T.O. Greenspiration Events: What people power looks like
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Nov 3 18:16:55 EST 2013
T.O. Greenspiration Events
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Ontarians: Say "no" to the frack pipe!
Let Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne know that the Ontario government should refuse Enbridge and Union Gas’ request to bring US fracked gas into the GTA via a new pipeline.
http://www.canadians.org/action/ontarians-say-no-frack-pipe
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NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing:
http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/listings/
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Endorse The Divestment Brief
The Brief is part of our campaign to get the University of Toronto to divest its endowment from fossil fuel companies. We are looking for UofT students, employees and alumni to endorse it! Please download and endorse it at toronto350.org/divest.
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Shut Down the GE-Hitachi Uranium Processing plant at Lansdowne and Dupont
Deadline to get you request to speak to the CNSC on Dec. 10-11 is Nov. 15th.
Find out more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKXH5abev34&feature=youtu.be
Learn more about GE-Hitachi's uranium secret here: http://ge-uraniumsecrettoronto.blogspot.ca/.
Learn more about the upcoming public meeting with CNSC here: http://andrewcash.ca/ge-hitachi-public-meeting-date-announced
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Strategy and tactics for beating capitalism
A socialist discussion group
Monday, Nov. 4, 6 p.m.
Library Building, 350 Victoria Street - Room 868 (8th floor)
Can we actually take on capitalism and win? Can we defeat a system based on inequality and build something better or are we doomed to failure? This meeting is open to anyone and everyone interested in discussing the topic. The session will be lead off by a short 10 minute interactive introduction of the topic followed by an open discussion.
Please check out these short articles and bring your questions and comments : )
Strategy and tactics- what's the difference
Spontaneity, strategy and politics
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Cooking with Keith McHenry, co-founder of the global Food Not Bombs Movement
Tuesday Nov. 5, 4 pm
Harvest Noon Café (upstairs at 16 Bancroft Ave - University of Toronto)
PWYC
Join Harvest Noon and Food Not Bombs Toronto for some inspiring cooking, story telling and discussion with Keith McHenry. We will be preparing healthy hearty vegan meals to eat. Food Not Bombs recovers and shares free food with the public without restriction in over 1,000 cities around the world to protest war, poverty and the destruction of the environment. Each group is independent and invites everyone to participate in making decisions for their local chapter using a consensus process. Food Not Bombs is dedicated to engaging in direct action to change society so that no one is forced to stand in line to eat at a soup kitchen. Food Not Bombs' philosophy is “Solidarity not Charity” which means striving to create a community that cooks and eats together. Everyone is welcome to help gather food and prepare the meals we enjoy. In the spirit of social change FnB also tries to encourage information sharing and lively discussion regarding social and environmental activism.
We have a small space, so please sign up here: http://bit.ly/1gYV2hU
https://www.facebook.com/events/366730833461923
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Tax is Not a Four Letter Word - T.O. book launch
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 6 - 8 p.m.
Sears Atrium, George Vari Engineering Building, 245 Church Street, 3rd Floor
It's time to start talking about the value of taxes in Canada. Join us for the launch of Canada's newest book on the subject: Tax is Not a Four Letter Word. Featuring the book's co-editors:
- Alex Himelfarb, Glendon College Director and former Clerk of the Privy Council
- Jordan Himelfarb, Toronto Star Opinion Editor
and three of the book's CCPA contributors:
- Jim Stanford, Ontario Advisory Board Chair
- Hugh Mackenzie, Research Associate
- Trish Hennessy, Ontario Director
www.eventbrite.com/event/8368792283
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/offices/ontario/events/toronto-book-launch-tax-not-four-letter-word#sthash.HJZc3oSc.dpuf
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Raise the Minimum Wage
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 7 p.m.
RH King Academy, 3800 St Clair Ave E, Scarborough
A Job Should Lift You Out of Poverty, Not Keep You In It. The Ontario government has frozen the minimum wage for three years, while prices of food, rent, and transit have soared. What can be done to make the politicians listen? Come help make this a powerful campaign – because you and your neighbours deserve a raise!
https://www.facebook.com/events/220353628124798/
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Accelerating the Adoption of Cycling for Transportation in Toronto: Tools to Get More People onto Bikes
with Beth Savan, Senior Lecturer Emerita, School of the Environment, University of Toronto
Wed. Nov. 6, 4:10 - 6 p.m.
Room ES 142 (basement), 5 Bancroft Avenue, Earth Sciences Building
http://www.environment.utoronto.ca/SeminarSeries.aspx
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Toronto Council of Canadians Chapter meeting - Stop Line 9
Wednesday, November 6, 7 – 9 p.m.
Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. West, committee room 4 (on the 2nd floor)
The Toronto Chapter of the Council of Canadians is firmly opposed to Stopping Line 9. We were an intervenor for the National Energy Board (NEB) hearings, along with the Hamilton and Guelph chapters, plus the national Council of Canadians. At our November meeting we'll discuss what happened at these hearings & the many great events that took place around it, as well as how we can move forward on opposing Line 9. There will also be a report back on the Council's AGM and our resolution. All welcome!
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Smashing Hunger, Squashing Poverty
with Keith McHenry, Co-Founder of the Global Food Not Bombs Movement
Thur. Nov. 7, 6 pm
Kerr Hall South - room 239 (40 Gould St - Ryerson University)
PWYC
During the event Keith will talk about the principles, history and Food Not Bombs participation in the global transformation away from corporate domination. Hunger and poverty are intentional features of capitalism and will increase as corporate power increases. Over 25,000 people die every day because of hunger often as tons of food pass them on the way to better prices. Oxfam and the UN are reporting that hunger will be on the increase this year leading to civil unrest and violent police repression. The capitalist food system is not only causing millions of animals to suffer but is directly responsible for an increase in food insecurity, disease and the climate crisis. Keith's presentation will inspire participation in the transition to a future free from violence and exploitation.
https://www.facebook.com/events/366730833461923
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Animal Rights Academy
With Kerry Bowman, bioethicist and conservationist, founding president of the Canadian Ape Alliance
Thursday Nov. 7, 7:10 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
100 St. George (Sidney Smith building), University of Toronto, room 2105
The first hour is the lecture, and the second hour an open discussion.
Free and open to the public. Animals are welcome provided they are relatively quiet.
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Author Reading: Tailings of Warren Peace
With the Beehive Collective and Mining Solidarity Activists
Thur. Nov. 7, 6:30 – 9 pm
Beit Zatoun – 612 Markham St. (near Bloor and Bathurst)
Co-sponsored by Breaking the Silence- Toronto, Mining Injustice Solidarity Network
Also including music and refreshments
www.stephenlaw.ca
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Communities Harmed by Mining
With Jim Hodgson. journalist, Program Coordinator, Latin America and Caribbean, The United Church of Canada
Thursday November 7, 7 – 9 p.m.
Room 179 (west end of the building on the ground floor), University College, 15 King’s College Circle, U of T
All welcome. No charge.
Co-Sponsored by University College Health Studies Programme, Canadian Pugwash Group, Science for Peace, and Voice of Women for Peace.
If you miss it, the video podcast will be available on the SfP YouTube channel within 1-2 weeks after the talk.http://www.youtube.com/user/Science4Peace
https://www.facebook.com/events/577346525653553
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Our Collective Strength
Thursday, November 7, 5:30 - 8 p.m.
William Doo Auditorium, University of Toronto, 45 Willcocks Street
The Migrant Mothers Project will be hosting “Our Collective Strength”, a community event to raise consciousness on the intersections of violence against women, precarious immigration status and human rights. The Migrant Mothers Project is a participatory action research project that examines how immigration policies shape women’s responses to violence. This event grew out of our collaboration with Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape and women who have precarious immigration status who took part in the solidarity group Nuestra Fortaleza. “Our Collective Strength” will feature Poetry, Theatre and Digital Stories produced by women who are engaged in a struggle for human rights and dignity, while bringing visibility to the violence of immigration policies in Canada. Please join us to engage in dialogue, find inspiration, and exchange strategies for community building, advocacy and activism.
https://migrantmothersproject.eventbrite.com/?ref=elink
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Rally at Richtree
Thursday, November 7, 5pm
Outside Queen Station
On September 9, Richtree Market Restaurant re-opened its Eaton Centre location - without any of its original staff and non-union. Join hotel and food service workers outside the restaurant to demand Richtree live up to its obligations - to original workers and to newly hired staff.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1413187595578476/
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What People's Power looks like - a view from Venezuela
Thursday, Nov 7, 6:30 p.m.
University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Lash Miller Chemical Labs, LM 162
With Katrina Kozarek, social activist, documentary filmmaker and multimedia producer currently located in Barquisimeto, in the state of Lara, Venezuela. She is active in the Ataroa Socialist Commune and a long term activist in the Nacional Association of Community, Free and Alternative Media (ANMCLA). Katrina grew up in Apollo , Pennsylvania, and has been active in the Bolivarian process since her arrival in Venezuela in 2003. She is a co-founder of the 'Street and Media Collective' (Colectivo Calle y Media), renowned for its audio-visual productions from the grassroots, where she was involved in the production of documentaries such as Venezuela Bolivariana: People and Struggle of the Fourth World War, The Old Man and Jesús: Profets of Rebellion, Down with Colonialism, Free the Pachamama, and television series, such as Rostros de La Vega: Memories of my Barrio.
Organized by the Hugo Chavez Peoples' Defense Front. Sponsored by Opirg Toronto . Endorsed by ILPS Canada barrio-nuevo.org
https://www.facebook.com/events/408631635903412/
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The House I Live In
108 minutes, 2012
Friday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor St. West, Room 2-214 (St. George Subway Station)
Everyone welcome. $4 donation requested.
In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad. The war on drugs has never been about drugs. From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy.
Presented by Toronto Socialist Action www.socialistaction.ca or call 416 – 461-6942 or 647 – 986-1917
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Reclaiming The Future: A Feminist Perspective
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Conference and AGM
Fri. – Sun, November 8, 9, 10
Fri. and Sat. First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto, 175 St. Clair Street West
Sun. AGM: Metro Hall (King and John)
http://vowpeace.org/reclaiming-the-future-a-feminist-perspective-conference-and-agm-november-8-9-10-2013/
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Gasland 2
Sat. Nov. 9, noon - 4 p.m.
Committee room 2, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. W.
Josh Fox, who made the documentary Gasland, continued his investigation of fracking and produced Gasland Part II. The film argues that the gas industry's portrayal of natural gas as a clean and safe alternative to oil is a myth and that fracked wells inevitably leak over time, contaminating water and air, hurting families, and endangering the earth's climate with the potent greenhouse gas, methane. In addition the film looks at how the powerful oil and gas industries are in Fox's words "contaminating democracy."
https://www.facebook.com/events/534734813269084/
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How to Make Activism a Lifelong Commitment
Saturday, November 9, 1 - 4 p.m.
Trainer: Lesley Wood
Why are there so few activists over thirty? How do we balance livelihood, child care, organizing, health and friendships? This participatory workshop will reflect on past experience of long term activists, and strategize for lifelong struggle!
Register: http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/8410238249
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Chris Turner - "Tracking The German Leap"
Saturday November 9, 3 pm
Alumni Lounge, Mattamy Athletic Centre, 50 Carlton St.
For more than a decade now, Germany has been engaged in the most ambitious sustainability shift of any major industrial nation - a move to renewable energy and hyper-efficiency now known in German as the Energiewende ("Energy Transition"). Germany's pursuit of a low-carbon future is a case study for any community following the same path. Bestselling author and renowned sustainability expert Chris Turner has been studying the Energiewende almost since it began, and in "Tracking The German Leap," he takes a look at Germany's leap in mid-flight, sizing up the successes and setbacks and outlining the key lessons for Ontario and its own energy transition now well underway.
Presented by The German Consulate General in partnership with OSEA and the Centre for Urban Energy at Ryerson University
http://www.ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID=1209&ContentID=4303&SiteNodeID=276&BL_ExpandID=
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Toxic Trespass
Screening with Dr. Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg and the Ontario Nurses for the Environment Interest Group
Saturday, November 9, 2:30 - 5 p.m.
Viva Mississauga Retirement Community, 5575 Bonnie Street, Mississauga
FREE to attend and refreshments will be provided.
Toxic Trespass is a compelling documentary that examines the effects of the chemical soup around us. Spotlighting Canadian toxic hotspots such as Windsor and Sarnia, it empowers viewers to join the group of concerned citizens and scientists who are working for positive change.
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EcoFair at the Barns
Sun. November 10, noon - 4 pm
Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street (s. of St. Claire)
The EcoFair is a free, fun, family-oriented event that informs and inspires people to make greener choices in their homes and communities. Last year, there were more than 25 exhibitors and eco kids activities. Over 650 people came out to learn about green initiatives and achievements in our neighbourhood and in our city, to explore new ideas, and to share green tips and tricks. Join us to celebrate progress towards a greener and healthier future!
- Eco exhibits and interactive demos - Bring eco-themed books to swap
- Eco-car test drives - Kids activities - Silent auction
www.gn21.ca/ecofair-2013
https://www.facebook.com/events/156965121159090/
ecofairatthebarns at gmail.com
Organizers: Green Neighbours 21, Transition Toronto, and Wychwood Barns Community Association
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Communist School Presents: Proletarian Feminism
Sun. Nov. 10, 4 - 6 p.m.
563 Spadina Ave, Room 100
Communist School is back this fall! First session is a workshop/facilitated discussion on proletariat feminism led by members of the Proletarian Revolutionary Action Committee! Using a historical materialist framework, the workshop aims to:
1. discuss what has been happening in the global feminist movement for the past century, its current form/s, and how we got there
2. historicize and expose the contradictions of reactionary and liberal trends in feminism.
3. situate class and class struggle as the centre of feminist analysis/politic
4. understand the necessity of building a militant and revolutionary feminist movement!
The description might be jargon-y, but do not fret! Communist School sessions are designed to be accessible and encourage participation from everyone.
Childcare available on site. Refreshments will be served. Wheelchair accessible via Bancroft Ave.
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Know Your Neighbour: GE-Hitachi's 1025 Landsdown Uranium Secret EXPOSED!
Oss Talk with Zach Ruiter
Tues. Nov. 12, 7 p.m.
The Ossington, 61 Ossington, back room (N. of Queen), Toronto
Free, all welcome.
Opening musical act - solo guitarist Cory Sillaots
Main interview with Zach Ruiter - Toronto anti-nuclear, enviro justice and animal-rights agitator
Zach Ruiter is leading the charge to shut down GE-Hitachi's Toronto plant. As a video-activist, writer and organizer, he's also engaged in numerous other campaigns including First Nations solidarity, campaigns to shut down Marineland and Ripley's Aquarium, gay rights, and more. http://www.youtube.com/user/fightpollution/videos
Yellowcake uranium powder is processed into CANDU fuel pellets at GE-Hitachi's west-Toronto location (Lansdowne and Dupont). The plant has been in operation for almost 50 years, releasing radioactive dust into our atmosphere and discharging uranium into our sewage system. There is no safe level of exposure to ionizing radiation. Low doses can have significant long-term genetic consequences causing genetic instability, resulting in an increased risk of cancer, lymphoma and leukemia.
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/231256777039290/
Learn more about GE-Hitachi's uranium secret here: http://ge-uraniumsecrettoronto.blogspot.ca/.
Learn more about the upcoming public meeting with CNSC here: http://andrewcash.ca/ge-hitachi-public-meeting-date-announced
http://ge-uraniumsecrettoronto.blogspot.ca/
To volunteer your talent or for more info contact: angela at cleanairalliance.org
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