T.O. Greenspiration Events: From Crisis to Opportunity

Sun Mar 29 19:45:29 EDT 2015

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Take Immediate Action to Stop Harper’s Plan to Extend the Canadian Bombing in Iraq
Send your email here to all the party leaders to let them know you are opposed to the extension of the Canadian bombing in Iraq and you want Canadian Special Forces out the region. From the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
http://vowpeace.org/take-immediate-action-to-stop-harpers-plan-to-extend-the-canadian-bombing-in-iraq/

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Dismayed that the province plans to rebuild 10 of our aging nuclear reactors? Love to walk? Want to help? We’re blitzing Premier Wynne’s riding with leaflets, door to door. Join a group blitz or go solo. Contact angela at cleanairalliance.org. Thanks.

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Sassy little girls speaking out against sexism
2 min. video
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=892705484082203

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Urban Greenspace, Human Health and Climate Change
A David Suzuki Report
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/publications/reports/2015/the-impact-of-green-space-on-heat-and-air-pollution-in-urban-communities/

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Alternative Federal Budget 2015
By the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
The Alternative Federal Budget 2015: Delivering the Good demonstrates that the federal government’s continued obsession with austerity and balancing the budget comes at the cost of higher household debt, fewer services, and weakened job growth. The AFB, now in its 20th year, delivers a plan that would lift 893,000 Canadians out of poverty, reduce income inequality, boost economic growth, reduce carbon emissions, and create or sustain 300,000 jobs a year, bringing Canada’s employment rate back to its pre-recession level.
http://bit.ly/1BICdoK

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Sign up today for the Earth Day Every Day Clean Commute toolkit
On April 22nd, Earth Day Canada wants you to clean your commute. Get all the tools and information you'll need to make low-carbon transportation choices on Earth Day and Every Day.
http://www.earthday.ca/resources/earth-day-2015

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Toronto: want to go to the 'Act on Climate March' in Quebec City?
Come with us to Quebec City for the April 11th Act on Climate March, the biggest climate march in Canadian history! Buses will be leaving from Toronto for Quebec. $95 return. Accommodations are being organized $5 a night.
http://action.environmentaldefence.ca/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=2609

And then stay for the World Uranium Symposium and Uranium Film Festival, also that week in Quebec City. 
http://uranium2015.com/en
http://uraniumfilmfestival.org/programmation/canada2015

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Beyond Crisis - Crowd-funding film on the climate crisis by Toronto youth
Beyond Crisis asks: could the world's greatest challenge also be our greatest opportunity?
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/beyond-crisis-film/

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Blue Betrayal – The Harper gov’t’s assault on Canada’s freshwater
Maude Barlow just released a report detailing Harper’s record on water including the overhaul of the Fisheries Act, the delisting of 99% of lakes and rivers under the Navigation Waters Protection Act, and the changes to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act that cancelled 3000 environmental assessments.
http://www.canadians.org/sites/default/files/publications/report-blue-betrayal-0315.pdf

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Cultivate Toronto operates an urban community shared agriculture (CSA) program that reconnects communities with local food. It is looking to fill the following positions for this season;
Program Manager (1), Hub Coordinators (2), Garden Intern Coordinator (1), Garden Interns (8-10), Drivers and more.
http://cultivatetoronto.com/join-the-team/current-postings/

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Merchants of Doubt
Daily, 1:35pm, 3:50pm, 7:05pm, Carlton Cinema
Tues. Mar 31, 1:30 p.m, and Thur. Apr 2, 1 p.m. Bloor Hot Docs, Bloor and Bathurst
Must see! Filmmaker Robert Kenner (Food, Inc.) lifts the curtain on the secretive group of highly charismatic, silver-tongued pundits-for-hire who stake claims contrary to scientific consensus. Presenting themselves in the media as experts, they are paid by corporations, think tanks and other special interests to cast doubt and delay governmental action on everything from cigarettes to pharmaceuticals and, most recently, climate change. Kenner examines the birth of the doubt industry, how it has succeeded for decades, and why we need to fight back.
http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=35296~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0&
http://www.tribute.ca/movies/merchants-of-doubt/103732/

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Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Till Thur. April 2
TIFF Theatre (King and John)
http://ff.hrw.org/toronto

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C-51 can't stop us! Fighting Colonialism, Islamophobia and Surveillance
Mon. March 30, 6 - 9 p.m. 
United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street
With security certificate detainees, indigenous blockaders, and others currently targeted by the national-security regime. As we resist the passing of Bill C-51, join us to hear from some of those most impacted by anti-‘terror’ laws, surveillance, and state violence. Discussions at this event may violate multiple Bill C-51 provisions – join us to insist that we will continue to act irrespective of laws that target dissent. Coordinated by: No One Is Illegal - Toronto, Justice for Mahjoub / End Security Certificate Trials / Earth Justice Action.
http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/938

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Speak Up for the Greenbelt - Toronto Town Hall meeting
Mon. March 30, 6 p.m.
Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge (just north of Bloor)
Torontonians can help make sure the farmers that grow our local food and the natural spaces we depend on for clean air and water continue getting the protection they need from government. The review begins with Town Hall meetings to give the public a chance to tell the Government what they think of the Greenbelt and how they want it changed.
http://bit.ly/1Hd31UP

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#AmINext
Monday, March 30, 9a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tecumseh Room, 55 Gould Street, Ryerson U
Grassroots event at Ryerson University to raise awareness about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Everyone welcome. Includes performance by ARTICLE 11. Lunch by NishDish.
https://www.facebook.com/events/461636900653646/

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Save our Health Care – Keep Health Care Public
Monday, March 31, noon – 1 p.m.
Roxanne James, MP Constituency Office, 1450 Midland Ave, Scarborough
Health care should be based on your need, not your ability to pay. And the care you receive shouldn't depend on where you live. If you feel the same, it's time to take action. Sponsored by the Council of Canadians and CUPE
http://saveourhealthcare.ca/p/scarborough-rally/

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The Historic Feminist Victories of the 1980s on Reproductive Rights and Pay Equity: Looking Back and Forward
Tues. March 31, 7 pm
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St (Bloor and Bathurst)
This public meeting commemorates two of the greatest achievements of the modern Canadian feminist movement, when thirty years ago, working closely together with the labour movement, the historic legislative and judicial victories on pay and workplace equity and women's reproductive rights were both won. This meeting brings two of the leading feminists who acted as the link and buckle with the labour movement in those victories of the mid-1980s together with two women activists who are engaged in a new generation of struggles on women's reproductive rights and pay and workplace equity to discuss the legacy of these victories and assess their continuing impact and relevance today. Free. 
http://beitzatoun.org/event/the-historic-feminist-victories-of-the-1980s/?mc_cid=c48901cc6d&mc_eid=8320353111

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Vegetarianism 101: Easy steps to eating less meat
Tue March 31, 7 - 8:30 pm
Jane/Dundas Library
Interested in making healthier, more sustainable and more compassionate food choices? The Toronto Vegetarian Association will give you some tips and tools for going vegetarian or reducing your consumption of animal products, and answer all those commonly asked questions like where do I get my protein and what's a quick meal I can pull together on a work night? Free vegan snacks.
Email: highpark at veg.ca

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Occupy Economics Workshop - Credit and Crisis
Tuesday March 31, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St.
How the casino economy fuelled by fractional banking on the lose crashed the world economy and will do it soon again. This will be an open discussion workshop. Bring your own questions and notes regarding this topic and be prepared to discuss them in workgroups. Free and open to all.
info at occupyeconomics.ca

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Animal Rights Academy
Tues. Mar. 31, 7 - 9 p.m.
University College 15 King's College Circle, Room 256.
Ryan Phillips talks about spectacle, ethical foods and animals in contemporary consumer culture. Free.
http://animalrightsacademy.org

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Join NoJetsT.O. for 3 events
We’ve got three crucial events coming up on the future of our waterfront. Join us and speak out for a jets-free waterfront.
	• Island Airport master plan public meeting: Tuesday, March 31
	• Waterfront Toronto town hall: Wednesday, April 1
	• Port Authority expansion study – scope presentation: Saturday, April 11
http://www.nojetsto.ca/join-us-three-events/

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Nuclear activism: past, present, and future    
With Neil Arya, M.D., McMaster U
Wed. April 1, 4 – 6 p.m.
University College, U of T, Room 179
Free weekly public lectures on public health in a nuclear age.
http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=65bd52daac4a78ce50293dec4&id=a0aa6cbe60&e=7d6e129e1a 

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Unalone: The Life and Legacy of Bob Hunter
Robert Hunter Memorial Lecture: With Thomas E. Hart, Lecturer in Philosophy, Ryerson University
Wed. Aoril 1, 4:10 - 6 p.m.
Room ES 149(basement), 5 Bancroft Avenue, Earth Sciences Building, U of T
10 years after the death of Bob Hunter, many of the issues that captured his mind, body and spirit are still with us. Unfortunately. As the co-founder and first president of Greenpeace, his successes in helping to stop atmospheric nuclear testing, the butchering of the oceans’ whales and stemming the extinction of the harp seal, as well as his influence in journalism and eco-activism happened because of his passion and drive, dogged determination, and his unique mix of pragmatism and idealism. In looking back at the ideas and concepts that formed the foundation of his life, we will consider uncomfortable questions and unnerving realities about the complicated relationships between reason and knowledge, rational and political discourse, ideal and action. 
http://www.environment.utoronto.ca/SeminarSeries.aspx  

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Recovering Energy from Waste: An Environmental Dilemma
Wed, 1 Apr, 7 doors, 7:30 - 9 pm
The Rose & Crown, 2335 Yonge Street
Why Should I Care? has assembled a panel to discuss the pros and cons of treating our garbage as an energy source within the city. Free.
http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/energy-from-waste-an-environmental-dilemma-tickets-16078702833

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The Comeback: How Aboriginals are Reclaiming Power and Influence – with John Ralston Saul
Wednesday, Apr 1, 7 pm
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (at Bloor)
Noted Canadian author and essayist John Ralston Saul discusses his latest book, The Comeback: How Aboriginals are Reclaiming Power and Influence, with interviewer Pam Palmater. Free. 
http://beitzatoun.org/event/john-ralston-saul/?mc_cid=c48901cc6d&mc_eid=8320353111

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Just Like a Girl - The Female Poverty Trap
Wed. April 1, 7 pm (doors 6:30 pm).
Art Gallery of Ontario 317 Dundas W. Baillie Court, 3rd floor.
Dr. Ritika Goel, Deena Ladd, Armine Yalnizyan and Alex Johnston look at why women’s lives are consistently tied to poverty and how the trap of poverty affects their health and prospects for the future.  $20. 
http://www.thestop.org/food-for-thought

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The Missing 43 and #YoSoy132 and the Mexican Elections
Thursday, April 2, 7 p.m.
OISE Room 2-214, 252 Bloor St. W.
What happened to the 43 students who went missing in Southern Mexico in September of this year? The Vice News produced documentary examines the mass disappearance of the young men who were all training to teach the youth of their country, as well as the tragedy and controversy surrounding their disappearance. Yo Soy 132 was a social movement composed for the most part of Mexican university students from private and public universities, residents of Mexico, claiming supporters from about 50 cities around the world. It began as opposition to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate Enrique Peña Nieto and the Mexican media’s allegedly biased coverage of the 2012 general election. The name Yo Soy 132, Spanish for “I Am 132″, originated in an expression of solidarity with the original 131 protest’s initiators. After the two films we will hear from guest speakers Professor Richard Roman, co-author of “Continental Crucible”, and Columba González from the campaign organization WeAreAllMexico.
http://socialistaction.ca/rebel/

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Reportback from the VOW delegates to the 59th Session of the United Nation's Commission on the Status of Women
Thursday, April 2, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Friend's House, 60 Lowther Avenue
$10 or pay only what you can
Dessert and coffee, tea

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Becoming Great Ancestors
Great Lakes Commons
Thursday, April 2, 5 p.m.
CSI Annex - Meeting Room #4 (3rd floor), 720 Bathurst St.
In this workshop we will collectively explore the questions of: "What makes this Great Lakes Commons initiative different from most water protection and awareness efforts?" and, "How can a water-commons approach overcome many of the challenges for broad and meaningful public engagement?" If your gift is through the practice of art, research, advocacy, ceremony, or place-making -- we think this workshop will deepen your ancestral connection to restoring the commons. It will also help us do a collective re-think on how we can join and unite transformative social movements.
http://www.meetup.com/Great_Lakes_Commons/events/220901695/?a=me1_grp&rv=me1

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No Justice No Peace - Honouring Cindy Gladue
Thur. April 2, noon
Ministry Of Attorney General, 720 Bay Street
Cindy Gladue was an Indigenous mother and 36 years old when she was murdered in an Edmonton motel room 4 years ago. Last week an all white and almost all male jury decided to acquit her killer, a white Ontario man, because they believed that Cindy had consented to the violence that left an 11 cm wound in her vagina causing her to bleed to death. Cindy's death is a reminder that Indigenous women' lives and sex workers' lives are not valued in this deeply racist, sexist and misogynist society. We support the calls for an appeal and other forms of justice! Join us to express our outrage!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1592063801041473/permalink/1592403991007454/

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Vegetarianism 101: Easy Steps to Eating Less Meat 
Thur. April 2, 7 - 8 p.m.
Jane/Dundas Library, 620 Jane
Talk by the Toronto Vegetarian Association to provide tips and tools for going vegetarian or reducing your consumption of animal products and answering common questions. Free.

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Annual Ecumenical Walk for Justice
Good Friday, April 3, 2 p.m.
Church of the Holy Trinity, Bay and Dundas (behind Eaton’s Centre)
We will look to the Four Directions in Native teachings and hear from Aboriginal people to deepen our understanding,  mindful of Jesus’ solidarity with the suffering of the world, before returning to the church for a common meal.
https://goodfridaywalkforjustice.wordpress.com/

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Media Workshop: Get Headlines For Your Issue
Sunday April 5th, 1 pm - 6 pm
OISE, U of T, 252 Bloor Street West
This workshop will help activists understand how the mainstream media works, and how to use it as at tool in your campaigns for social, economic and ecological change. You will learn how to make your events and actions more media friendly. We will cover the basics of how to write compelling press releases, give great interviews, and develop frames and messages that are effective and in line with your goals. With trainers David Sone and Syed Hussan is an organizer and writer in Toronto working with undocumented and migrant peoples, in defense of Indigenous sovereignty, and against counter intuitive programs like war and capitalism.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/media-workshop-get-headlines-for-your-issue-tickets-16127301192

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CAPA organizing on Electroshock
Sunday, April 5, 1 pm
OISE, 252 Bloor St.W., 7th fl, Rm. 7-162
Join the next meeting of CAPA (Coalition Against Psychiatric Assault). We're making decisions re: the May 16 International Day of Protest against electroshock at the CPA (American Psychiatric Association) conference in T.O.
https://coalitionagainstpsychiatricassault.wordpress.com/
Don Weitz <dweitz at rogers.com>  

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Hot Docs - Get your Tickets now
Canadian International Documentary Festival
April 23 – May 3
Various downtown theatres
http://www.hotdocs.ca/

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Hot Docs
Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)
http://bloorcinema.com/

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NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing
https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/

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