T.O. Greenspiration Events: Celebrating Women

Sun Mar 4 18:37:29 EST 2018

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☢ End of an Era 

The two tall stacks at the gigantic Nanticoke coal fired power station came tumbling down this week. Ontario, thanks to the vision of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance and allies like you, was the first jurisdiction in the world to move away from using dirty coal to generate electricity to help our climate and our health. Let’s celebrate this huge accomplishment and also to look to the future – a 100% renewable future.

www.Close-Pickering.ca 

www.BuyQuebecPower.ca   

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Protect Canada's gun laws: Keep AR-15s Restricted in Canada

Conservative MP Bob Zimmer sponsored a petition to make the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle easier to buy in Canada. Sign the petition to oppose easier access to these killing machines.

https://north99.org/sign-petition-keep-ar-15s-restricted-canada/?utm_source=North99&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Ar-15 

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Kathleen, Vic & Andrea: Please support fair debates

Ontario taxpayers pay millions of dollars to four political parties every year through per-vote funding: the Liberals, Progressive Conservatives, NDP and the Green Party. Yet the televised leaders’ debates, which serve as the main opportunity for voters to hear, compare, and contrast what these political parties have to offer, only include three parties.

https://www.change.org/p/kathleen-vic-andrea-please-support-fair-debates?recruiter=30041190&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share_email_responsive 

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Shared Apartment 

I am seeking a house-mate to share my bright quiet 2nd floor apartment in a two story corner house on Vaughan Rd. near Oakwood.  Close to transit, great bicycle routes to downtown, basement bike storage, parking available. Large comfortable bedroom. Fully equipped kitchen, living/dining room to share, cat OK. Wood floors, lots of windows. To share with activist and conflict resolution practitioner. I am mostly vegetarian. $650 incl utilities, parking available. Furnished (or semi-furnished if you prefer).  

Contact Lyn Adamson 416-731-6605, lyn.adamson9 at gmail.com 

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Water Advisory! Art Exhibition 

March 3 – 25

Loop Gallery, 1273 Dundas Street West

WATER ADVISORY! is an exhibition of art by indigenous and non-indigenous artists that illustrates the current disconnection between society and water. WATER ADVISORY! calls us with urgency to reestablish our right relationship with water.

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Can older homes go fossil-free?

Mon Mar 5, 7-9 pm

St. Matthew’s United Church, 729 St. Clair W in the Oakwood Room

Ever wonder how much carbon emissions can be reduced by retrofitting our older, single-family homes? And what would it cost? Hear the fascinating answers from two people who have dramatically improved the energy efficiency of their own single-family homes. Did you know the “negawatt” is the cheapest form of energy of all? Everyone welcome. Free.

http://www.gn21.ca/can-older-homes-be-cozy-and-fossil-free 

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Menstruation's Moment: Why Period Politics Matter Now More Than Ever

Tues. March 6, 7 - 9 pm (doors 6 pm).

At Good Gorilla Creative Coworking, LL01 at 401 Richmond West.

To mark International Women’s Day early, grab a Bloody Caesar and bask in the energy and expertise of women at the forefront of the menstrual movement. Jennifer Weiss-Wolf – author of Periods Gone Public, the book Gloria Steinem says is “the beginning of liberation for us all” – is joined by entrepreneurs, activists and international development leaders. These vibrant, vocal visionaries are coming together in challenging and real dialogue about smashing shame, period policy, values-based business, shedding taboos, and bringing down barriers that prevent people with periods from accessing menstrual supplies. Come explore the role that the menstrual movement must play at this turning point for intersectional feminism. $25. All proceeds to Mother Nature Partnership, an organization that works in Toronto and Cameroon to tear down the barriers that too often keep girls out of school and women out of work.

www.mothernaturepartnership.org/panel 

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Whose Land: A panel discussion about Indigenous territory 

Tues. March 6, 6 – 9 p.m.

10 Dundas St E

Canadian Roots Exchange, TakingITGlobal, and Bold Realities are proud to launch Whose Land. Join us for a discussion on Indigenous territory, land acknowledgements, and reconciliation.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2066476806969485/ 

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Histories of Women’s Unions 

Tuesday, March 6, 7:30 pm

Steelworkers' Hall, 25 Cecil Street

Women have been union members for generations, but sometimes they have made up such a large percentage of the membership and the leadership of some organizations that they made a different kind of union. At the Toronto Workers History Project March meeting hear about unions of women teachers, nurses, and telephone operators.

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King Street: The Great Thoroughfare Of Toronto

Tues. March 6, 7 p.m.

St Lawrence Hall, 157 King E.

City of Toronto birthday celebration with a panel talk featuring columnist Christopher Hume, heritage advocate Rollo Myers and the city's director of transportation, Barbara Grey. There will also be historical displays, activities and the Old Town Silent Auction. $35, stu $20.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/king-street-the-great-thoroughfare-of-toronto-tos184th-tickets-42103451557

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Facts Stranger Than Fiction: Michael Wolff on Reporting from Inside the Trump White House

Wed. March 7, 4:15 pm.

Convocation Hall, 31 King's College Circle, U of T

Talk by the journalist and author of Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House which raises many questions about the intersection of celebrity, journalism, and power. Panel discussion on the state of governance and journalism to follow. $15, stu $10.

https://tickets.harthouse.ca/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=event-sb&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=BC718C51-25D7-4F8B-B45F-F3ED165DB7E5

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Israeli Apartheid Week

March 7 – 15

The week aims to raise awareness about Israel's ongoing practices of apartheid, occupation, and dispossession against the Palestinian people. Lectures, films, and creative performances will build support for the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

www.facebook.com/events/1750261708358708/ 

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Ontario Town Hall with Premier Wynne

Wed. March 7, 6:30 p.m. (doors at 5:30)

Design Exchange, 234 Bay

Premier Kathleen Wynne hosts a town hall. 6:30 pm (doors open at 5:30 pm). Free and open to the public, with general admission seating provided on a first come, first served basis.

https://www.ontario.ca/form/ontario-town-hall

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Paying For The Big Shift: Tobin Taxes And More

Wed. March 7, 7 – 9 pm

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

Science for Peace lecture by Joy Kennedy. Free. Livestreamed.

https://www.facebook.com/science4peace 

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>From Gaza to the Grasslands: Indigenous Refusals and Anti-Colonial Resistance

Thursday, March 8, 6 – 8 pm

William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks Street, U of T

The keynote event of Israeli Apartheid Week 2018 — featuring Ghada Ageel, Nick Estes, Chandni Desai, and Lina Assi — will explore Indigenous refusals and anti-colonial resistance against the ongoing violence and dispossession of settler colonial projects in Turtle Island (North America) and historic Palestine. Panelists will reflect on how far anti-colonial movements have progressed over the past few decades and make sense of the directions they have taken during that time.

www.facebook.com/events/474254356309973/ 

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The List Presents | The Equity Myth at Canadian Universities

Thurs. March 8, 7 – 9 p.m.

Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave.

The Equity Myth: Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2017). Join us for a discussion of this important new book with authors and interlocutors, including Frances Henry, Carl James, Howard Ramos, Malinda Smith, and Lisa Robinson.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1761190440856388/ 

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Happy International Women’s Day!

Thur. March 8

Women’s College Hospital, Auditorium has a series of speakers 9 a.m – 1 p.m. http://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/news-and-events/Connect-2018/Celebrate-International-Womens-Day-2018 

WombSpace: Collective Healing 2 – 6 p.m. https://www.shecosystem.ca/event/wombspace-collective-healing-on-international-womens-day/ 

Revue Cinema hosts a screening of A Better Man and reception https://www.facebook.com/events/410323789398158 

Broadview Hotel hosts a reception and speakers for Red Door Family Shelter https://www.eastlove.ca/ 

IWD Concert https://www.facebook.com/events/889503641228465

Vagina Dialogues at the Drake Hotel https://www.vaginadialogues.ca/ 

9 to 5: Screening

7 – 10 pm , Eyesore Cinema, 1176 Bloor Street

Join Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, and Lilly Tomlin in making boss-napping great again in this comedy classic about women office workers at the dawn of the ’80s. The themes of sexism and work taken up by the film are as relevant as ever. Stay after the screening for a discussion of feminism, labour, and what we can do to bring about meaningful change.

https://socialistproject.ca/event/9-5-international-womens-day-celebration/ 

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Nuclear Waste Online: EA and Nuclear Projects

Thur. Mar 8, noon

Webinar

Environmental Assessments: How Bill C-69, Canada's new "Impact Assessment Act", deals with nuclear projects. 

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/578e3cdabef9153866858a512be5123a 

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Don’t Outspend Them, Outsmart Them – with Terry O’Reilly of CBC fame

Thur. March 8, 4:30 – 7:30 pm

Liberty Village, 2 Fraser Ave., The Bakery

In a world where most advertisers don’t have huge budgets to trounce the competition, where small advertisers are up against deeper pockets, and where not–for–profit communicators struggle to make an impact, there is a way to gain remarkable returns. This presentation is media-rich and demonstrates amazing ideas from around the world from organizations that chose to spend creativity, not dollars. $20

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/liberty-talks-speakers-series-featuring-terry-oreilly-tickets-42646431625 

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TIFF Kids International Film Festival

March 9 – 18

TIFF Bell Lightbox, King and John Streets

Showcasing Canadian and international cinema, the TIFF Kids International Film Festival is perfect for families this March Break. Fun-filled week including a giant green screen, colouring and face painting Check out TIFF's award-winning exhibition digiPlaySpace, this year’s theme is mixed reality.

https://www.tiff.net/kids/

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Fempocalypse 2018

Fri. March 9, 7:30 p.m.

Ernest Balmer Studio 9 Trinity

Nightwood Theatre’s Young Innovator unit presents a feminist cabaret night in celebration of International Women’s Day. The cabaret consists of work from a variety of artistic disciplines and covers a range of different viewpoints and experiences. The chosen artists have been invited to perform a new or existing piece that responds to, reflects on or in some way engages with the following prompt: “Courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own” – Michelle Obama. Pwyc. All proceeds will be donated to Sistering, a local, multi-service agency for at-risk, socially isolated women in Toronto who are homeless or precariously housed.

https://nowtoronto.com/events/fempocalypse-2018/?occ_dtstart=2018-03-09T19:30

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Racialised & Indigenous Women's Symposium - Reclaiming Our Identities through Body Politics + Body Positivity

Fri. March 9, noon - night

Thomas Lounge, Ryerson Student Centre, 55 Gould Street

Enjoy the day of speakers and workshops on topics such as, the involvement of racialised & indigenous women have participated in the feminist movement historically, how do we own our movement & much more. Please note that this space is exclusively for racialised and Indigenous women and trans-fem identified people only.

https://www.facebook.com/events/150620175709281

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Vegan Bake Off

Sun. March 11, 11 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

99 Sudbury at Lisgar

Toronto Vegetarian Association 10th anniversary plant-based baking competition. $13.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/10th-anniversary-of-the-vegan-bake-off-tickets-42683067203

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Earth Day Canada's Pop-up Adventure Playground

Sun. March 11, 2 – 4 p.m.

Downsview Park 70 Canuck

Nature program for families at the outdoor park with nature-themed topics and campfire. Free. This program is partnered with Earth Day Canada.

https://earthday.ca/earthplay/parkplay/

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Finding Home

Sun. March 11, 7 p.m.

Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen

An evening of music, spoken word poetry, comedy and community, all proceeds going to Refugee Support Europe to aid their efforts with a community of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh/ Myanmar. $15-$50

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finding-home-toronto-tickets-42573545621

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☢ From Fukushima to Toronto

Monday, March 12, 7 – 8:30 pm

University of Toronto, Sydney Smith Hall, 100 Saint George, Room 2118  

On March 11, 2011, the world’s largest industrial accident occurred – a triple nuclear meltdown – in Fukushima, Japan. An area up to 50 km was evacuated and 160,000 people displaced, most whom have yet to return. Plants and animals are genetically damaged. Hundreds of thousands of bags of radioactive soil are stranded around the countryside with no waste solution in site, and 300 tonnes of radioactive water flows into the Pacific Ocean daily, contaminating the food chain. The catastrophe is expected to cost the Japanese economy between $200 and $500 Billion. At this anniversary event, we will address a new report by Dr. Ian Fairlie, radiation biologist from the UK. His report considers what would happen if a serious nuclear accident, similar in extent to what took place in Fukushima, were to happen at the Pickering Nuclear Station just east of Toronto. The answer is alarming, exacerbated by the fact that Pickering is surrounded by millions of people. And we’ll discuss viable alternatives to nuclear power in ON, and how we can achieve a renewable future. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/749957985214181/ 

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RadTO People’s Assembly

Sunday March 25, noon – 4 p.m.

Library Building (LIB72), 350 Victoria Street, Ryerson University

This half-day weekend assembly will start-off with a public event spotlighting kic k-ass local organizers and their experiences, stories, and guiding visions on uniting to fight for the city we need! Featuring speakers from: Education Not Incarceration, JFAAP, OCAP, Toronto Overdose Prevention Society. Moderated by Desmond Cole. Following this, we'll dig into a strategy session, discussing a draft manifesto and forming committees to begin our work together!

RSVP at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/radto-peoples-assembly-public-panel-and-strategy-session-tickets-43687540610 

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Municipal Political Action CONF2018 Registration Now Open

The Municipal Elections are coming and candidates are getting lined up now. Labour Council hopes to help elect many more diverse candidates who will fight for strong public services, healthy communities, good jobs and environmental and social justice. Come learn how to be part of winning campaigns on April 14 at the Toronto Don Valley Hotel the 2018.  

Limited availability – REGISTER NOW!

For more info contact Mohammed Hashim at mhashim at labourcouncil.ca 

http://www.labourcouncil.ca/uploads/8/8/6/1/8861416/municipaltraining2018-registration.pdf   

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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

http://www.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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