T.O. Greenspiration Events: Rise Up!

Angela Bischoff greenspi at web.ca
Sun Oct 30 19:23:29 EDT 2016 


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Streetcar tracks increase risk of bike crashes: UBC and Ryerson study
Study finds streetcar tracks directly involved in one third of accidents
http://www.ryerson.ca/news/media/General_Public/20160726_rn_cyclingstreetcars/

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Legal Defense Fund for Sacred Stone Spirit Camp - Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline
Over 200 people have been arrested this week in Standing Rock defending water and climate from pipeline development. Support the legal defense of warriors protecting land, water, and human rights. The Camp of the Sacred Stones is a spiritual and cultural camp on the Standing Rock Reservation resisting the Dakota Access oil pipeline thru non-violent direct action.
https://fundrazr.com/d19fAf?ref=sh_25rPQa
https://www.generosity.com/fundraising/red-warrior-camp-legal-fund-nodapl
http://sacredstonecamp.org/take-action?utm_source=%23NoDAPL&utm_campaign=%23NoDAPL&utm_medium=email

Over 300 police officers in riot gear, 8 ATVs, 5 armored vehicles, 2 helicopters, and numerous military-grade humvees showed up north of the newly formed frontline camp just east of Highway 1806.
http://sacredstonecamp.org/blog/2016/10/28/police-from-5-states-escalate-violence-shoot-horses-to-clear-1851-treaty-camp

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Calling for an end to liquid nuclear waste convoys
More than 20 North American non-governmental organizations in asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Barack Obama to postpone or cancel an unprecedented series of shipments of highly radioactive liquid waste from Ontario to South Carolina along public roads and over bridges that cross the Great Lakes. If a large-scale accident occurred, it could affect the health of millions of residents that rely on the Great Lakes for drinking water, including large cities like Toronto.
http://www.cela.ca/liquid-nuclear-waste-convoys

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Canada says NO in historic UN Vote on Nuclear Ban Treaty
The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security of the UN General Assembly today passed an historic resolution, mandating the launch in 2017 of negotiations for a legally binding instrument prohibiting nuclear weapons. Canada’s vote against this resolution puts this country, quite simply, on the wrong side of history. Shame on the Trudeau gov't.
https://www.ceasefire.ca/?p=24375 

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Switch ON to 100% Renewable Energy
http://www.100reontario.org/index.php

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Left-streamed
The Revolution Will Be Streamed. Missed a Toronto event? Check to see if the recording is here. And if it’s not, there are plenty of presentations to educate your left brain. 
https://www.youtube.com/user/LeftStreamed/videos

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Young activists cut their teeth with Ottawa arrests as they gear up for national pipeline fight
Ninety-nine young environmental activists achieved their goal on Parliament Hill on Monday by carrying out acts of civil disobedience, protesting the possible construction of the Alberta-to-B.C. Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline. "Climate Leaders Don't Build Pipelines," read a giant banner.
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/views-expressed/2016/10/young-activists-cut-their-teeth-ottawa-arrests-they-gear-nati

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Friends & Families for Safe Streets Launches to End Road Violence and Support Those Impacted Most
FSS is working to end traffic violence in Toronto by changing laws, enforcement, street design, public attitudes and traffic culture to make our vibrant streets safer and more equitable for all road users, while supporting those who are survivors. Our members are survivors of
traffic collisions and friends and families whose loved ones have been killed or severely injured by careless drivers and dangerous conditions on Toronto's streets. We work with legislators, planners, police, transit authorities, active transportation advocates, public health professionals, and the travelling public to improve the design of our streets, the enforcement of safety laws, and the traffic culture that influences how we view serious injuries and fatalities. Our goal is to end traffic violence in Toronto.
ffsafestreets.ca.

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Support the Chippewas and stop the pipelines!
On November 30, 2016 Chippewas of the Thames First Nation will challenge the National Energy Board’s approval of Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline before the Supreme Court of Canada. Please support their effort by making a donation:
https://www.gofundme.com/chippewas

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Tell the government to reject the TPP
http://www.leadnow.ca/reject-tpp/

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Freightened
Shiploads of Trouble: The Real Cost of Shipping Us Everything
Planet in Focus film explores the mechanics – and perils – of an invisible industry that pollutes the high seas and whose workers toil under “flags of convenience” in near-slavery conditions
https://nowtoronto.com/news/ecoholic/shiploads-of-trouble-the-real-cost-of-shipping/

Audio interview with the director of Freightened on the true cost of shipping us everything
http://adriavasil.com/uncut-my-interview-with-the-director-of-freightened-on-the-true-cost-of-shipping-us-everything

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Rise Up! is a digital archive of feminist activism in Canada from the 1970s to the 1990s
We were part of a worldwide wave of liberation and anti-oppression movements that won some victories, changed some attitudes and radically altered the gendered and political landscape.
http://riseupfeministarchive.ca

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Enviro housing needed
Contact: Maria Goretti <gocotovio at yahoo.ca>
Also: Dianne Knight <knight.dianne at gmail.com>

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Ryerson Social Justice Week: Decolonizing and Transforming Social Justice
Monday October 31 - Friday November 4
Panel talks, films, art exhibits, music & spoken word, rallies and civic actions and more on Indigenous issues, Islamophobia, racism, the gender wage gap and more. 
www.ryerson.ca/socialjustice

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Pumpkin Parade
Tuesday, November 1, 6 - 8 pm
Conservatory area, Centennial Park, 256 Centennial Park Rd, Etobicoke
Join Our Place Initiative for a family friendly evening - the Pumpkin Parade! Give your Pumpkin a second chance to shine and come view the neighbourhood Jack-O-Lanterns on display. All are invited to bring their Halloween pumpkin to the event or drop it off between 5-6 on event day. Our Place Initiative is a not-for-profit, grassroots organization that encourages, builds and facilitates civic engagement in our community. In short - we want to help people build a better Etobicoke.
http://www.ourplaceinitiative.com/pumkin_parade or email: info at ourplaceinitiative.com

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Peace Has No Borders - Special Film Screening
Tues. Nov. 1, 7 - 9 p.m.
Steelworkers, 25 Cecil
A feature documentary about American war resisters. Between 1965-1973, over 50,000 Americans made their way to Canada, refusing to participate in the Vietnam War. Forty years later, Canada has another moral choice – whether to give refuge to U.S. veterans of the Iraq War who crossed the border instead of serving another tour. Caught between two countries, today’s war resisters have the support of the public, but are still ghting for the political will that could allow them to remain in Canada. A fundraiser for the War Resisters Support Campaign $10 or pwyc • www.resisters.ca 
https://www.facebook.com/events/190291241397960/

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Making Criticism a Crime: Criminal Libel and Free Speech 
Tues. Nov. 1, noon - 1:30 p.m.
Rogers Communications Centre at Ryerson, 80 Gould, Room 103
Criminal libel is an archaic law that permits the state to launch criminal proceedings against an individual whose comments the state finds offensive. Lisa Taylor will reveal new research that shows a resurgence of criminal libel prosecutions for criticism of the police and others in power or authority. Should this old law be scrapped or is it necessary to curb unwanted expression?
https://cfe.ryerson.ca/events/making-criticism-crime-criminal-libel-and-free-speech

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Crazy Talks
Tues. Nov. 1, 7 p.m.
OISE, 252 Bloor, Room 12-274 (12th floor)
Open forum on psych and mad politics with Erick Fabris and guest Kevin Jackson on making Mad spaces in your communities. Free. Wheelchair accessible.
madly at teksavvy.com

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Be part of building a visionary new environmental assessment law for Canada
Wed. Nov. 2, 3 - 5 p.m.
Friends House, 60 Lowther Ave.
Canada’s environmental assessment processes are broken. Preparatory workshop and discussion with speakers Anna Johnston, West Coast Environmental Law and Dr. Mark Winfield, Sustainable Energy Initiative, York University. On Nov. 9 and 10 and expert panel appointed by the federal gov't will be holding sessions in Toronto. Join us for this public workshop and learn how Canada's environmental laws are under review and how you can help make them stronger. This workshop is independent of the expert panel. 
www.envirolawsmatter.ca or email eacoordinator at wcel.org

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All Out: Support the National Student Day of Action - U of T Rally for Free Education 
Wed. Nov. 2
noon - 1 p.m., Sid Smith Hall - 100 St. George Street
1 - 4 p.m., GTA March and Action at Queen’s Park
Canada’s post-secondary education system needs to change. Ontario students currently pay the highest tuition fees in the country and students and their families are taking on massive loans to fund their education, graduating with thousands of dollars in debt. On November 2, students from all three UofT campuses are coming together to take action and demand free education for ALL! Students are mobilizing across Canada to make post-secondary education universally accessible to ALL – a right to be enjoyed regardless of where you are born, how old you are or the background you come from; everyone should be able to access higher education and skills training without the barrier of cost or the fear of incurring debt.
http://www.cfs-fcee.ca/toronto_all_out_nov_2_at_uoft_st_george

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Who’s Winning the Climate Fight?
Wed Nov. 2, Panel discussion (6-7:30 pm) free, reception with panelists (7:30-8:30 pm) $20. 
Art Gallery of Ontario 317 Dundas W (McCaul St. entrance)
Hear from climate champions in British Columbia, California and Quebec and find out how we can work together to win the climate change fight. 
http://environmentaldefence.ca/events/whos-winning-the-climate-fight/

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Energy Democracy 
Thur. Nov. 3, 7 - 9 p.m.
401 Richmond St. (at Spadina)
Join Craig Morris for a discussion of why the benefits of the energy transition will make the world a better place — and why climate campaigners should view lower CO2 emissions as the co-benefit. The climate and energy debate generally focuses on carbon emissions, labeling other aspects as “co-benefits.” But conventional industry is ready to discontinue the energy transition whenever society is. Without a bottom-up push, there will be less innovation and sustained commitment. And a purely technical focus on breakthroughs, overlooks “sufficiency” — changes in behavior and walkable cities are more important than electric vehicles. Free.
Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/smartinsights-craig-morris-energy-democracy-how-a-grassroots-movement-became-german-energy-policy-tickets-28462914343

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A Wall Is Just A Wall: Fighting Immigration Detention Under Trudeau Liberals - Teach-In
Thur. Nov 3, 6 pm - dinner and music, 7 - 9 p.m. 
Friends House, 60 Lowther Street
Join immigration detainees and community leaders to discuss prison abolition, immigration detention, racism, and organizing to win under the Trudeau Liberals.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1063829503729825/
http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/998

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Our Current Understanding of the Ocean's Role in Climate
2016 J. Tuzo Wilson Public Lecture
Thursday Nov. 3, 8 pm 
Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles Street West, Museum subway, East exit
In 1800 Count Rumford ascertained the ocean's meridional overturning circulation from a single profile of ocean temperature constructed with the use of a rope, a wooden bucket and a rudimentary thermometer. Over two centuries later, data from floats, gliders and moorings deployed across the North Atlantic has transformed our understanding of this overturning circulation, popularly termed the ocean 'conveyor belt'. While Rumford appreciated the role of the ocean's overturning in redistributing heat, today we understand the crucial role that this circulation plays in sequestering anthropogenic carbon dioxide in the deep ocean. In this talk I will discuss our current understanding of the ocean's overturning circulation, its role in our global climate and what we currently do and don't understand about the mechanisms controlling its temporal change.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1073987179348927/

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Beyond Missing and Murdered Women: Covering Indigenous Communities
Thur. Nov. 3, 7 p.m.
Rogers Communications Centre at Ryerson 80 Gould, Eaton Lecture Theatre (RCC 204)
Canadian Journalism Foundation presents a J-Talk with members of the Indigenous community who work in media: Connie Walker, Lenny Carpenter, Karyn Pugliese and Tanya Talaga. Duncan McCue, host of Cross Country Checkup (CBC Radio One), will moderate the discussion. $15. Pre-register. 
http://cjf-fjc.ca/j-talks

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Decolonizing Conference
Thur. - Sat. November 3 - 5
OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, U of T
Conference Theme: “Race, Anti-Racism and Indigeneity: Anti-Colonial Resurgence and Decolonial Resistance” We invite participation from Faculty, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Artists, and Activists to engage the central theme from multiple perspectives that are anchored in specific geopolitical contexts, social identities as well as different ontological, epistemological, and ideological orientations.
http://www.decolonizingconference.com/

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The Great Canadian Tax Dodge
Friday, November 4, 7 pm 
OISE 5-280
It is estimated that between 100 and 170 billion dollars leaves Canada every year, untaxed. Much of it is siphoned off to Canadian-made offshore tax havens. "The Great Canadian Tax Dodge" documents the birth of the Canadian Tax Fairness movement and examines the issue of tax avoidance, exposing the sophisticated corporate strategies and tax loopholes commonly used to legally avoid tax. 
https://socialistaction.ca/2016/09/21/rebel-films-fall-2016-schedule/

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Chornobyl 30 Years After: Energy, Environment, Policy
Fri. Nov. 4, 2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
108N, North House, Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place, U of T
The explosion at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986 continues to have serious economic, social, and biological consequences for the inhabitants of the affected territories and beyond. The problems caused by the disaster in Ukraine and policies developed to address them have been further complicated by geopolitical conflict and the economic and humanitarian crisis this conflict has precipitated. To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the disaster, this panel brings together scholars to discuss issues such as the future nuclear energy in Ukraine, the impact of radiation on wildlife in Chornobyl’s exclusion zone, and the management of displaced people. In situating their research, panelists will draw comparisons between the Chornobyl and Fukushima accidents, and between the Chornobyl accident and Ukraine’s Anti-Terrorist Operation.
http://munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/19865/

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Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival
Nov. 4 - 12
At Revue Cinema (400 Roncesvalles), Art Gallery of Ontario's Jackman Hall (317 Dundas West) and Workman Arts (651 Dufferin).
Festival devoted to movies about mental health and recovery, plus a free mind games arcade and more. $12 (some pwyc available for those on fixed incomes), opening night $15-$35.
http://www.rendezvouswithmadness.ca

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International Diaspora Film Festival
Fri. - Mon, November 4 to 7
Carlton Cinema, 20 Carlton Street (College subway)
The 16th edition of IDFF once again offers a selection of award-winning films from around the world with Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance sensations, as well as entries to the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film. The main theme of the festival this year is Coming of Age with stories
told by children and young adults. 
www.diasporafilmfest.com

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Syria Film Festival
Fri,. - Sun. Nov. 4 - 6
Isabel Bader Theater (U of T) and Jackman Hall (AGO)
http://syff.ca

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The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
Nov. 4 - 10
Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor (at Bathurst)
When Donald Trump says, “This election is rigged”—he should know. His friends are rigging it. Rolling Stone investigative reporter Greg Palast busted Jeb Bush for stealing the 2000 election by removing black voters from Florida’s electoral rolls. Now, Palast is back to take a deep dive into the Republicans’ dark operation, Crosscheck—designed to steal votes by this November. This real life detective story is told in a film noir style with animations (from the cartoonist behind Disney's Who Framed Roger Rabbit comic books), secret documents, hidden cameras and a little help from some familiar Law & Order: Special Victims Unit detectives!
http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=57969~fff311b7-cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0&

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Guy Fawkes Night – The Gunpowder Plot of 1605
Saturday, November 5, 7- 9:30 pm 
Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham (at Bloor)
It’s one of the most significant False Flag operations of all time. The “Gunpowder Plot” of 1605 continues today to shape our world in part —including in the Middle East. To understand the “Gunpowder Plot” is to understand a formula used by rulers since: create a fake crisis – manipulate the masses – divide and conquer – wage war. Bring your Guy Fawkes mask and with author Barrie Zwicker we’ll blow up some myths together. $5
http://beitzatoun.org/event/guy-fawkes-night-the-gunpowder-plot-of-1605/

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Really Really Free Market
Sat. Nov. 5, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (bring items before 3 pm)
Campbell Park & Playground, 225 Campbell
Community space for sharing clean and usable items. No money, no trade/barter – everything is free. The limit is 1 small IKEA bag for each individual; limit of 2 for families of 3 or more people. 
facebook.com/ReallyReallyFreeMarketToronto

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EcoFair at the Barns
Sunday, November 6, 11 - 4 pm
Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie
Bring the family 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.
https://ecofairtoronto.org/

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Toronto Treaties Walking Tour
Sun. Nov. 6, 2 - 4 p.m.
Exhibition Place, Meet at the Princes' Gates
First Story Toronto presents a walking tour that tells of the treaties of the area. Free. Part of Treaties Recognition Week.
https://firststoryblog.wordpress.com

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Beit Zatoun Events
http://beitzatoun.org/events/

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Centre for Social Innovation Events
http://socialinnovation.ca/community/events/listing

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Shape My City Events
http://shapemycity.ca/events.php

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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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