T.O. Greenspiration Events: Courage of a movement

Sun Feb 25 19:39:43 EST 2018

RIP beautiful Carrie Lester 

You blessed this world with your anti-nuke, feminist, First Nation, love-of-earth commitment and courage. We will Carrie On your work for justice for the earth, the waters, and First Nations peoples. Miigwetch! “Nuclear’s time is over. Green, renewable energy is the way forward.” 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/245973829277757/

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Funding Opportunity – Neighbourhood Grants Program

Are you a resident-led group with a great event idea that needs funding? Grants of $1,000 – $3,000 are available to activate your neighbourhood and advance the Toronto Strong Neighbourhood Strategy 2020.

https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/grants-incentives-rebates/investment-funding-programs/neighbourhood-micro-grants/

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Youth Voice On Climate Change

What motivates you to take action on climate change? How are you fighting climate change in your home, school or community? How can we encourage young people in Ontario to help lead the fight against climate change?

http://youthvoiceontario.ca/

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In Trump's First Year, EPA Is Fining Polluters 49% Less

“President Trump’s dismantling of the EPA means violators are less likely to be caught, making illegal pollution cheaper,” said Eric Schaeffer, executive director of the Environmental Integrity Project and former director of EPA’s Office of Civil Enforcement. “The president’s ‘law and order’ agenda apparently wasn’t intended for fossil fuel companies and other big polluters.”

http://desmogblog.cmail20.com/t/t-l-uyjtkkl-yuildhih-ju/

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Environmentalist in Residence – June 4 – August 11, 2018

Toronto Public Library (TPL) invites applicants with extensive experience in the area of Environmental Conservation and Sustainability to fill the role of TPL’s 2018Environmentalistin Residence.

https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/content/about-the-library/pdfs/jobs/2018/expression-of-interest-environmentalist-in-residence-conservation-and-sustainability.pdf?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&refsrc=email&iid=921b9e7e42ed45d6ab7eb3565fba797e&uid=194404973&nid=244+276893704 

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The Friendly Spike Theatre Band is delighted to invite you to participate in our new social justice themed poetry creation program: Just Us!

Participants are asked to attend four development rehearsals and one performance. There is no cost for this program but please register to confirm your commitment to the project.

June 13, 20, 27, July 4 and 11, 6 pm - 9 pm

May Robinson Auditorium, 20 Westlodge Ave.,

Please register at: friendlyspike at primus.ca or call 647 729 9068

Sponsored by; The Carrot Common Social Justice fund and Friendly Spike Theatre Angels

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Tell Ontario to Cash It! Don’t Trash It! We need a deposit return program for plastic bottles.

Less than 50 per cent of the plastic bottles sold in Ontario get recycled. The rest – about 1.5 billion bottles – end up in landfills or littered in our environment. It’s time to turn the plastic tide. Deposit return programs are a proven way to boost recycling rates and reduce plastic litter. Now is the time for Ontario to get with the (deposit return) program, and keep billions of bottles from becoming trash. Tell the province to implement a deposit return program for plastic bottles.

https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/19843/action/1?ea.url.id=1269385 

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PM Trudeau Electoral Reform Accountability Campaign

Democracy Watch has filed an official complaint with the Commissioner of Canada Elections alleging that Prime Minister Trudeau violated Canada’s election law during the 2015 federal election by trying to get voters to vote for Liberal candidates by baiting them with the false promise that “2015 election will be the last federal election using first-past-the-post” voting system. Please send the letter set out on this page calling on the Commissioner to investigate and prosecute Prime Minister Trudeau for his false promise.

http://democracywatch.ca/campaigns/pm-trudeau-electoral-reform-accountability-campaign/ 

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Industrial farming is one of the worst crimes in history

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/25/industrial-farming-one-worst-crimes-history-ethical-question 

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The Great Transition – Preparing for a World Beyond Capitalism

May 17 – 20, Montreal

300 speakers from 12 countries

http://lagrandetransition.net/home/?mc_cid=dda8475a99&mc_eid=d2200c3a28#section4 

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Vigil and Wake for Victims of Road Violence

Mon. Feb. 26

Vigil: 6-6:20 p.m., Mel Lastman Square (south-east corner, near the trees)

Wake/Social: 6:30-8 p.m.

Mel Lastman Square in North York (Yonge and Sheppard)

Join Friends and Families for Safe Streets as we hold a vigil followed by a wake/social with members and friends of FFSS. The following day, the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee will be voting on the future of Yonge Street: to rebuild it either as a safe and vibrant street for people, or as a highway for cars. The choice is clear to us. Already nine people have lost their lives on Toronto streets so far this year. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/779425455601694/?notif_t=event_calendar_create&notif_id=1518558948898279 

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Losing Community News Outlets - Democratic Implications

Mon. Feb. 26, 7:30 sharp

Madison Pub, 14 Madison Ave. (near Bloor and Spadina)

Small community papers are closing across the country. The demise of local news means that outside of major urban areas, people won’t know what’s happening in their own communities. What does this mean for a healthy democracy? What does it mean for society in general to have fewer sources of local information? Andrea Janus, a local reporter and editor, and Carmel Smyth, past president of the Canadian Media Guild, will be leading a discussion about the importance of local news and what communities can do.

https://whyshouldicare.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=49814f037bc23c56222deca06&id=03e2c45494&e=2ab4cd0bb8 

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Lurk Over Here: Digital Bystander Culture

Mon. Feb. 26, 6 – 8 p.m.

McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology, 39 Queen's Park Crescent East

Join us we discuss this digital culture of lurking - from technological solutions to technological challenges! We will touch upon revenge porn, the tension between surveillance and witnessing, privacy vs civic duty, the gendered politics of reporting and information sharing. 

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/monday-night-seminar-lurk-over-here-digital-bystander-culture-tickets-43077827943 

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Toronto Noise Coalition

If you care about noise levels in Toronto, make your voice heard on Mon. February 26 – attend, depute or write to the Licensing and Standards Committee. Reports of the Toronto Board of Health and World Health Organization that show the evidence of the health risk of excessive noise is clear! Leading cities like New York have shown that effective noise regulation improves economic development while protecting health. The Toronto Noise Coalition will provide you with meeting details and our overview of the City reports once they become available. Please email cathie.macdonald at sympatico.ca for more info.

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Project Drawdown

Tues. Feb. 27, 7 - 9 p.m.

OCAD University, 100 McCaul Street, Main Auditorium

Project Drawdown, founded by author and environmentalist, Paul Hawken, is a scientifically based, comprehensive plan to implement the top 80 solutions to reverse global warming by 2050. The book sets out the solutions, the math and the economics of how we can actually do this in an inspirational and accessible way. Please join Unify Toronto in collaboration with Pachamama Alliance for an introduction to Drawdown. Free.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/introduction-to-project-drawdown-tickets-42820721932?mc_cid=71e95af7ff&mc_eid=48c86714b8 

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Sustainability Landscape and Trends in Ontario

Tues. Feb. 27, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

CSI Annex Garage, 720 Bathurst St.

Are you new to Ontario, or are you a member of an Ethno-cultural group? Would you be interested in learning more about the sustainability landscape and future environmental outlook and opportunities here? An expert panel of Sustainability leaders will share their great insights from the public, private, and non-profits point of view in various areas including Green buildings, Waste, Technology, and Corporate Social Responsibility. $10. 

https://www.sustainabilityconsultantnetwork.com/event-single-post-name/upcoming/ 

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New Perspectives on Mass Incarceration in the United States 

Tues. Feb. 27, noon – 2 p.m.

Centre for Ethics, Room 200, Second Floor, Larkin Building, 15 Devonshire Place, U of T

The American incarceration rate has quintupled over the last generation, to the point where the United States now incarcerates over two million individuals. A wave of new empirical, sociological and legal scholarship has begun shed new light on the growth of mass incarceration. John Pfaff (Fordham) and Jonathan Simon (Berkeley) will discuss their groundbreaking research on the causes of mass incarceration, the response by the courts and proposals for reform going forward. Free.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/new-perspectives-on-mass-incarceration-in-the-united-states-w-john-pfaff-jonathan-simon-tickets-42027794264?aff=erelexpmlt   

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The Final Year

Tues. Feb. 27, 1 p.m. and Wed. Feb. 28, 9 pm.

Bloor Hot Docs, 506 Bloor

With an unprecedented level of access to the inner workings of the White House, The Final Year takes you behind the scenes of Barack Obama’s last 12 months in office: a time that eerily already feels like ancient history. A testament to how advocates for change can make a difference, Obama and his foreign policy team, including Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Ambassador Samantha Power, work around-the-clock to try and bring their goals for the country to fruition against a constant series of obstacles. 

https://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=69339~59fba0ef-6a4a-45af-8cd3-8a8d7c61f184&ep=1& 

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Rally for Time to Care

Tuesday, February 27, 12 noon

Queen's Park (University and College)

Ontario's long-term care system is in crisis and is less funded than any other province in Canada. Bill 33, the Time to Care Act, calls for a minimum standard of 4 hours of daily, hands-on care for seniors in long-term care in Ontario. We had our MPPs to pass it at second reading, now we need to get it over the finish line. On Feb 27, rise up for seniors in long term care, who have waited far too long. Come to Queen's Park to send the Premier and all our MPPs a clear message: Make Time to Care the law in Ontario.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2009530232702877/ 

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Addiction and Prescriptions Pain Meds among Older People: An Increasing Problem

Tues. Feb 27, 1 - 2:30 p.m.

Toronto Reference Library, Beeton Hall (Yonge just north of Bloor)

Addiction in many areas of our society is on the decrease. However, addiction to prescription pain medication is on an alarming increase, especially among the elderly. Dr. Jim Cullen, Ph.D., RSW will present the latest data regarding this trend. He will discuss risks to the community and what people should know about how to reduce this risk and decrease likelihood of addiction. 

https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT321521&R=EVT321521 

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MSF: A Medical Humanitarian Organization

with Bruce Lampard, past Canadian president of Médecins Sans Frontières.

Wed. Feb. 28, 7 pm

Room 140, University College, 15 King's College Circle, U of T

We will also be broadcasting this lecture live on Facebook at facebook.com/pg/science4peace/videos/. You don't need to have a Facebook account to watch the livestream; but if you do, you can also submit questions for the Q&A session at the end of the lecture. Part of Science for Peace's weekly series of free public lectures.

www.scienceforpeace.ca/1157 

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Nuclear Waste Online: Canada Update

Wed. Feb. 28, noon

Webinar

An overview and update on the Nuclear Waste Management Organization's efforts to find a burial site for all of Canada's high level nuclear fuel waste.

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/fcfda0295ead986966858a512be5123a 

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Long-Term Impacts and Public Health Response to the Lac-Mégantic Tragedy (Quebec, Canada)

Wed. Feb. 28, 4:10 p.m. 

Room SS1085, Sidney Smith Building, 100 St. George St. 

Speaker: Mélissa Généreux, Public Health Director, Eastern Townships Integrated University Center in Health and Social Services

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To Police and Be Policed

Wed, Feb 28, 2:15 – 3:45 p.m.

Centre for Ethics, Rm 200, Larkin Building, 15 Devonshire Place, U of T

Despite official claims of tolerance and inclusion, Toronto’s Black population has a historically tenuous relationship with the city’s law enforcement agencies. This study addresses how distrust of the police and notions of Black criminality are mutually sustained and reproduced through police encounters with Black citizens. With Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, U of T, Sociology

https://www.facebook.com/events/1814009455298220/ 

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Fight For $15: The Challenges Ahead

Wed. Feb. 28, 7 – 9 pm 

Friends House, 60 Lowther Avenue

After nearly three years of organizing, protesting, striking, and lobbying, the Fight for $15 and Fairness secured a huge victory with the passage of Bill 148, the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, on November 22, 2017. Bill 148 implements the quickest timeline to a $15 minimum wage in North America. It also ushers in a host of other labour law reforms such as expanded emergency leave days, paid leave days, elimination of doctors’ notes, fair scheduling provisions, equal pay for equal work, and card-check and successor rights in certain sectors. However, these gains are not set in stone, and several employers and their right-wing sympathizers have already mounted an attack in order to reverse this major achievement. What are the shortfalls of Bill 148? How did the Fight for $15 and Fairness organize to win? Why is this movement significant for the Left? What is it doing to counter the employer offence? How is it preparing for the upcoming provincial election, and what is next for the movement?

https://socialistproject.ca/event/fight-15-challenges-ahead 

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Sourcing for Impact: Addressing Child Labour and Modern-day Slavery

Wed. Feb. 28, 6 – 9 p.m.

CSI, 720 Bathurst

Conversation around child labour and other forms of modern-day slavery. How transparent are the supply chains of our current economy? What is being done in Canada and around the world to push for more transparency?

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sourcing-for-impact-addressing-child-labour-and-modern-day-slavery-tickets-43200783707

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Gloria Steinem: The Courage Of A Movement

Wed. Feb. 28, 7 p.m.

Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor

The Ontario NDP Party presents feminist leader Gloria Steinem in conversation with a panel of distinguished Canadian women, including activist and educator Farrah Khan, youth activist and author Hannah Alper and actor Patricia Fagan. $155

https://www.rcmusic.com/events-and-performances/gloria-steinem-courage-movement 

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Change the Road We’re On: Vision Zero Advocate Conference

Feb. 28 – March 2

Delta Toronto Hotel

Did you know 1.25 million people die and tens of millions are injured or disabled every year due to traffic incidents? The goal of Vision Zero is to live in a world where nothing greater than zero is acceptable.

https://visionzeroconference.ca/  

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Ready, Set, Go Co-op 

Thur. March 1, 7 p.m.

Big Carrot Common Room 212, 348 Danforth. Stair access only. Entrance beside Book City on the Danforth

In a collaborative presentation, the GTA Co-op Network, The Big Carrot, and the Local Food and Farm Co-ops will discuss the impact of food and farm co-ops in Ontario, including the basics of starting and maintaining co-operative and worker owned businesses. Learn how the cooperative model can address food system problems and strengthen local economies. 

http://bit.ly/2GG5HNl 

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What's in a Word? Facing Zionism, Antisemitism and the Occupation

Thur. March 1, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

First Narayever Congregation, 187 Brunswick Ave

Words are weapons in the Middle East conflict. Is Zionism a noble cause or racist ideology? The enduring occupation raises the charge of apartheid. Whether anti-Zionism stems from antisemitism remains a vexing issue for some. Different sides use the same words but they often have different definitions. How can we discuss the conflict without arguing over semantics? By JSpaceCanada – a Progressive Jewish Voice. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/whats-in-a-word-facing-zionism-antisemitism-and-the-occupation-tickets-43113694220 

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Very Political And Unapologetically Black – with Desmond Cole 

Thur. March 1, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Lillian H. Smith Library, 239 College

Desmond Cole, winner of the 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for freedom of expression, discusses writing the black experience in Canada with Jael Richardson, founder and artistic director of the Festival of Literary Diversity.

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Being Scene Exhibition 

March 1 - 25

Opening Reception, Thursday March 1, 6 – 9 pm 

Gladstone Hotel Gallery 2nd Floor, 1214 Queen Street West

Hosted by Workman Arts.

https://workmanarts.com/being-scene-2018/

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Bills C-68 and C69 - Has the Trudeau Government delivered on its promise of a reformed Federal assessment and approval process?

Federal Environmental Legislation Review Panel Discussion

Fri. March 2, 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Webinar or in studio at York U

A number of proposed amendments to the Fisheries Act have been tabled by the federal government and legislation on federal Environmental Assessment, energy approvals and navigable waters protection is expected to follow. This will be the most significant package of environmental legislation introduced in the federal level in many years. In response, we will be reconvening our panel of expert speakers on the review process via webinar (with live audience at York University) to discuss the legislation introduced this week.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/federal-environmental-legislation-review-panel-discussion-tickets-43004587880 

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Curious Minds Weekend

March 2 – 4 

Hot Docs, 506 Bloor W

Dynamic discussions and panels that explore the urgent and exciting issues of our time with the innovative thinkers who shape them.

https://hotdocscinema.ca/c/curiousmindsweekend?ep=1

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International Women's Day March

Sat. March 3, Rally at 11 am, march at 1 p.m., Fair at 2 p.m. 5th floor, SHE Building, 99 Gerard St E

OISE, 252 Bloor W., Auditorium

This year's theme is LIBERATION - Honouring our sisters, Celebrating Our Victories, Strengthening Our Resistance... On Indigenous Land. Join us this year to celebrate more than 40 YEARS of Women's Solidarity and Resistance.

https://www.facebook.com/events/391424217952236/ 

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2018 Transit Summit: Building our transit movement in a key election year

Saturday March 3, 10 am – 4 pm

100 St George St, U of T

The purpose of our Transit Summit is to build the movement for an affordable world class public transit system.  This is a key time to advocate for our issues because we have a Toronto and Ontario election in 2018. The Summit will feature at least five skill-building workshops to improve our ability to engage in transit advocacy, and two hours allocated to open discussion on key topics of our choosing. This is your opportunity to get involved, meet like-minded people, and help shape the direction of our movement. 

http://www.ttcriders.ca/2018-transit-summit/ 

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Justice For Tina Fontaine

Sat. March 3, 2 – 5 p.m.

Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St. W.

This event will be held as an action in the aftermath of the verdict released on February 22nd in which Raymond Cormier was found not guilty in the second-degree murder of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine. Systematic colonial violence in Canada still remains rampant and we must take action in letting our governments and leaders know that we will not be silenced. I encourage you to take part in this.

https://www.facebook.com/events/202271587190338/ 

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Unearth Canada’s shameful industry secrets in Toronto’s most unconventional treasure hunt

#DisruptPDAC: using social media and more to mess with the CDN mining industry's PR

Sunday, March 4, anytime between 1-4pm

Meet at Hoops Sports Bar (125 Bremner Blvd); treasure hunt at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre

Every year, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention comes to Toronto, claiming to promote responsible mining, facilitating relationships between companies and investors, and promoting pro-mining curriculum aimed at children and Indigenous communities. And every year we’re there, not letting them get away with the facade.

http://bit.ly/2F1gC7d 

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How Does PR Work for Voters? Tasmania and the Netherlands 

Sun. March 4, 7 – 8:30 pm

Webinar

Ever wondered how proportional representation works in other countries?

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4674664234015786753 

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Prison Abolition Workshop

Sun. Mar 4, 12:45 – 5 p.m.

Friends House, 60 Lowther

Interactive workshop with short videos and discussions that questions why our criminal justice system is based on punishment and what we can do to promote healing, including the relationship of these issues to Reconciliation.

Contact: lyn.adamson9 at gmail.com

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For the best Canadian climate and energy news, subscribe to the Energy Mix newsletter

http://theenergymix.com/ 

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The Green Majority

Live Eco Radio Show every Friday from 11 am - Noon CIUT 89.5 FM

greenmajority.ca 

Democracy Now

Mon – Fri. 10 – 11 a.m. CIUT 89.5 FM

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Centre for Social Innovation Events

http://socialinnovation.ca/community/events/listing 

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Hot Docs

Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst)

https://hotdocscinema.ca/ 

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NOW magazine hosts a very comprehensive online events listing

https://nowtoronto.com/search/event/community-events/ 

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Subscribes, unsubscribes and submissions: angela at cleanairalliance.org 

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