong Contest (Canada); James Gordon, one of Canada's most prominent social justice, heritage and environmentalist singers has released over 30 albums as a solo artist or with the legendary folk trio "Tamarack; Glen Hornblast, folk singer on the social justice scene with a new CD titled “Once in a Blue Moon”; Diem Lafortune, singer/songwriter whose new CD "Beauty and Hard Times" captures her Prairie Cree, Eastern European, and social justice roots; and Bill Heffernan, activist, teacher and song smith.

Enjoy delicious food from the menu and drinks from the bar. For details, call the Free Times Café at 416-967-1078. At the event there will also be a literature and CDs display, a raffle, and surprises.

For more information, go to: www.socialistaction-canada.blogspot.com
E-mail: barryaw at rogers.com Phone: (416) 535-8779
sponsored by Socialist Action / Ligue pour l'Action socialiste (Fourth Internationalists in the Canadian state)
Event endorsed by: Canadian Arab Federation; Greater Toronto Area Council - OPSEU; Toronto Local - Canadian Union of Postal Workers; Ontario Coalition Against Poverty; Toronto Haiti Action Committee; NDP Socialist Caucus; Cabildo Manuelita Saenz; Youth for Socialist Action; Toronto Forum on Cuba; and Workers' Solidarity and Union Democracy Coalition.

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Expanding the Canada Health Act: Pharmacare and Beyond
Students for Medicare’s 5th Annual Conference

Saturday, April 27
Steelworkers’ Hall, 25 Cecil Street (near Spadina and College)

People in Canada have repeatedly shown that healthcare is one of the biggest issues on their minds. While most can agree on the sanctity of health, there is often disagreement over how our system should work - Who should pay? Who should deliver services? What should be covered? Recently, many have been looking at the merits of a national pharmacare program in Canada. Just last month, Pharmacare 2020: Envisioning Canada’s Future brought together various stakeholders in Vancouver while nine provincial governments negotiate a bulk-purchasing initiative to get better value for drugs. Arguments are being made on the basis of equity,  accessibility, quality of care and cost savings. Join us to hear the answers to some of these questions and to ask your own! We will hear from our experts and have plenty of opportunity for discussion and organizing for action! Whether you are a student, a health care provider or a community member, these issues affect us all and we look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Students for Medicare advocates for maintaining and strengthening a publicly-funded, not-for-profit health care system. We affirm that the solutions lie within the publicly-funded system envisioned by Tommy Douglas and his eventual plan for a second stage of Medicare. We are students and practitioners of nursing, pharmacy, medicine, public policy, other disciplines, and allies.

www.studentsformedicare.com
studentsformedicare at gmail.com
facebook.com/StudentsForMedicare
@stdnts4medicare

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IndieKidz Music Fest

Sat. April 27, 1 - 4:30 p.m.
Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick (s. of Bloor)

Kids playing music for kids, silent auction, rock star makeovers and did we mention great music?
A fundraiser for Alpha Alternative School 

https://www.facebook.com/events/492872664057927/

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Mental Health Regained: Learn how to move from mental illness to mental health with Orthomolecular therapy

Sunday April 28, 2 - 4 p.m.
Fairmont Royal York Hotel , Concert Hall, 100 Front Street West
$20

A Public Workshop Presented by:
Garry Vickar, MD, Psychiatrist - St Louis, Missouri
Jonathan Prousky, ND, and Bob Sealey, BSc - Toronto

Orthomolecular Medicine is the practice of optimizing health and treating disease by providing correct amounts of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, essential fatty acids and other nutrients which are natural to the body’s environment.

For further information and registration: 416-733-2117 or e-mail: centre at orthomed.org - www.orthomed.org
http://orthomed.org/isf/media/MHR2013.pdf 

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Free Tax Clinic
Drop-In - complete your Tax Return with a Volunteer 

Sunday April 28,  From 10 am to 3 pm
17 Phoebe Street, near Queen and Spadina intersection

TRCCMWAR is pleased to offer our Free Income Tax Clinics (Taxation year 2012) run with the assistance of the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP) and its volunteers.

Eligibility:
•  Individuals: $30, 00.00 or less
•  Married or Common law couple: $40, 000 or less
•  Single Parent with 1 Child: $30, 000 or less (Add $2,000 per additional child)
•  Interest or Investment less of  $1,200(must be derived from income statements(T slips)

The program does not include:
•  Self-employment
•  Deceased persons
•  Bankrupt individuals
•  Individuals that report capital gains or losses
•  Employment expenses
•  Business or rental income and expenses
•  Rental property income
•  Any complicated income tax

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