T.O. Greenspiration Events: Breaking Barriers

Sun Apr 9 22:20:15 EDT 2017

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Noam Chomsky on the 5 Filters of the Mass Media Machine
Amy Goodman narrates a 5 min. video piece for Al Jazeera based on Noam
Chomsky's book "Manufacturing Consent", a seminal work on mainstream
journalism and its role in the mechanics of power.
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/3/15/noam_chomsky_on_the_5_filters

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At Trump's EPA, Less Science and More Industry
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-04/research-that-saved-the-b
ald-eagle-at-risk-as-new-epa-settles-in

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Resistance School
Watch online, real time or archived.
Session 1: How to Communicate our Values in Political Advocacy
Session 2: How to Mobilize and Organize our Communities
Session 3: How to Structure and Build Capacity for Action
Session 4: How to Sustain the Resistance Long-Term
https://www.resistanceschool.com/who-we-are-5/

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How can Toronto possibly be considering hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games?
By Cathy Crowe
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/2017-03-27t000000/how-can-toronto-possibly-b
e-considering-hosting-2022-commonwealth?utm_content=buffer1c697&utm_medium=s
ocial&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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Big Oil has no place in our museums
Canada's Museum of History takes money from the Canadian Association of
Petroleum Producers. Tell the Museum of History to get on the right side of
history and cut ties with CAPP. 
http://rightsideofhistory.ca/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=actionkit

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Way to Go: Identifying Routes for Walkers and Cyclists to Avoid Air
Pollutants
Exposures to air pollutants may offset a portion of the health benefits of
walking and bicycling in cities. However, taking a detour just a block or
two away from the busiest streets and roads can make a big difference in
your exposure.
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/125-A71/

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Toronto gets one less gas plant
The Eglinton Crosstown light-rail transit line in Toronto will no longer be
powered by a gas plant. Local residents had cited pollution concerns, and
this week the region's transit authority, Metrolinx, agreed to build a
battery energy storage system instead.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/03/28/metrolinx-scraps-crosstown-gas-p
lant-for-innovative-battery-solution.html?utm_source=Clean+Energy+Review&utm
_campaign=9b0b9980d6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_04_03-CER&utm_medium=email&utm_term
=0_08b98425f1-9b0b9980d6-316872029

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Report back from the UN Commission on the Status of Women 
Monday, April 10, 6:30 - 9 p.m.
Friend's House, 60 Lowther Ave
Join Voice of Women for Peace for a report-back from the Toronto delegates
who attended the United Nation Commission on the Status of Women in New York
City.
http://vowpeace.org/event/commission-on-the-status-of-women-2017-vow-women-r
eportback/

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Retiring On A Low Income: Plain Language Advice
Mon. Apr 10, 6 - 8 p.m.
Reference Library, 789 Yonge (n. of Bloor)
Talk on programs such as Old Age Security, Guaranteed Income Supplement,
Canada Pension Plan and Ontario Disability Support. Free.

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Run To Quit
Apr 10, 6:30 p.m. to Jun 19, 6:30 p.m.
Running Room Kingsway Village, 3065 Bloor W
Ten-week program to quit smoking by learning to walk or run 5K. $70.
Pre-register.
http://www.runtoquit.com/

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Public Health and Climate Change 
Tuesday, April 11, 6:45 p.m.
Annette Library, 145 Annette St.
Green 13 is  pleased to sponsor a presentation by Carol Mee, Manager,
Healthy Public Policy, Toronto Public Health. Ms. Mee is the lead manager
for the recent "Climate Change and Health Strategy 2016" for the City. She
will address public health and climate change (e.g. heat waves; extreme
cold; insect-borne disease such as West Nile virus, Lyme disease...),
asthma, new Ward Health Profiles (Ward 13, Ward 14), and considerations
around vulnerability (e.g. confidentiality).
http://www.green13toronto.org/event/public-health-and-climate-change

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Equal Pay Day - It's Time to Close the Gender Pay Gap
Tues. April 11, noon. Join us at the corner of College and University for
speeches and a rally. Wear red, because discriminatory pay gaps keep women
"in the red".
Attend Queen's Park Gallery at 2:30 pm to hear the MPPs speak about Equal
Pay Day.
Although pay equity is the law in Ontario, women on average still earn
roughly 30% less than men. Racialized and Indigenous women earn 64% and 46%
less than men respectively. At a 30% pay gap, a woman will have to work 3.5
months into the new year to earn what men do by December 31 of the previous
year. Put another way, it will take Ontarian women 15.5 months to earn what
Ontarian men do in 12 - and women who are racialized, disabled, Indigenous,
migrant and immigrant, or sexual minorities or gender variant will have to
work into May and June.
http://equalpaycoalition.org/equal-pay-day/

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How to be an Ally: Anti-Oppression 101
Tues. Apr 11
CSI Regent Park, 3rd floor, 585 Dundas Street East
This workshop engages a wide range of learners in understanding power
dynamics, oppression and liberation in a Canadian and global context. The
workshop explores the language of social justice, and looks at models for
creating more equitable communities. The workshop examines concepts of
intersectionality, positionality, privilege and oppression the Canadian
cultural, political and historical contexts. participants will explore
internalized, interpersonal and institutional oppression and explore their
role/identities in relation to others. Free - $40.
https://socialinnovation.org/event_auto/how-to-be-an-ally-anti-oppression-10
1/

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The Stairs
Tues. April 11, 7 p.m.
Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles 
Since it was first announced as a brave new venture into Toronto public
housing in 1947, Regent Park has been the site of many experiments and the
repository of many dashed hopes. In his award-winning,
five-years-in-the-making, deep-immersion documentary The Stairs, filmmaker
Hugh Gibson explores another frontier being opened up in one of the city's
most notorious and culturally diverse neighbourhoods: the campaign to
introduce harm reduction as a legitimate recovery strategy for addicts and
users.
http://revuecinema.ca/movies/articles/2017/rendevous-with-madness-presents-t
he-stairs-by-hugh-gibson

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Exercise For Your Mental Health: One Step At A Time
Tues. Apr 11, 7 - 8 p.m.
Hillcrest Library, 5801 Leslie
University of Toronto's Dr. Catherine Sabiston will present research on
physical activity and mental health and discuss practical strategies to help
you move more and sit less. Free.

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Inuit Women's Voices
Tues. Apr 11, 7 - 9 p.m.
Rogers Communications Centre at Ryerson, 80 Gould, Eaton Lecture Theatre
Screening of Sol, about youth suicide in the North, followed by discussion
w/ filmmakers Susan Avingaq and Marie Hélène Cousineau, moderated by
Blandina Makkik. Free. 
https://www.facebook.com/events/603555306516129

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Ontario Bike Summit
Tues. - Wed, April 11 - 12
Chelsea Hotel, 33 Gerrard Street West
The Ontario Bike Summit provides a forum for decision-makers and community
to be inspired by best practices from around Ontario and beyond, to gain the
practical skills necessary to act on that inspiration and to build new
connections to learn from the growing network of people interested in making
Ontario the best place in Canada to ride a bike. 2 days of speakers,
workshops, a bike ride and networking sessions.
http://www.sharetheroad.ca/ontario-bike-summit-p157286

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Lock Down Your Digital Privacy
Wed. Apr 12, 6:30 - 8 p.m.
Parkdale Library, 1303 Queen W
Learn the best practices, habits, tips and technology aids to secure your
personal information. Bring your own device to gain hands-on experience.
Free. 

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Public Debate on Basic Income: A Way Forward for the Left?
Thurs. April 13, 6:30  - 8:30 p.m.
OISE, Auditorium (G162), 252 Bloor Street West 
An interactive debate on Universal Basic Income. Moderator: Avi Lewis, The
Leap. Free and open to the public. The idea of a Universal Basic Income
(UBI) has been championed by both progressives and conservatives. Is the UBI
a means of redistributing wealth, attacking poverty and protecting workers
from technological displacement? Or will basic income serve to advance an
agenda of austerity and privatization?
https://www.facebook.com/events/258911124518969/

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Lowdown Tracks: A Celebration of Music and Survival 
Thursday, April 13, 1 - 5 p.m.
Toronto Reference Library, Beeton Hall (Bloor and Yonge)
Lowdown Tracks (86 mins) is a powerful documentary exploring the world of
Toronto's homeless musicians. Live performances by some of the film's
musicians will follow the screening as well as a discussion moderated by
Kira Heineck (Toronto Alliance to End Homelessness) with Lorraine Segato,
Cathy Crowe, Councillor Joe Mihevc and Andre Hermanstyne (Ve'ahvta). You can
also watch the film online here:
http://tvo.org/video/documentaries/lowdown-tracks-feature-version

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2017 Liberation Seder, Toronto - Remember Deir Yasmin 
Thursday, April 13, 7 - 10 p.m.
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street
Continuing with Liberation / Alternative  Seder. This year' we remember Deir
Yassin and will be lead by our special guest from Vancouver, Rabbi David
Mivasair. Rabbi Mivasair is motivated by the commandments "justice, justice
you shall pursue" and "seek peace and pursue it".  For over 25 years, David
served as the spiritual leader of synagogues in the US and in Vancouver,
where he lives.  David is active in the leadership of Independent Jewish
Voices in Canada and Jewish Voice for Peace in the US.  He lived in Israel
for four years and in May will go with 200 other Jews to support Palestinian
activists defending their communities from destruction. Centred around the
reading of the Haggadah followed by a Middle Eastern dinner.  A late lunch
or pre-seder snack is suggested as the main course will not begin until
about 8:30. Please order your tickets early to help us plan with ordering of
food, seating arrangements etc. Price: $25 (more if you can, less if you
can't).
http://beitzatoun.org/event/2017-liberation-seder-toronto-remember-deir-yass
in/?mc_cid=e07a5d3566&mc_eid=8320353111

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Toronto Sustainability Summit
Thur. April 13, 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
MaRS Discovery District, 101 College Street The summit will bring together
individuals from various sectors and backgrounds, such as policy makers,
academics, business leaders and entrepreneurs, to exchange ideas with
government on ways to inform and shape public opinion and public policy to
meet the challenges of climate change; to enhance industry research
partnerships with the aim of building a less carbon intensive society,
reducing greenhouse gases and moving towards clean energy; and to encourage
and foster sustainable start-up companies developed from research at the
University that can have an impact on this global issue.
http://www.research.utoronto.ca/2017-toronto-sustainability-summit/

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Emergence
Thursday, April 13, 6:30 - 9 pm
Regent Park Community Food Centre, 40 Oak Street 
A mash-up of international night market with DIY artspace, Green Thumbs
"emergence" will transform the Regent Park Community Food Centre at 40 Oak
Street into an indoor street alive with food stalls, drink bars, artist
tables, and interactive story-making. 
Tickets at https://greenthumbsto.org: $50 members; $55 non-members
Children's program offered for ages 5-12: $10/child

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Feminist Live Reads: Mean Girls
Thur. Apr 13, 6:45 - 9:30 p.m.
Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles
Live staged reading of Tina Fey's Mean Girls screenplay featuring local
actors Vivek Shraya, Naomi Skwarna, Ennis Esmer, Jay McCarrol and others.
Proceeds go towards the Trans Lifeline, a suicide prevention hotline for
transgendered folks in Canada and the United States. $15, stu/srs $12.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/feminist-live-reads-presents-mean-girls-tickets-
32857429456

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Dante's Infinite Monkeys - Technology Meets The 7 Deadly Sins
Thur. Apr 13, 7 - 8 p.m.
Brentwood Library, 36 Brentwood N
A wide-ranging and deeply researched tour of the worst parts of our new
digital utopia. Dante's Infinite Monkeys shows how technology and the
Internet are re-shaping society in some perilous ways, and offers
suggestions on how we might stem the tide of awfulness threatening to swamp
us all.
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT286337&R=EVT286337

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Good Friday Walk For Justice: Breaking Barriers
Fri. Apr 14, 2 0 5 p.m.
Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square, behind Eatons Centre off Bay
This year's edition focuses on barriers to women's equality & refugee rights
and Islamophobia. The Walk stops at three downtown sites then returns to
Holy Trinity for brief worship and a common meal. By donation.
https://goodfridaywalkforjustice.wordpress.com/

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Black Code
Fri. April 14 - April 19
Bloor Hot Docs, 506 Bloor W.
The internet has transformed how political activists can resist, mobilize
and create change in our increasingly polarized and paranoid world. Black
Code takes you around the globe-to Brazil, Pakistan, Sweden, Syria, Tibet
and an innovative research centre at the University of Toronto-where people
are developing new ways to fight oppression with technology. But with
increased surveillance capabilities, governments are in turn harnessing this
power to monitor citizens and keep them in line. In this thrilling TIFF 2016
favourite, Toronto-based filmmaker Nicholas de Pencier (Four Wings and a
Prayer, Watermark) takes an unflinching look at this ongoing high stakes
battle, revealing the internet's complex impact on freedom, privacy and
activism.
http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=61400~fff311b7-
cdad-4e14-9ae4-a9905e1b9cb0&

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Toronto Sustainability Fair
Saturday, April 15, noon - 4 p.m.
Metro Hall, King and John
Various environmental NGOs, associations and agencies will be invited to set
up a booth and share opportunities with attendees.
http://www.sustainableyouthcanada.com/toronto

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Left-Wing Book Sale
Sat. Apr 15, noon - 5 p.m.
GCDO Hall 290 Danforth
Books from Marxist classics to contemporary political works and pamphlets,
posters, curios and more. A fundraiser for the Communist Party of Canada
clubs to help build the party and fight for socialism and against
imperialism and fascism. 
https://www.facebook.com/events/773957986114283

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Women-Identified Bicycle Repair Courses
Sun. Apr 16, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Velotique, 1592 Queen E, Toronto, Ontario M4L 1E5
Basic bicycle repair and maintenance course to anyone who identifies as a
woman. Free. Pre-register. Max 5 people.
https://velotique.com/

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The Green Majority
Live Eco Radio Show every Friday from 11 am - Noon CIUT 89.5 FM
greenmajority.ca

Three Women
Feminist Radio every Monday 4 - 5 p.m.
CIUT 89.5 FM

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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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