T.O. Greenspiration Events: Democracy and Climate Action

Mon Mar 31 00:59:20 EDT 2014

T.O. Greenspiration Events
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Save Toronto's Waterfront – Say no to Jets
We all cherish the Toronto waterfront as a place to live, work and play. But our waterfront as we know it could soon be scarred by an expanded Toronto Island airport with jet aircraft. An expansion that will bring noise, pollution and more gridlock – paid by our tax dollars. After heavy lobbying by Porter, City Council is about to give the green light to negotiations to put jets on our waterfront on Tues. April 1st. By speaking out today you can do your part to save Toronto’s waterfront. Fill out the form and your city councillor will receive an email urging him/her to stop the Pearson-by-the-Lake.
http://www.nojetsto.ca/take-action/

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Top five posts on the UnFair Elections Act
http://rabble.ca/news/2014/03/top-five-posts-on-unfair-elections-act
You can send a letter here calling for key changes to make the Fair Elections Act: 
http://democracywatch.ca/campaigns/makefairelectionsactfair/ 

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Video compilation by EcoSanity on Abrupt Climate Change 
http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-emergency-threat-of-abrupt-climate-shifts-tips-flips

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Time to hold ‘big pharma’ responsible, Tory MP says in drug safety debate
Oakville MP Terence Young opened the debate on a drug safety reform bill by saying it’s time Canada holds “big pharma” to account for its “unscrupulous and corrupt marketing practices.”
http://on.thestar.com/1iLQz00

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Americas Dementia Epidemic
"Tens of millions of unsuspecting Americans, who are mired deeply in the mental “health” system, have actually been made crazy, homicidal, suicidal and neurologically disabled by the use of or the withdrawal from commonly-prescribed, brain-disabling, brain-damaging neurotoxic psychiatric drugs that have been cavalierly handed out like candy, with false assurance from a co-opted FDA. These synthetic prescription drugs are often prescribed in untested and unapproved combinations by unaware but well-intentioned prescribing physicians who have been under the mesmerizing influence of slick propaganda campaigns bankrolled by obscenely profitable multinational pharmaceutical corporations."
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/03/gary-g-kohls/americas-dementia-epidemic/

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Room available in Authentic Artists’ LOFT bldg 
Retreat to privacy while living in community
$650- all inclusive - available april 1 or may 1
Pei  416.732.8965 
http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/roo/4388612367.html

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Nonviolence in Action 

Mon. March 31, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave. (St. George subway)
With Lee McKenna, a Toronto-based activist and trainer, working for 25 years with communities around the world to discern and discover novel ways of building peace – that run from interior self-awareness/consciousness to socio-political-economic analysis, planning campaigns and carrying out non-violent direct actions for change using theatre, music and humour. Lee’s methods are popular, elicitive, experiential, committed to a ‘midwifery’ approach to being and learning with people of diverse cultures and stories.
$15 or pay what you can
For more info or to register: Lyn Adamson 416-731-6605 - peaceworks at primus.ca

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Holler For Health Care

Monday, March 31, 8 pm
Trinity-St Paul's Centre
Tickets $12-25
Join a star studded line up of performing artists including John Alcorn, Ben Bass, Brent Carver, Shirley Douglas, Robin Duke, Jayne Eastwood, Mary Lou Fallis, Kathy Greenwood, Art Hindle, David Huband, Tabby Johnson, Ray Landry, Jani Lauzon, Napalm the Magnificent, Judy Marshak, Nora McLellan, Amy Matysio, Andrew Moodie, Teresa Pavlinek, The Polka Dogs, Fiona Reid, Jackie Richardson, Julian Richings, Rick Roberts, John Roby, Mike Ross, Michael Therriault, Adrian Truss, Viva! Youth Singers, David Warrack, Nancy White, Women Fully Clothed, with Rick Mercer and Kiefer Sutherland on video for an evening of Merry Maladies and Malady Melodies to protest the Conservative Government's decision to end federal leadership in health care. Holler 4 Health Care! is part of a National Day of Action organized by the Canadian Health Coalition
http://healthcoalition.ca/march31/
https://www.facebook.com/events/563190377110432/

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On Fossil Fools Day… Only Fossil Fools invest in the Carbon Bubble

Tuesday April 1, noon
Dundas Square (Yonge and Dundas)
Join us on April 1st as we let the people of Toronto know just how foolish the fuel-pushers have become! Don’t be a Fossil Fool. Send fossil fuels the way of the dodo. 
http://www.wearepowershift.ca/fossil_fools?utm_campaign=ffd_1_week&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ourclimate

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Green 13 presents a free talk and discussion with Mary Ambrose a Climate Reality Leader

Tuesday, April 1, 7 pm 
Swansea Town Hall - 95 Lavina Ave ( 2 block south of Bloor & 1 block east of Windermere Ave), 2nd floor, Council Chamber
Join Green 13  & Swansea Town Hall for a presentation by special guest speaker Mary Ambrose communication specialist at Green Peace and trained on climate change by Al Gore. Mary will share the latest on what is happening on the climate front, followed by lively Q&A and discussion on how to engage in helping solve the climate crisis.
www.green13toronto.org

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Women Shaping the Future

Tuesday, April 1, 7 - 9- p.m.
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (Bloor and Bathurst)
$20 / PWYC includes dessert and beverages
Presented by Canadian Voice of Women for Peace (VOW). Come to celebrate and hear the report-back from the VOW delegates to the 58th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW) in New York City.
http://beitzatoun.org/event/women-shaping-the-future/

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Silence is Gold
Julien Fréchette / Canada / 2012 / 77 ' / French / S.T. English
Toronto premiere with Sakura Saunders and special guests. 

Tuesday, April 1, 6:30 pm 
Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor Street West 
Suggested donation $5-10 
Does free speech still exist in the age of the almighty mega-corporation? What are the limits to freedom of speech? Can we put a price on our spoken and written words? Following the 2008 release of the book Noir Canada, author Alain Deneault, his co-writers and his publisher, Éditions Écosociété, grappled with these questions – at great personal expense – after being sued for defamation in Quebec and Ontario courts by two large Canadian mining companies. Deneault and his publisher fought back, becoming entangled in a seemingly never-ending spiral of judicial proceedings. Silence Is Gold is a thriller of a documentary that tells their story, set against the backdrop of the Canadian justice system. We follow the complex procedural twists and turns, eagerly anticipating a resolution that is repeatedly delayed.
http://bit.ly/1fBqdJC 

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Maytree Get Out the Vote Conference

Tuesday, April 1, 9 - 5 p.m. 
YMCA, 20 Grosvenor St. 
Are you interested in supporting community efforts to increase voter turnout in diverse, low-income communities? Join other community-based leaders and activists who are committed to participating in get-out-the-vote efforts for a day of learning and sharing ideas. The workshops will focus on:
	• Understanding the challenges and the system
	• Learning from good ideas about what works
	• Learning new practical, hands-on skills and tools for canvassing and pulling voters to the polls
Register online at http://www.mailoutinteractive.com/Industry/View.aspx?id=544015&q=7017845

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System change not climate change: report-back from Powershift

Tuesday April 1, 7 pm 
OISE room 8214 (252 Bloor St West)
March 28-31 is the Powershift Atlantic conference, which will bring together hundreds of climate justice activists, and April 1is Fossil Fools day in (dis)honour of the oil corporations destroying the planet. On the evening of April 1, join a report-back from Powershift and launch of the new pamphlet “System Change not Climate Change.”
Organized by the International Socialists.

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Community Consultation: Close the Tenant Protection Loophole

Tues. April 1, 7 pm 
Harbourfront Community Centre, Assembly Room C, 627 Queens Quay West
Many tenants in Toronto have been shocked to receive double-digit rent increases after their first year of renting. These increases are far higher than what is allowed under rent increase guidelines, but they are perfectly legal. Why? Because if your rental was built after 1991, you have no rent protection at all. Join the discussion with MPP Rosario Marchese.  
http://rosariomarchese.ca/community-consultation-close-the-rent-control-loophole/

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Photo Exhibit: The SCAR Project

All week till Sat. April 5, 10 - 6 p.m.
Edward Day Gallery, 952 Queen W. 
The SCAR Project is a series of 30 large-scale portraits of young women who have experienced breast cancer, or took proactive measures to reduce their hereditary risk.  Shot by award-winning, New York fashion photographer, David Jay; the images challenge us to see the woman behind the scars: her beauty, her fear and her freedom to accept or reject her new reality.
http://www.breastfest.ca/the-scar-project/

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Sex and the Erotic Film Festival

Tues. and Wed, April 1-2
Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue
Tickets $10 online and at Good For Her
175 Harbord St
Film schedule: www.goodforher.com

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Homelessness, Housing and Hope in Toronto

Wed. April 2, 7:30 pm.
St. Joseph Chapel, Regis College
Free. All welcome.
A panel discussion with Regis College Professor John Berkman, Hamilton Health Sciences Physician Dr. Sharon Russell, and Toronto Police Service Deputy Chief Peter Sloly will follow the presentation. Together with Dr. Hwang, they will explore the spiritual dimensions of accompanying those in recovery from homelessness. Dr. Hwang's research focuses on improving the health of people who are homeless or vulnerably housed and deepening understanding of housing as a social determinant of health. He is a scientist at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health in the Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital and Director, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Toronto.
http://www.regiscollege.ca/royackers.

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Refugees: Silent Witnesses to War 
With Mary Jo Leddy, Founder of Romero House for refugees, Adjunct Professor of Theology at Regis College.

Thursday Apr 3, 7 - 9pm
Room 179, University College, 15 Kings College Circle, U of T
All welcome. No charge.
Mary Jo Leddy is a tireless advocate for people who have fled brutal dictatorships, war and persecution in their home countries. She is the founder of Romero House, a Toronto-based community home for refugees.  Co-Sponsored by University College Health Studies Programme, Canadian Pugwash Group, Science for Peace, and Voice of Women for Peace.
http://www.scienceforpeace.ca/refugees-silent-witnesses-to-war
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

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Benefits of the Urban Forest

Thursday, April 3, 2 - 3 p.m.
Downsview Library, 2793 Keele St. (Keele & Wilson)
What is the urban forest and why does it matter? Join us to learn about Toronto’s urban forest and the benefits it provides our city. Find out how you can help it thrive by getting involved in LEAF’s planting, education and stewardship programs.
http://www.yourleaf.org/event/2014-04-03/benefits-urban-forest

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Are We Beautiful?

Thur. April 3, 5:30 – 7 pm
Edward Day Gallery, 952 Queen W.
With The SCAR Project Exhibit
Girls and women are bombarded with images of what our society considers acceptable or ideal female bodies. These representations — usually unattainable and always in flux — in the arts and media affect our sense of self, body and sexuality. Images such as The SCAR Project challenge societal definitions of beauty, but what’s the impact of these images? Can these very real bodies change the public discourse around beauty?
Moderator: Katrina Onstad, Novelist, Culture writer and TV Producer
Panelists: Cameron Williamson, Editor-in-Chief, FLARE Magazine | Sarah Liss, Senior Editor, The Grid | Jennifer McWhirter, PhD Candidate, University of Waterloo
Free. Registration at the door.
http://www.breastfest.ca/event/details/speaker-series-beautiful/

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Walking the Frog: Solutions for Our Climate Change Paralysis - by Tom Rand

Thur. Apr. 3, 6 - 8 pm.
MaRS Discovery District (Auditorium) 101 College Street
Tom will speak about the underlying reasons that keep us from acting with effort to solve the climate change problem, from the psychology of denial to a deep and inherent conservatism in the business community. A hard-hitting blend of psychology, economics, finance and technology.
http://bit.ly/1lfOsCH

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Environment & Politics: Bridging the Gap 

Thur. April 3, 7:30 - 10 pm
Digital Media Zone at Ryerson, 10 Dundas St. E. #632-  [When entering the AMC at Dundas and Yonge, take the elevator just in front of the Starbucks to the 6th Floor]
Pay what you can, 2$ minimum
This is an event surrounding political awareness, with a theme of environmentalism within it.  Our key speakers will be Jeanne Maurer, our very own Ryerson Professor, Franz Hartmann, the Executive Director of Toronto Environmental Alliance, and David Crombie, the former Mayor of Toronto. It is our hope to inspire and inform environmentally aware and curious individuals on the importance of political awareness and action. Too many individuals, especially students, do not make the connection between political happenings and the field in which they study and are interested in. We will be hosting a range of environmentalists and look forward to being able to connect them with other like-minded individuals, companies and organizations around Toronto. A silent auction from businesses all over Toronto will be held and complimentary snacks and light refreshments will be available. 
http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/environment-politics-bridging-the-gap-tickets-10885698417?aff=eac2
https://www.facebook.com/events/217707961757697/

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Spur Festival - a festival of politics, art and ideas

April 3 - 6
Spur is a festival of politics, art and ideas and is a catalyst for change in Canada. Through nationally relevant and locally nuanced discussions, presentations and performances, the festival seeks to spur its participants to action on issues affecting Canadians. Feisty, multi-partisan, forward-looking, and solution-driven, this national railway of ideas will provide Canada with vital new cultural infrastructure for the 21st century.
http://spurfestival.ca./toronto/events/

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Apartheid Did Not Die 

Fri. April 4, 7 p.m. 
OISE, 252 Bloor W, Room 2-211
1998, 51 minutes. This Carlton Television documentary is written and presented by John Pilger, directed and produced by Alan Lowery, and provides analysis of South Africa's then-new, democratic government. What role did the ANC and Mandela play in the continuation of economic apartheid in South Africa?
Everyone welcome. $4 donation requested. 
www.socialistaction.ca

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The Green Majority

Toronto's Environmental Radio Show
Weekly, Fridays, 11 - noon EST
CIUT 89.5FM
Listen live or catch the podcasts
http://greenmajority.ca/

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Respecting our responsibilities 
with MPs Craig Scott and Romeo Saganash

Fri. April 4, 7 p.m.
Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. W.
Admission is free and everyone is welcome
Join NDP MPs Romeo Saganash and Craig Scott for a discussion on harmonizing Canadian laws with UNDRIP (UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)
http://craigscott.ndp.ca/news-respecting-our-responsibilities-join-craig-scott-and-romeo-saganash

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Honouring Our Waters

Traditional Indigenous Teachings focusing on our relationship to water.
Friday, April 4 @ 6:30 pm  - Beit Zatoun- 612 Markham Ave.

Water Struggles Across the Americas - Creative workshops and panel discussions
Saturday, April 5 @ 10 am - Sidney Smith- 100 St George St

Water is increasingly becoming commodified, corporations seek to privatize water, extractive industries exploit water in their pursuit of profit, and governments actively sell the rights to water. Communities are seeing the devastating effects of the commodification of water. As we see these effects, we recognize the need to organize ourselves, to vision an alternative communal way of life.
https://www.facebook.com/events/268807699952529/?context=create

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Living in Vibrant Total Health Show

Fri. - Sun. April 4 – 6
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Speakers, exhibits, and café will focus on creating good health and preventing disease using natural methods: good nutrition, living foods, herbs, natural supplements, diverse healing modalities, energy medicine, organic gardening, traditional farming, agricultural biodiversity, healthy homes, ecologically based communities, renewable energy source and preserving a healthy environment for our children. We as consumers must choose foods and medicines which do no harm to people, animals or our planet.
http://www.totalhealthshow.com/showInfo/index.cfm?CFID=9754139&CFTOKEN=30241459

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Energy Efficiency in your Home

Sat. April 5, 1 - 3 p.m.
1499 Queen Street West
$10
Come join us for a 2 hours workshop to discuss energy efficiency in the home. We will start with a basic introduction to residential building science and energy efficiency. Learn how you can easily perform some simple energy efficient upgrades in your home to immediately reduce energy consumption, save money and reduce carbon emissions. We will also explore more complex upgrades that may be suitable depending on your circumstances and your type of house. Finally, we will discuss some of the government and utility incentives that are still available.
http://transitiontoronto.ning.com/events/energy-efficiency-in-your-home

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Take part in developing your environmental community with a free EcoMentors training session

Saturday April 5, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. 
Metro Hall, Room 309, 55 John Street
Join Earth Day Canada’s EcoMentors program and get trained as an environmental leader in your community! Gain the skills you need to educate your peers and younger students about environmental issues that matter most to you. EcoMentors sessions are free, fun-filled days of interactive activities that will inspire you to take action. You can earn volunteer hours, meet other environmentally engaged youth and take home resources to help facilitate workshops! Plus – lunch and refreshments are provided!
Registration deadline: Thursday, April 3 at 5 p.m. 
http://ecomentors.ca/events.php

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Just Beautiful Eco-Beauty Market

Saturday, April 5, 11 am - 6 pm
YMCA Auditorium, 2nd Floor, 20 Grosvenor St. (near Yonge and Dundas)
Come sample & shop, talk to green beauty experts, and get the Toxic Ten ingredients out of your personal care routine.Shopping for cosmetics, haircare and skincare products at the Eco-Beauty Market is good for you and good for the environment; a portion of all sales will be donated to support Environmental Defence's work protecting Canadians and the environment from toxic chemicals.
justbeautiful.ca/events

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Toronto-Danforth Tax Clinic

Sat. April 5, noon
Craig Scott's Constituency Office, Suite 304-741 Broadview Ave (Just south of Danforth Ave.)
It's tax season! Starting in March, my office will be offering free tax preparation clinics for constituents. Volunteer Certifified General. Accountants will be available to help you file your 2013 taxes.
http://craigscott.ndp.ca/toronto-danforth-tax-clinic 

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Solidarity with Hondurans: An Evening with The Beehive Collective 
+ Lido Pimienta + Ruben Esguerra

Saturday April 5, 8 p.m.
193 Dowling Avenue (Just west of Queen and Lansdowne) 
PWYC ($10 suggested)
An evening of art, storytelling, spoken word, music, food and drink to raise funds to support Bertha Oliva and Ninoska Benitez, human rights activists and members of the Committee of the Relatives of the Disappeared and Detained in Honduras (COFADEH), as they join us for an important speaking tour in Canada.
https://www.facebook.com/events/309384849212581/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming&source=1

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Democracy and Climate Action - with Elizabeth May and many others

Sun. April 6, 1 – 3:30 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor W, Rm. 5250, U of T
Action on climate change is being undermined by increasing threats to key democratic institutions. Come out and learn about the connections between democracy and climate change in Canada and how you can take local action.  Become inspired by presentations from Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, as well as local organizations such as Toronto350, the Toronto Environmental Alliance, Occupy Gardens, Green Majority Media, Friends of the Reform Act and No Line 9. Pledge to take the first step in addressing this important issue by joining us. Free.
https://www.facebook.com/events/265604860284954/?fref=ts

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Sustainability: The World in Seven Years

Sun. April 6, 4 p.m.
Isabel Bader Theatre, U of T
A solutions-oriented look at the issues surrounding environmental policy, with scientist Tim Flannery andBarry Smit, professor emeritus in Global Environmental Change at the University of Guelph. Moderated by Paul Kennedy, the host and producer of CBC's Ideas.
$15 / $10 students
http://spurfestival.ca/toronto/events/sustainability-the-world-in-seven-years/

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Dance Our Way Home: Women Who Change The World

Mondays April 7 - June 30, 7:30 to 9pm. 
at Anarres Apothecary, 749 Dovercourt Road 
Women! Come dance with us! 
http://www.anarreshealth.ca/node/1879

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Get your Hands in the Dirt

Fresh City Farms is planning lots of workshops – various dates and locations
- Organic Urban Gardening
- Balcony Gardening
- Garden Planning and Design
- Composting and Soil Nutrition
- Flowers – growing sustainable beauty
- Managing weeds, pests and disease
- Growing Micro-greens
- Harvesting, saving seeds and preparing for next year
- Canning 101
- Cultures and Fermenting
- Pressure Canning
Find out more here: http://www.freshcityfarms.com/get-involved/workshops/

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NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing
http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/listings/

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Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
506 Bloor W (at Bathurst)
Check out the program:
http://bit.ly/1cvxk9A

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