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Every year, University of Guelph students take part in hosting an Environmental Sciences Symposium (ESS) which focuses on a current environmental issue. This student-run, non-profit event seeks to enhance the knowledge of University of Guelph students, general public, and anyone willing to learn. The 2012 ESS will explore an 'Environmental Outlook on Agriculture: A Public Perspective.' We will be hosting lectures and workshops by speakers from a variety of backgrounds including Science, Social Studies, Industry, and the Arts all offering their own unique opinions and experiences. The ESS will be taking place on January 21st, 2012, and we are expecting approximately 400 attendees including academics, students and many members of the community.
Tickets will be made avaliable in the coming months, so please keep posted!

Time:  9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Venue:  the Science Complex Atrium of the University of Guelph
Location:  50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON
Website:  http://enviroscisymposium.com/
For information contact:  Aurora Patchett, envsymp@uoguelph.ca
Categories:   Environment; Farming

The Kama Reading Series presents readings by Tarek Fatah, Linda McQuaig and Bob Rae in support of World Literacy Canada. Cost: $60

Time:  6:30 - 9:30 pm
Venue:  Park Hyatt Toronto
Location:  4th Avenue, Toronto, ON
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

This workshop explores the commercialisation of beauty: how it gets marketed, what the industry norms are, who decides, and finally who has the power to change it. The session includes a screening of The Colour of Beauty, a short documentary by Elizabeth St. Philip (Breakin' In: The Making of a Hip-Hop Dancer), followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.

The discussion will be led by Jill Andrew, Director of the BITE ME! Toronto International Body Image Film & Arts Festival, co-presenters of The Body Series.

This event is supported by TDSB Equitable & Inclusive Schools, Student Equity Program Advisors.

Register by calling 416-973-3012.

Time:  5:30pm
Venue:  NFB Mediatheque
Location:  150 John St., Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/mediatheque/schedule.php?id=2316
Phone:  416-973-3012
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Media, Entertainment, News, Communications; Women

Celebrating its 30th year, the 4-day event includes international speakers, seminars & intro workshops on key topics including, G.E. foods, organic production/certification, changing climates, eco-villages, earth buildings, farmland protection & food security. From producer to consumer, the workshops offer something for everyone. PLUS, there is an Organic Expo/Tasting Fair with 160+ exhibitors (includes 35 food samplers) on Saturday/Sunday, free to the public. This is your opportunity to sample and purchase a wealth of organic, fair trade products. Meet the makers, movers & shakers and discover how to make many positive changes in your life. There is a special open meeting held on Saturday, January 24th hosted by the Toronto Farmers’ Market Network to build links between growers and consumers.

Venue:  The University Centre
Location:  Guelph, ON
Website:  http://www.guelphorganicconf.ca
For information contact:  Tomas Nimmo
Phone:  (705) 444-0923

USW Local 1005 and its 900 members and 9000 pensioners are waging a battle on behalf of ALL of us. Foreign-owned companies think we're just body parts to be thrown away at the end of our work lives.

The OFL, CLC, USW Local 1005 and Hamilton and District Labour Council are calling for a massive province-wide mobilization to stop U.S. Steel and other foreign-owned companies from wrecking our communities and stealing our futures. Let's get going!

Time:  1:00 pm
Venue:  Hamilton City Hall
Location:  71 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON
Categories:   Labour, Workplace, Unions; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

Just Vision is pleased to announce the Canadian television premiere of its new film, Budrus. Hailed in The New York Times as " this year's must-see documentary."

Recently, Matthew Hays of the Montreal Mirror picked Budrus as the top must-see film of 2010. A trailer of the film as well as full press reviews are available at: http://www.jus

Winner of multiple prizes at top international film festivals, including Tribeca, Berlin and San Francisco, Budrus is produced by Just Vision. Budrus will also be in Vancouver at the World Community Film Festival Friday, February 11 at 7pm.

Time:  10pm ET/PT
Categories:   Arts & Culture; International; Human Rights, Law, Legal

Award winning photographer Gabor Gasztonyi presents A Room in the City (Anvil Press), his five-year project of photographing the residents of the Cobalt, Balmoral, Regent and Sunrise Hotels in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, the poorest postal code in the country. The residents are represented in private moments, with respect and dignity -- in their rooms and on the streets -- as they wish to be seen.

Accompanied by a selection of Gasztonyi's diary entries and poems, the photographs urge us to look longer and harder at a city often deemed as one of the world's best places to live. His unflinching eye insists that we examine a culture where the chasm between have and have-not grows ever deeper, to consider how we are both implicated and removed from the lives of our neighbours.

This event is free.

Venue:  Vancouver Public Library (central library)
Location:  350 West Georgia Street Alma VanDusen and Peter Kaye Rooms, Lower Level, Vancouver, BC
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Urban Issues, Transit, Housing, Public Space

Join us in welcoming Dr. Hajo Meyer, who will be sharing the lesson of his experience in Auschwitz: Never Again for Anyone. Dr. Meyer will be on tour in the U.S. and Toronto is his only Canadian stop.

Dr. Meyer will be joined by Lee Maracle, acclaimed writer and member of the Sto: Loh nation and Khaled Mouammar, president of the Canadian Arab Federation (CAF) to discuss the urgency of this message in Canada and the U.S. today.

In the face of the on-going ethnic cleansing of Palestine, attacks and persecution of Muslim and Arab communities in Canada and the U.S., the repression of dissent on campuses, the continued military occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan and the on-going struggles of Black, immigrant, indigenous, queer and disabled communities for their rights, we assert a commitment to collective humanity against the application of "never again" to only a few.

$10 or PWYC (No one will be turned away for lack of funds)

Time:  7:00 - 9:00 pm
Venue:  Winchevsky Centre
Location:  585 Cranbrooke Avenue, Toronto, ON
For information contact:  info@neveragainforanyone.com
Categories:   Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

This is the show that fuels you.
Barrels of oil? Or barrels of monkeys? Using a combination of verbatim and improvisation, the voices of Fort McMurray's transients and locals come alive at a time of major change. Some of this country's most exciting theatre creators reveal life at the northern tip of Highway 63, at the front lines of the world's largest energy project, the Athabasca Oil Sands.
Tickets are $15-$35

Venue:  Theatre Passe Muraille
Location:  16 Ryerson Ave, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.passemuraille.on.ca
For information contact:  Heather Ervin - heathere@passemuraille.on.ca
Phone:  416-504-7529
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Labour, Workplace, Unions; Economic Development

1st Anniversary Open House at Beit Zatoun

What a first year it has been! Thank you dear communities. With your support, help and enthusiasm Beit Zatoun found its roots and thrived from the first breath.

Incredible as it may seem, it will be a year soon, since Beit Zatoun opened its doors for the first time on January 30, 2010 with a reading of Seven Days from a Gaza Diary and a piano improvisation by John Kameel Farah. That one event was followed by another 70+ events of amazing variety and quality from many individuals and communities.

We are totally pleased and grateful that you were part of the year that passed and wish to invite you to help Beit Zatoun and the community to celebrate it and also open our second year.

An evening of friendships, sharing, hopes, ideals and intentions. Add wonderful mix talented and generous performances of music, poetry, spoken word, chant and more. Full program to be announced.

We invite the media to join us for a lively evening of live music, poetry, dance and invigorating company.

Time:  6:30pm - 10:30pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

Join us for music, dinner, dance performances and hear first hand account of the situation in Afghanistan from Spogmai Akseer, spokesperson for Afghans for Peace. Spogmai recently visited Afghanistan and will talk about the realities facing the Afghan people under the NATO occupation.
Other speakers:
Peggy Nash, Former NDP MP, Canadian Auto Workers Union
Others TBA
Featuring special performances by Matadanze, AcidFlow, and musician Alborz Atashband.
Admission $10 - $25 sliding scale

Time:  6:30 - 9:30 pm
Venue:  Steelworker's Hall
Location:  25 Cecil Street, Toronto, ON
For information contact:  info@nowar.ca
Categories:   International; Military

Our Way to Fight - Canadian Book Launch

Join us to bring Michael Riordon's new book, Our Way to Fight, into the world.

Our Way to Fight: peace-work under siege in Israel-Palestine documents creative resistance to occupation on both sides of the wall. In olive groves, besieged villages, refugee camps and checkpoints, here are the dangerous lives of non-violent activists, the sparks that led them to resist, the escalating risks they face, and the many small victories that sustain them - and us!
Meet these courageous people of the book, through the writer's eyes and their own words, recorded on-location.

Early comment on the book: "Our Way to Fight explores the stories of men and women who create glimmers of light and hope in the dark despair surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is a vital intervention for all who care about peace and justice."

Neve Gordon, Israeli academic, activist, and author of Israel's Occupation

"A book like a pocket lamp that contests darkness: the darkness fabricated by those who have promoted a global blindness concerning what has happened in Palestine and Israel during the last sixty years. The battery of this remarkable lamp is true observation, and with it you discover exemplary courage in the most unexpected places. Pocket it!"
John Berger, author of From A to X: a fiction inspired by the people of Palestine

Books will be available for signing by the author.

Time:  7pm - 9pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500
Categories:   Human Rights, Law, Legal

Don't miss this opportunity to join established and aspiring filmmakers, non-profit communications leaders, funders and students working to learn and share cutting-edge practices to make their media matter, February 10 and 11, 2011 at American University in Washington, DC. This year's Media That Matters conference theme is Storytelling Across Platforms. Visit the Center's website to see the detailed agenda and share your own media that matters on our Facebook page. Regular registration $100, Students $50, Fair Use Workshop $50. Register today!

Venue:  Katzen Arts Center, American University
Location:  4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20016, United States, DC
Website:  http://www.eventville.com/Catalog/EventRegistration1.asp?EventId=1007473; http://www.centerf
Categories:   Communications Industry & Technology; Media, Entertainment, News, Communications

Don't miss this opportunity to join established and aspiring filmmakers, non-profit communications leaders, funders and students working to learn and share cutting-edge practices to make their media matter, February 10 and 11, 2011 at American University in Washington, DC. This year's Media That Matters conference theme is Storytelling Across Platforms. Visit the Center's website to see the detailed agenda and share your own media that matters on our Facebook page. Regular registration $100, Students $50, Fair Use Workshop $50. Register today!

Venue:  Katzen Arts Center, American University
Location:  4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20016, United States, DC
Website:  http://www.eventville.com/Catalog/EventRegistration1.asp?EventId=1007473; http://www.centerf
Categories:   Communications Industry & Technology; Media, Entertainment, News, Communications

Don't miss this opportunity to join established and aspiring filmmakers, non-profit communications leaders, funders and students working to learn and share cutting-edge practices to make their media matter, February 10 and 11, 2011 at American University in Washington, DC. This year's Media That Matters conference theme is Storytelling Across Platforms. Visit the Center's website to see the detailed agenda and share your own media that matters on our Facebook page. Regular registration $100, Students $50, Fair Use Workshop $50. Register today!

Venue:  Katzen Arts Center, American University
Location:  4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20016, United States, DC
Website:  http://www.eventville.com/Catalog/EventRegistration1.asp?EventId=1007473; http://www.centerf
Categories:   Communications Industry & Technology; Media, Entertainment, News, Communications

The 3rd Annual Sustainable Business Conference (SBC) is a day of discussion devoted to issues of economic, environmental and social sustainability in business. While the content of the conference is targeted at individuals with an interest in business, the range of topics and quality of speakers make this a learning experience for everyone.

Improving upon the success of the first two conferences, this 3rd edition will see business professionals and professors engaging with attendees on issues related to the emergence of new business models.
Price: $10 (students) $20 (non-students) - Includes organic lunch by Dépanneur Sylvestre

Time:  9:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Venue:  Desmarais Building, University of Ottawa, room 4101
Location:  Ottawa, ON
Website:  http:///bit.ly/SBCtickets, Details: http://www.cetsc.ca
For information contact:  sbc.dda@cetsc.ca
Categories:   Economic Development; Environment

The Economics of Happiness describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. On the one hand, government and big business continue to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power. At the same time, all around the world people are resisting those policies, demanding a re-regulation of trade and finance – and, far from the old institutions of power, they’re starting to forge a very different future. Communities are coming together to re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm – an economics of localization.

Admission: Adults-$7.00 Students-FREE

Time:  Live Music starts at 6:30pm, Discussion starts at 7:15, and Film starts at 7:30pm
Venue:  Gaytey Theatre
Location:  161 Hurontario Street, Collingwood, ON
Website:  http://www.bethechangefilmseries.ca/
For information contact:  Lisa Farano, lisa@elephantthoughts.com
Phone:  705-444-2012
Categories:   Economic Development; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

Be The Change Film Series - presented by Investors Group (Live music 6:30pm/ Film screening 7:00pm /Discussion with guest speaker 9:00pm)

This documentary film series focusing on Ecological / Social Justice issues is held once a month at the Gayety Theater in Collingwood Ontario on the third Wednesday of the month, from October to May. ‘Be The Change’ is meant to spark discussion amongst members of our community about the important issues facing us all. Visit www.bethechangefilmseries.ca or www.elephantthoughts.com for more information.

Admission: $7.00/Students: Free at Elephant Thoughts, The Environment Network, The Collingwood Public Library & Smart’s Flowers.

February 16, 2011: Dirty Oil, w.Fox Farm and an all-party political panel
Narrated by Canadian actress and environmentalist Neve Campbell, this feature documentary from Academy Award nominated director Leslie Iwerks goes deep behind-the-scenes into the strip-mined world of Northern Alberta. Here, vast and toxic oil sands supply the US with the majority of it’s oil. Told through the eyes of scientists, “big oil” officials, politicians, doctors, environmentalists, and aboriginal citizens directly affected by “the largest industrial project on the planet today”, the filmmakers journey to both sides of the border to uncover the emotional and irreversible toll this “black gold” is taking on our planet.

Venue:  Collingwood Public Library & Smart's Flowers
Location:  Collingwood, ON
Website:  http://www.babelgum.com/dirtyoil
For information contact:  Lisa Farrano, lisa@elephantthoughts.com
Phone:  705-812-2605
Categories:   Environment

West Coast is pleased to host the second in our Dialogues for Legal Innovation series: Law Reform for Nature, Climate and Communities

Please join us on Wednesday, February 16th, 2011, at the Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue as an audience participant to explore how BC’s laws and policies about land use should evolve in light of climate change.

Admission is free, but please note that space is limited and pre-registration is required. Please register at www.wcel.org

The reality we face in BC is that many of our resource and land-use management laws were created decades ago, before the phrase “climate change” had even been coined, and long before climate change was recognized as the greatest ecological challenge of our time.

What are the implications of the legal status quo for nature and communities, in an era of climate change? Looking forward, what vision should we be enabling with our laws and policies?

Our diverse panel of invited guests will explore these issues, drawing on their own experiences and examples of innovation. The evening will begin with short presentations introducing scientific, legal, and economic perspectives.

Audience members will be given the opportunity to ask questions in a closing question and answer session.

Moderator: Jessica Clogg, Executive Director and Senior Counsel, West Coast Environmental Law
Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue - Asia Pacific Hall
Cost: The event will be open to a public audience free of charge.

Time:  6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Venue:  Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue - Asia Pacific Hall 580 West Hastings Street (enter via Seymour St
Location:  Vancouver, BC
Website:  http://www.wcel.org
For information contact:  Jeanette Ageson, jageson@wcel.org
Phone:  604-601-2511
Categories:   Environment; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

Thanks to the generosity of the RBC Foundation, Camp Kawartha Environment Centre is proud to offer a series of “free workshops” on sustainable living where local and regional experts will share practical steps that make businesses and homes a little greener.

Topic: “Financing the Green Economy”

Guest Speaker: Chris Ouellette. Chris is the Manager of Environmental Solutions in RBC’s Corporate Environmental Affairs Group and is a LEED Accredited Professional.

Location: Camp Kawartha Environment Centre, 2505 Pioneer Road, Peterborough, (Near Trent University)

Date: February 17, 7pm

Session Outline: Finance is playing an important role in our transition to a more environmental sustainable economy, presenting many opportunities but also not without its own challenges. Chris will discuss the different ways RBC is promoting the growth of new “green” sectors such as clean technology, green buildings and renewable energy.

If possible, please RSVP to Sonja Rykers at 652-3860 or by email: info (at) campkawartha.ca

For more Information – visit our website: http://www.campkawartha.ca/environmentcentre/publicworkshops.php

Time:  7:00 p.m.
Venue:  Camp Kawartha Environment Centre
Location:  2505 Pioneer Road, Peterborough, ON
Website:  http://www.campkawartha.ca/environmentcentre/publicworkshops.php
For information contact:  Craig
Phone:  705-652-3860
Categories:   Environment; Economic Development

National Sweater Day

On February 17, join Canadians across the country in turning down your thermostat by 3 degrees, and throw on a fun, quirky sweater to show your support for the planet.


Additional Contacts & Websites:

http://www.google.ca/search?q=%22sweater+day%22+%22climate+change%22

Website:  http://wwf.ca/takeaction/sweater_day/

The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with a reception and hors d’oeuvres. The annual meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. with a welcome and election of board members. That will be followed by a keynote speech by Elizabeth Brackett, correspondent and substitute host for WTTW11′s flagship nightly public affairs program “Chicago Tonight” and author of the book “Pay to Play: How Rod Blagojevich Turned Political Corruption into a National Sideshow.”

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Our keynote speech, "The Joy and Travails of Journalism," will be given by Elizabeth Brackett, correspondent and substitute host for WTTW11’s flagship nightly public affairs
program “Chicago Tonight” and author of the 2009 book Pay to Play: How Rod Blagojevich Turned Political Corruption into a National Sideshow.
The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with a reception and hors d’oeuvres. The annual meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. with a welcome and election of board members. Brackett’s address will follow.
Admission is free to AWJ members whose 2011 dues are paid and Columbia faculty and students; $20 for non-members. For $15, non-member students from schools other than Columbia can get admission to the meeting and a one-year membership.
Dues are $50 for regular members, $15 for students and $65 for associates. Consider joining now or at the meeting.
Please RSVP by 9 p.m. on Sunday, February 13 to get on the RSVP list and get through

Time:  6:30 pm Friday
Venue:  Columbia College’s Film Row Cinema
Location:  1104 S. Wabash, 8th fl., Chicago
Website:  http://awj.camp8.org/events?eventId=272495&EventViewMode=EventDetails
Categories:   Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Media, Entertainment, News, Communications

Imagine a country choosing to prioritize its citizens' happiness over traditional economic measures. Bhutan is doing just that. This remote South Asian country is choosing to value "Gross National Happiness" above conventional economics as it deals with the modern world. This philosophy will be their guiding principle over their nation's development, which includes certifying the entire country's agricultural system organic. Vandana Shiva says "Bhutan, which looks idealistic, is actually being realistic about what you need for a sustainable society." Join Canadian Organic Growers as we learn how organic makes a difference in how we live and eat. This conference will stir you with inspiring stories, the difficult challenges and the proven visions that are bringing healthy organic food from the field to the table.

Keynote speaker is Silver Donald Cameron, one of the few observers to Bhutan's transition to an entirely organic agricultural system. Panels include Moms Against GMOs, Natural vs Organic, Whistleblowers, Is Walmart Compatible with Organic?, Hidden GMOs, Make Heritage Seeds Work for You, The Wonder Years: Bread and Beer, Sludge on our Farms, The Future of Agriculture, Organic Beauty Products, and more.
$65 ($85 after Feb. 5); COG members $55 ($65 after Feb. 5)
Rates for seniors, students and unwaged
Organic lunch included!

Time:  9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue:  University of Toronto Conference Centre
Location:  89 Chestnut Street, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://cogtoronto.org
For information contact:  cogtoronto.org
Phone:  416-466-4420
Categories:   Environment; Economic Development

Gamiing Nature Centre will be hosting a series of events and activities on Monday, February 21st, such as snowshoeing, cross country ski trails, guided nature trail walks, skating, hot refreshments, games and more. Please come visit us anytime from sun up until sun down.

Additional Contacts & Websites:

Mieke - info (at) gamiing.org

Location:  Lindsay/ Bobcaygeon, ON
Website:  http://www.gamiing.org
For information contact:  marketingandpromotion@gamiing.org
Phone:  705-799-7083

A lively and titillating salon discussion on moral puzzles involving censorship and free expression as covered in the gay press. How are queer communities struggling to reconcile the fights for freedom of sexual and political expression with their desire to fight homophobic expression? Case studies range from Queers Against Israeli Apartheid and the Toronto Pride Parade, to murder music, Canada Border Services Agency and queer-themed film.

Time:  7:00 - 8:30 pm
Venue:  Toronto Public Library, Yorkville Branch
Location:  22 Yorkville Avenue, Toronto, ON
Categories:   Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual; Arts & Culture; Human Rights, Law, Legal

Pathways began as a community sustainability conference in Cochrane Alberta in May of 2009. P2S 2009 explored the five phases of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) sustainable community planning. Participants attended from across Alberta to learn about how to participate in creating sustainability plans for our communities.

Pathways 2011 is moving forward from planning to community-based action. With the involvement of the Alberta Rural Development Network and Growing Food Security in Alberta, Pathways 2011 will encompass a dialogue about the components of resilient communities: FOOD, FUEL, and FINANCE!

Pathways 2011 will be hosted at Red Deer College February 23rd - 25th in partnership with ReThink Red Deer, City of Red Deer, and Sustainability Resources Ltd.

Venue:  Red Deer College
Location:  100 College Boulevard, Red Deer, AB
Website:  http://www.pathways2sustainability.ca/
For information contact:  Lisa Fox
Phone:  403-975-2973
Categories:   Environment

Ecology Ottawa's 2011 Clean Energy Launch!

Come celebrate all the wheels that are driving clean energy in Ottawa!

When: Feb 24, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Where: Jean Pigott Place Room, City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave. West, Ottawa
Agenda: "Clean Energy Future"
"How We Got Here"
"Role of City Council"
"Efforts to Date"

Food, Drink, and Fun!

Attendees
Engaged Citizens, Community Organizations, City Councillors, Energy Businesses, Supporting Agencies

Time:  6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Venue:  Jean Spigott Place Room, City Hall
Location:  110 Laurier Avenue, Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://ecologyottawa.ca/
For information contact:  Kevin Donaghy, kevindonaghy@ecologyottawa.ca
Phone:  613-860-5353
Categories:   Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations

GreenWorks Green Energy Career Fairs
(various dates and locations across Ontario)

- Renew your skills
- Renew your career

Hosted by CONNECT and funded by Employment Ontario, GreenWorks aims to introduce this exciting and expanding sector to jobseekers who may not have considered it before.

Take advantage of these events to exhibit at absolutely no cost to your organization, and find the right people for your workforce. Network with other providers who offer training and up-skilling in your sector. Make connections and highlight the good work you do, to draw career seekers to your company and to promote Green Energy.

Whether you chose to exhibit at one of the six fairs or all of them, at each event, you will be entitled to:

* Free exhibit space, with skirted display table and power outlet
* Free parking
* Free nutritious breaks and lunch
* Free networking opportunities to short list and/or recruit on the spot

Don’t miss this opportunity! Register today!

For more information:


Additional Contacts & Websites:

[Calendar Editor adds:

GoodWork - Green Jobs, Environmental Employment
http://GoodWorkCanada.ca/

Location:  Various, ON
Website:  http://collegeconnect.on.ca/events/
Categories:   Labour, Workplace, Unions

FREE

People come in all shapes, sizes and colours. Join us for an evening of celebration and reflection of our diversity, and visit our gallery of public art made by previous Body Series participants. The evening includes a film screening and discussion that will help you reconsider notions of masculinity, femininity and race.

The discussion will be led by Jill Andrew, Director of the BITE ME! Toronto International Body Image Film & Arts Festival, co-presenters of The Body Series.

Register by calling 416-973-3012.

Time:  5:30pm
Venue:  NFB Mediatheque
Location:  150 John St., Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/mediatheque/schedule.php?id=2339
Phone:  416-973-3012
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Health/Health Care; Media, Entertainment, News, Communications

Your invitation to participate in 2011 Youth Job Fair

If you are an employer who promotes “Green” in your business
AND / OR an employer in the Solar Energy Sector
– we want to see you here!

This is an opportunity to highlight your business and hire youth!

Date: Thursday, February 24th, 2011
Location: Walter Baker Sports Centre, Malvern Dr., Nepean
Set-up time: 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Doors open: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Will be on-site

FREE for Employers to exhibit
• Each booth has a table and two chairs
• Electricity – You MUST specify if you need electricity

DON'T MISS THIS EVENT
• Premier Event Specializing in bringing Employers and job seekers together
• Limited to 30 Exhibitors

Additional Contacts & Websites:

Karen Yates karen.yates (at) itoottawa.com 613-688-0440 x. 222

Location:  Ottawa, ON
For information contact:  Sandra Ghanem, sghanem@ysb.on.ca
Phone:  613-236-6456, ext. 230
Categories:   Children & Youth

The OFL and CBTU (Coalition of Black Trade Unionists) present the acclaimed exhibition "And Still I Rise: A History of African Canadian Workers in Ontario." This travelling exhibit originally developed by the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre explores the rich legacy of Ontario's black Community.

Four exhibits designed to look like train coaches span the twentieth century with exhibition topics ranging from "Challenges to Freedom" to "1900 to World War II" to the reflective "Legacy of African Canadians." Visitors are invited to learn more about the historic and present day lives and experiences of black Canadians through the investigation of themes including immigration, work roles and the labour movement, the agitation of civil rights, the contributions of African Canadians to the arts and sports, the importance of church, schools and voluntary organizations to building strong
communities.

Venue:  Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) Building
Location:  15 Gervais Drive, Toronto, ON
Categories:   Labour, Workplace, Unions

How should we define hate speech? Who should censor it, and when should the right to free expression be invoked? Join us in a provocative panel discussion as part of Freedom to Read Week 2011.

Panel: Susan G. Cole, author, playwright, broadcaster and senior editor at NOW Magazine; Jonathan Kay, op-ed columnist and comment pages editor for the National Post; Janet Keeping, President of the Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership; Richard Moon, author and Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor. Moderator: Steve Paikin, Host of TVO's The Agenda.

Tickets $10 at the door (proceeds to PEN Canada). Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Time:  7:00 - 9:00 pm
Venue:  Toronto Reference Library Atrium
Location:  789 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON
Categories:   Human Rights, Law, Legal

The theme of Eco Farm Day 2011 is 'For the Sake of Food Safety and Security'. The safety and security of food supply is in deep trouble throughout the world. Chronic and acute food-borne diseases emanate from the industrial production of food, involving longer than normal storage and delivery to consumers as highly processed and boxed eatables. The wide use of pesticides, antibiotics, hormones, slaughterhouse wastes, and GMOs poses a phenomenal risk. The most obvious answer to this dilemma is to grow and consume organically produced food, but the market faces such demand to which it is unable to cater. The outsourcing of organic cultivation to far flung places and even certain deserts across the globe is neither tenable nor acceptable. The only alternative is to produce and consume local organic foods. Strategies will be discussed on how to resolve these issues in the best interests of the public.

This message will be delivered through keynote speakers Dr. Shiv Chopra and author Margaret Webb, 12 workshops, a trade show with over 30 exhibitors, and a fully organic lunch.

Date: February 25, 26th, 2011, Ramada Inn, Cornwall, Ontario
Organic Events, Conferences, Courses
http://www.cog.ca/news_events/events-calendar/
http://planetfriendly.net/calendar/organic/

Local Organic - The Key to Global Food Safety and Security.
(Traduction simultanée)

Venue:  Ramada Inn
Location:  Cornwall, ON
Website:  http://www.cog.ca/ottawa/ecofarmday/
Categories:   Education; Environment

A tribute to the late folksinger Phil Ochs, featuring David DePoe, Honey Novick and Sandy Crawley. In addition, David and Honey will share some of their experiences with Phil, and comment on the continuing relevance of his music.

$5 at the door.

Time:  8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Venue:  Centre for Inquiry
Location:  216 Beverley Street, Toronto, ON
For information contact:  bohempoetrycafe@gmail.com
Categories:   Music; Arts & Culture; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

Award-winning investigative journalist and syndicated columnist, author and the host of Democracy Now! in a discussion about the role of independent media in promoting social justice. Book Signing to follow. Free.

Time:  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Venue:  University of Alberta
Location:  Education North Building 2115, Edmonton, AB
Categories:   Media, Entertainment, News, Communications; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

COPE is celebrating winter in style with a masquerade ball at the beautiful Museum of Vancouver! The COPE Winter Gala is a chance for you to dress up and spend a wonderful evening with fellow
COPE supporters, elected officials and leaders of Vancouver's labour and political community.

Hosted by the talented and hilarious Charlie Demers, the evening features an exciting taste of the west coast with food inspired by Vancouver, a judging panel of the best masks and a special musical performance you won't want to miss -- all surrounded by the beautiful views of English Bay.

Tickets for the event are $70 each, with early bird tickets including a free bar ticket or $5 off, and student/youth under 28 or fixed income tickets available for only $40. Tickets are available online here: copewintergala.eventbrite.com or can be purchased directly from COPE without a fee via email or phone: cope@cope.bc.ca or 604-255-0400.

Tickets for individuals on low or fixed income are also available, as well as a small selection of complimentary tickets. They can be obtained by contacting COPE directly.

COPE needs your support as we head into a fall election, especially one with so many critical issues facing Vancouver including affordable housing, accessible parks and community centres and the threat to our neighbourhood schools. Your support means COPE can continue the important work it has at City Council, Parks Board, and School Board.

Time:  7:00 pm
Venue:  Coalition of Progressive Electors winter gala
Location:  1100 Chesnut Street, Vancouver, BC
For information contact:  cope@cope.bc.ca
Phone:  604-255-0400
Categories:   Politics & Political Organizations

What began as a single act of desperation in Tunisia has led to a series of significant uprisings of millions of people in Egypt and beyond.

In a region that has long suffered the impacts of colonial exploitation, oppressive puppet tyrants, and chronic misrepresentation, we are now witnessing a historic moment in which people are rising up to reclaim their lives, present and future.

The world is watching, but what are we seeing? Join us for a timely and much needed discussion and analysis as these historical events unfold.


Speakers:

Sonia Djelidi is a human rights activist who Studied Economics and Politics at University of Montreal. She lived for 3 years in West Africa, working with civil society. She is Member of GRILA (Group for Research and Initiative for the Libration of Africa). Currently she is the coordinator of the Collectif de Solidarité au Canada avec les luttes sociales en Tunisie and works as a communication coordinator for an international organization.

Mostafa Henaway is an Egyptian Canadian who has been active in Palestine solidarity with Tadamon Montreal! which works in solidarity with social movements in the Arab world: Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisa, and Iraq. He is also active in the international Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Campaign to end Israeli Apartheid, participating in organizing of the 2010 BDS Conference in Montreal. He is a community organizer at the Immigrant Worker Center in Montreal, and is also an independent writer and radio producer.

Mohammed Mohsen is a Toronto based visual artist, with experience and involvement in several art organizations. Mohammed continues to contribute to the cultural and political life in Toronto, with history that includes involvement in the Arab Students' Collective, Jawqet Al-Sheikh Imam (the Sheikh Imam Ensemble), Toronto Arab Film Festival, OCAD Student Union, and several art organizations.

Moderated by Ghadeer Malek. Ghadeer is a Palestinian activist and feminist. She writes and performs spoken word and poetry and is part of an arts collective called AqsaZine. She is active on women's rights issues and is a strong advocate of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign to end Israeli Apartheid, Occupation and Colonization of Palestine.

Organized by HUNA, (“here” in Arabic ) - is a diverse, tight-knit group of Arabs Engaged in Politics, Society, and Culture.


Sponsored by Beit Zatoun, OPIRG UofT and OPIRG York.

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Need to know:
- Doors open at 6:45 pm
- PWYC / Donation
- Sorry, not wheelchair accessible

Tasty refreshments (non-alcoholic) and Zatoun oliveoil+za'atar dipping.

Time:  7pm - 9pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are about to impose usage-based billing on YOU.

This means we're looking at a future where ISPs will charge per byte, the way they do with smart phones. If we allow this to happen Canadians will have no choice but to pay MUCH more for less Internet. Big Telecom companies are obviously trying to gouge consumers, control the Internet market, and ensure that consumers continue to subscribe to their television services.

These Big Telecom companies are forcing small competing ISPs to adopt the same pricing scheme, so that we have no choice but to pay these punitive fees.

This will crush innovative services, Canada's digital competitiveness, and your wallet. More about this here: http://stopthemeter.ca/

Time:  1:00 - 2:00 pm
Website:  http://stopthemeter.ca
Categories:   Communications Industry & Technology; Computers; Media, Entertainment, News, Communications

The choices we make about food can have a significant impact on the planet. This session discusses some of the ways our food production system impacts the environment and how local eating and organic agriculture can mitigate these impacts.

Location: Mountain Equipment Coop 366 Richmond Rd Ottawa; 7:00-9:00pm

This is the 4th seminar in the Seventh Generation Learning Series put on by Maison Tucker House and hosted by Sustainable Living Ottawa West. Seminars are the 4th Monday of every month, always at the same location.:

* Monday, January 24, Home Solar Power - how to profit from Ontario’s Green Energy Act
* Monday, February 28, Sustainable Food
* Monday, March 28th, Sustainable Transportation
* Monday, April 25, Sustainable Finances - greening your budget!

Additional Contacts & Websites:

www.SLOWest.ca
www.maisontuckerhouse.ca

Time:  7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Venue:  Mountain Equipment Coop
Location:  366 Richmond Street Road, Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://www.maisontuckerhouse.ca
For information contact:  Kathyrn Guidon - Tucker House, info@tuckerhouse.ca
Categories:   Environment; Social Policy

Yes in My Back Yard Would you like to grow your own food, but don’t have space to garden? Do you have a backyard that you would like to put to use?

The Stop Community Food Centre’s Yes In My Back Yard (YIMBY) program connects people who would like to garden but don’t have the space, to people who have space in their yards they are willing to share.

Backyard gardening is a great way to access fresh, organic veggies for a lower cost, contribute towards a healthier environment by reducing chemical inputs and pollution caused by the industrial food system, and grow things you might not be able to find at the grocery store – all while getting exercise, fresh air, and the satisfaction of watching food grow!

In fact, gardening is one of Canada’s most popular outdoor recreational activities. But here in Toronto not everyone can go right out and start digging – many people would like to garden but live in apartment buildings or do not have access to yard space suitable for growing food. And yet others have access to a yard but do not have the time, interest, or the physical ability to maintain a vegetable garden. Some just like the idea of co-operating with others to create a garden together. Whatever the motivation for participating, YIMBY is working to build community and strengthen relationships between people who might not have otherwise met.

The Stop acts as a connector, helping to set up garden sharing matches. We also offer a tool lending library, free gardening workshops to enhance your skills, some free seedlings, a community seed exchange, and opportunities to meet and learn from other gardeners. YIMBY connects people to garden in the neighbourhoods around The Stop’s two locations, The Green Barn at Christie and St. Clair, and our centre at Davenport and Symington. This area extends roughly from: Bloor up to Rogers/Vaughan Rd and Bathurst over to Dundas W./Old Weston Rd.

We are hosting a meeting/orientation session for anyone interested in getting involved in YIMBY, on Monday, Feb 28th, 2011 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. If you are interested in the YIMBY program, or to RSVP for this meeting, please contact Liz Curran at The Stop Community Food Centre: 416-651-7867 ext. 27 or liz (at) thestop.org

Time:  6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location:  Toronto, ON
Categories:   Farming; Environment

With the demand for GHG professionals expected to increase rapidly over the next five years, organizations will be faced with the challenge of identifying and hiring qualified GHG quantifiers.

Certification programs—through standardized and accredited processes—provide credible recognition to competent professionals.

HRCarbon’s path to GHG Inventory Quantifier Certification will lead you to obtain a globally recognized certification that demonstrates your competence to quantify, assess and report GHG emissions.

CSA Group, established in 1919, is an independent, not-for-profit association which promotes the use of cleaner technologies by businesses in the energy, infrastructure, and transportation sectors, and led the development of the ISO 14064 GHG standards as secretariat to ISO Technical Committee 207 responsible for developing globally recognized environmental standards.

Price: CAD 1,695 + HST

Note: CSA Exam and Certification Fees are directly payable to the CSA

Venue:  Toronto
Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.hrcarbon.com
For information contact:  HR Carbon, courses@hrcarbon.com
Phone:  416-628-4196
Categories:   Education; Environment

Couchiching (www.couch.ca) is Canada's oldest and most recognized public affairs organization. A not-for-profit, volunteer-based organization whose mission is to increase awareness and understanding among Canadians on important public affairs issues, we do not advocate any position or lobby for action, but instead foster healthy and informed dialogue.

The "Couchiching Conversations" is a new initiative intended to bring the spirit of Couchiching to new topics and participants, year-round and across the GTA.

Gina Valle’s film, The Last Rite, illustrates how Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists ritualize death. This Couchiching Conversation will feature a screening of the one-hour film, brief remarks by Dr. Valle, and an open discussion to explore participants’ concerns and experiences with this ultimate passage and funeral rites in the Canadian diasporic environment.

What new "Canadian" Hindu, Muslim, and Buddhist traditions are being born out of members of these and other faith communities coming together -- from different parts of the world -- to practice together? What challenges and "reinventions" of tradition are arising? And what sorts of practical, logistical, legal, or simply theological issues have participants encountered? How have they solved problems and challenges? How do they include relatives who are far away? Does death and dying take on a different significance in an adopted homeland, far from the history of “back home”?

Time:  6:30-9pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

Please join us on the evening of Wednesday, March 2, 2011 to learn about some of the latest developments to protect local functional biodiversity as the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) increases in population from 6 million to 8 million people over the next 20 years.

We will be demonstrating ongoing collaborative initiatives involving Toronto's very own regional conservation authorities, internationally recognized academic community, and local conservation advocates.

We will begin at 5:00pm with a light self-serve dinner, and presentations will commence at 5:30pm.

Time:  2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue:  Room 432 Ramsay Wright, University of Toronto
Location:  25 Harbord Street - Accessible by walking south from St. George subway station or streetcar south from Spadina subway station to Harbord stop, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.scbtoronto.com
For information contact:  scbtoronto@gmail.com
Categories:   Environment

Please pre-registration is required as the seating is limited.
The Burnaby Board of Trade is hosting a unique speakers panel on at the innovative Electronic Arts Campus in Burnaby. The objective of this forum is to create an open dialogue within the local business community to explore the business case of going green. Presenters will discuss business initiatives for going green, strategies for reducing your environmental footprint and the economic benefits of sustainability. This event is a pioneering initiative of the BBOT's Environmental Sustainability Committee.
GLOBE Foundation
The GLOBE Foundation is a Vancouver-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to finding practical business-oriented solutions to the world's environmental problems. Formed in 1993, GLOBE helps companies and individuals realize the value of economically viable environmental business opportunities through its conferences and events, research and consulting, project management, communications and awards.

Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to hear from business leaders in environmental sustainability.
Cost: $35.00 + HST Members and Non Members (beverage and delicious food included)
To register, please RSVP to 604-412-0100
Event Sponsor: Return It

Additional Contacts & Websites:
http://bbot.ca/content/environmental-innovation-forum
http://www.meetup.com/The-Burnaby-Board-of-Trade/events/16509211/

Time:  Registration: 5:30 p.m.
Venue:  Electronic Arts Canada, Ltd.
Location:  4334 Sanderson Way, Burnaby, BC
For information contact:  admin@bbot.ca
Categories:   Environment; Economic Development

BC Sustainable Energy Association (Vancouver Chapter) presents
Gary Thompson CEO of Sierra Geothermal Power Corp. to talk about the growing opportunities for geothermal energy in BC.
This is an exciting opportunity for professionals to hear one the leaders at the forefront of geothermal energy. Gary Thompson is the Director, President & Chief Executive Officer of Sierra Geothermal Power Corporation (SGP). Gary has over 20 years of experience in the resource sector, with the last 8 years focus on geothermal energy.
Prior to joining SGP, Gary held positions with Newmont Mining Corporation, EnCana Corporation and NovaGold Resources Inc. In 2001, Mr. Thompson founded Cayley Geothermal Corp, which was acquired by SGP in 2006. He has been the lead on the selection and acquisition of the majority of the prospects held by SGP to date. Mr. Thompson holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Geology from the University of British Columbia and is an active member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC) and Alberta (APEGGA).

The presentation will begin approximately at 7:30, followed by questions and open floor mingling!!! Do not miss this great opportunity to learn about geothermal energy and network in one of Vancouver's coolest European Beer Bars!

Time:  Time: arrive 7:00 p.m. - presentation begins at 7:30 p.m.
Venue:  Pivo Public House
Location:  526 Abbott Street, Vancouver, BC
Website:  http://www.bcsea.org
For information contact:  vancouver@bcsea.org
Categories:   Environment

Training and consultative workshops will be held in six cities across Ontario to share the latest information on how living green infrastructure can address a wide range of urban environmental issues and to determine how policy and program development by municipal and provincial governments can help to ensure that our quality of life is protected, maintained, and enhanced.

Have your say on the development of a Green Infrastructure Strategy for Ontario and help us protect green infrastructure and grow a healthier, more sustainable communities. We are working with partners in communities across Ontario to gather best practices and input on a provincial strategy for protecting and increasing living green infrastructure.

Workshop Presented by:
- Green Infrastructure Ontario. The Coalition is an alliance of organizations that share a common vision for a healthy, green Ontario where the economic, social, environmental and health benefits of green infrastructure are fully realized.

When / Where:
- Toronto - March 2
- Peterborough - March 8th
- Cornwall - March 9th
- Grand River - April 1st
- Thunder Bay - April 5
- Windsor - April 14

Time:  8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Venue:  Garfield Weston Theatre
Location:  1000 Murray Ross Parkway, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.greenroofs.org/index.php/eduprogram/green-infrastructure-ontario-workshops
For information contact:  Norma Meneguzzi Spall, nmeneguzzispall@greenroofs.org
Phone:  416-971-4494, ext. 229
Categories:   Environment; Economic Development; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

MEIA Environmental Career Fair

The career fair will be held in the Duckworth Centre from 12:30 to 5 with a wine and cheese reception from 5-7 in Convocation Hall, University of Winnipeg.

The Manitoba Environmental Industries Association Student Chapter, the University of Winnipeg, the University of Manitoba, Red River College, Brandon University and Assiniboine Community College invite you to participate in the second annual MEIA Environmental Career Fair in 2011. Students from post-secondary institutions across Manitoba are involved in the planning process.

Exhibitors from various industries such as government, consulting firms, remediation, transportation, forestry, and much more will be present.

In addition there will be 16 sessions to attend on various career and industry related topics such as graduate studies, co-op, government, water, GIS, environmental education and more!

More info and Registration to come soon!

We are looking for particpants, speakers and volunteers, let us know if you're interested.

Additional Contacts & Websites:

[Calendar Editor adds topical resources:

Manitoba Environmental Industries Association
http://www.meia.mb.ca

Environmental Groups & Organizations in Manitoba
http://mbeconetwork.org/members/
Manitoba Eco-Network http://mbeconetwork.org/

Green Jobs & Environmental Careers in Canada - gateway/portal
http://ecojobs.ca

Time:  12:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., wine and cheese reception 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., Convocation Hall
Venue:  Duckworth Centre
Location:  Winnipeg, MB
Website:  http://www.meia.mb.ca
For information contact:  Dawn Fraser, envirocareerfair@gmail.com
Categories:   Labour, Workplace, Unions

Hosted by CONNECT and funded by Employment Ontario, GreenWorks aims to introduce this exciting and expanding sector to jobseekers who may not have considered it before.

Take advantage of these events to exhibit at absolutely no cost to your organization, and find the right people for your workforce. Network with other providers who offer training and up-skilling in your sector. Make connections and highlight the good work you do, to draw career seekers to your company and to promote Green Energy.

Whether you chose to exhibit at one of the six fairs or all of them, at each event, you will be entitled to:

* Free exhibit space, with skirted display table and power outlet
* Free parking
* Free nutritious breaks and lunch
* Free networking opportunities to short list and/or recruit on the spot

Don't miss this opportunity! Register today!

Venue:  Cambrian College, across Ontario
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Website:  http://collegeconnect.on.ca/events/
For information contact:  Sam Smeaton, collegeconnect.on.ca
Phone:  416-351-0330, ext. 3700
Categories:   Environment; Labour, Workplace, Unions

On behalf of Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue housed at Carleton University (www.canada-europe-dialogue.ca) you are cordially invited to a series of free events on Sustainable Local Food Systems in Europe and the Americas to take place in Ottawa from March 3-5th.

Prominent scholars from Europe and Canada will be participating in these workshops. This unique group of high profile guests will offer a great way to network and discuss relevant issues associated with local food systems. Government, industry, and civil society individuals, as well as, academic and student circles will also be attending.

For more information about event programs, and to register please follow this link: www.canada-europe-dialogue.ca/local-food-systems/

Advanced registration for government, industry, and civil society individuals ends on Monday, February 21st. Public registration will only be open after this date if space is still available. All registration closes on February 28th or sooner if the capacity has been reached.

This event is organized by the Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue (CETD), and is supported by grants from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). CETD is also grateful to the British High Commission for providing a venue for the Friday workshop.

www.canada-europe-dialogue.ca/local-food-systems/

Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue
Centre for European Studies
Carleton University

Venue:  Centre for European Studies, Carleton University
Location:  Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://www.canada-europe-dialogue.ca/local-food-systems/
Categories:   International; Food & Beverage; Farming

Free screening of Consuming Kids, a documentary film that is critical of corporate advertising to children. After the film viewing, a discussion about it will be led by Sheila Cary-Meagher, Trustee for the Toronto District School Board.

Consuming Kids throws desperately needed light on the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car. Drawing on the insights of health care professionals, children's advocates, and industry insiders, the film focuses on the explosive growth of child marketing in the wake of deregulation, showing how youth marketers have used the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics in the world. Consuming Kids pushes back against the wholesale commercialization of childhood, raising urgent questions about
the ethics of children's marketing and its impact on the health and well-being of kids.

Time:  7:15 - 9:30 pm
Venue:  Centre of Gravity
Location:  1300 Gerrard St. East, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.centreofgravity.ca
For information contact:  langille@yorku.ca
Categories:   Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations; Children & Youth

The greatest number of Palestinian refugee camps in the Middle East exists in Lebanon, a small country battling its own internal demons. Since 1948, this exiled community swelled to 400,000 or roughly 10% of Lebanon's population. As the fourth generation of Palestinian refugees is raised on Lebanese soil with dreams of returning to Palestine, they still struggle to survive in the complex web of official Lebanese restrictions; restrictions depriving them of their basic social, economic and human rights, like right to work, to own property, to travel without restrain.

Featuring rare historical footage, interviews with Palestinian factions leaders, UN workers and ordinary citizens, 'Twelve Palestines' brings you inside the lives of the inhabitants the 12 permanent Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and examines the political deadlock in which these Palestinian refugees have remained for more than 60 years.

Time:  7-9pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500
Categories:   International; Human Rights, Law, Legal; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, is a Palestinian medical doctor and infertility specialist who has dedicated his life to peace in the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

Born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, Dr. Abuelaish has overcome many personal hardships, including poverty and violence, to become one of the most outspoken, prominent and beloved researchers, educators and public speakers on peace and development in the Middle East. His personal doctrine is that hate is not a response to war. Rather open communication, understanding and compassion are the tools to bridge the divide between Israeli and Palestinian interests.

Author of "I Shall Not Hate", Dr. Abuelaish will be speaking at the Ottawa Public Library Saturday, March 5th. During the last Gaza assault, Dr. Abuelaish lost three daughters and a niece, killed by Israeli forces.

Tickets: $10 per person
All proceeds go the Dr. Abuelaish Foundation to support empowerment of girls in the Middle East.

Time:  2:00pm - 4:00pm
Venue:  Ottawa Public Library
Location:  120 Metcalfe street, Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://www.daughtersforlife.com
Categories:   International; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives; Children & Youth

We're two! Come support and celebrate independent media in this city!
You are invited....
To the HMC's Birthday Party!
Music! birthday cake! snacks! treat bags! silent auction with items from local businesses, artists, authors, and musicians! skits! stories! games! copy editing! Exclamation points!!!!!!!
Featuring performances by: Zac Crouse, Paper Beat Scissors, Morgan MacDonald, Sock Foot, Happy Feet Howe (harmonica sensation), and lots more creative fun! Come out and celebrate and support independent, grassroots, co-operatively owned media in Halifax!

Time:  7:00 pm
Venue:  Bust Stop Theatre
Location:  2203 Gottingen, Halifax, NS
Website:  http://halifax.mediacoop.ca
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

The 2011 IWD Organizing Committee extends an invitation to all to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day in Vancouver. Come and join us from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., for an Imaginative Widely Diverse Parade along Commercial Drive, followed by an indoor Festival at the WISE Hall, where entertainment, a marketplace, refreshments and a Kid Zone await.

The Parade is designed to feature women representing different times from the past 100 years. Cheer along, or march in the parade. Choose a theme or a time period that reflects some important achievement for women, and dress up and join the fun! Everyone is welcome!

The 2011 IWD Organizing Committee is a broad-based committee comprised of unions, community-based organisations and community women.

PARADE
1:00pm - 2:00 pm
Route: North on Commercial Drive
East on Adanac to Salsbury Park, 1898 Adanac St.

FESTIVAL (Following Parade)
2:00pm-4:30 p.m. (WISE Hall)
Food Vendors will be onsite

PLEASE JOIN US FOR AN AFTERNOON OF FESTIVITES AT WISE HALL
1882 Adanac Street, Vancouver
Doors open from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Time:  PARADE: 1:00pm - 2:00 pm; FESTIVAL 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Venue:  McSpadden Park
Location:  Victoria Drive (betwen East 4th and 5th Ave), Vancouver, BC
Categories:   Women; Nature & Outdoors

We write because we want to choose the words that tell our stories. "Women Like Me" is a poetry and open mic night held to celebrate the work of Arab women who share a passion for arts, poetry, writing and music. It is a gathering where we will read to each other the words we have written or recite the work of our favourite poets.

When poetry in the Arab world is discussed, female Arab poets are often underrepresented. Through a short presentation we will highlight famous women poets from the Arab world. The presentation will be followed by a series of poetry readings by local poets and the night will end with an open mic and music.

We are honoring Arab women poets on the occasion of International Women's Day, which comes at a significant moment in the Arab world following the successful Intifadas in Egypt and Tunisia. It is a time of celebration all around! So bring a poem by an Arab woman, or your own to share, and join us for an intimate night of celebrating "women like us."

.The event will be both in English and Arabic


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Need to know:
- Door open at 4:45
- Donation / PWYC
- Sorry, not wheelchair accessible

Time:  5-7pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

WORKSHOP: Addressing environmental crimes, an Argentinian perspective with Argentinian Federal Attorney Antonio Gómez

Drawing from years of experience and the specific example of the Bajo de la Alumbrera mine in Catamarca, Argentina, Mr. Antonio Gómez will explore the characteristics of environmental crime and proposals to address them at the international level. Bajo de la Alumbrera is owned by Xstrata in joint venture with Canada's Yamana Gold and Goldcorp.

Workshop will cover:
- policy framework in which environmental crimes are understood in
Latin America
- identifying an environmental crime
- how to register a complaint about an environmental crime
- how to provide proof of an environmental crime
- the need for an International Tribunal to address environmental crimes and current proposals

Since we have limited space for this workshop, please RSVP to Jen Moore, Latin America Program Coordinator at MiningWatch Canada if you plan to attend. Email: jen (at) miningwatch.ca or tel: 613-569-3439.

More information about Attorney Gómez' work can be found here (in Spanish): www.fiscaliagraltucuman.gov.ar.

Jennifer Moore
Latin America Program Coordinator
MiningWatch Canada
www.miningwatch.ca

Time:  9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue:  Inter Pares - Boardroom
Location:  2221 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://miningwatch.ca
For information contact:  Jennifer Moore, jen@miningwatch.ca
Phone:  613-569-3439
Categories:   Environment; Business & Economics; Mining & Petroleum

Jenin Cinema School at the Art Gallery at York University


Taking you into the heart of Palestine, Jenin Cinema School at the AGYU presents an interactive afternoon with the next generation of young Palestinian filmmakers. Screening some of their latest work, students of the Jenin Freedom Theatre's Filmmaking Studio, will the join Public Studio for a live discussion about politics, culture, and daily life in the Jenin refugee camp. Rather than imagining Palestine, these students and their current teacher in residence, acclaimed filmmaker Udi Aloni, will put you in the centre of it.

Public Studio member Elle Flanders together with celebrated video artist John Greyson, visited the Jenin Freedom Theatre's Filmmaking Studio last summer. Flanders and Greyson will moderate a conversation with director Udi Aloni and his students via Skype.

Artist Mohammed Mohsen and Robert Massoud of Beit Zatoun, a Palestinian culture centre in Toronto will dialogue with Palestinian artists about what is happening here on the scene in relation to what is happening in Palestine. Audiences are encouraged to participate in the Q&A with the filmmakers and artists.

This is a co-presentation with IAW, SAIA and Beit Zatoun

Time:  12:30pm-2:30pm
Venue:  Art Gallery of York University
Location:  Fine Arts Road and Ian MacDonald Blvd, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500
Categories:   Arts & Culture; International

The Rouge Park Alliance is in the process of developing a Trails Master Plan for Rouge Park. This meeting will present the visions, principles and the draft Trails Plan for review and input. Rouge Park staff and members of the consulting project team will be on hand to answer questions and receive comments and suggestions.


PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA

Open House: 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Presentation: 6:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Workshop: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m

Venue:  Markham Museum - Transportation Room
Location:  9350, Highway 48 (Markham Road at 16th Avenue), Markham, ON
Website:  http://www.rougepark.com/
For information contact:  Diana Smyth, dianasmyth@rougepark.com
Phone:  905-713-3184
Categories:   Information, Libraries, Research

Family Service Toronto has chosen the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day (March 8, 2011) to launch a series of publications for its If I Had Only Known project - a groundbreaking initiative that engages newcomer communities in the development of powerful messages around abuse in close personal relationships. The launch event is scheduled for 9 am in Room 310 at Metro Toronto Hall, 55 John St., Toronto, M5V 3C6. Remarks will be at 9:30 am.

Time:  9 am - 11 am
Venue:  Metro Toronto Hall
Location:  55 John St., Rm. 310, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.familyservicetoronto.org
For information contact:  Brian Porter
Phone:  416-595-9230 x225
Categories:   Social Services; Women; Seniors

This lecture explores the role of an NGO in protecting and expanding Ottawa's urban forest canopy. Two speakers will present: Tracey-Lee Schwets (Senior Landscape Architect in the City of Ottawa's Forestry Services Branch) and Janet McKay (Founder and Executive Director of Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests, Toronto). This lecture is free and open to all.

Time:  7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Venue:  Auditorium of the Main Brance of the Ottawa Public Library
Location:  120 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=184788684875191
For information contact:  Gregory, treesottawa@gmail.com
Categories:   Environment; Urban Issues, Transit, Housing, Public Space; Nature & Outdoors

International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, International Women's Day is a national holiday.

For events across Canada, see
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/search.asp?country=37

For events in the USA, see
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/search.asp?country=223

For events in the United Kingdom, see
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/search.asp?country=221

For events in Australia, see
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/search.asp?country=13

For events in other countries, see
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/events.asp

Venue:  International
Categories:   Women; International; Human Rights, Law, Legal

The City of Edmonton and OCETA have developed a full-day practical workshop to take place in Edmonton, Alberta on March 8 at the Shaw Conference Centre. The workshop is designed for Brownfield Stakeholders including: Municipal Officials, Planners, Brownfield Coordinators, and Economic Development Officers; Property Owners and Developers; Federal and Provincial Government Representatives; Consultants and Service Providers; Lawyers and Financiers; and other Brownfield Practitioners.

This event is being carried out with the sponsorship of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' Green Municipal FundTM, a $550 million endowment created by the Government of Canada

An early bird rate of $60 plus tax is available up to Feb.14, 2011. The standard rate of $80 plus tax will be available up to March 3, 2011 through the advanced online registration.

For details visit: http://guest.cvent.com/d/5dqgry/5s (seating is limited)

Venue:  Shaw Conference Centre
Location:  Edmonton, AB
Website:  http://guest.cvent.com/d/5dqgry/5s
Categories:   Environment

The Story of Electronics - the film and the Canadian Perspective.

This seminar will screen the film "The Story of Electronics" which champions product take back for waste electronics and encourages companies to make less toxic, more easily recyclable and longer lasting products. Produced by Free Range Studios and hosted by Annie Leonard, the eight-minute film explains 'planned obsolescence' - products designed to be replaced as quickly as possible - and the often hidden consequences for workers, the environment and the rest of us.

The film will be followed by a lively presentation that focuses on Ontario's Electronic Stewardship Program and electronics recycling in Canada. The Ontario Electronic Stewardship Program ensures that all electronic waste collected in Ontario stays in Ontario for primary processing. The significance of the program is that e-waste is not shipped overseas to be processed in questionable factories with questionable practices. The Ontario Electronic Stewardship Program creates jobs in Ontario, protects the environment and people in developing nations - a win, win, win situation.

Cost: Free

Time:  5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Venue:  Lambton Residence (formerly Lambton Inn), Lambton College, Ballroom A
Location:  1457 London Road, Sarnia, ON
Website:  http://www.bluewatersustainabilityinitiative.ca
For information contact:  Cherly Veary, cherylveary@lambton.on.ca
Phone:  519-542-7751, ext. 3587
Categories:   Environment; Business & Economics; Computers

Join us for an evening of international music and delicious foods

Details and performers TBA

Please check website for confirmed schedule.

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Need to know:
- Doors open at 6:45
- Suggested donation of $10-$20 or PWYC
- Sorry, not wheelchair accessible

Tasty refreshments (non-alcoholic) and Zatoun oliveoil+za'atar dipping.

For more information or details:
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
www.vowpeace.org, info@vowpeace.org
416-603-7915

Time:  7-9pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500
Categories:   Women

Looking for something new in Networking?
Trying to make your business more "Green"?

Green-Connections is a networking and mentoring group of small businesses.
We are dedicated to exploring and sharing environmentally-friendly
practices, products and ideas. Our goal is to encourage all businesses to 'Go Green'.

Time:  9-11 am
Venue:  Nottawasaga Futures
Location:  95 Holland St. W., Bradford, ON
Website:  http://www.green-connections.com
For information contact:  Cathy Nesbitt
Phone:  1-888-775-9495
Categories:   Business & Economics; Environment; Economic Development

On Friday, March 11th and Saturday March 12th, three of Montreal’s business schools, John Molson School of Business (Concordia University), Desautels Faculty of Management (McGill University) and HEC Montreal (Université de Montreal) will play host to a sustainability conference. Concordia University’s (John Molson School of Business) downtown campus will host “Business Beyond Tomorrow”, on March 11th, a conference for business leaders, professors, and students to come together and share ideas on how the corporate world can develop and implement initiatives for greener business and general practices. The next day, March 12th, HEC Montreal will host, their annual MBA case competition. The competitive event is expected to bring together 12 business schools from US & Canada.In addition, experts in Social Enterprise, Renewable Energy, Green Marketing, Sustainable Consulting, Green Buildings, Food & Sustainability, Sustainable Finance and Innovation and Entrepreneurship, will participate in interactive panel discussions. Early ticket purchasing is advised as there is a limit of 400 tickets only. . Each ticket is priced at $15 for students and $40 for professionals before March 4th 2011. After this date, ticket prices increase to $25 and $50, respectively.

Time:  9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location:  Montreal, QC
Website:  http://www.businessbeyondtomorrow.com
For information contact:  Srikanth Sekar, srikanthsekar@gmail.com
Phone:  514-991-3698
Categories:   Business & Economics; Environment

Join Schulich Net Impact on March 12, 2011 for our second annual GreenEdge conference, GreenEdge 2011: Business in Balance. This full day event will feature keynote addresses from industry experts, panels led by innovative specialists as well as opportunities to network with current and next generation leaders from the various fields related to business and sustainability.

This year’s speakers and panelists include:

* Jim Harris – Former Leader, Green Party of Canada
* Nicholas Parker – Co-Founder and Chairman, Cleantech Group
* Toby Heaps – Co-Founder, President and Editor, Corporate Knights
* Karim Harji – Senior Manager for Partnerships and Social Impact, Social Capital Partners

Please visit our event website to register and learn more about the event.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://netimpact.schulich.yorku.ca/index.php/greenedge/http://www.facebook.com/SchulichNetIm
For information contact:  netimpact.schulich.yorku.ca
Categories:   Environment

No Apathy! presents our next All Ages DIY-Punk Matinee!
Saturday March 12th 2011, 6-10pm @Beit Zatoun

Featuring:
MISTAKE MAKERS (sincere pop-punk from halifax)
YOUNG FEATHERS (social justice folk jams, ex-barn owl)
THE HOLY GASP (minimalist anarchist songs, ex-barf pigeons)

--Beit Zatoun is located at 612 Markham Street (one block west of Bathurst on Bloor)

--There will be a $5 suggested fee at the door (no one will be turned away due to lack of funds).

--Please respect the space and our request that no alcohol or other drugs make their way in or around it.

Some of the rad tables that will be set up:
-tweveohtwo zine distro
-APOC zine distro
-No Apathy! free info distro
-A Mountain Far distro
-Toronto Anarchist Black Cross
-Canadian Animal Liberation Movement Toronto
-Vegan baked goods

*Beit Zatoun unfortunately has barriers to access (there are several steps leading to the front door and many to the downstairs bathroom). We apologize for the lack of accessibility at this event - we are actively working on making our events more accessible going forward.
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No Apathy! works to maintain a safe environment for all who participate in our events so forms of oppression such as homophobia, transphobia, sexism, or racism are not welcome at No Apathy! shows. Let's work together to build a community based on mutual respect as well as shared ideals.

Time:  6-10pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

It's time to plant a seed about attending Scarborough's Seedy Saturday 2011. Come and see a unique mix of seed and gardening supply merchants, environmental groups providing interesting workshops. Learn what it takes to setup your own vermicomposter. See how easy it is to setup, maintain and harvest your own vermicomposting system. What size do I need? What can I feed the worms? How often do I feed them?
Help the environment - let worms eat your garbage!
Admission is by donation.
For further info contact: Katie Fullerton
email: k_fullerton@sympatico.ca
Phone: (416) 691-5173

Time:  12:30 - 4:00 pm
Venue:  Heron Park Community Centre
Location:  292 Manse Road, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.cathyscomposters.com/events.htm
For information contact:  Cathy Nesbitt
Phone:  1-888-775-9495
Categories:   Farming; Education; Environment

The 4th Annual Sustainability Week at Saint Mary's University is on March 14-17 2011. Our Keynote Event during the week:

ACADEMY AWARD WINNING AMERICAN MOVIE DIRECTOR turned environmental activist Michael Wadleigh will be on Saint Mary's University campus during Sustainability Week March 14-17, 2011. He will be speaking in classes and giving a speech at the Community Event on March 15 under the name of “Homo sapiens report: the Future of Humanity” at Scotiabank Theatre @ 7 PM . Wadleigh won an Academy Award for his groundbreaking documentary about the 1969 Woodstock Festival. He left movie making after becoming disenchanted with Hollywood and has since pursued sustainable initiatives. He is founder of the Homo Sapiens Foundation.

Details on Sustainability Week and its +1 theme can be found on the Sustainable Saint Mary's website http://www.smu.ca/sustainability/

You could also visit our facebook event at
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=155170481203170
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=141958022533814

Additional Contacts & Websites:

Shelley Price-Finn
shelley.price-finn (at) smu.ca

Venue:  Saint Mary's University
Location:  Halifax, NS
Website:  http://www.smu.ca/sustainability/
For information contact:  Juliette Wang, Shelley Price-Finn, sustainability@smu.ca
Categories:   Environment; Education

Do you have an interest in clean and healthy lakes and rivers?

We invite you to join with us from March 14 to 22 as we celebrate Healthy Rivers, Living Lakes during our inaugural Canada Water Week!

There are endless opportunities to get involved: organize an art exhibit or concert; screen a documentary; host a water walk; honour water stewards in your community. The idea behind Canada Water Week is to exercise the positive power of arts and culture to encourage people to embrace and appreciate water in order to protect it.

Having healthy rivers and living lakes is critical to all aspects of our lives — recreation, drinking water, family vacations — not to mention the importance to animals and plants; we all require clean water for our health!

We have launched www.canadawaterweek.com to help connect people to your events – we want to celebrate and provide a platform to promote your work to better our rivers, lakes and waterways!

Website:  http://www.canadawaterweek.com
For information contact:  Linday Telfer, info@canadawaterweek.com
Categories:   Environment

If you are concerned about where your food comes from, what’s in it (or on it), or simply getting the best nutrition possible for your family – growing your own vegetables and fruit is the answer.

In this unique and timely course you will learn essential permaculture and organic gardening techniques to

- Create and maintain healthy soil, which in turn can grow nutritious food

- Analyze and optimize the growing conditions in your garden

- Creatively collect, use and preserve water for optimal garden health

- Use holistic solutions for plant health problems (“pests” and “diseases”)

- Select, plant, maintain, harvest a large variety of food plants for year-round enjoyment

- Propagate plants

- Store your harvest

- Save your own seeds

This practical, hands-on course is open to everyone, no prior education or gardening experience required.

Students are encouraged to grow their own garden during the year, putting the newly acquired knowledge and skills to practice. Of the 20 sessions, 6 to 8 will be classroom sessions and the rest will be practical labs held in students’ gardens. The course also includes 2 field trips, and ends with a celebration and potluck event, for all to share their experiences and recipes.

There are no pre-requisites, but the Organic Master Gardener Course would be highly beneficial either before, during or after this program.

Location:  Coombs, BC
Website:  http://gaiacollege.ca
For information contact:  Heide Hermary, info@gaiacollege.ca
Phone:  250-709-2229
Categories:   Farming; Education; Environment

Algonquin College and the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the City of Ottawa present the Champions of Sustainability Speaker Series.
This unique series of presentations features industry leaders who have adopted sustainable practices, have witnessed exciting new business opportunities through the deployment of sustainability initiatives and who have tested bold strategies that have generated unexpected business results.

March 16, 2011 Guest Speaker Bob Willard, presents:
The Next Sustainability Wave: Building Buy-In and the Business Case
About the presentation:

Tickets: $50 + HST (includes $2 to offset carbon emitted by your attendance) or
$48 + HST (without carbon offsets)
Student price: $27 + HST
Table of 8: $375 + HST (includes carbon offsets)

To register: http://memberservices.membee.com/onottcoc/irmevents.aspx?id=317

Venue:  Algonquin College Restaurant International
Location:  1385 Woodroffe Avenue, Building H100, Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://www.algonquincollege.com/sustainability
For information contact:  Algonquin College
Phone:  613-727-4723, ext. 7049
Categories:   Economic Development; Environment

Looking for something new in Networking?
Trying to make your business more "Green"?

Green-Connections is a networking and mentoring group of small businesses.We are dedicated to exploring and sharing environmentally-friendly practices, products and ideas. Our goal is to encourage all businesses to 'Go Green'.

Won't you join us?
Guests welcome no charge.
Town of Georgina Civic Centre

Annual membership in Green Connections only $50
includes listing in directory.

Annual membership in Green Connections only $50
includes listing in directory.

Time:  9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Venue:  Town of Georgina Civic Centre
Location:  26557 Civic Centre Road, Keswick, ON
Website:  http://www.green-connections.com
For information contact:  Cathy Nesbitt
Categories:   Environment

Get inspired to work in your garden this season!
Attend FREE workshops on:
• Fruit Tree Care
• Organic Food Gardening
• Honeybees in the Garden
• Backyard Composting

Purchase fruit trees and native plants.
Lil’ Sprouts Kid’s Zone
Local fare from Surrey’s Urban Farmers Market
First 100 participants can make a free terrarium to take home!

Time:  10 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Venue:  Surrey Nature Center
Location:  14255 – 96th Avenue, Surrey, BC
Website:  http://www.surrey.ca/naturematters
For information contact:  environment@surrey.ca
Phone:  604-501-5158
Categories:   Farming; Environment

Sustain-a-City, the first event of its kind in Swift Current, SK will feature a pair of highly acclaimed environmental films Saturday, March 19 at the historic Lyric Theatre downtown.

"The documentaries and speakers at this event will provide the entire community with an opportunity to investigate how our choices affect our health and happiness, as well as the future of our planet," explained Caroline Barrington of the organizing committee.

Informative speakers based right here in Saskatchewan have been arranged to provide a local perspective. Marian McBride, representing Saskatchewan Organic Directorate, will lead discussion following the movie FRESH, and Brent Kreuger of Craik Sustainable Living Project will help bring the event to a dynamic conclusion following NO IMPACT MAN.

• The 2 pm matinee, FRESH, is all about food - a common element of our lives, but one that has many of us in a state of confusion. FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and busienss people in North America who are reinventing our food system with positive alternatives to the industrial model. View trailer at http://www.freshthemovie.com/

• The 7 pm show is NO IMPACT MAN, the entertaining chronicle of a New Yorker who decides to make a difference for the planet by phasing out everything that is detrimental to it, while bringing his family along for the year-long ride.

Tickets $5 per film or $8 for both
Now available at Pharmasave Swift Current

The host group, Swift Current Citizens for Environmental Action (SCCEA), is a non-profit organization devoted to providing education and planning events in Swift Current with a focus of reducing our ecological impact and lowering carbon emissions.

Location:  Swift Current, SK
Website:  http://sccea.wordpress.com
For information contact:  Caroline Barrington, sccea.info@gmail.com
Phone:  306-778-2207
Categories:   Environment

Sustainable Solutions
for Increasing Your Bottom Line

Online registration opens the end of January.
Visit us on Facebook via the SWITCH website: www.switchontario.ca

A Conference and Exhibition presenting real world solutions to:
• Reduce the financial and environmental cost of energy for
businesses, organizations and municipalities
• Drive economic growth in your region
• Green your business of organization's economic future

Join the Ontario innovators and leaders in business, industry, economic development, policy and research that are creating a sustainable energy future, for this dynamic conference and exhibition in historic downtown Kingston, Ontario.

At Green Profit you will have the opportunity to:
• Implement key strategies to save money and reduce business risk
• Profit from provincial and regional conservation initiatives
• Investigate financing your sustainable energy installations
• Apply successful business cases from green sectors
• Spark collaborations
• Network with green economy leaders and decision makers
• Learn about the latest sustainable energy innovations
• Collaborate on and develop best practices for green economic
development
• Access a simple and effective tool to measure your carbon footprint
• Establish and expand your visibility with potential clients and
customers

Delegate Fee: $150.00

Delegate information: 613-547-6700 ext. 130
Media contact, sponsorship and marketing opportunities: 613-449-0570

Venue:  Kingston-Waterfront Holiday Inn
Location:  Kingston, ON
Website:  http://www.switchontario.ca
Categories:   Economic Development; Environment

One Week In-class or On-line Program

REpower Ontario is a comprehensive introduction to employment and business opportunities in the Green Economy. The program examines the fundamentals of the Green Economy and prepares participants for career development, job readiness, and business growth in this new and expanding marketplace.

Additional Contacts & Websites:

www.windfallcentre.ca

Time:  REpower Ontario
Location:  Aurora, ON
Website:  http://www.repowerontario.ca
For information contact:  Jen Slykhuis, jslykhuis@windfallcentre.ca
Phone:  905-727-0491 ex. 114
Categories:   Economic Development; Environment

On March 22nd please join us in recognizing these organizations’ efforts at our 2nd Annual Evening of Recognition, where we will launch Sustainable Waterloo’s 2010 Report, which celebrates the progress made by Regional Carbon Initiative members, as well as the environmental leadership shown collectively by organizations across Waterloo Region.

Cost: This event is free, registration is required

Time:  5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Venue:  Delta Kitchener-Waterloo Hotel – Grand Ballroom
Location:  105 King Street East, Kitchener, ON
Website:  http://sustainablewaterloo.org/register, www.sustainablewaterloo.org/events
For information contact:  Helena Kwiecinski, helena.kwiecinski@sustainablewaterloo.org
Phone:  519 772-0621 ext. 700
Categories:   Environment

Participate in the largest North-American multisectorial event of the environmental industry.

For the 9th edition, the International Environmental Technology Trade Show and Conference will offer an outstanding program focusing on innovations in drinking water and wastewater, solid and hazardous wastes, air quality and climate change, soils and groundwater, as well as future trends in energy, environmental management of large corporations and sustainable cities, among other topics.

The event will offer three full days of activities including more than 200 conferences, panels and technical workshops, 350 exhibitors and 650 business meetings, not to mention the many opportunities for networking and cocktails.

In 2011, the emphasis will be placed on the program's international dimension, in line with the 2009 edition which brought together participants from over 45 countries. In this regard, the event will host for the first time a country of honour. For this edition, France will hold this prestigious place at AMERICANA.

Location:  Montreal, QC
Website:  http://americana.org
For information contact:  americana@reseau-environnement.com
Phone:  514 270-7110
Categories:   Communications Industry & Technology; Environment; Economic Development

From March 22nd to 24th, 2011, the world’s leading Greenbelts will converge in Toronto, Canada. You can exchange ideas with leading experts from far and wide, including the Sao Paulo City Green Belt Biosphere Reserve, the San Francisco Bay Area, the European Green Belt, the Mazovia Region in Poland, the United Kingdom, the Iron Curtain Green Belt, the Frankfurt Green Belt, Copenhagen’s Finger Plan, and Melbourne’s Green Wedges. Conference delegates can also experience Ontario’s Greenbelt on a one day field visit to the Niagara Escarpment, the Holland Marsh, the Rice Lake grasslands, and other areas of local significance.

Greenbelts: Local Solutions for Global Challenges --the first conference of its kind --takes place at the Radisson Admiral Hotel near Harbourfront in Toronto. Register at www.globalgreenbeltsconference.ca.

Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.globalgreenbeltsconference.ca
For information contact:  conference@greenbelt.ca
Categories:   Environment

The Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation is hosting an International Greenbelts Conference in Toronto, Canada, March 22nd - 24th, 2011. Through the sharing of diverse experience and perspectives, the Conference will spark new ideas about the possibilities that greenbelts offer, and generate new ways of tackling some of the complex challenges in near urban farming, rural vibrancy, and protecting our ecosystems and the numerous benefits they provide.

Learn from policymakers and practitioners from the Melbourne Green Wedges, the Iron Curtain Green Belt, the European Green Belt, the Sao Paulo City Green Belt Biosphere Reserve, UK Green Belts, the Frankfurt Green Belt, the Mazovia Region in Poland, and the San Francisco Bay Area.


Additional Contacts & Websites:

About Ontario's Greenbelt
www.globalgreenbeltsconference.ca/about-us

Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.globalgreenbeltsconference.ca
Categories:   Environment

Beit Zatoun and Canada Boat to Gaza are proud to host Glyn Secker for one night only in Toronto, as part of his North American speaking tour. Mr Secker is a long-time human rights activist who captained the catamaran ‘Irene’, a boat crewed by Jews opposed to the Occupation of Palestine that sailed from Cyprus in September 2010 in an attempt to break the siege of Gaza. The illegal blockade, begun in 2001 and intensified in 2007, has created a humanitarian crisis in occupied territory.

Flying the banners of the alternative voices of Canadian, American and European Jews, the crew of the Irene demonstrated to the world their implacable opposition to the Occupation. The courage and humanity of the crew members, including Refusniks, a Holocaust survivor and a founder of the Bereaved Families Circle, gave hope to those concerned with justice, peace and human rights.

Mr. Secker will speak about his experience on the ship, which was intercepted by the Israeli Navy, and also in his personal capacity as a Jew active in the struggle to end the occupation. A question and answer session will follow.

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Need to know:
- Doors open at 6:45
- Seating is limited and on a first-come-first-seated basis
- $5 Donation or PWYC
- Sorry, not wheelchair accessible

Time:  7pm - 9pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500
Categories:   Human Rights, Law, Legal; Politics & Political Organizations

Program

March 25, 7:00 - 8:30 pm "Uranium in the Environment"
Panel: Mr. Ed Lawrence, Master Gardener and CBC columnist with Dr. Cathy Vakil, Dr. Art Wiebe, followed by wine and cheese reception

March 26, 2011, 9:00 am
Chair: Dr.Anne McCarthy

9:00 am "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Medical Lessons from Work in Extraordinary Settings", Dr. John Cockburn

9:45 am "Post-traumatic Stress Disorder - Military and civilian effects"
Dr. Donna Lougheed, Dr. Dale Dewar

10:30 am nutrition break

10:45 am "Creating a Healing Culture", Theresa Dunn, MA

11:30 am "Re-building Civil Society", Rachel Thibeault, Ph.D.

12:15 - 1:30 pm Lunch on your own Chair: Dr. Jason Bailey

1:30 pm "Addressing the Social Determinants of Health - Physician as Advocate" Dr. Jeff Turnbull, President, Canadian Medical Association

2:15 pm "International campaign: Abolition of Nuclear Weapons", Dr. Nancy Covington

3:00 pm Nutrition and caffeine break

3:15 pm "Radioactivity and human health", Dr. Helen Caldicott

4:00 pm "One Bomb: Medical Response to A Nuclear Attack", Dr. Michael Dworkind 4:45 pm Summary, Debrief and Evaluation

5:15 - 7:30 pm Dinner on your own Chair: Dr. Linda Harvey

7:30 pm "Deconstructing the Health Effects of Nuclear Facilities", Dr. Ian Fairlie, Ph.D

8:00 pm "The Nuclear Chain: If you Love this Planet", Dr. Helen Caldicott

Venue:  St. Paul's University
Location:  223 Main Street, Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://pgs.ca/?page_id=725
Categories:   Environment; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

Café Scientifique is a forum where, for the price of a coffee or glass of wine, adults can get together and talk about recent - and sometimes controversial - developments in science and technology. The Canada Science and Technology Museum moderates the discussion between invited experts and the general public. Lively discussions guaranteed!

Time:  6:00 pm
Venue:  Canada Science and Technology Museum
Location:  1867 St. Laurent Boulevard, Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://sciencetech.technomuses.ca
For information contact:  CTS
Phone:  613-991-3053
Categories:   Museums

Toronto Greenhouse's mission is to foster the growth of the environmentally-friendly business community. Our signature event is a monthly networking session and speaker series which launched in 2009. This event brings together green companies and friends of the sector. With over 1000 event attendees per year, we are the leading environmental business forum in Toronto.

Schedule
6:30pm-7:00pm: Registration
7:00pm-7:30pm: Drinks & Networking
7:30pm-8:30pm: Panel Discussion
8:30pm-10:00pm Networking

Ticket includes speakers, appetizers, gift bags (while supplies last) and a drink ticket.

$33.50 +HST & processing in advance (Ticket sales end 3 hours before the event, NO EXCEPTIONS)
No printed tickets are necessary, you will recieve a confirmation number via e-mail

NOTE: National Club dress code in effect, business attire only. (no jeans,etc)

Sponsored By:
HKMB HUB International
Gowlings
Traffic Marketing + Design inc.
The Toronto Forum for Green Building & Design
Dynamite Network
401 Bay Centre

For sponsorship or other information: randytyrrell (at) torontogreenhouse.com
Twitter: @randytyrrell @TOgreenhouse
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/randy.tyrrell
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/randytyrrell
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Toronto-Greenhouse-2647310

Venue:  401 The Bay Centre
Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.torontogreenhouse.com/
For information contact:  Randy Tyrell, randytyrrell@torontogreenhouse.com
Phone:  416-278-9275
Categories:   Economic Development; Environment

Graduate students from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto are calling for a discussion on the ongoing occupation of Palestinian territories. The Public Health Social Justice Collective challenges medical and public health practices that are complicit in the ongoing oppression of Palestinians.
"We hope to raise awareness about the relationship between politics and health," says Zabia Afzal, a Health Promotion student and member of the group. "We are inspired by those members of the public health community who are not afraid of confronting the occupation as a social disease in Palestinian society."
The group is proud to announce their keynote speaker, Dr. Ruchama Marton, who is a renowned Israeli psychiatrist. She will share her experience with Palestinian solidarity work as founder, and president of Physicians for Human Rights - Israel. Alongside Dr. Marton, Professor Emeritus of Economics from McMaster University, Dr. Atif Kubursi will speak about the environmental and economic issues facing the Middle East. Orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Lawendy, from Western University will focus on his experiences of traveling and serving in Gaza during the 2009 Israeli assault, Operation Cast Lead.

Time:  6:30 - 8:30 pm
Venue:  FitzGerald Building, University of Toronto
Location:  50 College Street, Room 103, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.phs.utoronto.ca/phssa/sjc/index.html
For information contact:  Binny Jandu
Phone:  647-284-2466
Categories:   Health/Health Care; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

Training and consultative workshops will be held in six cities across Ontario to share the latest information on how living green infrastructure can address a wide range of urban environmental issues and to determine how policy and program development by municipal and provincial governments can help to ensure that our quality of life is protected, maintained, and enhanced.
Have your say on the development of a Green Infrastructure Strategy for Ontario and help us protect green infrastructure and grow a healthier, more sustainable communities. We are working with partners in communities across Ontario to gather best practices and input on a provincial strategy for protecting and increasing living green infrastructure.

Workshop Presented by:
- Green Infrastructure Ontario. The Coalition is an alliance of organizations that share a common vision for a healthy, green Ontario where the economic, social, environmental and health benefits of green infrastructure are fully realized.

When / Where:
- Cornwall - March 9th
- Grand River - April 1st
- Thunder Bay - April 5
- Windsor - April 14

Price:
$95.00 CDN (Plus HST)
(Includes coffee breaks, lunch and a Resource Manual)

Register Now and Help Shape Green Infrastructure Policy in Ontario:
Visit www.greeninfrastructureontario.org

Time:  8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Location:  400 Clyde Road, Cambridge, ON
Website:  http://Visit www.greeninfrastructureontario.org
For information contact:  Norma Meneguzzi Spall, nmeneguzzispall@greenroofs.org
Phone:  416-971-4494, ext. 229
Categories:   Education; Environment

Nowrouz (نوروز meaning 'New Day') is an ancient Iranian festival and the start day of Iranian New Year. Nowrouz marks the first day of spring and rebirth of nature.

Sarv Ensemble celebrates the occasion with an exciting mix of original compositions, pieces from old masters, and music from different regions of Iran including Khorasan, Gilan, and Kurdistan.

Sarv Ensemble wishes this Nowrouz will be a new day for peace and prosperity around the world.

Sarv Ensemble is a traditional Persian music ensemble formed in 2010. Drawing inspiration from diverse classical and folk traditions across Iran, it performs and shares this music through concerts, as well as workshops, outreach and community events. Sarv Ensemble presents both in traditional contexts as well as in collaboration with artists from different traditions and disciplines. In its first year of activity, it has performed with vocalist Roohangiz, and storyteller Ariel Balevi, and is planning for a North American tour with vocalist Naser Masoudi in Fall 2011.

Advance Tickets $20: available at Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham St. (647-726-9500); Shawrak Music Centre, 11 Steeles Ave East. North York; (416-733-7701), Khorak Food Market, 6125 Yonge St. North York (416-221-7558).

Time:  7:30pm-9:30pm (both nights)
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

$5 per child; an adult must accompany children at no extra charge. Call 416-973-3012 to register.
April showers bring . . . April flowers! Spring into Daffodil Month by creating your own garden (2-D animation)! Followed by a complimentary screening program at 12 PM.

Time:  10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Venue:  NFB Mediatheque
Location:  150 John (at Richmond), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.nfb.ca/mediatheque
Phone:  416.973.3012
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Education

$5 per child; an adult must accompany children at no extra charge. Call 416-973-3012 to register.
April showers bring . . . April flowers! Spring into Daffodil Month by creating your own garden (2-D animation)! Preceded by a complimentary screening program at 12 PM.

Time:  Saturday and Sunday, 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Venue:  NFB Mediatheque
Location:  150 John (at Richmond), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.nfb.ca/mediatheque
Phone:  416.973.3012
Categories:   Children & Youth; Arts & Culture

Training and consultative workshops will be held in six cities across Ontario to share the latest information on how living green infrastructure can address a wide range of urban environmental

Venue:  Valhalla Inn (Odin Room)
Location:  1 Valhalla Inn Road, Thunder Bay, ON
Website:  http://www.greenroofs.org
For information contact:  Norma Meneguzzi Spall, nmeneguzzispall@greenroofs.org
Phone:  416-971-4494, ext. 229
Categories:   Education; Environment

Canada's leading renewable energy financing conference - the second annual Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Canada (REFF Canada) - will return to Toronto for two days in April 2011. Canadian and international experts will examine the development of the Canadian renewable energy market a year after the introduction of the Ontario Green Energy and Economy Act, as well as evaluate the financial opportunities available.

CONFERENCE ATTENDEES WILL:
- Learn about the status of renewable energy projects and coordinate with financiers and developers
- Discover what financial opportunities are available for renewable energy projects
- Understand the role of equity and debt in renewable energy and clean technology in Canada
- Network with transaction professionals, developers and government officials

KEY SPEAKERS:
Geraint Breeze
Executive Director, Project Finance & Infrastructure, CIBC

Michael Switt
Managing Director, Project Finance, Manulife

Tony Anderson
Chief Financial Officer, Northland Power

Alejandro Salvador
Chief Financial Officer, Acciona Energy North America

Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http:////www.euromoneyenergy.com/EventDetails/0/3627/2nd-Renewable-Energy-Finance-Forum-Cana
Categories:   Economic Development; Environment

FREE
Directed by Nick de Pencier, 2007, 81 min.
A documentary about one of the world's most beautiful and mysterious creatures: the Monarch butterfly. Nowhere in nature is there a more powerful mix of scientific marvel, awesome beauty, and epic struggle for survival.

Time:  4:00 pm
Venue:  NFB Mediatheque
Location:  150 John (at Richmond), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.nfb.ca/mediatheque
Phone:  416.973.3012
Categories:   Arts & Culture

FREE
Directed by Hélène Choquette and Jean-Philippe Duval, 2007, 81 min. In French with English subtitles.
Each year, millions of people the world over are driven to forced displacement, and the disturbing accounts of people who have been uprooted are amazingly similar. The enormous pressure placed on rural populations as a result of the degradation of their life-supporting environment is driving them increasingly further from their way of life. Followed by a panel discussion.

Time:  7 pm
Venue:  NFB Mediatheque
Location:  150 John (At Richmond), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.nfb.ca/mediatheque
Phone:  416.973.3012
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Environment

Unpaid Work Day aims to raise public awareness of the social and economical value of unpaid work (also known as invisible work) and of the need to include it in the calculation of our national wealth.

For information contact:  info@afeas.qc.ca
Phone:  514-251-1636
Categories:   Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

This is the experience that makes every second count.

Using movement, dance, video, vocals and text, this project explores the topic of terrorism. It starts from the tragic death of Syrian-American filmmaker Mustapha Akkad and his daughter Rima in a series of coordinated attacks that hit three prominent hotels in the Jordanian capital Amman in 2005. The work constructs an imagined physical and verbal dialogue between Mustapha Akkad and Rawad Jassem Mohammad Abed, the suicide bomber who carried out the explosion. The work also looks at the imagined lives and memories of both the victim and his killer as they revisit each other's lives after their fatal encounter.

Time:  7:30pm-9:30pm
Venue:  Theatre Passe Muraille
Location:  16 Ryerson Ave, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.artsboxoffice.ca
For information contact:  Heather Ervin; heathere@passemuraille.on.ca
Phone:  416-504-7529
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Performing Arts

$6, $4 for students, seniors, partners and Front Row passholders.
Directed by André Melançon. 2010, 102 min. In French with English subtitles.
A chronicle of resilience in action, Printemps fragiles features a group of pre-teens who attend Dr. Gilles Julien's drop-in centre for troubled children. Each has challenges to meet, and in sharing fun, games and chores with their peers, they build self-esteem and develop empathy for others. With the help of adult counsellors and volunteers, they learn to follow sensible life rules and strive for balance. Day by day they discover themselves and develop inner strength.

Time:  7:30 pm
Venue:  NFB Mediatheque
Location:  150 John (at RIchmond), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.nfb.ca/mediatheque
Phone:  416.973.3012
Categories:   Education; Children & Youth

World Health Day provides a forum for discussion on worldwide health conditions and issues.

For information contact:  csih@csih.org
Phone:  613-241-5785
Categories:   Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives; Health/Health Care

EMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES (21 HOURS)

Contaminated sites represent a significant environmental liability in addition to their impacts on humans and the surrounding environment. If you deal with contaminated sites, it is crucial to be able to identify the various factors affecting the decision of choosing the appropriate remediation technology for each site. In this course you will learn about the remediation technologies currently available for handling contaminated sites. Description, applicability, advantages, limitations, time frame, potential health and safety and cost of various available technologies will also be studied. This is an applied course designed to help resource managers, policy makers, government regulators, agricultural professionals, and environmental consultants understand how water and pollutants interact in the landscape, the changes resulting from land use, and remediation techniques to return ecological function. The course combines lecture, assigned readings, PowerPoint presentations, in-class exhibits, and discussions.
Fee: $565

Time:  4286sp1 Apr 7, 8, 9 (RFS) 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Venue:  Enterprise Square
Location:  10230 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, AB
Website:  http://www.extension.ualberta.ca/erm
For information contact:  Irene Ng, ireneng@ualberta.ca
Phone:  780-492-3158
Categories:   Education; Environment

Are You Looking for a "GREEN" Job?

The School of Engineering Technology and Applied Sciences (SETAS) invites you to participate in the first annual E3 Symposium: Education for a Sustainable Energy Economy.

April 8th, 2011 - Centennial College Residence and Conference Centre
941 Progress Avenue ON M1G 3T8
9am - 5pm (Reception to Follow)

The E3 Symposium will bring together Industry Leaders, Educators, Employers and Students to examine Ontario's place in the energy business and the issues surrounding a sustainable energy economy. The day's event features Keynote Speaker Tom Rand, Clean Energy Guru and Author. All attendees will receive a copy of his hit book 'Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit'.

DON'T Miss this Opportunity to DISCOVER YOUR FUTURE IN SUSTAINABILITY!

To register, please visit: www.centennialcollege.ca/e3symposium

Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.centennialcollege.ca/e3symposium
For information contact:  Melinda DeNicola, mdenicole@centennialcollege.ca
Categories:   Education; Economic Development; Environment

The South Shore Chapter of the Council of Canadians presents: EarthDream 2011: A Peace Film Festival.

Friday Evening April 8
7:30 pm OUTSIDE THE WIRE –a timely appraisal of the situation in
Afghanistan by Scott Taylor as he travels and interviews “outside the wire”-
Scott Taylor will be at this screening for Q&A

Saturday Afternoon April 9
1:00 pm Youth Video Project - videos from local and international youth
2: 00 pm Selected Shorts & MOTHERS’ DAY AT THE WAR SHOW –
contrasting images from the Ottawa Air Show and from Iraq
2:30 pm MYTHS FOR PROFIT –explores Canada’s defense industries
Discussion with Tamara Lorincz

Saturday Evening April 9
7:30 pm VOICES IN WARTIME - experiences of war through powerful
images and through the words of poets
8:45 pm – BREAKING RANKS – plight of US soldiers seeking sanctuary in Canada as part of their resistance to the war in Iraq

Sunday Afternoon April 10
2:00 pm Selected Shorts
2:15 pm SOLDIERS OF PEACE – this films illustrates the many ways in
which people and communities are making positive change. + discussion

Location:  Mahone Bay, NS
For information contact:  Marion Moore, southshore.coc@gmail.com
Phone:  902-527-2928
Categories:   Arts & Culture

A fun and entertaining afternoon featuring Cathy of Cathy's Crawly Composters. Learn all about worms and vermicomposting - a viable solution for your organic waste. Discover how to convert organic matter (food scraps and paper) into nature's finest fertilizer. Find out why worms are an essential part of our environment. During the presentation, vermicomposting is explained from set-up to harvest. Registration is required. Participants will go home with their own Mini-Vermicomposter.
To register: please contact,
Sonya Stemerdink (Education Coordinator)
Phone: (705) 526-7809 ext. 212
email: education@wyemarsh.com

Time:  1:00 - 3:00 pm
Venue:  Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre
Location:  16160 Hwy 12, Midland, ON
Website:  http://www.cathyscomposters.com/events.htm
For information contact:  Cathy Nesbitt
Phone:  1-888-775-9495
Categories:   Environment; Education; Farming

We are delighted to have Dr. David Suzuki as our keynote speaker on Saturday, April 9th, 2011 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

This is our 3rd Annual World Healing conference with the powerful focus for this event being: Conservation of Canada's Arctic North.

The World Healing Project inspired through the School of Etheric Healing (www.schoolofetherichealing.com) is committed to communicating to as many people as possible the events that are occurring in the Arctic both from the Canadian/USA perspective and report on the activities on neighbouring northern countries...especially Russia.

The recent push to claim stake to the untapped resources in the Arctic is alarming and quite dangerous. Scientists know that extracting these resources puts us all in jeopardy here on earth and it is our hope that we can all work together to prevent this.

Dr. David Suzuki will be presenting his scientific findings and we would like to add to this event a guided visualization for world healing as well. As we clearly recognize the power of the human mind and how energy follows thought.

Please try to attend...tickets are $60 plus HST but we also have a few rows of $45 + HST. This is an intimate setting in the Theatre at the MTCC which holds 1300 people and all the seats are very good for visual and audio reception.

Please pass this along to whoever you believe may be interested...thank you so much, Kathy Roseborough, Event Planner

Additional Contacts & Websites:

www.worldhealinghq.com

Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://schoolofetherichealing.com
For information contact:  Kathy Roseborough, info@schoolofetherichealing.com
Phone:  1-855-456-8967 toll free
Categories:   Environment

A weekend packed with things to see, do, learn, smell and grow! This annual event brings together over 10,000+ gardening and outdoor living enthusiasts complete with vendors, speakers from across Canada, local gardening experts, hands-on activities, how to clinic demonstrations and more!

Are you trying to eat more locally-grown or organic food? There's nothing more local or satisfying than food you've grown yourself.

Join the Horticultural Society for an informative weekend packed with affordable, practical how-tos on:

- Growing and cooking with your own herbs
- Extending the growing season with a vertical indoor garden
- Conserving water while gardening
- Selecting fool proof plants for Calgary's tough growing environment
- Transforming your condo's patio into a container garden paradise

Whether you're a first time gardener or a veteran green thumb, there's something for everyone at this year's garden show.

Location:  Calgary, AB
Website:  http://www.calhort.org/events/gardenshow.aspx
For information contact:  Cassandra Christie, cassandra@calhort.org
Phone:  403-287-3469
Categories:   Farming; Environment

Saturday April 9th, 2011 Living Green in Quinte Show & Expo

Information Sessions, Workshops, & Trade Show at Loyalist College NEW THIS YEAR : Expanded Trade Show with a Demonstration Area, and Family and Musical Entertainment !
Sunday April 10th, 2011 Living Green Bus Tours
Two tours for participants to select from Prince Edward County Living Green Bus Tour OR the Hastings County Living Green Bus Tour

The Living Green in Quinte Show (formerly called the Sustainable Living Symposium)aims to highlight local experts through interactive participant sessions and over 50 local businesses, organizations and products in a Trade Show.

ONLINE REGISTRATION WILL BE BEGIN FEBRUARY 14th
www.quintesustainability.ca

TYPES OF PASSES FOR 2011

LIVING GREEN IN QUINTE TRADE SHOW & EXPO $5 pay at the door
Children are free
Demonstrations, family entertainment, music, over 50 vendors

SATURDAY ONLY PASS $20.00 register online
Trade Show & Expo and Access to 1 hr Living Green workshops (building sustainable communities, Creating a Culture of Connection, Building and Installing Your Own Energy System, Children's Health and the Environment, Community & Backyard Food Garden Design, Living Green Homeowners Perspectives Panel)

SUNDAY ONLY PASS $15.00 register online
Choice of a full day Living Green Bus tour with 4 stops and tours (organic farms, off grid homes, strawbale buildings)

FULL WEEKEND PASS for access to any/all of the above
$30.00 register online (students $25)

Location:  Belleville, ON
Website:  http://www.quintesustainability.ca
For information contact:  Maya Navrot, mnavrot@quinteconservation.ca
Phone:  613-968-3434, ext. 131
Categories:   Environment

Lines of Resistance: Prison Art from the Middle East is a mixed media work produced by former political prisoners from the Middle East, notably Iran, as well as artists standing in solidarity with them. The exhibition is an instance of visualizing atrocities committed by states in the region including Israel.

Since June 2009, the regime has imprisoned and executed thousands of its citizens; the crimes have been surrounded in an official culture of silence and denial.

This exhibition serves as a testament to those who resist oppressive state policies. It is also an opportunity for us to stand in solidarity with the Iranian people and demand the immediate end to imprisonment, torture and executions.

The project was created by Shahrzad Mojab, a professor of women’s studies at OISE at the University of Toronto, as part of her research into the effect of violence and war on women and learning. Mojab started using art — from dance and song to painting — four years ago to help women deal with the trauma of prison.

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Need to know:
- Exhibition open during regular gallery hours
(Wednesday to Sunday from 12 noon)
- Admission Free
- Sorry, not wheelchair accessible

Time:  Opening Reception: 7pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500
Categories:   Human Rights, Law, Legal

Holocaust Memorial Day honours the memory of Jews who suffered and died during the Holocaust.

For information contact:  yadvashem@bellnet.ca
Phone:  416-785-1333/1-888-494-7999
Categories:   Social Services

This will be a one-day conference that brings together medium and large size companies to discuss and share their current and future community investment initiative to the GTA and Canada.

A great local event focusing on how businesses give back to organizations in their communities.

For more information:

Contact Name: Emily Waterfield
Website: http://ingoodcompanyevent.com
E-mail: emily (at) orendaconnections.com

Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://ingoodcompanyevent.com
For information contact:  Emily Waterfield, emily@orendaconnections.com
Categories:   Economic Development

FREE
Directed by Alanis Obomsawin, 1993, 119 min.
On a hot July day in 1990, an historic confrontation propelled Native issues in Kanehsatake and the village of Oka, Québec, into the international spotlight and into the Canadian conscience. Director Alanis Obomsawin endured 78 nerve-wracking days and nights filming the armed stand-off. A powerful feature-documentary emerges that takes you right into the action of an age-old aboriginal struggle.
NFB Mediatheque, 150 John St. (at Richmond St. W) 416-973-3012

Time:  4 pm
Venue:  NFB Mediatheque
Location:  150 John (at Richmond), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.nfb.ca/mediatheque
Phone:  416.973.3012
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Native Peoples

FREE
Teaching Peace introduces us to the students and teachers at Vasa Pelagic School in Belgrade, Serbia, where Hetty van Gurp helps teach the language of peace to a generation of kids who have known only war. Raised to be Heroes uses the unforgettable experiences of Israel's Refuseniks to inspire an essential dialogue about peace, democracy and personal responsibility.

Time:  7 pm
Venue:  NFB Mediatheque
Location:  150 John (At Richmond), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.nfb.ca/mediatheque
Phone:  416.973.3012
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Children & Youth; Education

Description: Boreal caribou are magnificent creatures of great beauty that can survive under austere conditions few other species could tolerate. They are revered by the indigenous people of the north and have provided them with subsistence for millennia. But they have declined greatly in numbers over the last hundred years and have disappeared from about half of their former range. Now they have been officially designated as a threatened species. Progress towards a recovery plan has been slow, in part because the problem is genuinely difficult. Guest speaker Dr. Peter Flood, Professor Emeritus Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences University of Saskatchewan, will start with a discussion of the basic biology of boreal caribou and progress to an analysis of the action that might be taken to ensure its continued survival in Saskatchewan. Event co-sponsored by the J.S. Wood Library and the Saskatchewan Environmental Society. For more information, please contact the Saskatchewan Environmental Society at 665-1915 or visit www.environmentalsociety.ca

Time:  7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Venue:  J.S. Wood Library
Location:  1801 Lansdowne Avenue, Saskatoon, SK
Website:  http://www.environmentalsociety.ca
Phone:  306-665-1915
Categories:   Animals & Pets

The Sarnia Lambton Workforce Development Board will be hosting a Green Energy, Agriculture & Bio-Science Career Fair at Clearwater Arena in Sarnia, Ontario.
The Career Fair is free of charge to attendees and exhibitors, and is aimed at showcasing the diverse career options available in green energy, agriculture and bio-science to an expected group of 5000, including students (grades 7-12) in Lambton and Kent Counties, Second Career students, as well as under and unemployed individuals.
This is NOT a Job Fair, we are not looking for organizations with job openings, this is simply an opportunity for people and organizations to discuss their career, passions and industry with the young minds that will shape tomorrow's workforce.
More information, including a registration form is available at www.slwdb.org.

Location:  Sarnia, ON
Website:  http://www.slwdb.org
For information contact:  Chris McLachlin, chris.mchlachlin@slwdb.org
Phone:  519-332-0000
Categories:   Labour, Workplace, Unions; Education

$6, $4 for students, seniors, partners and Front Row passholders.
Directed by John Walker. 2010, 85 min.
A rare and unique assembly of some of the greatest drummers in the world. Explosive talent, passion, humour and irresistible personality come together in a magical setting when seven diverse drummers create a profound and unforgettable experience.

Time:  7 pm
Venue:  NFB Mediatheque
Location:  150 John (At Richmond), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.nfb.ca/mediatheque
Phone:  416.973.3012
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Music

Training and consultative workshops will be held in six cities across Ontario to share the latest information on how living green infrastructure can address a wide range of urban environmental issues and to determine how policy and program development by municipal and provincial governments can help to ensure that our quality of life is protected, maintained, and enhanced.
Have your say on the development of a Green Infrastructure Strategy for Ontario and help us protect green infrastructure and grow a healthier, more sustainable communities. We are working with partners in communities across Ontario to gather best practices and input on a provincial strategy for protecting and increasing living green infrastructure.
Workshop Presented by:
- Green Infrastructure Ontario. The Coalition is an alliance of organizations that share a common vision for a healthy, green Ontario where the economic, social, environmental and health benefits of green infrastructure are fully realized.
Price:
$95.00 CDN (Plus HST)
(Includes coffee breaks, lunch and a Resource Manual)

Time:  8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Venue:  Ojibway Nature Centre
Location:  5200 Matchette Road, Windsor, ON
Website:  http://www.greenroofs.org/index.php/eduprogram/green-infrastructure-ontario-workshops
For information contact:  Norma Meneguzzi Spall, nmeneguzzispall@greenroofs.org
Phone:  416-971-4494, ext. 229
Categories:   Education; Environment

The Green Living Show is Canada's largest green consumer show dedicated to educating the public about easy and workable solutions for leading a sustainable lifestyle. Visitors can shop the wide variety of exhibitor booths while gathering information and inspiration from a diverse selection of demonstrations, presentations, and activities.

Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.greenlivingonline.com/torontoshow/
Categories:   Environment

Join us April 16th at Kitchener City Hall for the Bloomin Earth Eco-Fair to celebrate the earth from recycled art to expert advice on sustainable living
Activities you will enjoy:
* Shop consciously at our Handmade Market of over 100 artists
* Create earth-friendly crafts with recycled workshops
* Join in live entertainment from local performers.
* Discover innovative & inspired ways of living green
* Support young designers in the REthreaded Fashion Show
join the facebook event:
http://facebook.com/remakeable

follow us in twitter:
http://twitter.com/remakeable

Location:  Kitchener, ON
Website:  http://bloominearth.wordpress.com
For information contact:  megan or lynn, remakeable@gmail.com
Phone:  519-841-5061
Categories:   Environment

Sunrise - 6:30 am to 3:45 pm
Saturday, April 16

Beit Zatoun is pleased to participate again this year in Yoga Day for Amnesty International. Being Beit Zatoun, this means bringing new, diverse and engaging dimensions to make the day truly special and meaningful to participants and the community.

Santi-Purna means "day-full of prayers for peace" - we invite everyone to be part of this day. All proceeds to Amnesty International (tax receipts available through Amnesty International).

Yoga practice ~ breathing exercises, postures, mudras, mantras and devotional singing on the theme of peace from many cultures.

Participation is free and you are encouraged to commit to 1 hour or all 9 hours of the day and gather sponsors who will support your peace-making efforts with donations to Amnesty International. Light refreshments provided. NOTE: PLEASE BRING YOUR MAT.

For more information, please contact: shantipurna@bodyintegrity.com or 647-832-7676.
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Need to know:
- Doors open at 6:15 am
- PWYC / Donation to Amnesty International
- Sorry, not wheelchair accessible

Time:  6:30am - 3:45
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

Enjoy family-friendly fun at our free Earth Fest nature festival. Discover more about our wonderful wildlife, build your own bird house or bee box, explore Burnaby Lake, win prizes, play games and learn how to live in harmony with the environment.

Location:  Burnaby, BC
Website:  http://www.wildliferescue.ca
For information contact:  Krystal Brennan, educate@wildliferescue.ca
Phone:  604-526-2747
Categories:   Animals & Pets; Environment

The 30-Hour Famine is an annual fundraising activity that aims to help combat hunger around the world.

For information contact:  info@worldvision.ca
Phone:  905-565-6100/1-866-595-5550
Categories:   Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

National Soil Conservation Week aims to raise public awareness of soil conservation activities across Canada.

For information contact:  info@soilcc.ca
Phone:  306-972-7293
Categories:   Environment; Education

National Volunteer Week celebrates Canadians who contribute their time to volunteering. Volunteer Canada produces and distributes National Volunteer Week promotional material with support from Canadian Heritage.

For information contact:  info@volunteer.ca
Phone:  613-231-4371/1-800-670-0401
Categories:   Social Services

First held in 1997, National Organ Donor Week aims to educate the public with regard to the benefits of organ and tissue donation.

For information contact:  transplantcanada@yahoo.ca
Categories:   Health/Health Care

$6, $4 for students, seniors, partners and Front Row passholders.
Celebrate Astronomy Week with a dose of short films that step outside the Sci-Fi box!

Time:  7 PM
Venue:  NFB Mediatheque
Location:  150 John (at Richmond), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.nfb.ca/mediatheque
Phone:  416.973.3012
Categories:   Arts & Culture

FREE
Directed by Mort Ransen, 1995, 115 min.
Margaret (Helena Bonham Carter)'s mother has always warned her about the dangers of falling in love with a coal miner and Neil does promise Margaret that he will never go down in the mines. But when the harsh realities of life in the coal mining community of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, force Neil to break his promise and pay with his life, Margaret finds a unique way to honor his memory.

Time:  4 pm
Venue:  NFB Mediatheque
Location:  150 John (at Richmond), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.nfb.ca/mediatheque
Phone:  416.973.3012
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Mining & Petroleum; Labour, Workplace, Unions

Earth Day promotes public participation in activities organized to improve environmental conditions, such as tree plantings and community cleanups.

For information contact:  info@earthday.ca
Phone:  416-599-1991/1-888-283-2784
Categories:   Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

Progressive companies around the world are developing products and services that will revolutionise industries and deliver transformative change for society and our planet. These solutions are driving new business growth while significantly reducing emissions towards a low-carbon, sustainable future for all.
Accelerating and scaling up implementation across sectors and borders, however, will require a higher level of collaboration than we have ever seen before, between business, government, and NGOs. The Business for the Environment (B4E) COP17 Dialogue aims to facilitate this, bringing stakeholders together to forge new partnerships and take real action on climate change. Leading the way and powering ahead for a clean industrial revolution.

Location:  Berlin, Germany
Website:  http://www.b4esummit.com
For information contact:  Patrick, patrick.schulze@globalinitiatives.com

* Admission by donation
* Up to 100 exhibitors
* Workshops, demonstrations, samples
* Nearby public transport and free parking

Time:  10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Venue:  RA Centre
Location:  2451 Riverside Dr. - near Billings Bridge, Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://OttawaEcoExpo.com
Categories:   Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations; Environment

This is the 7th seminar in the Seventh Generation Learning Series put on by Maison Tucker House and hosted by Sustainable Living Ottawa West. Seminars are the 4th Monday of every month, always at the same location.
Monday, March 28th, Sustainable Transportation
Monday, April 25, Sustainable Finances - greening your budget!
Additional Contacts & Websites:
www.SLOWest.ca
www.maisontuckerhouse.ca

Time:  7:00 p.m. - 9:00pm
Venue:  Mountain Equipment Coop
Location:  366 Richmond Road, Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://www.maisontuckerhouse.ca
For information contact:  Kathryn Guindon - Tucker House, info@tuckerhouse.ca
Categories:   Education; Environment

FREE
Directed by Eric Bednarski, 2008, 89 min.
The Strangest Dream tells the story of Joseph Rotblat, the history of nuclear weapons, and the efforts of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs - an international movement Rotblat co-founded - to halt nuclear proliferation.

Time:  4 pm
Venue:  NFB Mediatheque
Location:  150 John (At Richmond), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.nfb.ca/mediatheque
Phone:  416.973.3012
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Military

The Mennonite New Life and our partners from Voices from the Street would like to invite you to attend the Graduation Ceremony of the Newcomer Speakers Bureau. This ceremony will take place in the Council Chambers at Toronto City Hall on Wednesday, April 27th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. We expect to attract an audience of 150-200 people, drawn from newcomer communities, the community service sector, organized labour, business, and government.
Attending this event will give you an opportunity to hear first hand the voices, experiences and proposals of Toronto immigrants who are passionate about contributing to a strong and prosperous future for this City. As you well know, immigration is a critical issue for Toronto. Half of Toronto's population are immigrants. Almost one in five Toronto residents arrived in Canada between 1996 and 2006. Effectively mobilizing the knowledge, skills and voices of immigrants and refugees is key to the future of our city.
We hope that you will be able to join us on April 27. Please confirm your attendance with Project Coordinator Adriana Salazar at 416-699-4527 X 229 or asalazar@mnlct.org

Time:  6:00 - 8:00 pm
Venue:  Council Chambers, City Hall
Location:  100 Queen Street W., Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.mnlct.org/
For information contact:  Adriana Salazar - asalazar@mnlct.org
Phone:  416-699-4527 X 229
Categories:   Urban Issues, Transit, Housing, Public Space; Social Policy

EcoLinks 2011 is the annual conference of the Ontario Society for Environmental
Education (OSEE), the provincial subject association for Environmental Education.
The focus of the conference is to help teachers in their classroom work in all subjects and grades.
The conference committee is calling for speakers who would like to address this conference focus with the Ministry of Education's mandate to integrate environmental topics in all subject areas, at all levels. This is a workshop oriented conference offering practical activities, strategies and subject background for practicing teachers.
There will be sessions in French as well, in a "mini conference".
An information flyer is available on the web site for delegates.
Please send proposals of how you can help teachers improve environmental education in their classrooms.
For more information or to register:
Ontario Society for Environmental Education
www.osee.ca

Time:  April 28, April 29, April 30, 2011
Venue:  Seneca College King Campus
Location:  King City, ON
Website:  http://www.osee.ca
Categories:   Education; Environment

The National Day of Mourning is observed in remembrance of workers who were killed or injured in the workplace or who have suffered from work-related illnesses.

(Human Resources and Social Development Canada and the Canadian Centre for occupational Health and Safety also provide information on the National Day of Mourning.)

For information contact:  communications@clc-ctc.ca
Phone:  613-521-3400
Categories:   Social Services

The Collingwood Horticultural Society presents Organic Magic with Worms with guest speaker, Cathy Nesbitt of Cathy's Crawly Composters. Learn all about worms and vermicomposting - a viable solution for your organic waste. Discover how to convert organic matter (food scraps and paper) into nature's finest fertilizer. Find out why worms are an essential part of our environment. During the presentation, vermicomposting is explained from set-up to harvest. Feed the soil not the plant.

Time:  7:30 pm
Venue:  Trinity United Church
Location:  140 Maple Street, Collingwood, ON
Website:  http://www.cathyscomposters.com/events
For information contact:  Cathy Nesbitt
Phone:  1-888-775-9495
Categories:   Education; Nature & Outdoors; Environment

The Green Expo is extremely pleased and excited to be entering its 8th year of showcasing the best in green products, services and technologies to residents of central and eastern Ontario. The Green Expo was one of the first and continues to be one of the longest running events of its kind in the province. Peterborough Green-Up is proud to offer this innovative, valuable and popular event.
We'’re excited to announce that the Green Expo 2011 keynote speaker will be CBC Radio’s Bob McDonald. A science journalist and author of over 20 years, McDonald will bring his expertise to Peterborough on April 30 to deliver an exciting and engaging presentation to Expo attendees.

Location:  Peterborough, ON
Website:  http://www.greenexpo.ca
For information contact:  Matt Higgs - greenupdate (at) greenup.on.ca
Phone:  705-745-3238 x 206
Categories:   Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations; Environment

SOLAR POWER 'SPOTLIGHTS'
Short 30 Minute Presentations on:
* Investing in Solar Power 101
* Finding Suppliers/Installers
* Solar PV & Your Bottom Line
* Insurance & Real Estate
* Financing Options , and more ...
SOLAR DISPLAYS
Meet with Solar Power Suppliers and Installers and test out their products and services. Get information from booths about the How To's of Solar Power. Get connected with resource to help you.
SOLAR SITES TOUR
Visit actual solar sites across the City and meet people who've installed solar panels. Sign up for the Solar Bus Tour (free), car pool to sites with friends, or bike to sites closer to the City core.
The Solar Fair is presented by the 1,000 Solar Rooftops Ottawa Network. Stay tuned. A full program will be available in early March. For more information on Solar in Ottawa, go to
Kids Activities - Workshops - Meet Solar Suppliers - Go on a Solar Tour

Website:  http://www.1000solarrooftops.ca
Categories:   Environment

Kick off the gardening season with a visit to the farm! Find all those wonderful, hard to get organic and heritage seeds and transplants to start your vegetable garden off right. Learn what it takes to setup your own vermicomposter. See how easy it is to setup, maintain and harvest your own vermicomposting system. What size do I need? What can I feed the worms? How often do I feed them? Help the environment - let worms eat your garbage!
Admission: $3 per person and kids are FREE

Time:  11:00 - 4:00
Venue:  Everdale Farm
Location:  5812 Sixth Line, Hillsburgh, ON
Website:  http://everdale.org/events/farm-events/seedy-saturday/
For information contact:  Cathy Nesbitt
Phone:  1-888-775-9495
Categories:   Farming; Education; Environment

The Don River series by Surendra Lawoti documents the users of the shores of the Don River Valley in Toronto. Lawoti's detailed large-scale images focus on the makeshift shelters and their inhabitants that can be found along the river, as well as the recreational users of this green urban space.

Opening reception: April 30 from 2-5 p.m.

Artist talk (with Matthew Blackett): May 14 at 1 p.m.

Time:  starts April 30, 2 pm - ends June 4, 9 pm
Venue:  Gallery 44
Location:  401 Richmond Street West Suite 120, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.gallery44.org/node/697
Phone:  416.979.3941
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Environment; Urban Issues, Transit, Housing, Public Space

International Composting Awareness Week aims to raise public awareness of the benefits of composting.

For information contact:  ccc@compost.org
Phone:  416-535-0240/1-877-571-4769
Categories:   Education

North American Occupational Safety and Health Week promotes the importance of preventing injury and illness in the workplace.

For information contact:  naosh@csse.org
Phone:  416-646-1600
Categories:   Health/Health Care

The St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences, in partnership with the Great Lakes Research Consortium and the Great River Center at Clarkson University, is pleased host its 18th annual international conference on the St. Lawrence River Great Lakes Ecosystem.
This year’s conference Chair is Dr. Greg Boyer, Executive Director of the Great Lakes Research Consortium. The conference will provide a forum from presentations that will help outline the St. Lawrence - Great Lakes research needs in support of efforts to establish a regional research network. The conference will also aim to build connections to communities and interested groups by providing a platform for discussion of St Lawrence River governance.
In addition, we anticipate interest in sessions focusing on the recovery efforts of the RAPs and long-term monitoring needs for the Cornwall RAP which is proposed for delisting or Area of Recovery status sometime in 2011.
The conference theme will highlight how communities, experts and stakeholders must be united in support of long term planning for effective change into the future.

Location:  Cornwall, ON
Website:  http://www.riverinstitute.ca
For information contact:  Christina Collard - ccollard (at) riverinstitute.ca
Phone:  613-936-6620
Categories:   Environment

International No Diet Day aims to raise public awareness of the dangers of improper dieting, weight loss and weight-related obsessions.

For information contact:  nedic@unh.on.ca
Phone:  416-340-4156/1-866-633-4220
Categories:   Education

We're organizing an accessibility unconference here in Ottawa and want you to attend. Encouraged by the grass roots potential of bringing folks together interested in improving accessibility, we've decided it's time to have one here.

Social Media: Follow @a11yYOW for more information.

Time:  starts May 6, 9 am - end Aug 4, 8 pm
Venue:  Ottawa City Hall
Location:  110 Laurier Ave West, Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://www.ottawa.ca/info/contactus/index_en.html
Phone:  613-580-2400 or (outside city
Categories:   Disability Issues; Government & Public Sector; Human Rights, Law, Legal

This first class consists of prize-winning recipes and methods for the "BIG 3" appetizers - hummus, babaghannouj and tabbouleh. PLUS, bonus of a dish which is lesser-known in the west but highly appreciated in Palestine - "fuul mudammas" (made with fava beans).

Do not be fooled by poor imitations - it takes more than a Cuisinart to make exquisite, authentic Palestinian appetizers. Taught by the ever-energetic Nellie Bannayan who will prepare dishes from scratch and demonstrate her tried and true secrets. Recipe sheets will be available.

Participants will feast on the resulting dishes. Served with pita and Middle Eastern refreshments.

Limited number of seats. Please visit website to register.

Time:  1pm-3pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500
Categories:   Food & Beverage

Mayworks! Where else can you find Juno nominated musicians, CBC Poetry Face-off winners, works by emerging Indigenous playwrights, provocative dance, a walking tour, a writing workshop, evocative video, storytelling, mural making for kids, visual arts galore and more? Mayworks celebrates artists as workers and workers as artists in a weeklong multi-disciplinary festival across the GTA. Many events are free (some tickets up to $15) and most are wheelchair accessible.

Artists include Ghadeer M., jamila malika, Jessie Anthony, John Wort Hannam, Leila Pourtavaf, Ashley Bomberry, Carlie Howell, Clare Preuss, Motion, Dave Silverberg, D-Lishus, Dinah Thorpe, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, Amy Gottlieb, Brett Story, Camille Turner, Clare Preuss, Dan Bergeron, Lisa Cromarty, Lishai, Maria Dunn, MataDanZe, Maureen Hynes, Michelle Muir, Paul Boddum, Rick Hill, Ruben 'Beny' Esguerra, Sundance Crowe, Tyler Pennock and more!

Time:  starts May 7, 1:30 pm - ends May 15, 10 pm
Venue:  various locations across the GTA
Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.mayworks.ca/index.html
For information contact:  Contact email: coordinator@mayworks.ca
Phone:  416-599-9096
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Labour, Workplace, Unions; Economic Development

Unspoken dreams is the place where stories, music and art live when they aren’t being seen or heard.

The 13th century mystical poet Rumi lived most of his life in Konya (now in Turkey) which was at the crossroads of different cultures. As a major city on the Silk Route, it was a place where travelers would meet, sharing their stories and beliefs. His work, the Masnavi, is a vast tapestry of stories and stories within stories, which he used in his teachings.

Ariel Balevi is a storyteller who tells stories from the literary and folk traditions of Iran and Turkey. He has performed at a number of venues and in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Washington D.C.

William Beauvais is a Toronto based guitarist and composer with numerous CD’s to his credit. He has composed music for many prominent Canadian musicians and his music has been heard around the world.
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Need to know:
- Doors open at 3:00
- Admission $25 (includes CD)

Time:  3-5pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

World Red Cross Day is an international event that aims to celebrate the humanitarian work of millions of Red Cross volunteers and staff worldwide.

For information contact:  feedback@redcross.ca
Phone:  613-740-1900/1-877-356-3226
Categories:   Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

This is presented with the international conference Waste - The Social Context.
Anyone interested in the vast world of waste management (including conference delegates) will want to get a REEL taste of these award-winning, critically acclaimed films:
* Waste Land
* Kenny the Movie
* Badlands
* The Gleaners and I
* No Impact Man

Venue:  Metro Cinema at the Citadel Theatre
Location:  9828 - 101A Avenue, Edmonton, AB
Website:  http://www.ewmce.ca
For information contact:  Susan Comrie - susan.comrie (at) edmonton.ca
Phone:  780-442-6471
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Environment

People, Policies, Persuasions and Payoffs. This international conference on the social, environmental and econimical aspects of waste management. Hosted by the Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence.

Location:  Edmonton, AB
Website:  http://www.ewmce.ca
For information contact:  Susan Comrie, susan.comrie (at) edmonton.ca
Phone:  780-442-6471
Categories:   Environment; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives; Aviation & Aerospace

The National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada is celebrating the Freedom of Expression Day this year, with a weekly exhibition of the member publications of the Ethnic Press of Canada. The official opening of the exhibition is scheduled for Monday, May the 9th, 6:00 pm, at the Rotunda of the Toronto City Hall.
The exhibition will remain open to the public from Monday May the 9 to Sunday May the 15th. The public is welcomed to visit it.

Time:  Opening 6:00 pm May 9
Venue:  City Hall rotunda
Location:  100 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON
For information contact:  Asha Rajak
Categories:   Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

END:CIV illustrates the brutality of a civilization addicted to systematic violence and environmental destruction, and the heroism of those who confront it head-on. Rapid-fire video-game graphics, interviews, war footage and satire mock the excesses of the global economic system, even as it implodes around us.

Based on the best-seller Endgame by Derrick Jensen, END:CIV begins with the harsh reality that all civilizations eventually end. The ancient Mayans, the dynasties of China, and the mighty Roman Empire, as long-lived and powerful as they were, inevitably crashed. Western Civilization is no different. It's coming down, but not fast enough.

END:CIV will screen in the following Ontario cites:

Ottawa
University of Ottawa on May 10th, at 7:00pm. Admission: Donation.

Kingston
AKA Autonomous Social Centre with Aric McBay on May 11th, at 7:00pm. Admission: Donation.

Peterborough
The Cannery Art Centre on May 13th, at 7:00pm. Admission: Sliding Scale, $5 - $50.

Toronto
Detour Bar on May 14th, at 7:00pm. Admission: PWYC, $1 - $5.

London
Lifespin on May 16th, at 7:00pm. Admission: $5 - $10 suggested donation.

Hamilton
Sky Dragon Center on May 18th, at 7:00pm. Admission: $5 - $15. Pay $15 and receive END:CIV DVD.

*Director Franklin López will be on hand to present the film and answer questions afterward.

Time:  Various times for screenings throughout
Venue:  Screenings throughout Ontario Ottawa, Kingston, Peterborough, Toronto, London, Hamilton, ON Canada
Location:  ON
Website:  http://endciv.com and http://www.pmpress.org
For information contact:  Franklin Lopez
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Computers; Media, Entertainment, News, Communications

How We Stopped Loving the Bomb: An insider's account of the world on the brink of banning nuclear arms
by Senator Douglas Roche, OC.
Published by James Lorimer & Company Ltd.

Senator Roche will discuss the people, the issues, and the ideas behind the new peace movement.
Books will be available for purchase and signing by the author, with proceeds going to support the work of Project Ploughshares.

Our annual meeting will follow.

Time:  7 pm - 9 pm
Venue:  Parkdale United Church
Location:  2919 - 8 Avenue NW T2N 1C8, Calgary, AB
For information contact:  Karen Huggins
Phone:  (403) 283-3301
Categories:   Military; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives; Politics & Political Organizations

Special Screening and Conversation with Osnat Trabelsi, producer

Jaffa, the orange’s clockwork narrates the visual history of the famous citrus fruit originated from Palestine and known worldwide for centuries as "Jaffa oranges".

The history of the orange is the history of this land. Through photography and cinema, poetry, paintings, workers of the citruses’ industry and historians, memory and present mythologies, Palestinians and Israelis cross and combine. The close reading of the Jaffa brand's visual representation is a reflection on western orientalist phantasms surrounding the ‘holy land’ and the ‘State of Israel’ and a tool to reveal the untold story of what was once a commune industry and symbol to Arabs and Jews in Palestine.

Time:  7:30-9:45pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

This illustrated presentation by Yes Man Andy Bichlbaum will explore the tactical strategies behind some of the Yes Men's greatest triumphs: from their legendary 'identity corrections' of Dow, Enbridge, HUD, Exxon, and WTO, to their brilliant punking of Environment Minister Jim Prentice in Copenhagen, to their recent hijinks during this month's federal election.

The Yes Men are a fearless (genderless) collective of digital artists and activists, determined to culturejam the global forces of environmental evil. Brilliantly blending hilarity, surrealism and outrage, their hoaxes, pranks and 'tactical media interventions' have resulted in international headlines, award winning exhibitions and features (including The Yes Men Fix the World, Audience Award at Berlin International Film Festival 2009) and genuine social change.

Fee: $10 sliding scale

Time:  8pm - 10 pm
Venue:  OCADU Auditorium
Location:  100 McCaul St, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://apache.ocad.ca/events_calendar/eventdetail.php?id=3328
For information contact:  John Greyson
Phone:  416 977 6000
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Environment; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

Digitally mediated surveillance is an increasingly prevalent, but still largely invisible, aspect of everyday life. As we work, play and negotiate public spaces, on-line and off, we produce a growing stream of personal digital data of interest to unseen others.

Join moderator Dr. Ron Deibert for an insightful and lively discussion into some of the most pressing social issues surrounding our rights and freedoms as cyber-surveillance becomes an ubiquitous part of our lives, on-line and off.

Panelists:

Jacob Appelbaum is an independent computer security researcher and a core member of the Tor project. He is s co-founder of the San Francisco hackerspace Noisebridge and became controversial after representing Wikileaks at the 2010 HOPE hacker conference.

Lisa Austin is an Associate Professor in U of T's Faculty of Law and an expert in privacy law, focusing on challenges to privacy rights and interests presented by state information-sharing practices.

Ron Deibert is a leading cyber-security researcher at U of T's Citizen lab who received international renown by helping uncover a global cyber-espionage network.

David Lyon is a pioneer in surveillance studies based at Queen's University, where he is director of the Surveillance Studies Centre.

Christopher Prince is a legal and policy analyst with the Office of hte Privacy Commissioner of Canada, focusing on national security programs and governance.

Micheal Vonn is a lawyer and Policy Director for the BC Civil Liberties Association.

Time:  5 pm - 7 pm
Venue:  Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs, U of T
Location:  1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.digitallymediatedsurveillance.ca
For information contact:  Kate Milberry
Phone:  kate.milberry@utoronto.ca
Categories:   Communications Industry & Technology; Computers; Human Rights, Law, Legal

Canada Health Day provides an opportunity for discussion on Canadian health issues.

For information contact:  info@cpha.ca
Phone:  613-725-3769
Categories:   Health/Health Care

The morning after (the 2011 federal elections)

There has been a lot of talk about the post election blues. Was this election hot and cold for you? Good and bad? Do you wake elated for a moment, then with dread?

Join in a post-election discussion in Vancouver to make sense of what the new Canadian political landscape is and to strategize for what comes next.

Speakers include:

- Libby Davies (Vancouver East MP, NDP Deputy Leader)
- Jamie Biggar (Leadnow.ca)
- Derrick O'Keefe (StopWar)
- Duncan Cameron (rabble.ca board president and columnist)

Moderated by:

Charlie Smith, Editor, The Straight

The round table discussion will aim to make sense of what the new Canadian political landscape is and strategize for what comes next. For those not in Vancouver -- watch the livestream on rabbletv. You won't want to miss it!

Mayworks website: http://tinyurl.com/mayworks

rabble.ca election analysis: http://rabble.ca/issuese/elections

Confirm your attendance on the Facebook event!

Time:  5 pm - 8 pm
Venue:  W2 Media Cafe
Location:  111 West Hastings, Vancouver, BC
Website:  http://tinyurl.com/mayworks and http://rabble.ca/issuese/elections
For information contact:  W2 Community Media Art Society
Phone:  604-689-9896
Categories:   Politics & Political Organizations; Communications Industry & Technology; Government & Public Sector

Surveillance & Social Sorting, is pleased to present Cyber-surveillance in Everyday Life: An Art Exhibit. This group exhibition examines many aspects of surveillance, particularly the growing prevalence of cyber-surveillance in our daily lives and social habits.

Cyber-Surveillance in Everyday Life is organized in conjunction with the international workshop of the same name, taking place at the University of Toronto from May 12-15, 2011. The exhibition explores a number of the workshop's central themes, such as the intersections between surveillance and social networking, identity and anonymity, and monitoring techniques. The five works brought together in Cyber-surveillance in Everyday Life address the ubiquitous and distributed nature of surveillance.

Time:  starts May 12, 7pm - ends May 15, 1 am
Venue:  InterAccess Media Art Centre
Location:  9 Ossington Ave., Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.interaccess.org/
For information contact:  Kate Milberry
Phone:  kate.milberry@utoronto.ca
Categories:   Communications Industry & Technology; Computers; Human Rights, Law, Legal

Join the Workers' Action Centre at the community launch of their Stop Wage Theft! campaign. Hear from Workers' Action Centre leaders on their fight to stop employers from stealing wages and watch undercover footage of how employers break the law in a new video expose. See also how workers are resisting through 'bad boss' actions around the city.

Celebrate our shared resistance:
with live Afro-Colombian percussion from Ruben 'Beny' Esguerra, a Columbian born multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and arts educator who will be accompanied by New Tradition Drum and Dance;
Lishai, an award winning poet and powerful performer who uses her words to create dialogue and tell her story; and
Rehaset, a Saudi-born Ethiopian who grew into being an independent musical artist out of necessity and whose mission is to bridge the gap between Afrikans and the world!

Come learn about the Workers' Action Centre's vital organizing work for precarious workers.

Organized and sponsored by the Workers' Action Centre

Time:  7-9pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500
Categories:   Labour, Workplace, Unions; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

Women Entrepreneurs for Social Change will be an intensive, interactive Vancouver based gathering that focuses on ways to lead a successful, socially conscious enterprise. This unique forum offers women from small and large organizations the chance to explore their business challenges in an intimate and inspiring environment drawing on the successful Social Venture Institute (SVI) model. SVI is a practical, problem-solving, alternative "business school" that creates a confidential, supportive and inspiring setting.

We'll dive deep into the heart of business, connecting and learning with other women leading mission-driven businesses and social enterprises.

This intensive will include opportunities to:
• Fine-tune your strategies and build long-lasting relationships with peers and mentors;
• Get direct feedback on your current challenges from a faculty of successful, socially responsible leaders;
• Hear an inspiring "True Confession"-personal story from a leading entrepreneur and her struggle to reach success combining social mission with business;
• Share your experiences and expertise with a group of values-driven business leaders.

This program is for CEOs and leaders of established small companies and non-profit enterprises. Pre-approval is required prior to registration; apply at womensconference@raisedeyebrow.com. Enrollment is limited and priority will be given to second-stage entrepreneurs.

TUITION: $250 CDN; includes lunch and light refreshments.

Pre-approval is required prior to registration; apply at womensconference@raisedeyebrow.com

Time:  starts May 13, 7 pm - ends May 14, 5 pm
Venue:  SFU Wosk Centre
Location:  581 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC
Website:  http://www.womensconference.ca and www.hollyhock.ca
For information contact:  hollyhock.ca
Phone:  800 933 6339/ 250 935 6576
Categories:   Economic Development; Women; Retail

Germany`s biggest fetish & BDSM exhibition is taking the next step, there will again be shows – workshops – shopping & more… in an area of 5000 sq m.
* approx. 100 exhibitors from the international fetish scene
* top show - program on several stages
* international gueststars and top models up-close
* a great catering area including a topless cocktailbar
* Bondage workshops with a number of the world’s best Bondage masters
* Custom Photo Shooting in a new much bigger location
* modelzone, dominazone on their own stages
* a bigger, new VIP–area with its own playzone, great buffet and a perfect view of the main stage
and much more…

Venue:  Zenith - The Cultural Hall
Location:  Lilienthal Allee 29, Munich, Germany
Website:  http://www.boundcon.com/
Categories:   Sexuality

EPIC: The Vancouver Sun Sustainable Living Expo is Western Canada's largest eco-marketplace.
Take the opportunity to participate in this fantastic three-day celebration of sustainable living! Join over 300 exhibitors and sponsors, interact with hundreds of buying customers, meet dozens of inspiring people and industry luminaries, and discover environmentally innovative products and services - all in one jam-packed weekend!

ATTRACTIONS
Eco-Marketplace
A retail-ready promenade that encourages direct sales, engages prospective customers, and creates opportunities for superior client relationships.
Main Stage
An informative, inspiring series of presentations by celebrities, expert panelists, special guests and professional entertainers.
EPIC Spirits Tasting Lounge
A collection of some of the best wineries, breweries and distilleries in the region.
Cooking Stage
A sizzling set of demonstrations with expert tips and gourmet treats from some of the hottest culinary wizards around.
EPICurean Food Market
An emporium of local, gourmet delights from artisan food producers.
Fashion Show Series
A beautiful showcase of local and international designers committed to sustainability, innovation and style.

Location:  Vancouver, BC
Website:  http://www.epicexpo.com
For information contact:  Randall Cook, randall.cook (at) globe.ca
Phone:  (604) 695-5001
Categories:   Environment; Economic Development

Brita Climate Ride will return for its fourth year this May 13-17, 2011, and will once again see hundreds of cyclists pedal beautiful country roads 300 miles from New York City to Washington, DC to raise awareness of renewable energy and the climate crisis.
This 'climate conference on wheels' and fully-supported adventure raises funds for three hardworking non-profits, Green America, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, and 1Sky. Brita Climate Ride is the first multi-day, multi-city charitable bicycle ride to address climate change and renewable energy issues. The event also endeavors to showcase the bicycle as the ultimate carbon-free machine and a viable form of transportation.
Climate Ride will return to California in October 2011. This gorgeous 5-day, 320-mile ride along California's spectacular coast begins in the Redwood Empire near Eureka and finishes across the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco.
Participants can currently register for either ride online at www.climateride.org .

Location:  New York - Washington, USA
Website:  http://www.climateride.org
For information contact:  Blake Holiday, blake (at) climateride.org
Categories:   Environment; Transportation & Travel

Test your knowledge of Toronto the Good !

? How can low-income renters in Toronto remove exploitative landlords ?
? Did you know that Toronto grows some of the most delicious fruit in the country, yet why is Toronto seen as a polluted urban jungle, dependent on external food sources ?
? Which Toronto-based organization operates the only National AIDS hotline specifically for prisoners ?

Find out at Good Evidence's video-screening fundraiser!

Good Evidence will premier its short films made in partnership with three Toronto based community organizations, as part of an evening of live music, games, and images all aimed at breaking down stereotypes of Toronto.

These films will showcase the issues many Torontonians face daily basis and how they are being addressed by the great community organizations:
- Not Far From the Tree
- Parkdale Tenants Association
- Prisoners HIV/AIDS Support Action Network

Directors of the films and representatives from the partner organizations will be present to answer questions and share their expereince. Good Evidence will also be announcing organization to be filmed next!

Tickets $40; unwaged $20. (order via Paypal). The price of the ticket includes snacks and non-alcoholic drinks (cash bar available).

Time:  7pm-10:30pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

Only 40 percent of Canadians supported our government in the May 2 election, and yet we wound up with a Conservative majority. The fact that Stephen Harper now controls Parliament after gaining only 1.8 percent more of the popular vote than in 2008 is a testament to the arbitrary and antiquated nature of Canada's Parliamentary system.

We need an electoral process in which everybody's vote counts. We need a government that represents us.

#dayofaction @dayofaction2011

All demonstrations to be held at 2pm local time.

Montreal - Berri Sq.
Ottawa - Parliament Hill
Vancouver - Vancouver Art Gallery
Toronto - Queen's Park
Calgary - Harry Hays Building
Halifax - Province House
Charlottetown - Province House
Kelowna - The Sails, Central Park
Whitehorse - Elijah Smith Building

Time:  2 pm - 6 pm
Venue:  War Monument at Wellington & Elgin
Location:  nationaldayofaction.ca/, Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://nationaldayofaction.ca
Categories:   Government & Public Sector; Media, Entertainment, News, Communications; Politics & Political Organizations

DEMAND REPRESENTATION
May 14 - National Day of Action for Electoral Reform

Only 40 percent of Canadians supported our government in the May 2 election, and yet we wound up with a Conservative majority. The fact that Stephen Harper now controls Parliament after gaining only 1.8 percent more of the popular vote than in 2008 is a testament to the arbitrary and antiquated nature of Canada's Parliamentary system.

...We need an electoral process in which everybody's vote counts. We need a government that represents us.


Montreal - Berri Sq. 2 p.m.
Ottawa - Parliament Hill, 2 p.m.
Vancouver - Vancouver Art Gallery, 2 p.m.
Toronto —-Queen's Park, 2 p.m.
(all times local)

Time:  2 pm - 6 pm
Venue:  Berri Square
Location:  rue Saint-Denis, Montreal, QC
Website:  http://nationaldayofaction.org
For information contact:  dayofaction2011@gmail.com
Categories:   Government & Public Sector; Politics & Political Organizations

DEMAND REPRESENTATION
May 14 National Day of Action for Electoral Reform

Only 40 percent of Canadians supported our government in the May 2 election, and yet we wound up with a Conservative majority. The fact that Stephen Harper now controls Parliament after gaining only 1.8 percent more of the popular vote than in 2008 is a testament to the arbitrary and antiquated nature of Canada's Parliamentary system.

We need an electoral process in which everybody's vote counts. We need a government that represents us.

Montreal - Berri Sq. 2 p.m.
Ottawa - Parliament Hill, 2 p.m.
Vancouver - Vancouver Art Gallery, 2 p.m.
Toronto - Queen-s Park,3 p.m.
(all times local)

Time:  3 pm
Venue:  Queen's Park
Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://nationaldayofaction.org
For information contact:  dayofaction2011@gmail.com
Categories:   Government & Public Sector; Politics & Political Organizations

DEMAND REPRESENTATION
May 14 - National Day of Action for Electoral Reform

Only 40 percent of Canadians supported our government in the May 2 election, and yet we wound up with a Conservative majority. The fact that Stephen Harper now controls Parliament after gaining only 1.8 percent more of the popular vote than in 2008 is a testament to the arbitrary and antiquated nature of Canada's Parliamentary system.

...We need an electoral process in which everybody's vote counts. We need a government that represents us.


Montreal - Berri Sq. 2 p.m.
Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118523158230228
Ottawa - Parliament Hill, 2 p.m.
Vancouver - Vancouver Public Library, Georgia Plaza, 2 p.m.
Toronto - Queen's Park, 2 p.m.
Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113480302070885
(all times local)

Time:  2 pm -6 pm
Venue:  Vancouver Public Library
Location:  Georgia Plaza, Vancouver, ON
Website:  http://nationaldayofaction.ca/
For information contact:  vancouver@nationaldayofaction.ca or dayofaction2011@gmail.com
Categories:   Government & Public Sector; Politics & Political Organizations

Please join us for...
Draft 6.6
with new work by

Michelle Alfano
Baila Ellenbogen
Catherine Graham
Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer
Nicholas Power

With the $5 admission fee comes a copy of Draft, a limited-edition publication available only at these readings.

Time:  3 pm - 5 pm
Venue:  Merchants of Green Cafe
Location:  2 Matilda Street (west of Queen/north of Broadview), Toronto, ON
For information contact:  Lindy Moses ragamuffin71@gmail.com/ draftreadings@gmail.com
Phone:  416 433-4170
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

Join Dr. Andrew Clement for a reprisal of his Jane’s Walk that sets its sights on CCTV surveillance in downtown Toronto.

Wherever we walk on the streets of our city, we are followed by video eyes – Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras owned by private corporations as well as the Toronto Police. On this Jane's Walk, we will look back.

This walk surveys the various video surveillance cameras (mainly operated by police, retailers and private sector security agencies) and accompanying signage (and lack thereof). We’ll discuss the relation between the ideas of urban safety/livability/crime reduction associated with these ‘video eyes’ and the human eyes that Jane Jacobs refers to in her famous phrase of ‘eyes on the street’.

(Video)Eyes on the Street is part of Cyber-surveillance in Everyday Life: An International Workshop, which is convened by The New Transparency: Surveillance and Social Sorting, a multi-university research project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

This walk is based on on-going research at the University of Toronto.

Time:  11 am - 1 pm
Venue:  Nathan Phillips Square, main entrance, under the big surveillance camera under the Canadian flag
Location:  100 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON
Website:  http://cybersurveillanceworkshop.wordpress.com/
For information contact:  kate Milberry
Phone:  kate.milberry@utoronto.ca
Categories:   Communications Industry & Technology; Information, Libraries, Research; Human Rights, Law, Legal

A fundraising event that brings together authors, artists, and performers to celebrate the strength and dignity of people fighting for their political and human rights in the Arabic-speaking world.

The Canadian Palestinian Educational Exchange (CEPAL) is a registered charity that believes education is a fundamental right. Since 1996, CEPAL has worked in partnership with local Palestinian NGOs in refugee camps in Lebanon to increase refugees’ access to education. Each year, we send volunteers to teach as part of the summer and after-school programs offered in the camps. CEPAL is entirely volunteer-run: all proceeds from this event will contribute to our overseas program.

Performers include:
Ava Homa, Author
"Ranging across regions, ethnicities, genders, sexualities and political dispositions, Homa’s characters give us a prismatic portrait of Iran that resists both internal tyrannies and Western demonization. Her style is elegantly spare, gem-solid. This is a voice we all need to hear."
Susan Holbrook, author of Joy Is So Exhausting

Time:  6-9pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

Hydrogen + Fuel Cells 2011: International Conference and Exhibition is one of the leading international events for the hydrogen and fuel cell industry. The event will be celebrating its fifth edition and will be held from May 15 - 18, 2011. It will take place at the Vancouver Convention Centre in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, recent host for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

Participants in Canada's premier hydrogen and fuel cells event will have the opportunity to:

- Experience the latest in hydrogen and fuel cell products, including portable fuel cell devices, back-up power, materials handling, stationary power generation, hydrogen fueling and hydrogen powered vehicles.

- Engage end users, purchasers and integrators of hydrogen and fuel cell products, including original equipment manufacturers, utilities, transit authorities, government purchasing agencies, fleet managers and warehouse operators.

- Understand the latest scientific breakthroughs, commercial opportunities and policy developments from the world's prominent hydrogen and fuel cell experts.

- Visit pioneering companies and ground-breaking research facilities in Vancouver's world-renowned hydrogen and fuel cell cluster.

- Network and partner with global leaders in the business, government and scientific communities.

For more information please visit www.hfc2011.com or contact Conference Manager, Sarah Richards at (604) 822-1736 and by email at srichards (at) chfca.ca

Location:  Vancouver, BC
Categories:   Science & Technology

First held in Canada in 1993, Intergenerational Week pays tribute to those who work towards promoting communication between generations through voluntary activities in their communities.

For information contact:  info@unitedgenerations.ca
Phone:  416-426-7115
Categories:   Social Services

Join us at Buddies for the launch of an amazing new anthology: Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme.

Tickets $5 to $15 (sliding scale)
doors 7:00pm; show 7:30pm
books available for purchase

Featuring readings and performances by contributors:

Debra Anderson
Bear Bergman
Anna Camilleri
Ivan Coyote
Nairne Holtz
Karleen Pendleton Jiménez
Zena Sharman
Melissa Sky
Zoe Whittall

Venue and washrooms are accessible.

Full event details on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159673497427323

Time:  7 pm - 9 pm
Venue:  Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Location:  12 Alexander Street, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159673497427323
For information contact:  Cynara Geissler Contact email: cynara@arsenalpulp.com
Phone:  888 600 7857
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual

Reinventing the Workers’ Movement
by Professor David Camfield, U of Manitoba


Does Canada have a working-class movement? Though many of us think of ourselves as middle class, most of us are, in fact, working class: we work for a wage. And though many of us are members of unions — the most significant organizations of the working-class movement in Canada — most people do not understand themselves to be part of this movement. Canadian Labour in Crisis asks why this is so. Through an analysis of the contemporary Canadian working-class movement and its historical development, David Camfield offers an explanation for its current state and argues that reform within the movement is not enough. From the structure of organizations to their activities and even the guiding ideology, Camfield contends that the movement needs a radical reinvention — and offers us a new way forward in reaching this goal.

David Camfield is an associate professor in labour studies at the University of Manitoba. David will deliver a short talk and copies of his new book will be available for purchase.

Endorsed by Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly & Toronto New Socialists.

Time:  7pm - 9pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

Join Cities of Migration online for a 60-minute webinar to learn about media diversity and the strategies behind the success of local radio broadcasters in Barcelona and Toronto. Find out how to improve your audience ratings by responding to changing demographics and sharing your city's immigrant experience.

Time:  11 am - 12 pm
Venue:  webinar online
Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://citiesofmigration.ca/integration-learning-exchange/
For information contact:  Maytree: citiesofmigration@maytree.com
Phone:  416.944.2627
Categories:   Media, Entertainment, News, Communications

We're seeking nominees who:
1. Care deeply about the work, the people we're reporting on and the reporter.
As one Providence Journal reporter said, I can't imagine this award going to an editor who didn't care as much as Mimi did. The depth of her caring is so rare. She was a total tigress. She fought for you. She would stand up for the good story and the reporter. To have those two qualities means so much. … Mimi would stay up all night with you working on a story.

2. Have a real passion for the Act II journalism championed by the Dart Center, and a keen understanding of how to navigate the emotional landscape where these stories are found.
Mimi had a special place in her heart for work on sexual assault, domestic violence, violence against women and the stories of people affected by tragedies such as the 2003 Station nightclub fire in West Warwick, Rhode Island. She connected with the subjects, cared for them and about them and for their families as well. She kept them in mind as if she knew them personally, even though she rarely did, throughout the reporting and editing process.

3. Challenge reporters to do better and nurture them along the way, forcing them to see possibilities for a story they may not have seen. This type of editor is acutely aware that even a small story may mean as much to a reporter's development as the big stories the paper is pursuing.

4. Have a deep respect for the English language and the ability to help reporters write crisp, grippin

Time:  Deadline for Submissions is 5:00 pm Tuesday, June 1st, 2011
Website:  http://dartcenter.org/calendar/all/201006
Categories:   Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Arts & Culture

We invite you to join us for a nation-wide conference call discussing the role of the arts, culture and media in economic justice organizing and movement building in communities across the United States.

It is FREE to participate. Please RSVP for call-in number by emailing: rsvp@artsanddemocracy.org

Time:  12:00 pm EST
Venue:  Teleconference
Location:  Across the U.S.A., United States
Website:  http://centerformediajustice.org/2011/05/06/conference-call-on-arts-culture-media-economic-j
Phone:  rsvp@artsanddemocracy.org
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

Join Carmen Aguirre and Douglas & McIntyre celebrating the publication of her new book, Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter. There will be a reading, book signing and a little dancing.

A gripping, darkly comic memoir of a young underground revolutionary during the Pinochet dictatorship in 1980s Chile.

Time:  7 pm - 9 pm
Venue:  Rizhome Café
Location:  317 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC
Website:  http://www.rhizomecafe.ca/
For information contact:  Marketing: dm@dmpibooks.com
Phone:  604.872.3166
Categories:   Arts & Culture; International; Human Rights, Law, Legal

Suaram Penang and Pertubuhan Wartawan dan JurugambarAkhbar Cina Pulau Pinang.

CIJ(Centre For Independent Journalsim) will commemorate this year World Press Freedom Day in Penang, together with Suaram Penang and local media group to mainly launch a handbook, which compiling the best practices of reporting on ethnicity.

Besides that, we hope to make it into a more interesting event, probabbly with exhibition, survey, photography contest, film screening or music show, to attract participation from the mass public.

We will set up our organizing committee on 14 April , 8.30pm at suaram office, who are interested can contact Low (012-4520913) or Ooi (016-4440406).

Time:  10:00 am on May 20th, Ending 5:00 pm on May 21st, 2011
Venue:  Kimtar Walk
Location:  Penang, Malaysia
Website:  http://cijmalaysia.org/event-calendar/
For information contact:  Low or Ooi
Phone:  012-4520913; 016-4440406
Categories:   Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Publishers & Publishing

The 6th Annual Hudson Valley Literary Festival: All LIT Up is back after a one-year hiatus. The daylong festival, produced by The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, with The Hudson Opera House and Hudson Wine Merchants, celebrates literature and literary publishing. From 11 AM – 4 PM a Literary Magazine & Small Press Book Fair will take place at the Hudson Opera House (327 Warren Street). Hundreds of books and magazines published by regional and national independent literary publishers will be on sale for only $2 an issue and $4 a book, with many publishers there to meet & greet! Shoppers can discover hundreds of literary publications they would never see in a single store and take advantage of the bargain prices.

At 5 PM a reading & reception at Hudson Wine Merchants (341½ Warren Street) will feature Rebecca Wolff, Jonathan Dixon, and Monica Youn. Rebecca Wolff is the author of three books of poems (Manderley, Figment, The King) and a forthcoming novel called The Beginners. Jonathan Dixon is the author of Beaten, Seared, and Sauced, a memoir of his recent education at the Culinary Institute of America. Monica Youn's second poetry collection Ignatz, was a 2010 finalist for the National Book Award. A wine and cheese reception will follow the readings.

This festival is brought to you by CLMP, the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses (www.clmp.org), serving the community of independent literary publishers since 1967. These events are made possible in part through support from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

Time:  11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. p.m.
Venue:  Hudson Opera House
Location:  Hudson, New York
Website:  http://https://www.clmp.org/fairforms/hudson_2011.html
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

Join CanSIA member, friends, solar colleagues & The Honourable Brad Duguid MPP, Minister of Energy. Stand up for Solar at the Third Annual Canadian Solar Industries Association Summer Solstice event.

Event cost $60.00 (includes HST & covers food and drinks)

Time:  5 - 7 pm
Venue:  Watermark Irish Pub & Restaurant
Location:  207 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.cansia.ca/2011SummerSolstice
For information contact:  info@cansia.ca
Categories:   Environment; Media, Entertainment, News, Communications

WHAT SMOC gives you the lowdown on organic user engagement and advertising.

RATES
Special Group Rate!
After one person registers at full price, all additional registrants from the same organization pay only $295 per person. Registrations must be placed at the same time, and registrants must be from the same organization. This rate cannot be combined with any other discount.

Venue:  Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF
Location:  1675 Owens Street, San Francisco 94143, California
Website:  http://www.mediabistro.com/courses/details.asp?id=6659&
For information contact:  events@mediabistro.com
Phone:  (212) 547-7888
Categories:   Communications Industry & Technology

Please join us in celebrating Insomniac's Spring literary launch, featuring new books by Sam Cheuk, Stan Rogal and Mike Spry.

Time:  7 pm - 11 pm
Venue:  The Magpie Tavern
Location:  831 Dundas St W., Toronto, ON
For information contact:  Gillian Rodgerson: gillian@insomniacpress.com
Phone:  416-693-1451
Categories:   Arts & Culture

Niagara-on-the-Lake Horticultural Society present Organic magic with worms featuring guest speaker Cathy Nesbitt of Cathy's Crawly Composters. Learn all about worms and vermicomposting - a viable solution for your organic waste. Discover how to convert organic matter (food scraps and paper) into nature's finest fertilizer. Find out why worms are an essential part of our environment. During the presentation, vermicomposting is explained from set-up to harvest. Feed the soil not the plant.

Time:  6:30 pm
Venue:  Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre
Location:  29 Platoff Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
Website:  http://www.cathyscomposters.com/events.html
For information contact:  Cathy Nesbitt
Phone:  1-888-775-9495
Categories:   Environment; Education; Nature & Outdoors

We are expecting 500 top-ranking broadcasters, decision makers, media professionals, regulators, scholars, and stakeholders from Asia, Pacific, Europe, Africa, North America and the Arab World to attend the Asia Media Summit and to examine issues that impact the highly competitive and dynamic media environment.

Be part of this important intellectual gathering and the biggest media event taking place in Asia-Pacific, the Asia Media Summit 2011.

Time:  9:00 am on May 24, 2011
Venue:  Melia Hotel
Location:  Hanoi, Vietnam
Website:  http://www.aibd.org.my/node/1287
Categories:   Media, Entertainment, News, Communications

The Bright Futures in Canada Conference is the national conference dedicated to the electricity and renewable energy industry workforce. Within the next five years, this sector will experience labour shortages due to the pending retirement of skilled workers and a massive regeneration of the electricity infrastructure. According to the projections of the ESC 2008 Powering Up the Future Study, electricity organizations will experience an annual shortfall of between 3,000 and 4,500 workers by 2012. In an effort to meet the needs for a skilled, safe and sustainable workforce, the ESC's 2011 Bright Futures in Canada Conference will provide industry stakeholders with innovative and practical solutions to the human resources challenges they face. The two-day, interactive event will feature notable speakers who will share the latest and most advanced initiatives designed to mitigate the current and future labour shortage. Conference attendees will hear about ESC research and program initiatives and gain ground on key human resource strategies to develop a skilled, safe and sustainable workforce now and in the future.

The successful 2009 conference was a great networking and learning opportunity for industry and other stakeholders who were in attendance, and the Council promises to deliver an even bigger and better conference next year!

Venue:  InterContinental Toronto Centre Hotel
Location:  225 Front Street West Toronto ON M5V 2X3, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID=1209&ContentID=2956&SiteNodeID=218&BL_ExpandID=
Categories:   Environment

The International Women's Media Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2011-12 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship, named for the 1998 IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner and The Boston Globe correspondent who was killed in Iraq in May 2003. The fellowship will run from September 2011 to March 2012. The application deadline is May 27, 2011. This program, created with Neuffer's family and friends, aims to perpetuate her memory and advance her life mission of promoting international understanding of human rights and social justice while creating an opportunity for women journalists to build their skills.

One woman journalist will be selected to spend an academic year in a tailored program with access to Boston-area universities as well as The Boston Globe and The New York Times. The flexible structure of the program will provide the fellow with opportunities to pursue academic research and hone her reporting skills covering topics related to human rights.

The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship is open to women journalists whose focus is human rights and social justice. Applicants must be dedicated to a career in journalism in print, broadcast or online media and show a strong commitment to sharing knowledge and skills with colleagues upon the completion of the fellowship. Excellent written and spoken English skills are required. A stipend will be provided, and expenses, including airfare and housing, will be covered.

Time:  DEADLINE MAY 27, 2011
Location:  Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship International Women's Media Foundation 1625 K Street, NW, Suite 1275 Washington, D.C. 20006 USA, worldwide
Website:  http://www.iwmf.org/pioneering-change/elizabeth-neuffer-fellowship.aspx
Categories:   Women; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

Early submissions are encouraged. Building on the successes of the first two years, PLURAL+ again invites the world’s youth to submit dynamic and forward-thinking videos focusing on the issues of migration, diversity and social inclusion.

PLURAL+ not only provides young people with an effective platform to express themselves globally, but also supports the role of youth as powerful and creative agents of social change. We also encourage schools, NGOs, and the business community to support the creative vision of youth in their media making efforts.

Young people between the ages of 9 and 25 are invited to submit short videos of one to five minutes in length. The videos should express participants' experiences and thoughts on migration, diversity, social inclusion and identity; highlighting realities as well as ideas for peaceful relations among diverse cultures and religions.

PLURAL+ supports youth engagement in these important issues, both at local and global levels, by facilitating video distribution through a variety of media platforms and networks (broadcast, festivals, conferences, events, Internet, and DVD).

A prestigious international jury will select three winners in the three age categories (9-12, 13-17, 18-25). Each winner will be invited to New York, all travel expenses paid, to present their work at PLURAL + 2011 Awards Ceremony at the Paley Center for Media on 10 November 2011. PLURAL+ partner organizations will also award other exciting prizes and professionl opportunities, including co-productions and a chance to gain international exposure by presenting the award winners’ work at film and video festivals, conferences and events around the world.

Time:  DEADLINE JUNE 1, 2011
Location:  USA & Worldwide
Website:  http://www.unaoc.org/pluralplus/
Phone:  plural@unaoc.org
Categories:   International; Arts & Culture; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

International women writers whose work focuses on peace can apply for an eight-week residency in San Diego, California. The program covers all travel, accommodation and living costs during the program. Peace Writers will stay on campus at the University of San Diego.

The Women Peace Writers Program, sponsored by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice, pairs writers with activists, called PeaceMakers to document their story of living in conflict and building peace in their communities.
Candidates must have a graduate degree or be enrolled in a graduate program. Candidates must also have excellent skills in written English.

Time:  DEADLINE JUNE 15, 2011
Venue:  San Diego/California
Location:  USA & Worldwide
Website:  http://www.sandiego.edu/peacestudies/ipj/programs/women_peace_makers/peace_writers/index.php
Categories:   Women; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Arts & Culture

Translation by Edward Fitzgerald
performed by David Calderisi
music on kamanche by Kousha Nakhaei

Canadian actor David Calderisi stages a program called 'Omar Khayyam. Edward FitzGerald's Masterpiece'. The program consists of "an entertaining presentation of the story of how the poem came to be written and what it went on to become", followed by Calderisi's rendition of the poem itself.

Biographies
Omar Khayyam (1048 –1131) Persian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. Not known as a poet in his lifetime. Some years after he died a few verses said to have been composed by him came to light. Over time the number of verses attributed to Khayyam grew to number more than a thousand.

Edward Fitzgerald (1809 – 83) British, wealthy, eccentric. From two manuscripts containing more than 700 verses attributed to Khayyam, he published an English rendering of 75 verses in 1859. At first utterly unnoticed, his work went on to become the most widely published poem in the English language.

Time:  7:30pm-9:30pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

The Ontario Power Authority is expected to begin its review of the Feed-in Tariff programs this summer. To mark this occasion, the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association has gathered a panel of experts on Ontario's Green Energy Act and Feed-in Tariff programs as well as project developers and proponents for a discussion on how the FIT programs should evolve. Join us on Thursday, May 26th, for an engaging conversation on what may be expected from the review, initial recommendations from leading experts and an opportunity to make your own suggestions.
Cost: $40 for non-members

Free to OSEA Champion, Enabler and Supporter members. OSEA friends pay $34.

Time:  10:00 - 11:30 am
Venue:  Online Webinar. Log-in instructions provided upon registration.
Website:  http://www.ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID=1209&ContentID=3026&SiteNodeID=218&BL_ExpandID=&B
Categories:   Environment

VIRTUAL CONFERENCE ONLY (Not attending Boston) $50.00 23 May 2011 10 Jun 2011
Matters of Communication Themebook (Singapore) $45.00
PC1 Seamlessly Mobile? Mobile Communication @ a Crossroads $85.00 25 May 2011 13:00 26 May 2011 17:00
PC2 Media, Child Health, and Wellbeing: Setting the Research Agenda $100.00 26 May 2011 09:00 26 May 2011 16:30
PC3 Political Communication Graduate Student Workshop $15.00 26 May 2011 09:00 26 May 2011 17:00
PC4 Strategic Communication - A Concept @ the Center of Applied Communications? $100.00 26 May 2011 09:00 26 May 2011 17:00
PC5 Placing the Aesthetic in Popular Culture: Quality, Value, & Beauty in…. $50.00 26 May 2011 09:00 26 May 2011 17:00
PC6 Post-Rorty Pragmatism: The New Wave of Pragmatism in Communication Research $100.00 26 May 2011 08:00 26 May 2011 17:00
PC7 2nd Biannual Methodology Workshop: Analysis of Longitudinal Dyadic Data $100.00 26 May 2010 09:00 26 May 2011 16:00
PC8 Doctoral Consortium: Developing a Meaningful Career in Organizational Communication Studies $40.00 26 May 2011 09:00 26 May 2011 17:00
PC9 Mediating War and Technology $100.00 26 May 2011 08:30 26 May 2011 17:30
PC10 Doctoral Consortium of the Communication and Technology Division $50.00 26 May 2011 09:00 26 May 2011 17:00
PC11 What Kind of Communication is @ the Center? The Impact of Public Relations vs Marketing $50.00 26 May 2011 12:00 26 May 2011 17:00
PC12 Publishing Workshop and Forum $50.00 26 May 2011 09:00e

Venue:  Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, and Online Conference
Location:  Massachusetts, Boston
Website:  http://www.icahdq.org/conferences/2011/index.asp
Categories:   Communications Industry & Technology

"Ka Bel, A Documentary" is a film featuring the life and struggles of Crispin B. Beltran. Ka Bel, as he is commonly called, was the labour leader of Kilusang Mayo Uno (May First Movement) and the Representative of Anakpawis (Toiling Masses) Partylist in the Philippine Congress.

The film is presented in commemoration of the third anniversary of his passing in May 20, 2008. The aim is to inspire fellow Filipinos and other working people to engage in collective action in order to assert the rights of workers. Also to encourage fellow Filipinos to become engaged in organizing work and campaigns that will help further the Filipino people’s goals of attaining national freedom and genuine democracy in their homeland.

Ka Bel’s life and work is examplary of the struggle for worker rights. He came from a humble background like many Filipino migrant workers in Canada, and Ka Bel was one of the Philippine congress representatives who passed a resolution for the Philippine government to investigate the situation of Filipino live-in caregivers in Canada.

Time:  3-6pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

Inspired by the idea that small changes add up to make a world of difference, Our Greener Side Celebration was created to enable change-ready individuals to learn about local and convenient choices that support an eco-friendly lifestyle.
This one-day community event features family-friendly activities and engaging demonstrations designed to help residents from York Region and other GTA communities live sustainably, from reducing waste and minimizing water usage to eating locally and travelling "green". It also showcases many environmental and sustainability programs and services offered by a variety of local government and non-government agencies.
Recognizing that many Canadians are concerned about the environment and are looking for ways to reduce their environmental footprint, Our Greener Side Celebration aims to help visitors discover how easy it is to be green by equipping them with the knowledge and tools they need to become environmentally informed citizens.

Time:  10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Venue:  Kortright Centre for Conservation
Location:  9550 Pine Valley Drive, Woodbridge L4L 1A6, Kortright / GTA, ON
Website:  http://www.ourgreenerside.ca
Phone:  416-661-6600 ext. 5933.
Categories:   Environment; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

Looking for a FUN way to spend time with your FAMILY and learn how easy it is to be ECO-FRIENDLY? Join us at the 3rd annual Our Greener Side Celebration!

Admission is free.

Time:  10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Venue:  Kortright Centre for Conservation
Location:  9550 Pine Valley Dr, Vaughan, ON L4L 2V5, Canada, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID=1209&ContentID=3012&SiteNodeID=218&BL_ExpandID=
Categories:   Environment

A free event featuring

Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, Council of Canadians

Paul Moist, National President, Canadian Union of Public Employees

Terry Boehm, President, National Farmers Union

Invite your friends to the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122122717867389

Canada and the European Union are negotiating a new Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) which they hope to sign by the end of this year. But it would be more accurate to call it a privatization and deregulation pact. Under CETA, large multinational corporations could take over delivery of vital public services - like water and waste disposal - whether local governments like it or not. Local governments who choose to "buy local" or to exclude for-profit European corporations from bidding on public service contracts could have their right to do so overruled by an unaccountable trade tribunal for violating CETA. CETA is also a major threat to farmers and food security, putting at risk the right to save and re-use seeds and challenging farm support programs for Canadian farmers.

Come learn more about the threat CETA poses to Canadian communities and how you can get involved in stopping it.

Time:  7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Venue:  Frances Morrison Library
Location:  311-23rd Street East, Saskatoon, SK
Website:  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122122717867389
Categories:   Environment; Farming; Fishing & Hunting

Featuring Sean Dixon ( The Many Revenges of Kip Flynn ), Helen Guri ( Match ), Jonathan Bennett, Tony Burgess, Gerry Fostaty and Gillian Sze.

free

Book sales by Words Worth Books

Time:  7 pm - 9 pm
Venue:  Starlight Lounge
Location:  47 King Street North, Waterloo, ON
Categories:   Arts & Culture

The World Partnership Walk aims to raise public awareness of international development activities and collects funds to fight world poverty.

For information contact:  info@worldpartnershipwalk.com
Phone:  613-237-2532/1-800-267-2532
Categories:   Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

As the world population increases, is the production of biofuels a wise undertaking? Since some biofuels are derived from agricultural products such as corn and wheat, should we be using these resources to produce fuel rather than food? What are the benefits of biofuels and can we produce enough of them to counter the possible environmental and social impacts of their production? Join us for the discussion.

Time:  6:00 p.m.
Venue:  Fox and Feather Pub
Location:  283 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://sciencetech.technomuses.ca
For information contact:  CTS
Phone:  613-991-3053
Categories:   Museums

Report from Palestine and from Algeria


Theresa Wolfwood made her second solidarity journey to Palestine in 2010. She was part of the Canadian delegation to the Bil'in conference on communities in non-violent resistance in April, 2010.

She visited with Palestinians in their homes, schools, farms and projects. She participated in non-violent resistance to the Apartheid Wall, the destruction of homes and lands and was tear-gassed ad threatened by Israeli soldiers. She has also been to Lebanon and Jordan to meet with Palestinian communities and groups in those countries. In December 2010, she was an invited participant to the Algiers conference on Palestinian political prisoners.

In her powerpoint presentation Theresa shows how the Palestinians struggle daily under occupation and how they work together in resistance. With the words of Palestinians, her own observations and telling photographs, Theresa presents the lives of people who are steadfast - sumoud - in their determination to achieve security, peace, and self-determination while preserving their precious heritage and culture.

Theresa reports on international actions and strategies to support Palestine including the growing global boycotts, sanctions and divestment (BDS) movement.

Time:  7pm - 9pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street (by Bathurst subway), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

Durham Sustain Ability (DSA) is pleased to announce an exclusive EcoBusiness engagement at the Toronto Zoo Tuesday, May 31, 2011.
DSA has partnered with Toronto Zoo's ECOexecutives program to present a full-day innovative training and development workshop. The day features sessions from the sustainability experts at DSA, the carbon economy with e3 Solutions and green marketing strategies. You'll experience hands-on learning with the Toronto Zoo's conservation and animal experts with a VIP behind the scenes tour.
Enjoy exclusive animal encounters with Polar Bears, Lowland Gorillas and Indian Rhinos and explore innovative green energy technology features at the Zoo. This unique opportunity offers a fresh perspective for your team and business and will help direct and support your corporate environmental strategy.
This exclusive workshop will inspire, motivate and refresh your organization's approach to sustainability and conservation. Learn exciting trends, critical knowledge and develop strategic partnerships to prepare your business for a market where profits, people and the environment are interlinked.

Registration
EcoBusiness members can attend at the discounted price of $300.00 per person plus HST ($650 value), future members can attend for $350.00 per person plus HST. Register early to avoid disappointment, space is limited. Registration is mandatory and payment must be received before May 31, 2011.

To register, please contact:

Rachael Wraith, Manager, Communications

Venue:  The Toronto Zoo
Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.sustain-ability.ca/article.php?id=B10-1JG
For information contact:  Rachael Wraith rachael@sustain-ability.ca
Phone:  905.427.0061
Categories:   Education; Environment

Greening initiatives are an integral part of modeling and achieving environmental sustainability to reduce our country’s ecological footprint. Delegates at this conference will come away with innovative strategies, proven solutions, best practises and a firm understanding of the latest information and research within greening initiatives. Take part in organized and informal discussions of how these procedures and policies can be implemented efficiently and how these practices can be disseminated into the public and private sector.

This conference offers a unique and valuable opportunity to network and exchange information with various government officials, environmentally conscious organizations and suppliers from across Canada.
Key Topics to be Addressed:

* Federal Sustainable Development Strategy: Shrinking the Environmental Foot Print
* Taking the Necessary Steps to Incorporate Environmental Practices into Green Procurement
* Green Innovation and Technology
* Action Plan and (Strategies) for Sustainability
* Sustainable Building Design and Infrastructure (LEED and BOMA programs)
* Assessment Tool for Embedding Sustainability
* Staff Engagement and Employee Behaviour - Best Practices for Implementing a Green Team: Motivation Techniques and Strategies
* Green Fleet and Transportation Programs

Venue:  Toronto Board of Trade
Location:  77 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, ON M5X 1C1, Canada, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID=1209&ContentID=3063&SiteNodeID=218&BL_ExpandID=
Categories:   Environment

Greening initiatives are an integral part of modeling and achieving environmental sustainability to reduce our country's ecological footprint. Delegates at this conference will come away with innovative strategies, proven solutions, best practices and a firm understanding of the latest information and research within greening initiatives. Take part in organized and informal discussions of how these procedures and policies can be implemented efficiently and how these practices can be disseminated into the public and private sector.
This conference offers a unique and valuable opportunity to network and exchange information with various government officials, environmentally conscious organizations and suppliers from across Canada. Join your colleagues at this two day event and gain expertise while networking with delegates, speakers and suppliers. Visit our website at www.greeninggovernment.ca to view video clips and testimonials from the past conference.

Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.greeninggovernment.ca
For information contact:  Gorica Cajko, gorica.cajko (at) govpages.ca
Phone:  416-241-4000 ext.228
Categories:   Environment; Economic Development; Government & Public Sector

This year’s conference programming will move attendees beyond a theoretical and technical understanding of accessibility by providing a practical framework for action.

In addition to information and communication accessibility, the conference is seeking presentations from individuals who have successfully moved accessibility forward within their institutions through such strategies as community building, networking or "making the case" for inclusion.

Share your first-hand experience with disability issues as well as academic or evidence-based research in the field of disability.

Time:  12 am - 12 am
Venue:  Office of Open Learning
Location:  160 Johnston Hall University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
Website:  http://www.open.uoguelph.ca/
For information contact:  info@open.uoguelph.ca
Phone:  519 767-5000 or 519 824-4120 E
Categories:   Disability Issues; Social Services

With or without federal funding, Community Radio stations that are providing their communities with a valuable public service and are using best practices will survive. And thrive. We need creativity, determination, openness to change and new ideas, a commitment to our core values and a focus on the basic building blocks of strong public service media:
* Program Development and Audience Building
* Fundraising Development and Financial Stability
* Professional Development and Governance
* Community Engagement
* Compliance
Intensives, speakers, panels and workshops will focus on these five pillars. Presenters will include innovators from inside and outside of Community Radio and the public broadcasting industry; leaders and managers from stations like yours who have had success in solving big problems and will share their strategic wisdom; people with stories to tell that will inspire you to keep going, to do more and to do it better.

Venue:  Parc 55
Location:  55 Cyril Magnin St. San Francisco, CA 94102, San Francisco
Website:  http://www.nfcb.org/conference/communityradioconference_2011.jsp
Categories:   Communications Industry & Technology; Media, Entertainment, News, Communications

Welcome to National Young Writers' Month. June 2011 is your month to set a writing goal, and with our support and encouragement, reach it! Your goal can be as complex or simple as you want. Sign up for the challenge and get writing.

It is a month where you can set yourself a writing goal, and with the support of the National Young Writers' Month community, reach that goal. Here you will find forums, blogs, events, writing exercises, interviews and articles all designed to give you the tools to reach your own ambitions.

National Young Writers' Month doesn't just exist on your screen. From May 2011, our ambassadors will be traveling all over the country with workshops and events. Check below to see when we will be in your neighbourhood. You can also check our National Young Writers' Month blog for the latest news and events.

Time:  Ongoing throughout the month
Venue:  Online but based in Melbourne, and New Castle
Location:  Australia
Website:  http://www.expressmedia.org.au/nywm/, http://www.expressmedia.org.au/nywm/?page_id=13
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Media, Entertainment, News, Communications

Clean Air Day aims to increase public awareness of two key environmental priorities: clean air and climate change, as well as to encourage the public to take action in these sectors.

Categories:   Education

SmartMeme was founded in 2002 to help grassroots organizations harness the power of narrative to effectively frame issues, build stronger alliances and create more compelling messages. Our story-based strategy model links traditional organizing techniques with new strategy, training, and communications methods like framing and branding-to give social change advocates the tools to hone their story, challenge prevailing cultural narratives, and ultimately build stronger movements that can bring social change. Now more than ever, as the overlapping economic, social and ecological crises are becoming more visible while corporate propagandists and right wing ideologues push their narratives justifying further racism, fear and inequity our movements need tools and strategies to win the Battle of the Story.
COST is $1500
Tuition cost includes all meals plus handouts and materials. A limited number of partial scholarships may be available. Please see the application.
Accommodation: Stay onsite at CTWO for an additional $33/night, or participants are welcome to arrange their own off-site accommodations.

Venue:  Center For Third World Organizing (CTWO)
Location:  1218 E. 21st Street, Oakland, Carolina
Website:  http://centerformediajustice.org/2010/12/31/smartmeme-advanced-story-based-strategy-training
For information contact:  http://smartmeme.org/article.php?id=380
Categories:   Media, Entertainment, News, Communications; Arts & Culture

Collective Impact! The Environment & Our Diverse Society; is a signature event of the Environment & Diversity Project, a collaborative led by the Sustainability Network.

Time:  8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Venue:  Evergreen Brick Works
Location:  550 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON M4W 3X8, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID=1209&ContentID=3066&SiteNodeID=218&BL_ExpandID=&B
Phone:  (416) 596-1495
Categories:   Environment

In Vienna, Austria, at the 12th Annual European Conference on Traumatic Stress, a panel discussion on the conflicts and opportunities that may arise when journalists and mental health professionals need to speak to each other.
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Mental health professionals and the media: collaboration or conflict?

Panelists: Miranda Olff, Frank Nipkau, Thomas Weber
Chair: Bruce Shapiro, Dart Center Executive Director

Time:  Begins at 1:00 pm on June 4th 2011
Location:  Vienna, Austria
Website:  http://ecots2011.univie.ac.at/debates/
Categories:   Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Communications Industry & Technology; Media, Entertainment, News, Communications

Founded in 2009, the non-profit Waterloo Global Science Initiative (WGSI) is a partnership between Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and the University of Waterloo.
From June 4 to 9, Waterloo Global Science Initiative launches an ambitious undertaking - a global conversation about how cutting edge science can help us build a more sustainable future. The inaugural Equinox Summit: Energy 2030 takes place in Waterloo, Ontario at the Perimeter Institute which is known for its high level scientific collaborations and outreach activities.
The Equinox Summit will bring together leading top scientists in low-carbon technologies from around the world with a panel of industry and policy experts and the next generation of world leaders. Together they will pool their expertise and create a realistic roadmap from the energy challenges of today to a sustainable future by 2030. These visionary researchers and decision makers will collaborate both in closed-door sessions and in free public presentations about the next generation of low-carbon energy solutions. Ticket information can be found at www.wgsi.org .
Post-summit updates and a 2013 Equinox conference will benchmark our progress and follow-up on the 2011 recommendations.

Location:  Waterloo, ON
Website:  http://www.wgsi.org
For information contact:  Mike Leffering, info (at) wgsi.org
Phone:  519-569-7600 ext. 5382
Categories:   Science & Technology; Environment

This international conference brings together leaders from all sectors of the economy – finance, energy, water, waste, transportation, consumer goods, mining, forestry, government, innovation centres, academia and more – to address the challenges and embrace the opportunities for creating sustainable economic growth.
Registrants can choose one of two options. The General Admission option which is to attend the full day conference on June 6th with plenary sessions, panelists, exhibitors booths, and break-out sessions. The VIP option includes the General Admission as well as a reception on June 5th with key international green and cleantech marketmakers and roundtables, to allow attendees even greater one-on-one opportunities with key leaders in business, industry, environment, sustainability and academia.

OSEA members receive discounts. Contact Sonya De Vellis at 416.977.4441 x 5200 or sonya(at)ontario-sea.org for more information.

Venue:  Allstream Centre
Location:  105 Princes' Blvd Toronto, Ontario M6K3C3 Canada, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID=1209&ContentID=3016&SiteNodeID=218&BL_ExpandID=
Categories:   Environment; International

Personal Democracy Forum is the world’s leading conference exploring and analyzing technology's impact on politics and government.

This June 6-7, there's going to be only one place to be if you're interested in how technology is changing politics, governance and society-- the eighth annual Personal Democracy Forum conference in New York City. We're pleased to announce that we'll be gathering at New York University this time, at the beautiful Skirball and Kimmel Centers.

Venue:  Skirball Center, New York University
Location:  New York, NY
Website:  http://www.freepress.net/event/88302/personal-democracy-forum
Categories:   Government & Public Sector; Politics & Political Organizations

Running June 6-10th and hosted by CKDU-FM in Halifax it brings together c/c radio producers and enthusiasts from across the country. In addition to the Community Radio Awards and the Women in Radio conference, this year it also features keynotes from CBC and This American Life contributor Jonathan Goldstein, Rich Terfry (aka Buck 65) and Haitian community radio activist Marie Guyrleine Justin.

There are also sessions on community news, social media, Aboriginal programming and a million other topics. Full information at http://ncrc.ckdu.ca/

The picture is some of the dedicated members of the organizing committee, waving to let you know they're ready.

Time:  Reception at 6/ Talk Starting at 7-9
Venue:  Potter Auditorium
Location:  Dalhousie 6100 University Avenue, Halifax
Website:  http://ncra.ca/news
Phone:  email ncrc@ckdu.ca or call CKD
Categories:   Media, Entertainment, News, Communications; Publishers & Publishing

National Water Safety Week aims to raise public awareness of the importance of water safety.

For information contact:  feedback@redcross.ca
Phone:  613-740-1900/1-877-356-3236
Categories:   Education

The 2011 EECOM conference will focus on exploring the issues of learning and being active in society AND our environment. The word "Socioecological" attempts to foreground the intertwined nature of environmental education with cultural and social justice issues. We need to continue to consider our environment and our place in it as integrated. Societies determine the use (and abuse) of our environment and, as such, it is imperative to (re)consider the environment in our socially and culturally designed practices. Colonisation is a term appropriately applied to cultural activity, however it can also be aptly applied to the forces of power/oppression/resistance/habitat destruction that interfere within our natural environment. Themes within the conference will include: • socioecological pedagogies Teaching/learning strategies with a focus on environmental, cultural, and/or social justice. • place-based learning Teaching/learning strategies with a focus on place and/or outdoor education. • food/agriculture/sustainable living practices • activism and youth/community engagement • leadership development • diversity/species at risk

The call for presentations, workshops, and participation will be made in September 2010. Registration will open March 2011.

Venue:  University of Regina
Location:  SK
Website:  http://www.eecom.org/
Categories:   Environment

Ross Perlin, an ex intern himself and the author of Intern Nation will be at the Frontline Club to take part in a panel discussion about internships and his investigation into a trend which, he argues, is destroying "what's left of the ordered world of training, hard work and fair compensation".

Time:  Starts at 19:00
Venue:  Frontline Club
Location:  13 Norfolk Place London, W2 1QJ, London, UK
Website:  http://www.journalism.co.uk/events-calendar/s29/
Phone:  Telephone: 020 7479 8940 Email
Categories:   Communications Industry & Technology; Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

Come to a free Reynolds Center workshop on June 8, the afternoon before the Investigative Reporters and Editors’ Conference June 9-12 in Orlando, Fla., and discover the many public documents that are available on private companies and nonprofits. Even if private companies don’t have to disclose their financials, they do have to file other documents with federal, state and local governments. From incorporation papers to UCC records to court and regulatory filings and the revised IRS Form 990, public data exists on many private companies and nonprofits — if you know where to look.

Time:  1:00 - 5:00 pm
Venue:  Renaissance Orlando Resort at SeaWorld
Location:  6677 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Fla., Orlando, Florida
Website:  http://businessjournalism.org/2011/01/07/investigating-private-companies-and-nonprofits-orla
Categories:   Investment, Finance, Insurance; Skills & Training

First celebrated in 1992, World Oceans Day aims to raise public awareness of the beauty of oceans and of the need to protect our seas and coasts from pollution.

(Other non-governmental organizations that collaborate in Oceans Day events include Scouts Canada, the Canadian Association of Principals and the Coastal Zone Canada Association.)

(The Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Environment Canada, Parks Canada and the Canadian Museum of Nature also sponsor this event.)

For information contact:  info@cwf-fcf.org
Phone:  613-599-9594/1-800-563-9453
Categories:   Environment; Education

The 2011 EECOM conference will focus on exploring the issues of learning and being active in society AND our environment. The word "Socioecological" attempts to foreground the intertwined nature of environmental education with cultural and social justice issues. We need to continue to consider our environment and our place in it as integrated. Societies determine the use (and abuse) of our environment and, as such, it is imperative to (re)consider the environment in our socially and culturally designed practices. Colonisation is a term appropriately applied to cultural activity, however it can also be aptly applied to the forces of power/oppression/resistance/habitat destruction that interfere within our natural environment. Themes within the conference will include: socioecological pedagogies Teaching/learning strategies with a focus on environmental, cultural, and/or social justice. place-based learning Teaching/learning strategies with a focus on place and/or outdoor education. food/agriculture/sustainable living practices activism and youth/community engagement leadership development diversity/species at risk.
Please see the SOEEA website for more information www.soeea.sk.ca

Location:  Regina, SK
Website:  http://www.eecom.org
Categories:   Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives; Environment; Education

The Justice for Mohamed Harkat Committee will be holding a special documentary evening/fundraiser with Amar Wala, director and his film crew from Toronto. They are producing this terrific documentary on
Secret Trial Five in Canada. They will be presenting a short film and other goodies ! I promise, you will not be disappointed by the quality of this project !

Admission is free.

Also, if you attend a debate during the elections...don't forget to ask about secret trials in Canada. You can ask the following question and report their answers back to us.

What is your position on security certificates which allow secret trials in Canada and indefinite detention without charges or access to evidence ?

Lastly, encourage others (individuals, groups, organizations, unions and others) to endorse our statement at www.harkatstatement.com

Time:  7 pm - 9 pm
Venue:  PSAC building
Location:  233 Gilmour Street J.C. Wylllie Boardroom, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.harkatstatement.com/
Categories:   Social Policy; Politics & Political Organizations

A pre-conference held in conjunction with the 52nd Adult Education Research
Conference (AERC) and the 30th Canadian Association for the Study of Adult
Education (CASAE) Conference

Keynote speakers: Dr. Roxana Ng, OISE/University of Toronto and Dr. Mary V.
Alfred, Texas A&M University

When migrants arrive in a new society, they bring with them their values,
language and culture, contributing significantly to the diversity of their
host countries. Without a doubt, the resulting demographic, social, and
cultural changes create new opportunities for development as well as new
challenges for adult education. However, we are left to grapple with many
important questions, such as: What is the impact of transnational migration
on adult education? What are the challenges and opportunities for adult
education? How can adult education best facilitate migrants' adaptation in a
new society?

Call for Proposals: If you are conducting research or have completed studies
in this area, we invite you to submit proposals to: Dr. Shibao Guo,
University of Calgary, guos@ucalgary.ca. Deadline: February 15, 2011

For more information:
http://silenceandvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/AERC-CASAE-Call-20...

Time:  9 am - 4 pm
Venue:  Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Location:  University of Toronto 252 Bloor St. W., Toronto, ON
Website:  http://silenceandvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/AERC-CASAE-Call-2011.pdf
For information contact:  Dr. Shibao Guo, University of Calgary, guos@ucalgary.ca
Categories:   Education; Information, Libraries, Research

New ways of storytelling, in English.
Join us on the 10th Anniversary of the International Newsroom Summit in Zurich and keep abreast of the latest developments.

Key Topics

- Innovative newsroom transformation projects
- Tablet publishing strategies
- Database journalism and geo-localised content
- Audience engagement and measurement
- The impact of visual journalism in a multimedia environment
-Paid-content models
-Harnessing social media

Location:  Zurich, Switzerland
Website:  http://www.ifra.com/website/ifraevent.nsf/wuis/F5F91E5B20703298C12577AC0038AB10?OpenDocument
Categories:   Publishers & Publishing; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Skills & Training

New York, NY The magazines may be little, but the weekend is big, big, big! It's time once again for CLMP's annual Lit Mag Marathon Weekend, a massive showcase of America's diverse literary magazines and journals.

EDITORS UNLEASHED!
The Magathon
New York Public Library's Periodicals Room, 5th Ave. at 42nd St.
Saturday, June 9th from 4-6:30 PM

The Magathon kicks off the weekend with a celebratory "marathon" reading. Editors representing journals of different sizes and styles will present favorite selections from their latest issues. Readers include editors from A Public Space, Alimentum, Antioch Review, Habitus: A Diaspora Journal, Lungfull! Magazine, Mid-American Review, New York Quarterly, Opium Magazine, One Story, The Reading Room, Redivider, Short Story, SLAB, Stone Canoe,Tantalum, Tuesday; An Art Project, Waterways, and zingmagazine.


BARGAINS! BARGAINS! BARGAINS!
8th Annual Lit Mag Fair at Housing Works
Housing Works Used Book Café, 126 Crosby Street in Soho
Sunday, June 10th from 12-5PM

Lit fiends can take home armfuls of lit mags discounted more than 50% at only $2 a copy! Choose from hundreds of magazines from all over the country and hobnob with many of the editors who'll be there in person to meet and greet. Proceeds go to Housing Works, a nonprofit organization serving homeless people living with AIDS, and to The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, a nonprofit organization serving independent literary publishers.

Venue:  See Description
Location:  New York, NY
Website:  http://www.clmp.org/news/060107.html, https://www.clmp.org/fairforms/nyc_2011.html
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

Sustainability Applied 2011 will be a practical, interactive event focused on inspiring and driving action on sustainability and breaking down barriers to change. It will highlight experiences, approaches and expertise of leaders and practitioners on the practical application of sustainability solutions in the private and public sectors.

Experts across these sectors will be collaborating to frame sustainability issues and discuss opportunities to apply and implement solutions to enhance competitiveness, minimize business risks and reduce our environmental footprint.

The program is being developed with guidance from an external Advisory Committee and thoughtfully designed to maximize opportunities for discussion, networking, information exchange, creating new business relationships and motivating action amongst participants.

Time:  June 9, 6 pm - June 10, 5 pm
Venue:  St. Clair College Centre for the Arts
Location:  201 Riverside Drive West, Windsor, ON
Website:  http://www.cvent.com/events/sustainability-applied-2011/event-summary-c6c5f81b6a634c6abe354d
For information contact:  Joanna Hickling
Phone:  jhickling@oceta.on.ca
Categories:   Environment

The INMA French Seminar is a hands-on, intimate seminar designed to explore the practicalities of what's happening at newspapers in France and the French-speaking regions of Switzerland and Belgium. The theme of this year's 13th annual seminar be will be 'Stay Ahead Of Your Audiences' and feature workshops on classifieds, online, single-copy sales, distribution, customer relationships, and retaining subscribers and advertisers.

Le Site

Venue:  L'école Supérieure de Journalisme de Montpellier est situé au Avenue Albert Einstein, 34000 Montpel
Location:  Montpellier, France
Website:  http://www.inma.org/modules/event/2011Montpellier/index.cfm?action=home
For information contact:  Inge Van Gaal - Coordinator INMA european division Antwerp, Belgium
Phone:  32 47 760 53 67.
Categories:   Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Media, Entertainment, News, Communications

You won't want to miss IRE's annual conference in Orlando.

You'll learn how journalists uncovered the biggest stories of the year and return with the skills, tips and knowledge to do those stories yourself.

Hear from the reporters who broke Pulitzer and IRE Award winning stories on outrageous salaries for public officials in Bell County, Calif.; the secrets of the insurance industry; fatal medical errors from common procedures; caregivers who place society's most vulnerable citizens in grave danger; questionable Wall Street practices that led to the economic meltdown; the real story behind the Gulf oil spill; tracking the weapons responsible for many of the nation's homicides; brazen charity schemes that raise millions of dollars; and much, much more.

Showcase panels will include a look at the changing landscape of leaked documents in the wake of Wikileaks, with a panel including New York Times executive editor Bill Keller; and a session on when does the risk outweigh the need to get the story, with a panel including David Rohde, who was held captive for seven months by the Taliban. The keynote address will be given by Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News and executive producer of "60 Minutes."

We'll offer a series of "On the Beat" panels to help you cover specific topics, and we're offering a full-day series of panels for those involved with nonprofit investigative centers.

Venue:  Renaissance Orlanda Resort at Seaworld
Location:  Orlanda, Florida
Website:  http://www.ire.org/training/conference/IRE11/
For information contact:  Stephanie Sinn
Phone:  573-882-8969
Categories:   Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Publishers & Publishing

Randa Jarrar is the author of the critically acclaimed novel "A Map of Home" which was published in half a dozen languages and won a Hopwood Award, an Arab-American Book Award, and was named one of the best novels of 2008 by the Barnes and Noble Review.

Book signing to follow. Books available for purchase at the event provided by the Toronto Women’s Bookstore.

www.randajarrar.com www.aqsazine.com

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Need to know:
- Doors open at 6:45
- By Donation
- Accessible on demand via portable ramp; washrooms not accessible

Tasty refreshments (non-alcoholic) and Zatoun oliveoil+za'atar dipping.

Time:  7-10pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

Screening of The Silences of The Palace
(Arabic: صمت القصور, Samt El-Qusur‎), the first feature film (1994) directed by a woman in the Arab world.

Screens PROMPTLY at 7:00 pm - please be on time.
A young woman, Alia, returns to her home in the palace where her mother lived and worked as a maid, dancer, and mistress, in order to uncover the secrets of her childhood life. THE SILENCES OF THE PALACE by director Moufida Al-Tlatli, set in 1950s Tunisia, is a sumptuous portrait of the beauty and the horror of women’s lives as they face patriarchal violence inside the palace walls against the backdrop of French colonial oppression. Silence is a strong theme that begins and ends the film, symbolising both oppression and resistance to it.

Discussion to follow.

Winner of several awards, including Camera d'Or, Cannes Film Festival (1994) and International Critics’ Award, Toronto International Film Festival (1994)

Written and Directed by Moufida Al-Tlatli. France and Tunisia, 1994. Arabic and French with English subtitles. 127 minutes.

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Need to know:
- Doors open at 6:30 pm
- Film PROMPTLY at 7:00 pm
- by Donation (Suggested $5)
- Accessible on demand via portable ramp; washrooms not accessible

Time:  6:30pm - 10:00pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

Working as a community to celebrate our earth and to offer a message of new possibilities and alternate lifestyles. We agree to teach and learn following these principles.

* Respect, care for, and work with community
* Improve every being's quality of life through our actions
* Conserve Earth's vitality and diversity
* Minimize the depletion of non-renewable resources
* Offer options for change of personal attitudes and practices

When sharing in the beauty of our Planet Earth, remember that everything we create has a past, a present, and a future. Measure its term, its value and its path responsibly.

"The message of a cleaner, healthier and longer lasting Earth is best carried through the diversity of music, art, and cultural expression. In this way, history must repeat itself."
- Doug Pettigrew, Producer.

In Partnership with City of Barrie and the people of all communities and organizations who share the responsibility of the future of our Northern Communities and the Earth. We invite further collaboration.

Venue:  Barrie's Waterfront
Location:  Barrie, ON
Website:  http://www.ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID=1209&ContentID=3011&SiteNodeID=218&BL_ExpandID=
Categories:   Environment

Ecofest Barrie celebrates the beauty of the Lake Simcoe Region.
We invite all artists, musicians, foodies, green thinkers, green sellers, crafters, and businesses to take part in a learn, share and fun experience. Taking place at Heritage Park on the shores of beautiful Lake Simcoe.
Join the movement.
Always looking for new artists, musicians and people who care.

Location:  Barrie, ON
Website:  http://www.ecofestbarrie.ca
For information contact:  doug pettigrew, producer (at) ecofestbarrie.ca
Categories:   Environment; Arts & Culture

Windfall Ecology Centre presents the 10th Annual Windfall Ecology Festival, York Regions largest Environmental and Energy Conservation Exposition! Learn, share & experience live music, local & organic foods, buskers, the Kid's Eco Zones, workshops and so much more. An outdoor event for the whole family in a beautiful park setting.

Time:  10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Venue:  Fairy lake Park
Location:  Newmarket, Ontario (600 Water Street, Newmarket ON), Newmarket, ON
Website:  http://www.windfallcentre.ca/index.php?st=2&s=Home&p=Homepage&
Categories:   Environment

Canadian Rivers Day is an annual celebration that promotes Canada's waterways.

c/o Canada Parks Canada Agency

(This event is currently under the administration of the Parks Canada Agency, but remains a non-governmental event.)

For information contact:  donald.gibson@pc.gc.ca
Phone:  819-994-2913
Categories:   Nature & Outdoors

Solar Drinks is an opportunity for solar stakeholders to meet and network with each other. Come join us for this monthly opportunity to meet and greet solar industry members, talk to OSEA and CanSIA staff, and discuss the industry over beverages and delicious finger foods.

How much: $20 for non-members; free for pre-registered OSEA/CanSIA members (At the door the price is $20 for everyone.)

Time:  5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Venue:  The OverDraught Irish Pub
Location:  156 Front St. W. in Toronto close to Union Station., Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID=1209&ContentID=3073&SiteNodeID=218&BL_ExpandID=
Categories:   Environment

Over the past 20 years, the GLOBE Series has become the nexus for global networking and leadership on the business of the environment. Taking place in Vancouver, Canada every two years since 1990, the famed GLOBE bienniel conference series has served as a major world platform to transform environmental challenges into lucrative business opportunities.
In June 2011, GLOBE will launch the first of a new series of biennial conference events with a specific focus on Latin America - GLOBE Costa Rica 2011.
Hundreds of government and business leaders, environmental managers, and sustainability practitioners will come together in San José, Costa Rica to explore corporate sustainability, business growth, clean energy and climate change solutions, responsible investment, and sustainable urban and rural development.
Meet senior business executives and government officials. Exchange ideas, build partnerships, and conduct business on a wide range of global environmental issues and development opportunities. GLOBE Costa Rica 2011 promises an unmatched setting to promote and expand your enterprise.
Please note: The working language of the GLOBE Costa Rica conference is English. Simultaneous translation will be provided in plenary sessions only.

Location:  San José, Costa Rica
Website:  http://www.globeseries.com
For information contact:  info (at) globeseries.com, registration (at) globeseries.com
Phone:  (604) 695-5001
Categories:   Environment; Economic Development

Please join us for the launch of What Does the Earth Sound Like? by Eva Everything on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at Nicholas Hoare Books in Toronto. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact Sarah Dunn at sarah@ecwpress.com.

Time:  1900 - 2130
Venue:  Nicholas Hoare Books
Location:  45 Front Street East, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.ecwpress.com/events
For information contact:  Sarah Dunn
Phone:  sarah@ecwpress.com.
Categories:   Publishers & Publishing; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

Municipal Green Infrastructure
Are you up to date on the current state of green infrastructure and how anticipated developments will impact your municipality or company?
Green Infrastructure is essential to both accommodate population growth and achieve a community vision for sustainability and liveability. Municipalities are at the forefront of the green infrastructure movement. To create greener communities, changes will need to be made to existing land use regulations, design guidelines, construction standards, and more.
This conference will provide you with expert advice on the current state of green infrastructure and anticipated impact of future developments.
Issues to be Addressed:
- The changing role and responsibility of the architectural profession
- Impact of new energy retrofit upgrade requirements in many municipalities
- Key issues in recommissioning/retrofitting and reuse of existing structures
- Impact of BC Building Code amendments
- The potential impact of recent US litigation on green infrastructure in Canada
- Current impact of green infrastructure on the construction industry
- Essential issues in land use planning and zoning
- Strengths, challenges and outcomes of municipalities making a carbon neutral commitment
- How to leverage green development

Venue:  Vancouver Convention Centre West Building
Location:  Vancouver, BC
Website:  http://www.pbli.com
For information contact:  Registrations, registrations (at) pbli.com
Phone:  1-877-730-2555
Categories:   Environment; Economic Development; Urban Issues, Transit, Housing, Public Space

NAHJ turns several rooms at the center into training labs with strong Wi-Fi for a hands-on learning experience. Back by popular demand, the two-room CyberLab@NAHJ will offer continuous online skills training in English and Spanish on everything from podcasting and live webcasting to blogging and how to stand out as a backpack journalist.
Planned workshops include:
* Mobile Apps for Journalists
* El periodismo investigativo en español
* The Audio Cut
* Ethics in Ethnic News Media
The full registration package includes access to sessions, plenaries, receptions, special events, workshops and the Career Expo. It also includes meals at the Newsmaker Luncheon and the Hall of Fame Gala.
Registration for NAHJ members is $395 before May 2. For more information, visit the conference website.

Venue:  Disney's Corondo Springs Resort
Location:  1000 W. Buena Vista Drive Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida
Website:  http://nahjconvention.org/
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

Rivers to Oceans Week aims to raise the public awareness of the importance of Canada's watersheds, rivers and oceans.

For information contact:  info@cwf-fcf.org
Phone:  613-599-9594/1-800-563-9453
Categories:   Environment; Education; Nature & Outdoors

Installation by Jules Koostachin

June 15 to July 3

Reception - Friday, June 17; 7:00pm-9:00pm

Alive with Breath is a multi-media installation piece that speaks to the beauty of life prior to Canadian Residential School experience. Inspired by Jules Koostachin's mother Rita, the project focuses on five survivors from the James Bay area through photography, audio recordings and video.

Time:  Open during Beit Zatoun's regular hours.
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

Video Activism for Palestine - Toronto Style

Join a dedicated group of Toronto filmmakers to view their powerful contributions to video activism in solidarity with Palestine struggle. The night's program runs the gamut from agit-prop and gaga flash mob to more poetic/personal including road movies and visual poetry. Followed by a discussion about aesthetics, form and content in relation to online/youtube activism and social change. Guaranteed to be strategic, whimsical and fun.

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Need to know:
- Doors open at 6:45 pm
- Screening PROMPTLY at 7:00 pm
- by Donation (Suggested $5 to $10)
- Accessible on demand via portable ramp; washrooms not accessible

Tasty refreshments (non-alcoholic) and Zatoun oliveoil+za'atar dipping.

Time:  7-10pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

Portraits, Videos and Live Performances of Artists from Canada, Asia, Africa and the Americas. In it's 4th year of production, WORLD REFUGEE WEEK CELEBRATIONS features the work of artists, academics and activists from across the world within a large scale multimedia installation.
The work has been exhibited at the Parliament of

Canada, the 2nd Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee Forced Migration Studies, the Library and Archives of Canada, the University of Oxford England web site and at the formal launch of the Canadian Centre for International Justice. Designed and developed by Graham Thompson and Sherry Tompalski, WORLD REFUGEE WEEK CELEBRATIONS is a festival of theatre, dance, media and music which includes a modern video installation, a traditional show of visual art, a ring of information tables staffed by development NGOs and speeches from community leaders.

Time:  5:00 am on June 16th - 10:00 am on June 21st 2011
Venue:  Ottawa
Location:  Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/refugeevoices/events/world-refugee-week-2011-ottawa
For information contact:  Graham Thompson
Phone:  voices.of.refugees@gmail.com
Categories:   Arts & Culture

From finalizing the details of a new job to addressing concerns with coworkers, effective negotiation is a critical skill, especially for those who work in stressful, challenging and dynamic work places. Using a combination of lectures, participatory exercises, and discussion, this workshop will help participants more effectively negotiate for their interests. Topics to be covered in the workshop include: when to negotiate and when to walk away, preparing for a negotiation, stages to a negotiation, best practice strategies, and avoiding common pitfalls.

Time:  10 am - 4 pm
Venue:  OISE, University of Toronto
Location:  252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON
For information contact:  Heather Read: heather.read@utoronto.ca
Categories:   Education; Skills & Training

The 2011 Americans for the Arts Annual Convention is the one meeting where you will gain the professional development you need in local arts development, advancement, and policy and also connect with colleagues from across the country including local, state, regional, and national arts leaders.

Whether you are an arts or community leader, foundation or corporate professional, artist, educator, advocate, or elected official, you will find practical tools and ideas that will make an impact on your day-to-day work.

Venue:  Hilton San Diego Bayfront
Location:  San Diego, CA
Website:  http://www.freepress.net/event/89107/americans-arts-2011-annual-convention
Categories:   Arts & Culture

Come join GeekGirlCon staff to talk about upcoming initiatives, hear new announcements, and give your thoughts and feedback. Everyone is welcome.

Time:  19:30 – 21:00 Luanda
Venue:  Meeting Room
Location:  Douglas Truth Branch Library, 2300 E. Yesler Way, Seattle, Seattle
Website:  http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=aHMxcWlucTVnajI3dGFjdmJ2M3QycWVpaDQgZ2Vla2dpcmxjb24
For information contact:  General Questions:
Phone:  info@geekgirlcon.com
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Publishers & Publishing

Are you an aspiring sustainability leader? Accelerate your professional development through Foresight Immersion, a training in Chicago, Illinois, USA, from June 20 - August 3. Immersion offers a unique combination of projects (provides the practical experience necessary to be an effective leader), career tracks (choose to focus in Business, the Built Environment, Graphic Design, Product Design, or Civic Innovation), experts (gain insider perspectives on how to maximize your impact), knowledge (understand sustainability drivers, issues, and trends), and skills (learn skills& including public speaking, visual thinking, and systems analysis required to be an adept practitioner in the field). Foresight Immersion offers transformative experience for you, your career, and the world.

Location:  Chicago, USA
Website:  http://www.foresightdesign.org/education/immersion-summer/
For information contact:  Amanda Medress, amanda (at) foresightdesign.org
Categories:   Education; Environment; Economic Development

Join CanSIA member, friends, solar colleagues & The Honourable Brad Duguid MPP, Minister of Energy. Stand up for Solar at the Third Annual Canadian Solar Industries Association Summer Solstice event.

Event cost $60.00 (includes HST & covers food and drinks)

Time:  5 - 7 pm
Venue:  Watermark Irish Pub & Restaurant
Location:  207 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.cansia.ca/2011SummerSolstice
For information contact:  info@cansia.ca
Categories:   Environment

Summer Convention 2011

Venue:  The Drake Hotel
Location:  140 E. Walton Place, Chicago IL 60611, Chicago
Website:  http://www.nnpa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=69&Itemid=63
Categories:   Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

Join us for a full-bodied evening of bluffing and satire as we taste locally grown wines. Test your wine knowledge and your ability to spot a bluffer!

The Wine Bluff will be a fun night of local wine, local food, friends, silent & live auctions and more to raise funds for Environmental Defence. Tickets can be purchased individually or as a table of 8.

When: Thursday, June 23rd, 7pm
Where: The Fermenting Cellar, 55 Mill St., Toronto
Tickets: $150

What the heck is a wine bluff?
For each wine we taste, a panel of witty tasters will either truthfully describe the wine or bluff their way through it and, from this, we'll guess which taster is telling the truth!

Time:  7 pm
Venue:  The Fermenting Cellar
Location:  55 Mill St., Toronto, ON
Website:  http://https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/TicketingCatalog.aspx?eventid=68873
For information contact:  jpatterson@environmentaldefence.ca
Categories:   Environment

AWSM's annual convention will run from Thursday, June 23 to Saturday, June 25 in the exciting city of Charlotte, N.C.! The Omni Charlotte Hotel in the heart of uptown Charlotte will be the host hotel for our meeting. Located at the corner of Trade and Tryon streets, the hotel features oversized guest rooms and complimentary high-speed wireless internet.

Throughtout the convention there will be many discussion groups held over breakfast, break-outs, and in the early evening, such as: Climbing the Ladder: How to Be an Effective Leader; All-platform journalism: You want me to do what? Maybe you’re already in broadcast looking to sharpen your reporting skills. Maybe you’re in print thinking about a move to broadcast or you’re simply wanting to sharpen your on-camera skills; The Art of a Good Pitch; Working with the Media and for the Team; Social Media: Making the most of Twitter, Facebook and the blogosphere; and Women’s Sports Brand: Is it hitting the mark?

Venue:  Omni Charlotte Hotel
Location:  North Carolina
Website:  http://awsmonline.org/convention11/blog/
For information contact:  Alisha Hord
Phone:  ahord@sportingnews.com
Categories:   Communications Industry & Technology; Media, Entertainment, News, Communications; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

Stand with the Tahrir, the Canadian Boat to Gaza.
At the Israeli Consulate, Toronto, June 24
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Keep up to date with the CBG, the Tahrir and Freedom Flotilla II:
English:
Ehab Lotayef: 514.941.9792 lotayef@gmail.com
Wendy Goldsmith: 519.619.6766 wendygoldsmith21@gmail.com
French:
Lorraine Guay: 514.278.1167 lorraineguay@videotron.ca
Denis Kosseim: 514.923.5594 denis.tahrir@gmail.com
www.tahrir.ca
www.freedomflotilla.ca

Time:  5:00 - 6:00 pm
Venue:  Israeli Consulate
Location:  180 Bloor Street West (across from the ROM), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.tahrir.ca
Phone:  647-996-7247
Categories:   Human Rights, Law, Legal; International; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

Celebrate the Sun and Olive Trees

Saturday, June 25 @ 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Celebrate the Sun and the Summer solstice to benefit Trees for Life tree planting in Palestine. An evening of chanting, kirtan and yoga to connect us in song and in silence to the expansive healing energy of summer. This event is inspired by the warmth and beauty of Beit Zatoun by a dedicated group of yoga and meditation instructors who wish to honour the wisdom and healing of the olive tree grove.

More details to come.

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Need to know:
- Doors open at 5:45 pm
- by Donation (Suggested $5 to $10)
- Accessible on demand via portable ramp; washrooms not accessible

Time:  6:00pm - 10:00pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

Stand with the Tahrir, the Canadian Boat to Gaza.
at the Tourist information centre (Wharf at Govt, Inner Harbour)
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Keep up to date with the CBG, the Tahrir and Freedom Flotilla II:
English:
Ehab Lotayef: 514.941.9792 lotayef@gmail.com
Wendy Goldsmith: 519.619.6766 wendygoldsmith21@gmail.com
French:
Lorraine Guay: 514.278.1167 lorraineguay@videotron.ca
Denis Kosseim: 514.923.5594 denis.tahrir@gmail.com
www.tahrir.ca
www.freedomflotilla.ca

Time:  2:00 - 5:00 pm
Venue:  at the Tourist information centre (Wharf at Govt, Inner Harbour)
Location:  Vancouver, BC
Website:  http://www.tahrir.ca/
For information contact:  Zoe@WildCoast.ca
Phone:  250-813-3569
Categories:   Human Rights, Law, Legal; International; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

A weekend of sharing and inspiration for ecovillagers and community seekers. Organized By: ENC Board of Directors in partnership with La Cité Écologique de Ham-Nord
http://www.cite-ecologique.com/

Location:  Ham-Nord, QC
Website:  http://ecovillagenetworkcanada.ning.com/
For information contact:  Russ Purvis, info (at) kakwaecovillage.com
Categories:   Environment; Economic Development

Please join us in Sudbury, the heart of the mining world.

The Conference will include Technical Sessions: June 28-30
Field Tours and workships: June 25 - 27
Social Events througout the conference: June 28 - 30

CALL FOR ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

Themes Include: Sudbury, a Global Environment and Recovery Model; Issues in Northern Mining; Mine Cycle Sustainability; Indigenous People and Mining; New Life for Brownfields; Green Mining Technologies; Energy for the Future and; Nanomaterials in the Mining Environment. Related Topics Welcome.

ABSTRACTS or requests for more information should be sent to: sudbury2011@laurentian.ca

Coming Soon: the new conference website - www.Sudbury2011.ca

Venue:  Laurentian University
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Website:  http://www.clra.ca/11-06-25-AGM-Sudbury.pdf
For information contact:  sudbury2011@laurentian.ca
Categories:   Mining & Petroleum; Environment

What does “deep green resistance” mean to you? How do you enact this in your daily life? Do you organize protests in your local community? Publish a radical eco zine? Whether through a narrative film, music video, an animation, or anything in between, now’s your chance to speak up; we’re listening!
To enter: As an individual, upload an original video no longer than 10 minutes to YouTube and tag it with #dgrcontest. Then, send an e-mail to astrid@sevenstories.com with “DGR Contest” in the subject line and a link to the video’s YouTube URL address.

Venue:  Online submissions
Location:  New York City
Website:  http://home.sevenstories.com/index.php/events/authors-of-deep-green-resistance-and-se
Categories:   Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Environment

The International Wind and Radar Forum, organized by CanWEA in collaboration with AWEA, will provide an exclusive opportunity for government and industry stakeholders from Europe and North America to openly share their ideas and experiences regarding the interaction of wind turbines and radar equipment. The forum will also enable discussion of the impact of wind turbines on military testing and training operations.

The International Wind and Radar Forum will bring together senior government officials, consultants, radar solution providers and industry stakeholders from Canada, US and Europe to discuss current policies, technology and operational tools, as well as emerging research in radar and wind mitigation. This exclusive two day event will include a series of panels and presentations in the areas of Operations, Research & Development, Mitigation and Government Policy.

Confirmed Organizations:

US Department of Defense
FAA
NATS UK
NAV Canada
US Department of Energy
Canadian Department of National Defence
Defence R&D Canada
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Readiness)
Sandia Laboratories
Environment Canada
C Speed, LLC
Raytheon Canada
Lockheed Martin
SMS Safety Aviation Inc.
GAITS, Inc.
RES UK
Westslope Consulting
Osprey Consulting Services Ltd.
Renewable UK
AWEA

Venue:  Ottawa Convention Centre
Location:  55 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://www.canwea.ca/events/wind-radar-forum_e.php#Program
For information contact:  sharonfryer@canwea.ca
Categories:   Environment; Building & Construction; Consulting & Consultants

subTerrain is accepting poetry submissions for its Special Summer Issue celebrating Vancouver's 125th Birthday.
We are seeking poems that explore Vancouver's history, geography, and varied ethnicity. The issue will be comprised of 125 poems and several essays on the topic of poetry & politics in Vancouver.
Please try to address your subject in unique, fresh, and surprising ways.

Venue:  subTerrain Magazine Vancouver 125
Location:  po box 3008, main post office, V6B 3X5, Vancouver, BC
Website:  http://subterrain.ca/about/93/vancouver-125
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Publishers & Publishing; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

A consortium of German developers shows up at a First Nations reserve with a seemingly irresistible offer to improve the local economy : the creation of “Ojibway World,” a Native theme park designed to attract European tourists to this new destination resort, causing hilarious personal and political divisions within the local community. The Berlin Blues concludes Drew Hayden Taylor’s Blues quartet, showcasing contemporary stereotypes of First Nations people, including a fair number of these that originate from Indigenous communities themselves, to the often outraged delight of his international audiences.

Time:  Previews: June 28, 29 - Opening Night: Thursday June 30 - Tuesday to Saturday at 6pm - Additional pe
Venue:  The Winslow Farm
Location:  779 Zion Line, Millbrook, ON
Website:  http://talonbooks.com/events/
For information contact:  Box Office
Phone:  (705) 932-4445
Categories:   Museums; Arts & Culture

Please join us this Friday 1 July 2011 @ the Israeli Consulate where we will be holding a special vigil to show our support of the "Tahrir", the Canadian Boat to Gaza, which is part of the upcoming international flotilla aimed at breaking the illegal blockade of Gaza.
This vigil is not meant to be a demonstration. Rather, we wish to engage with passersby on the street, hand out information and show our support for the Canadians on board the Tahrir, as well as the other members
of the flotilla.
Everyone is welcome!

Time:  5:00 - 6:00 pm
Venue:  In front of the Israeli Consulate
Location:  180 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.tahrir.ca
For information contact:  Wendy Goldsmith
Phone:  519.619.6766
Categories:   International; Human Rights, Law, Legal; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

Support the Canadian Boat to Gaza "Tahrir" and Freedom Flotilla II against Israel's illegal blockade of Gaza and threatened attack on the flotilla and its passengers!
The Canadian government has the duty to defend the rights of its citizens and international law - not those who violate both!

Time:  11:00 am - 12 noon
Venue:  Corner of Ottawa and Monmouth (across from Market Square)
Location:  Windsor, ON
For information contact:  windsorpeace@hotmail.com
Categories:   International; Human Rights, Law, Legal; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

At this event, we will symbolically "launch" a boat to show our solidarity with the people of Gaza and our support for the participants in the Freedom Flotilla II and the Canadian Boat, the Tahrir.
Several organizations will place a symbolic item on or in the boat to illustrate their support. (We suggest making a box with text or images indicating its contents and identifying the organization.) Individuals will be invited to put in messages. The idea is to represent the actual Canadian boat to Gaza. You may find ideas for what to place in the boat at http://www.tahrir.ca
We will also take this opportunity to collect donations in food items for the Ottawa food bank.
Everyone is welcome!

Time:  1:00 pm
Venue:  Human Rights Monument (Elgin St./Lisgar St)
Location:  Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://www.tahrir.ca
Categories:   International; Human Rights, Law, Legal; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

WW 2011 is a global convergence to advance women's equality through research, exchange, leadership, and action.
Expected to draw some 2,000 participants from around the world, WW 2011 is a unique global event that will enhance women's leadership skills and organizational capacity, support the exchange of knowledge and ideas, and foster research and action networks on women's issues.
The first Women's Worlds event was a modest gathering of academics in 1981 in Israel to discuss the advent of Women's Studies and forge networks on feminist research. Today, the congress is a large event attracting researchers, activists, policy-makers, advocates, allies, and more.
Visit the website for more details: www.womensworlds.ca

Venue:  Ottawa Convention Centre
Location:  Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://www.womensworlds.ca
Categories:   Women

Join us for a public forum on:
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions:
The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights
Speaker: Omar Barghouti
Omar Barghouti is an independent Palestinian commentator and human rights activist. He is a founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and the Palestinian Civil Society Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Columbia University, NY, and a master's degree in philosophy (ethics) from Tel Aviv University. Don’t miss this important talk on the topic of his new book (copies available at the forum).
Organized by: Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA); OPIRG (U of T); Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) (Toronto); Faculty4Palestine; Palestine House Educational and Cultural Centre; and the Canadian Arab Federation.

Time:  3:00 - 5:00 pm
Venue:  Sandford Fleming Bldg., U of T
Location:  Kings College Rd., Toronto, ON
Categories:   International; Human Rights, Law, Legal; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

The blockade of the Freedom Flotilla II continues
We continue our resolve to break the blockade of the flotilla and Gaza non-violently!
The “Tahrir” is still blocked by Greek authorities from leaving port although all papers are in order. You can see the action on the ground here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylEiPA0B2oQ
The delegates from the U.S. boat have now started an open-ended fast at U.S. Embassy in Athens.
A march in support of the flotilla has been organized by Greek activists who have been protesting the government's austerity measures in Syntagma Square. The march will include a demand on the Greek government to let all of the boats in the Freedom Flotilla 2 sail to Gaza and to free the captain of the U.S. ship, who has been held in jail.
This all suggests that the flotilla continues under a blockade and that we must continue and strengthen our actions.

Time:  12 noon - 1:00 pm
Venue:  Greek Consulate
Location:  688 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC
Categories:   International; Human Rights, Law, Legal; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

The UBC Summer Institute in Sustainability Leadership is designed to bring together and empower those from a variety of sectors - including business, academic institutions and government - to take a leadership role in developing policy, creating plans, and managing sustainability projects.
This one-week professional development program delivers the principles, best practices and practical skills necessary to make sustainability the foundation of your organization's ongoing operations.
Experts from corporate, academic and government sectors share their knowledge on implementing programs and developing strategies that integrate the triple bottom line perspective of people, planet and profits.
Institute highlights include:
- seminars by leading sustainability experts from UBC and industry
- case studies examining successful sustainability initiatives from academic, government and business contexts
- guided field excursions to sustainability projects both on and off campus
- interactive format with extended Q&A sessions, opportunities for networking and knowledge-sharing amongst participants.
$1995 by May 13, 2011;
$2495 after May 13, 2011

Time:  8:45am- 5pm daily
Venue:  CK Choi Building, UBC Point Grey Campus
Location:  1855 West Mall, Vancouver, BC
Website:  http://www.cstudies.ubc.ca/sis
For information contact:  UBC Continuing Studies Centre for Sustainability
Categories:   Education; Environment

This will be a multimedia event in which Doug Larson, author of the newly-released book, Storyteller Guitar, will make a visual presentation about the book and the guitar, and will also play the guitar for the audience. At the end, people from the audience will be invited to play.
Be sure to register by calling the phone number listed below! Or online at: www.raresites.org

Time:  7:00 pm
Location:  1679 Blair Road, N3H 4R8, Cambridge, ON
Website:  http://www.dundurn.com/events/storyteller_guitar_author_visual_presentation
Phone:  519-650-9336
Categories:   Publishers & Publishing; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Arts & Culture

ICACA 2011 will be the 3rd international conference organized by FACA, UNIMAS and sponsored by PETRONAS. This conference is unique in nature as it covers all areas in the arts, namely visual and performing arts, design technology and management of the arts. It also provides discussion opportunity for individuals from the field of sciences and humanities who has project, research and idea that relate to the arts. In short, ICACA is organized to umbrella discussions, thoughts, ideas, issues, challenges and opportunity in the arts among researchers, scholars, teachers, students, designers, practitioners and enthusiasts, managers, policy makers, development implementers, individuals from the creative industry and community leaders with a concern for art.

The major theme of ICACA 2011 is ‘Beyond Boundaries’, both real and imagined. As ‘boundaries’ suggest both barriers and closeness, they can be sites for fear, hesitation, uncertainty and reluctance; or they can be dynamic and fluid places of discovery, change, assimilation, acculturation, convergence, transformation, development, transgression and transcendence. ICACA 2011 intends to explore the meaning, process and impact of ‘Beyond Boundaries’ in the arts in general.

Venue:  FACULTY OF APPLIED AND CREATIVE ARTS UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK
Location:  Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, 94300, MALAYSIA
Website:  http://www.faca.unimas.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=125&Itemid=119
For information contact:  Chairperson Dr. Nur Afifah Vanitha Abdullah
Phone:  6082-581342
Categories:   Arts & Culture; International

The 23rd Toronto Fringe Festival features 150 theatre companies performing at 30 venues across downtown Toronto's west side. The Festival includes a Fringe Club at Bathurst and Bloor with free nightly programming, a beer tent and food service by local restaurants. FringeKids! hosts special programming for children and young families.

Location:  581 Bloor St. W. and various theatres across the GTA, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.fringetoronto.com
For information contact:  media@fringetoronto.com
Categories:   Arts & Culture

July 7, 21 & Aug. 4 - Transition Toronto’s Video Workshops and Film Contest
7-9 PM
$15/workshop OR $35/3 workshops. NFB MEMBERS: $12/workshop OR $28/3
Video-making workshops led by Greg Greene. Chance to win $200 plus a GoPro HD Hero 960 Camera.
NFB Mediatheque, 150 John St. (at Richmond St. W). Register: transitiontorontofilm@gmail.com
www.nfb.ca/mediatheque

Time:  7pm

Would you like to communicate the joys of our many outdoor recreational pursuits? Are you interested in telling people about the issues facing our natural resources?
The Becoming an Outdoors Communicator Workshop explores different career options in the outdoors communications field as seasoned OWAA members share their secrets. The workshop is held annually prior to the annual conference.
No experience necessary. We all started with just interest and desire. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers. If you would like to attend portions of our conference as a guest, that can also be arranged.

Time:  3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Venue:  Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort
Location:  Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake City, Utah
Website:  http://owaa.org/programs/becoming-an-outdoors-communicator-workshop/
For information contact:  OWAA headquarters
Phone:  406-728-7434; jpollett@owaa.or
Categories:   Communications Industry & Technology; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Nature & Outdoors

For Bloggers of color, BWB2011 is a great way to learn, meet, connect and collaborate with each other.
Speakers:
Angel Laws Creator, ConcreteLoop.com
James Rucker Executive Director,Color of Change
Joel Dreyfuss, Managing Editor, TheRoot.com

Venue:  Los Angeles Airtport Marriott
Location:  Los Angeles, California
Website:  http://www.bloggingwhilebrown.com/
Categories:   Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

Adults: $40.00 All Access 3-day Transferable Festival Pass OR $20.00 per day
Students under 35 with valid sessional ID/Seniors 65+/NFB Members: $25.00 All Access 3-day Transferable Festival Pass OR $15.00 per day
Everybody has a story. Enjoy near and far, documentary and fictional journeys of self discovery & identity through the body. BITE ME! explores, challenges and redefines the "body beautiful" wrapped in our experiences of the provocative and the every day.
Tickets available at NFB Mediatheque or online at www.BiteMeFilmFest.com
NFB Mediatheque, 150 John St. (at Richmond St. W) 416-973-3012
www.nfb.ca/mediatheque

Time:  12 PM to 10 PM daily
Venue:  NFB Mediatheque
Website:  http://www.nfb.ca/mediatheque

The Native American Journalists Association serves and empowers Native journalists through programs and actions designed to enrich journalism and promote Native cultures.
NAJA recognizes Native Americans as distinct peoples based on tradition and culture. In this spirit, NAJA educates and unifies its membership through journalism programs that promote diversity and defends challenges to free press, speech and expression. NAJA is committed to increase the representation of Native journalists in mainstream media. NAJA encourages both mainstream and tribal media to attain the highest standards of professionalism, ethics and responsibility.

Venue:  Westin Beach Resort
Location:  Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Website:  http://www.naja.com/
Phone:  http://www.naja.com/index.php/
Categories:   Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Skills & Training

Clean Technology Investment World Asia is strategic platform that brings together private equity, venture & corporate venture capitalists, clean technology innovators, financiers & fund players investors to identify investment opportunities, raise capital, access licensing rights to new innovative technologies and form strategic partnerships in Asia.

Location:  Singapore
Website:  http://www.terrapinn.com/cleantechasia
For information contact:  Chua Yeeling, yeeling.chua (at) terrapinn.com
Phone:  65 6322 2757
Categories:   Economic Development; Science & Technology; Environment

Howard Zinn's Marx in Soho
performed by Brian Jones
Tickets: $20
After one sold-out show in Vancouver this past November, Karl Marx is coming back to Vancouver.
About the Play
Don't you wonder: why is it necessary to declare me dead again and again?
Marx is back! The premise of this witty and insightful play on history is that Karl Marx has agitated with the authorities of the afterlife for a chance to clear his name. Through a bureaucratic error, though, Marx is sent to Soho in New York, rather than his old stomping ground in London, to make his case.
Howard Zinn, best known for his book, A Peoples History of the United States, introduces us to Marx's wife, Jenny, his children, the anarchist Mikhail Bakunin, and a host of other characters.
Brian Jones, an African American actor and activist, has been performing this engaging one-man show across the country since 1999.
Marx in Soho is a brilliant introduction to Marx's life, his analysis of society, and his passion for radical change. Zinn also shows how Marx's ideas are relevant in today's world.

Venue:  Rio Theatre
Location:  1660 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

At the locus of 2011 IAMCR Conference at Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, are Cities, Connectivity and Creativity.The city today as the noted urban sociologist Robert Park once wrote, is:man's most consistent and on the whole, his most successful attempt to remake the world he lives in more after his heart's desire. But, if the city is the world which man created, it is the world in which he is henceforth condemned to live. Thus, indirectly, and without any clear sense of the nature of his task, in making the city man has remade himself.The globalized networks of culture and creative industries, mobilization of art worlds and international collaborations are now considered the engines of cosmopolitan urban experience and transformation. Cities as far and distinct from each other like New York, London, Berlin, Beijing, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur and Istanbul invest their futures in economies of creativity and communication. How feasible is this strategy in the face growing social, environmental and structural setbacks and handicaps related to available resources, expanding scale and increasing inequality? How sustainable is city as a place of expansive consumption and extensive spectacle? How do cityzens connect and communicate over distances of segregation, difference and inequity?
As the IAMCR conference moves from Mexico to Braga and to Istanbul, these and other questions await our scholarly responses and intellectual interventions. A wide-ranging set of issues, themes and topics confronts us for exploration and interrogation:

* Creative and culture industries in a globalized economy
* Global city, connectivity and communication
* Art, culture and transnationalism
* Cosmopolitanism as an ideal and practice
* Economies of art and creativity
* Democratization of creativity
* Hybridities, identities, creativity
* Migration as a space of connectivity and creativity
* Commercializing creativity
* Production of local in a global city
* Production of inequality in a global city
* The world of social networks, connectivity and creativity
* Digital artworlds and virtual connectivity
* Social responsibility, personhood and global city
* Rights and duties of cityzens and global order
* Membership, communities and marginalized groups
* Global economies and politics of gender

Venue:  Kadir Has University
Location:  Istanbul, Turkey
Website:  http://iamcr2011istanbul.com/
Categories:   Communications Industry & Technology

The conference will include workshops for professionals and students, as well as the presentation of the 2011 NAJA Media Awards.
You can find out more at the NAJA website or go straight to the conference registration page.
We have negotiated the per-night rate for our members to be offered at $125 per night for a standard room. In keeping with our commitment to expanding opportunities for Native journalists-to-be, $6 of every per-night charge will be put back into the NAJA Scholarship fund.

Venue:  Westin Beach Resort Hotel & Spa
Location:  Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Website:  http://www.naja.com/index.php/2011convention/
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

Come Learn With Us CARRVILLE COMMUNITY GARDEN presents a series of 8 hands-on workshops
FEES
$15.00 for each 2 or 2.5 hour workshop
$20.00 for each 3 hour workshop
$25.00 for each 4 or 5 hour workshop
• All 8 workshops for only $119 *
REGISTER
Space is limited!
Please email ccg2011organizers (at) gmail.com with your choice of workshop date(s). Include your name, phone number and number of people attending.

Time:  Various dates and times
Location:  Thornhill, ON
Website:  http://www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=14811
For information contact:  CCG Organizers/Jeff Klein
Phone:  ccg2011organizers@gmail.com
Categories:   Environment; Nature & Outdoors

A Forest Fest is being held at the St. Williams Forestry Station and Interpretive Centre on August 13 & 14, 2011. The 13th is a Family Day, and on the 14th a memorial plaque dedicating the forest at St. Williams in honor of E.J. Zavitz will be installed. The newly published biography of Zavitz by John Bacher will be available.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
John Bacher received his Ph.D. in history from McMaster University in 1985 and has taught at McMaster and the University of Toronto. A co-author of Get a Life: An Environmentalist's Guide to Better Living, Bacher is a passionate supporter of environmental preservation. He lives in St. Catharines, Ontario.
For more information, please email whennaturecalls@lpwbrf.ca.

Time:  10:00 am
Venue:  St. Wiiliams
Location:  Norfolk County, Hwy 24, Norfolk County, ON
Website:  http://www.openbookontario.com/events/book_launch_two_billion_trees_and_counting
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Environment; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

Introduction to Proofreading, with Pamela Hewitt (Ballarat)

This workshop is a practical introduction to professional proofreading, a step-by-step guide that takes the manuscript from proof to publication.

Proofreading involves a great deal more than correcting spelling mistakes. It is an essential aspect of quality control before publication and covers far more than just typos.

An eagle eye

* The skills and tasks involved in proofreading
* The difference between proofreading and copyediting
* The elements of a publication and their order

The basics of proofreading

* Consistency, style, accuracy, grammar and punctuation, vocabulary, layout and spacing
* Common culprits hyphens, em and en rules, citation conventions, expressing numbers, abbreviations, and more

An introduction to proofreading marks

The mechanics of proofreading (hard copy)

* Making passes through the manuscript and spot checks
* How to mark up text in accordance with a style guide or style sheet
* Communicating with the editor, author and publisher

The mechanics of digital proofreading (electronic documents or websites)

* Making passes through the onscreen items and spot checks
* Marking up text in accordance with a style guide or style sheet when others contribute to a website
* Checking protocols, links and URLs

Will you still proofread tomorrow?

* Proofreaders' an endangered species
* Technological change advances and limitations
* Spee

Location:  Canberra, Australia
Website:  http://www.iped-editors.org/View_Events/Ballarat_workshop
Categories:   Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

The Live Green Toronto Festival is Toronto's largest outdoor green festival. It will hit the streets of Yonge-Dundas Square on Saturday, July 16. Featuring hundreds of green products and services, kids zone and more, the Festival attracts more than 30,000 green consumers.
This annual festival is a great opportunity to showcase your green product, service or organization to thousands of people. Last year we had over 30,000 people attend our event!

Time:  From 11 am 10:30 pm
Venue:  Street-closure of Yonge Street (from Dundas to Queen)
Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.toronto.ca/greentorontofestival
For information contact:  Jessica Chow - jchow3@toronto.ca
Phone:  416-392-6342
Categories:   Environment; Arts & Culture

POWER

A program of films, both documentary and feature, which will explore various aspects of POWER are currently underway. The production and sources of power, sustainable power sources, the use and abuse of power by politicians, corporations, and individuals, the empowerment of people and communities and other aspects of POWER. A Suggestions for particular films are welcomed.

The Festival in 2011 will run from July 16 to 23, 2011 and will again be held in the Visitor Centre of Bruce Peninsula National Park in Tobermory and the Anglican Church Hall in Lion's Head.

Saturday, July 16, 2011 Power: One River Two Nations - documentary @ Visitor Center, Bruce Peninsula National Park, Tobermory

Sunday, July 17, 2011 Force of Nature - documentary @ Anglican Church Hall, Lion's Head

Tuesday, July 19, 2011 China Syndrome - feature film @ Anglican Church Hall, Lion's Head

Thursday, July 21, 2011 The Corporation - documentary @ Visitor Center, Bruce Peninsula National Park, Tobermory

Friday, July 22, 2011 Solar Village / Natural Home - documentary @ Anglican Church Hall, Lion’s Head

Saturday, July 23, 2011 Pittsburgh - feature film @ Visitor Center, Bruce Peninsula National Park, Tobermory



Tickets: $10 at the door.

Festival Pass: Good for 1 person for all films transferable $45

0pening:

A BBQ at the Park to open the Festival. Oganized by Lion's Head Farmer's Market. Proceeds to Farmer's Market. $10 with plate, $12 without

Tobermory drummers will perform during the BBQ

Time:  various times and venues
Venue:  various, see above
Location:  various locations, ON
Website:  http://www.bpeg.ca/
Categories:   Environment; Arts & Culture; Education

The group will discuss Lisa Moore's February. Admission: Free

Time:  2:00 pm
Venue:  Northern District Library
Location:  40 Orchard View, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/listing.cfm?listingid=800056759&subsection=&category=&
Phone:  416-393-7610
Categories:   Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

Join a two- or four-day ride to support camps for kids with cancer. Benefit for: Camp Oochigeas/Camp Quality/Camp Trillium. Admission: $375-$475.

Venue:  See website for INFO!
Location:  Toronto, ON
Phone:  www.tourforkids.com
Categories:   Children & Youth; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

Demonstrate against the Israeli attack on the boat Dignite en route to Gaza.

Time:  5:00 pm
Venue:  Israeli consulate
Location:  180 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON
Categories:   International; Human Rights, Law, Legal; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

FREE
In the United States, it feels like all highways lead to towns and counties with the name of “Liberty”. At the heart of the film is a revealing road trip with pit stops in six of them in which we find a rich vein of characters grappling with issues that lie at the centre of how Americans define their freedoms in the 21st century. And as we see in these towns, liberty is always in jeopardy and conflict.
NFB Mediatheque, 150 John St. (at Richmond St. W) 416-973-3012
www.nfb.ca/mediatheque

Time:  4pm

Stephan Corriveau and other Montreal area delegates from the Tahrir will be at an event in Montreal Thursday, from 11:30-12:30, in front of the Israeli consulate (Wood St., one west of Atwater at Ste. Catherine; Atwater metro station). Bring Palestinian flags and signs against the blockade and in solidarity with the Palestinian people.

Time:  11:30 - 12:30
Venue:  Israeli consulate
Location:  Wood St., one west of Atwater at Ste. Catherine; Atwater metro station, Montreal, QC
Website:  http://www.tahrir.ca
Categories:   International; Human Rights, Law, Legal; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

Join guest author Bianca Lakoseljac at the July Open Mic Night. Bianca will read from new book of short stories Bridge in the Rain.
All are welcome to read from their own works of poetry or prose before our appreciative audience.

Time:  7:00 pm
Venue:  Books, Cafe & things
Location:  208 Main Street South Newmarket, ON L3Y 3Z3, Newmarket, ON
Website:  http://www.openbookontario.com/events
Phone:  (905) 868-9497
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

Over the water and through the trees an island teems with the sights and sounds of musical exploration and community, a magic place that springs to vivid life every July for four wonderful days. Step off the edge of Calgary’s concrete jungle and feel the grass beneath your toes, hang with your friends and neighbours and be reminded about what it means to be alive and connected.
See and hear 68 artists from 14 countries on 7 stages. Visit the interactive family area, browse at the original tree-shaded artisan market, sample some cuisine from the global village and share a beverage with your tribe in the beer garden. Make some music in Bin 15 and see some original theatre at the BIOBOXES.
Hike, bike, float or fly. Get yourself to the place where anything is possible. Put down some roots. Discover a world of music.

Venue:  Prince's Island Park
Location:  Calgary, AB
Website:  http://www.calgaryfolkfest.com/
For information contact:  info@calgaryfolkfest.com
Phone:  403-233-0904
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Media, Entertainment, News, Communications

The tradition of presenting a brilliant mix of amazing music from around the world continues!

Mission Folk Music Festival 2011 brings you extraordinary music from Europe and the North Atlantic, from Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Spain’s Basque region and from across Canada and the U.S. You’ll hear hot Celtic tunes, banjos, fiddles, harps and guitars, powerful singer-songwriters, Sami yoiks, a little bit of Louisiana lilt, ancient songs from the Siberian steppes, Kyrgyz dancing and brilliant Belgian bagpipers. And get ready for The Church of the Blues, featuring 25 of the hottest blues players from both sides of the Mission Bridge and from down-river, too. Wow!

Location:  7494 Mary Street, Mission, BC
Website:  http://www.missionfolkmusicfestival.ca/
For information contact:  Francis Xavier Edwards - missionfestival@shaw.ca
Phone:  604-826-5937
Categories:   Arts & Culture

Andy Laties will lead a panel titled “Rebel Booksellers” Laties, author of Rebel Bookseller: Why Indie Bookstores Represent Everything You Want to Fight for from Free Speech to Buying Local to Building Communities, will be in conversation with Christine Onorati from WORD, Jessica Stockton Bagnulo from Greenlight Bookstore, and other independent booksellers. Read more about the event here.
The revival of independent bookselling has already begun and is one of the amazing stories of our times. Bookseller Andy Laties wrote the first edition of Rebel Bookseller six years ago, hoping it would spark a movement. Now, with this new edition from Seven Stories Press, Laties’s book can be a rallying cry for everyone who wants to better understand how the rise of the big bookstore chains has led in some ways to their decline, and how even in the face of electronic readers from three of America’s largest and most successful companies—Apple, Amazon, and Google—the movement to support locally owned independent stores, especially bookstores, is on the rise. Andy talks this evening with booksellers on the front lines of a new era of independent bookstores, and shares his radical ideas for new projects and innovations.

Time:  7:30 pm
Venue:  Greenlight Bookstore
Location:  686 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York
Website:  http://home.sevenstories.com/index.php/events/andy-laties-leads-rebel-booksellers-pan
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Publishers & Publishing; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

Local Entertainment (22), Elimination Draw & Dance (23), Homecraft Exhibits, Parade, Baby Show, Livestock Shows, Horse Show, Youth Games & Exhibits, Inside Vendors Welcome. Jamboree (24)

Location:  372412 Zurich-Hensall Road,N0M 2T0, Zurich, ON
Phone:  519-236-4969
Categories:   Animals & Pets; Farming

One of Canada's Great Summer Music Experiences

Hillside began in 1984 as local gathering of musical friends in Guelph, Ontario. Today, it is one of Canada's best-loved music festivals with over 50 musical performances on five stages over three days during the last weekend in July.

Held at Guelph Lake conservation area on an island connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway, the festival is anchored by the Hillside Community permanent main stage, a dramatic outdoor performance space with a living roof and gracefully arched acoustical wooden ceiling.

Hillside is renowned for its artistic lineup, a stunning blend of up-and-coming Canadian performers, world artists, and local talent. The program is always richly diverse and highly entertaining.

Location:  123 Woolwich St, N1H, Guelph, ON
Website:  http://hillsidefestival.ca/
For information contact:  info@hillsidefestival.ca
Phone:  (519) 763-6396
Categories:   Arts & Culture

The Islands Folk Festival is held at beautiful Providence Farm near Duncan on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. We've got an excellent line up planned for 2011.

"The purpose of our Folk Guild is simple... To bring musicians and audiences together and let everyone share the good times that follow."

On the grounds of Providence Farm near Duncan BC
This year we celebrate our 27th Anniversary
3 Days, 6 Stages, Over 150 Musicians
Workshops, Healing Arts Stage, Late Night Jamming,
Onsite Camping and Parking
View the Full Stage Schedules
See the complete Festival Lineup
Tickets are limited this year.
Advance tickets available via this website

The Camping Gate opens at 9:00 AM on Friday, July 22.
The Main Festival Site will be open to the general public at 3:00 PM on Friday, July 22.
**We only accept cash, Visa, or Mastercard for payment at the festival gate**

Venue:  Providence Farm
Location:  P.O. Box 802 V9L 3Y1, Duncan, BC
Website:  http://www.folkfest.bc.ca/
For information contact:  info@folkfest.bc.ca
Phone:  250 748-3975
Categories:   Arts & Culture

We would like to introduce to you an upcoming green music festival called Towards Eden, taking place July 22-24, 2011 in Sandy Pines campground, Boston Bar, BC. The mission of this festival is to bring communities and families together through live music and educational workshops for the purpose of co-creating a greener, simpler, more sustainable tomorrow.

Venue:  Sandy Pines campground
Location:  Boston Bar, BC
Website:  http://www.towardseden.com/
For information contact:  Jyoti Studios - info@towardseden.com
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Environment

Bridgewater is Growing Green! This summer, the Town of Bridgewater is hosting the 3rd Annual Growing Green Festival to highlight and celebrate green community initiatives.
A free community street festival featuring music, art displays, farmers’ market, food & drink, kid & family activities, community group booths, skills demonstrations and workshops and more! All of the events are designed to promote participation and open up the discussion on living green.

Time:  8:30am-12:30pm
Venue:  Downtown Bridgewater (on King St between Empire St & Dominion St)
Location:  Bridgewater, NS
Website:  http://www.bridgewater.ca/sustainability/
For information contact:  Marion Moore - marionm12@gmail.com
Phone:  902-527-2928
Categories:   Environment; Arts & Culture

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the 10th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP) to be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada from July 24-29, 2011. The ICMGP was initiated in Gävle, Sweden in 1990, and is now the preeminent international forum for discussion of science and policy issues related to mercury in the environment. The ICMGP series is held every two to three years. Previous conference locations include Monterey, USA (1992), Whistler, Canada (1994), Hamburg, Germany (1996), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1999), Minamata, Japan (2001), Ljubljana, Slovenia (2004), Madison, USA (2006) and Guiyang, China (2009). With recent meetings attracting many hundreds to over a thousand conferees, this meeting is the venue to present your exciting and novel findings, and to hear about the most recent and important advances in mercury research.

Location:  Halifax, NS
Website:  http://www.mercury2011.org/
Categories:   Environment; Health/Health Care

FREE
Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academia and classrooms and puts it back on the streets. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers, the film reveals philosophy's power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.
NFB Mediatheque, 150 John St. (at Richmond St. W) 416-973-3012
www.nfb.ca/mediatheque

Time:  4pm

The Lanaudière region is the living heart of Québec’s rich musical tradition, and Festival Mémoire et Racines is the shining example of this dynamic heritage. Over the course of five days, musicians, singers, dancers and storytellers share with festival-goers unforgettable moments in a joyous and festive atmosphere.

Location:  200, rue de Salaberry, bureau 123, Joliette, QC
Website:  http://memoireracines.org/bienvenue/welcome/
For information contact:  festival@memoireracines.org
Phone:  450 752-6798
Categories:   Arts & Culture

Come out and celebrate Purdyfest #5 !
PurdyFests are held on the Civic Holiday weekend in the village of Marmora and at poet Chris Faiers retreat, ZenRiver Gardens, located in the pioneer hamlet of Malone. There is limited free 'rough' camping at ZenRiver, first come first served. Poets are welcome to arrive in advance of the fests to set up camp, and scheduled events begin late Friday afternoon, July 29, with a potluck at ZenRiver Gardens.
The main event happens on July 30th. Please see our events page for further information on this event.

Time:  5:30 pm
Venue:  ZenRiver Gardens
Location:  Malone, ON K0K 2M0, Malone, ON
Website:  http://www.openbookontario.com/events/purdy_country_litfest_potluck_supper
Categories:   Arts & Culture

This year's Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival is on July 29, 30, 31 2011 in the Heritage Park (formerly Stony Plain Exhibition Park) in beautiful Stony Plain just minutes from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Bring your Family, Friends & Lawnchairs!
Every year we have a weekend full of activities for the whole family including:
Great music on our main stage
Workshops
Slowpitch Jam
Food Concessions & Craft Tables
Kids Corner
Festival Souvenir Table
Sunday Morning Gospel
Parking/Camping available
Parking Lot Picking
Open Stage
24 Hour Security & First Aid
Jamming all Weekend

Venue:  Heritage Park
Location:  4202 - 50 Street, Stony Plain, AB
Website:  http://www.blueberrybluegrass.com/index.asp
For information contact:  info@blueberrybluegrass.com
Phone:  780-922-4973
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Tourism & Hospitality Industry

The Mill Race Folk Society is a non-profit, registered charity and its purpose is to host folk music events in the area of Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
The main event staged by the Society is the annual Mill Race Festival of Traditional Folk Music (July 29 - 31, 2011), which is a free admission event that has been held since 1993.
The festival's focus is on traditional forms of folk music and dance from a variety of cultures. Because it was inspired by similar events held in the United Kingdom, a significant part of the content is British and Irish music. However, an equally significant number of acts represent a variety of world cultures and the multinational character that is Canada today.
Many concerts, dances, and participatory music sessions are held throughout the year. Please visit the Contact page for information on becoming a member, a volunteer, or other associate of the Mill Race Folk Society.

Location:  Cambridge, ON
Website:  http://www.millracefolksociety.com/
For information contact:  Brad McEwen - mill_race@yahoo.com
Phone:  519-621-7135
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Music

Brenda Chapman will sign copies of her popular mystery novels at Collected Works Bookstore in Ottawa.

Time:  1:00 pm
Venue:  Collected Works
Location:  1242 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1Y 3A4, Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://www.openbookontario.com/events/brenda_chapman_signing
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

The Canmore Folk Music Festival is the longest running folk music festival in Alberta and one of its finest. Adhering to a philosophy and legacy of pure folk, world, blues and roots music, the festival since 1978 has attracted up to 15,000 music fans annually from across southern Alberta, western Canada, the northwestern USA and indeed the world.
Over the years the Canmore Folk Music Festival has contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the local community through outreach programs in the schools, the construction of the landmark Stan Rogers Stage in Centennial Park, infrastructure upgrades to the park, the development of musical scholarships for students, and songwriting workshops for both youth and adults.

Location:  Box 8098, Canmore, AB
Website:  http://www.canmorefolkfestival.com/
For information contact:  Dayna Maki - marketing@canmorefolkfestival.com
Phone:  403.678.2524
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Education

Group ECOSPHERE - a non-profit organization - will hold, in collaboration with the Rideau Canal Festival, its second multidisciplinary environmental fair dedicated exclusively to ecology and the environment. The main goal of this event is to raise collective awareness by bringing together key players in the environmental world.
These include companies operating in green building, new technologies, organic farming and alternative medicines, as well as speakers and community organizations who will inspire the population to make changes in their everyday lives. Together, we can make a difference. Together, we can change the world!

Venue:  Confederation Park
Location:  Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://projetecosphere.org/
For information contact:  Éric Ferland - info@projetecosphere.org
Phone:  450 538-5005
Categories:   Environment; Science & Technology

Folklorama began in 1970 as a one time multicultural event to celebrate Manitoba's Centennial. It was so successful it has returned every year since then.
In 1970, the festival was only 7 days long with 21 pavilions participating. Since then the festival has grown to two full weeks with 20-plus pavilions open in week 1 and a second set of 20 pavilions running in week 2. Today, the fesitval typically draws about 425,000 pavilion visits plus 15,000 visitors to the Kick-Off event held the night before pavilions open.

Location:  2nd Floor - 183 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg, MB
Website:  http://www.folklorama.ca/
For information contact:  info@folklorama.ca
Phone:  1.204.982.6210
Categories:   Arts & Culture

Join Natasha Henry in George's Square to commemorate Emancipation Day. Natasha will read and sign copies of her book. The picnic will feature performances and other guests.

Time:  1:00 pm
Venue:  George's Square
Location:  Trafalgar Road and Sumner Avenue Oakville, ON L6J 2Y5, Oakville, ON
Website:  http://www.openbookontario.com/events/emancipation_day_picnic_natasha_henry_reading_and_sign
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Publishers & Publishing

An African savannah, performances, visual art and African vendors. This event is free with admission to the zoo.

Venue:  Toronto Zoo
Location:  Meadowvale N of 401, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/listing.cfm?listingid=800056055&subsection=&category=&
Phone:  416-392-5929
Categories:   Arts & Culture

AUGUST WEEKENDS ONLY: 12 PM to 5 PM - FREE. For all ages. No registration required.
Star in and make your own animated films! Join us for our new drop-in pixilation workshop activities in our interactive lounge space! Themes include: A Day in the Park (Aug 6 & 7), A Day at the Beach (Aug 13 & 14), The Environment (Aug 20 & 21), Street Performers (Aug 27 & 28).
NFB Mediatheque, 150 John St. (at Richmond St. W) 416-973-3012
www.nfb.ca/mediatheque

Categories:   Arts & Culture; Media, Entertainment, News, Communications

Directed by Academy Award®-nominated David Paperny, this is a raw exposé that examines William Sampson's harrowing experience while imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for a crime he did not commit.
NFB Mediatheque, 150 John St. (at Richmond St. W) 416-973-3012
www.nfb.ca/mediatheque

Time:  4pm
Venue:  NFB Mediatheque
Location:  150 John St, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://nfb.ca/mediatheque
Phone:  416.973.1021
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Human Rights, Law, Legal

Redefine Your Career
Skills, Expertise, and Passion
Getting ahead in your career is no longer about your experience. These days, you need to adapt to evolving businesses, understand your expertise, and have the confidence to self promote. What are the hot skills that organizations are looking for, and what's your specialty?
At Career Circus, our industry experts will discuss how to uncover - and rediscover - core competencies and skills that could make all the difference in your career.
They'll be talking about:
* Assessing your current career online and off to determine key areas for growth and opportunity
* Effectively communicating what you do in a proposal, interview, and in your social media profile
* Your personal brand: what are the best platforms for you to showcase what you do and how you do it?
* While an internal focus is critical, a lens on the outside world is equally as important. What can you do in your offline life to stay connected and on top of key industry trends?
The discussion topics along with interactive conversation, tools and resources will help you carve out your path forward.
Who Should Attend?
Media professionals just getting into or considering a transition out of the industry, unemployed (or underemployed) journalists, editors, writers, producers, graphic designers, book publishers, and anyone interested in gaining new skills and techniques to land his or her dream job.

Location:  200 Hudson Street New York, NY 10013, New York City
Website:  http://www.mediabistro.com/careercircus/
Phone:  (212) 547-7867 or email events
Categories:   Media, Entertainment, News, Communications

reat Woods Park www.greatwoodspark.com and GWMF Music Society will proudly present the 16th annual indoor-outdoor Blues/Rock/Roots music festival in a beautiful 120-acre park and campground on the banks of the Brokenhead River, at a very unique venue, The Moonrise Cabana on August 4-6, 2011.
A dedicated group of volunteers is helping to stage and promote this astounding music festival, which contributes to the cultural life of the communities of Manitoba. Thousands of people from United States and Canada have enjoyed the festival in the past and we look forward to a larger attendance this year as the reputation for the quality of this festival continues to grow.

Great Woods Music Festival is extending an invitation and opportunity to you to participate in this prestigious event with a Sponsorship package for this special Blues/Rock/Roots festival. The package offers a variety of sponsorship levels and we are assured your organization will select one that best represents your business needs and marketing plan. We believe this event will provide an excellent opportunity to reward your valued customers and employees, to promote your business and support the cultural life of Manitoba.

Location:  Box 1332 R0E 0C0, Beausejour, MB
Website:  http://www.greatwoodspark.com/Festival-greatwoods/index.htm
For information contact:  park@greatwoodspark.com
Phone:  204-268-2814
Categories:   Arts & Culture

Beginning in 1980 with one staff and 300 volunteers, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival has grown and matured to become one of the leading folk festivals in the world. Now boasting a volunteer force of over 2000, the festival in a not-for-profit society dedicated to bringing in the best of folk music from around the world.
The quality of the music and the depth of the performer lineup is the single greatest ingredient in our success. Terry Wickham, producer, selects artists within a broad musical mandate. Our vision is to continue to improve as a world- class folk music festival. At the same time, we work very hard to raise money through fund raising activities and through soliciting corporate sponsorships to keep ticket prices accessible for ordinary families.

Venue:  Gallagher Park
Location:  Edmonton, AB
Website:  http://www.edmontonfolkfest.org/
For information contact:  admin@efmf.ab.ca
Phone:  780-429-1899
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Media, Entertainment, News, Communications

olk Harbour is as much a concept, a feeling, as a place, a time, or a festival. Born from a shared passion for music, it's about finding yourself immersed for a few short days in a happening where your senses are fed with musical delights, scenic beauty, and shared experiences.

The Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival brings the best in traditional and contemporary folk music to the beautiful UNESCO World Heritage Site of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. We are Nova Scotia's longest-running folk festival and have showcased great Nova Scotian, Canadian, and international talent during our 25 years. We are proud to have introduced many of the Maritimes' best-loved musicians to a wider audience on our stages.

Location:  125 Montague Street, Lunenburg, NS
Website:  http://www.folkharbour.com/index.php
For information contact:  info@folkharbour.com
Phone:  902-634-3180
Categories:   Arts & Culture

Horse & Livestock Competitions, Homecraft Exhibits, ATV Pull, Horse Pull, Demo Derby, Conklin's Midway How Can You Miss a Fair Like This?

Location:  P.O. Box 460 L0E 1R0, Sutton West, ON
Website:  http://www.suttonfair.com
For information contact:  info@suttonfair.com
Phone:  905-722-3165
Categories:   Animals & Pets; Farming

Springtide Resources (formerly Education Wife Assault) and our Young Women's Program bring you ‘Halo-halo', a workshop series for newcomer queer and trans youth to understand the issues that we & our communities experience, and build our skills in community organizing.

Time:  Every Thurs 3-6PM Aug 4th - Sept 1st & Sat, 3-6PM on Sept 10th & 17th
Venue:  519 Church Community Centre
Location:  519 Church St., Toronto, ON
Website:  http://rabble.ca/whatsup/halo-halo-workshop-series-newcomer-queer-and-trans-youth
Categories:   Children & Youth; Arts & Culture

The aim of the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival and Celtic College is to foster the preservation and continuation of traditional Celtic art forms through exposure, participation and education. Forming new generations of artists and participants is absolutely essential to the survival of these living traditions. The Festival, College and Celtic Kids Day Camp, therefore, create and support year-long educational and participatory programmes, as well as instrument loans to help bring forward the new generations that will live and participate in our valued traditions. If you share our goals, you can participate by helping us to fund the charitable organization we have created to finance these programs.

Location:  73 Hamilton St, N7A 1R1, Goderich, ON
Website:  http://www.celticfestival.ca/
For information contact:  estival@celticfestival.ca
Phone:  (519) 524-8221
Categories:   Arts & Culture

The TD Festival of Friends is as outdoor music, art, and crafts festival in Hamilton, ON. It has been produced annually since 1976. Admission to the Festival will always remain, free to everyone.

To conceive, organize, promote and execute a major annual musical festival event in the Hamilton-Wentworth Region. The event themes highlight the richness of a particular component of the Canadian mosaic. The event is produced efficiently by professional staff and well-trained, experienced volunteers. The event creates a vehicle for tourism and education. They nurture enjoyment of the arts and are programmed for family enjoyment and education. The objectives are achieved primarily through the production of a major musical and cultural event held annually.

Location:  434 King Street West L8P 1B7, Hamilton, ON
Website:  http://www.creativearts.on.ca/
For information contact:  info@creativearts.on.ca
Phone:  905 777 9777
Categories:   Arts & Culture

The “Live From the Rock” Folk Festival is located in Pull- a- Log Park on the scenic shores of Lake Superior. Bring a friend, a lawn chair (low ones are best), waterproof tarp, rain gear, warm clothes for the evening, a flashlight, bug spray, sunscreen, a hat, comfortable foot wear, reusable drinking cup and some cash to purchase crafts, CDs, festival souvenirs or some tasty treats from the food vendors.

Location:  Red Rock, ON
Website:  http://www.livefromtherock.com/
For information contact:  redrockfolkfestival@gmail.com
Categories:   Arts & Culture

Meal Exchange's National Student Food Summit 2011, is a three day event from August 5-7th at the University of Toronto, for all post-secondary students involved in food issues on campus. The summit will include keynote speakers, panels, and workshops, exploring hunger from a local, national, non-profit, corporate, food poverty, health, and environment lens.
This year's summit is not only educational, but fully loaded with engaging discussions that will allow for student leaders to contribute their stories, opinions and ideas to develop real solutions they can take back and share with their peers.

Venue:  University of Toronto
Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://studentfoodsummit.ca
For information contact:  Gregory Sam - greg@mealexchange.com
Phone:  416-657-4489 ext. 4
Categories:   Environment; Health/Health Care; International

It seems that more and more music festivals are popping up all over the world, but for emerging artists, landing a slot at a festival, even as an opening band, may seem out of reach – a goal for “later” in your career. Festivals can be an invaluable way of exposing your band to new fans and industry insiders searching for fresh talent. But before bands and managers see a festival slot as their ticket to fame and fortune, they need to know how to get noticed and how not to blow it once they're booked.

The Festival Buyers Panel will feature three of western Canada’s leading festival buyers, Chris Frayer, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Kerry Clarke, Calgary Folk Festival and Sandra Butel, Regina Folk Festival. The panel will discuss tips and tricks of getting your submissions noticed and what to do once you have been selected.

Venue:  Creative City Centre
Location:  1843 Hamilton Street, Regina, SK
Website:  http://www.reginafolkfestival.com/home/
For information contact:  info@saskmusic.org
Phone:  (306)525-6400
Categories:   Arts & Culture

Friday Night - Demolition Derby Saturday - Homecrafts, Horse Show, Baby Show, Goat & Dairy Shows. Sat. Night - Tractor Pull Sunday - Beef & Sheep Shows, Truck Pull

Location:  Box 255 N0G 1P0, Drayton,, ON
Website:  http://www.draytonfair.com
For information contact:  nikki-b@live.ca
Phone:  226-444-6500
Categories:   Farming; Animals & Pets

The great English radical singer-songwriter, Leon Rosselson, will be touring North America this summer. Beit Zatoun is pleased to host him in Toronto - he will feature many songs from his newest album - The Last Chance: Eight Songs on Israel-Palestine.

Leon Rosselson has been one of outstanding songwriters in the UK for more than fifty years. A number of his songs are standards, including The World Turned Upside Down, his tribute to the Diggers, a 17th-century English Utopian communist group. It was famously covered by Billy Bragg in the eighties.

Last year Leon Rosselson released The Last Chance: Eight Songs on Israel-Palestine, a album that reflects his experiences and concerns as a secular left-wing Jew faced with the reality of the Israeli settler state. Proceeds from the sale of this album go to the UK group "Medical Aid for Palestinians" (www.map-uk.org). Leon Rosselson is an active supporter of the world wide BDS campaign.

Time:  7:30-10:00pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500

You are invited to attend and participate in The Ontario Poetry Society's members book launch, readings and open mic: The Grass Roots Poetry Festival.
Sign-up sheet at the door. Free Admission. Open to the Public.
More information: www.theontariopoetrysociety.ca.

Time:  12:30 pm
Venue:  John's Restaurant
Location:  1643 London Line Sarnia, ON N7W 1A9, Sarnia, ON
Website:  http://www.openbookontario.com/events/ontario_poetry_society_grass_roots_poetry_festival
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Publishers & Publishing

Events and Topics of discussion will be:: "What Do Queer Neighbourhoods do for Cities?"; Queer Eyes and Queer Ears - Bicycle Art Gallery Tour & After Party; A Queer Story: A Writing Workshop; "240 mind-blowing minutes of Caribana Soca, explosive dance, electrifying rock and a few ballads to bring you down; Girls Night with Sugar Bush DJ HOME REKHA; and Queer West Fest Smash Words: an afternoon of Queer Poetry and Chinese classical Music Concert Featuring some of Toronto's best known Spoken Word Artists.

Time:  Aug 8 @ 6:30 pm - Aug 14 @ 8:00 pm
Venue:  Various locations
Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://rabble.ca/whatsup/queer-west-arts-festial-aug-8-14-2011-0
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Sexuality

Friday night - Ambassador Pageant & Talent Night Saturday - Parade @ Noon, 4-H Beef & Dair Shows, Open Shows, Musical Entertainment, Games for Kids, Crafts Sunday - 4-H Horse Show, Horseshoes, Games, Chicken BBQ, Raffle Draws & Auction

Location:  P.O. Box 556 13 Fred St. N0G 2J0, Mildmay, ON
For information contact:  Shirley Dietz
Phone:  519-367-2624
Categories:   Farming; Animals & Pets

Join our Education Team on a family hike that highlights the sights, smells, and sounds of nature. We will discover wildflowers, identify trees, and various birds and animals along the trail. NOTE: This presentation and hike is geared for children ages 6 and over. Please bring adequate rain gear, water bottle, binoculars and warm clothing in case of inclement weather. Footwear suitable for the weather and travel over uneven terrain is recommended. Please note that this hike is about 4km long. Please note that this hike is a repeat of our popular July 13th event.
Cost: $5.00 per child

Time:  1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Venue:  The rare Administration Centre
Location:  1679 Blair Road in Cambridge, Cambridge, ON
For information contact:  Brenda Pearce
Categories:   Environment; Nature & Outdoors

Land Conservation and Success Showcase, highlighting our newest property in the Mabou Highlands!
The Nature Trust's conservation lands boast spectacular landscapes, which include a wide array of natural habitats from old-growth forests to bogs to pristine coastline! The Nature Trust is thrilled to offer this opportunity to share our achievements with all of our friends and supporters in Cape Breton!
To RSVP or learn more information please contact David Belyea, david (at) nsnt.ca or call the Nature Trust office (902) 425-LAND. We are excited and look forward to seeing you!

Venue:  Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site
Location:  559 Chebucto Street, Baddeck, NS
Website:  http://www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=14686
Categories:   Environment

Filmmaker Alan Kohl provides a portrait of an artist who provokes debate about the significance of art in urban spaces.

Time:  4pm
Venue:  NFB Mediatheque
Location:  150 John St (at Richmond St. W), Toronto, ON
Website:  http://nfb.ca/mediatheque
Phone:  416.973.1021
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Urban Issues, Transit, Housing, Public Space

eople have used plants for healing since they first walked the earth and plants continue to hold amazing medicinal activity. Healing herbs grow all around us, not just in exotic or distant places. The first step in learning what plants have to offer to humans is to get to know the plants. Join Susan Elliotson, a practicing herbalist, on a walk through Riverwood to identify herbs in their natural habitat and learn about their medicinal properties. Meet at the main (first) parking lot, The Riverwood Conservancy, 4300 Riverwood Park Lane, Mississauga, ON L5C 2S7.

Time:  10:00 am - 11:30 am
Location:  Mississauga, ON
Website:  http://www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=14692
For information contact:  Brian Packham
Phone:  905-279-5878
Categories:   Environment

Meeting Location: Picnic benches by the parking lot accessed from the south side of Lawrence Ave., just east of the Don Valley Parkway off ramp
Cost: FREE
While a quiet, naturalized space at present, Milne Hollow once played an important role in Toronto’s cultural and industrial history. Guest host Peter Heinz, Vice-Chair of the Don Watershed Regeneration Council, will examine relics of the last century including a former ski hill and an historic farm house. The City of Toronto’s efforts to combat the invasive species dog strangling vine and other re-naturalization efforts will also be examined.

Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=14703
Categories:   Environment; Nature & Outdoors

Registration is now open!!
The convention will start with sessions that bring together top executives to discuss the role of diversity in newsrooms and in news coverage. You'll find stories you can write home about as well as Tweet, Facebook and blog. The conference includes workshops and panels on data visualization, multimedia and social media. And for those of you at a career crossroads, it'll offer sessions on entrepreneurship, management and branding. Check out the details and find registration information at AAJA's website.

Venue:  COBO Center
Location:  Michigan, Detroit
Website:  http://www.journalismassociations.com/2011/04/19/asian-american-journalists-association-head
For information contact:  Register Online
Phone:  http://2011aaja.eventbrite.com
Categories:   Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Arts & Culture

Discover the benefits of growing your own sprouts. We’ll explain the nutritional advantages of sprouts, the best types of seeds to use, and the process for cultivating healthy sprouts. You’ll also set up your own jar with seeds for sprouting at home.
$30, including tax

Time:  6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Venue:  Everdale Farm
Location:  5812 6th Line, Hillsburgh, ON
Website:  http://www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=14367
For information contact:  Jennifer Lennie
Phone:  519-855-4859 x 101
Categories:   Environment; Nature & Outdoors

Kellie Scanlan and Denise Hampden will be hosting the second of three walking conversations on labour history in Toronto. Kellie has extensive labour, union and popular education experience.
This event is free!
The walk will retrace the steps of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and the important history of struggle that helped shape the industrial and commercial city that Toronto is today. After this walk through history, we will have a chance to reflect at the Royal York hotel, a mainstay of both Toronto and railway history.

Time:  6:30 pm - 8:30pm
Location:  Meet under the large clock in the Great Hall of Union Station., Toronto, ON
Website:  http://rabble.ca/whatsup/labour-walks-catalytic-walking-conversation-union-station
For information contact:  Deborah Konecny
Phone:  deborah@catalystcentre.ca
Categories:   Arts & Culture

Nahr el-Bared Talks Back
Film Screening
On May 20, 2007, fighting broke out between the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and a new militia group calling itself Fatah al-Islam based in Nahr el-Bared, a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli, North Lebanon. After 15-weeks of intense bombardment, the camp was reduced to rubble and more than 30,000 residents made homeless. Despite plans to rebuild the ruined camp, the displaced families live under dire conditions and face an uncertain future.
In Nahr el-Bared Talks Back, the displaced refugees narrate the fearful story of the camp's destruction, the dangers of being under siege, their fateful escape from the camp and their hopes of one day to return. But most of all, Nahr el-Bared Talks Back is the tale of Palestinian families losing their most valuable assets - home and community - in the face of chronic uncertainty. Mixing original footage shot in the camp with the refugees' own voices, this film is the inside story of a humanitarian disaster that shocked Lebanon and made international headlines.
Documentary 2009; 45 minutes, Arabic with English subtitles

Time:  7:30-9:30pm
Venue:  Beit Zatoun
Location:  612 Markham Street, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.beitzatoun.org
For information contact:  info@beitzatoun.org
Phone:  647.726.9500
Categories:   Arts & Culture; International

Power Summer will include training in popular education, action & strategy, communications, messaging, campaign planning, and other quintessential organizing skills, while building our understanding of climate justice and how we build a movement to get it. These 3 day, weekend long camps will use participatory, direct education to train the next generation of climate warriors and trainers. We will also work with local organizers to connect these camps to on the ground organizing being done in the area.

Venue:  Beaver Bank Scouting Camp
Location:  NS
Website:  http://www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=14616
For information contact:  Taryn Hancock
Phone:  taryn@ourclimate.ca
Categories:   Environment; Nature & Outdoors

Fergus Scottish Festival is a three day event. Author Pat Mattaini Mestern will give presentations in the Heritage Tent at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on August 12; and at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on August 13.

Time:  11:30 am
Venue:  Fergus Belsyde Avenue
Location:  Fergus, ON N1M 2W8, Fergus, ON
Website:  http://www.openbookontario.com/events/pat_mattaini_mestern_presentations_fergus_scottish_fes
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language; Publishers & Publishing

Parade, Baby Show, Horse Pulls, Lawn Tractors, Kids Activities.

Location:  PO Box 368, N0G 2H0, Lucknow, ON
For information contact:  dkthomson@hurontel.on.ca
Phone:  519-528-2559
Categories:   Animals & Pets; Farming

The Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games has enjoyed success since its beginning in 1946. Begun by Alex Robertson, the games have had two locations, Victoria Park and more recently, the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex (Fergus). The Games exemplify all things Scottish with a focus on heavy events, dancing, piping, clans and family interactive fun.

The Highland Games originated with the Ancient Celts in Ireland, thriving and evolving in the competitive environment of the clan structure of Scotland. It is commonly believed that in the 11th century the Scottish King Malcome Canmore perpetuated the entire Games event with a race up a mountain.

Location:  PO Box 25, N1M 2W7, Fergus, ON
For information contact:  info@fergusscottishfestival.com
Phone:  (519) 787-0099
Categories:   Arts & Culture

There will be artists from a variety of genres and from all over the country coming together to spend aweekend making magic in the woods at Ear Falls. This August will be artists that are eqqually at home at any large festival in the country. But instead of battling the tens of thouusands, we get to have them in the intimate Trout environment. The lineup is mostly comprised of artists that I have been impressed by as I travel around the country, while a few others were programmed based on their recordings and live reputation. After Friday’s kickoff show in Frank’s Tavern gives you a taste of the weekend to come, spend Saturday and Sunday wandering back and forth between workshops and concerts at the Mainstage and Frank’s Tavem stage. What was previously the family stage will now be a mixture of family entertainment and ‘open mic’ performances, so stop by with your instrument and show us what you got. You can also sign up for the hands-on instructional workshop and learn from some of the festivals best performers. Don’t forget to visit the many food and artisan booths. Have a swim and enjoy the finest of Canadian music in the finest of Canadian places.

Venue:  Ear Falls Waterfront Park
Location:  P.O. Box 372,P0V 1T0, Ear Falls, ON
Website:  http://www.troutfest.com/
For information contact:  trout@troutfest.com
Phone:  807-222-2404
Categories:   Arts & Culture

The Riverwood Conservancy and the City of Mississauga Recreation and Parks are working together to provide a series of informative and healthy walks at Riverwood and Erindale. The first half of the walk will be led by a TRC volunteer where participants learn about the park and its features. Then Mike Erison leads a brisk heart-healthy walk through Riverwood’s beautiful forest. Be sure to dress for a brisk walk.

Time:  9:00 am - 10:30 am
Location:  Mississauga, ON
Website:  http://www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=14688
For information contact:  Brian Packham
Phone:  905-279-5878
Categories:   Environment; Nature & Outdoors

Learn how to dehydrate, blanch, freeze, pickle, brine and can in this 2-part series with Redhead Pantry chef Shaun Funk!
Topics: 100 mile diet, our carbon footprint, how to extend the season of local produce (dehydration, freezing, brining, pickling, curing, fermenting, curding, etc.)
Hands-on work: Dehydrating, blanching and freezing seasonal fruits and vegetables
Take-homes: Such as fruit leathers, beans, corn, onions and apples!
Cost: $5.00
RSVP Early to Reserve Your Space! You can register 1 of 3 ways:
Phone | 613-875-3262
Email | info@allthingsfoodbouffe360.ca
Online Registration Form via www.allthingsfoodbouffe360.ca

Time:  9:30am - 12:00 pm
Venue:  Trinity United Church, Chesterville
Location:  Chesterville, ON
Website:  http://www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=14812
For information contact:  Dana, All Things Food Coordinator
Phone:  1-613-875-3262
Categories:   Environment; Nature & Outdoors

This is an eco fair on everything related to growing food in small, difficult, vertical, or rooftop spaces.
Displays & info on growing foods in containers, raised beds, and on rooftops
Vendor tables with supplies & resources for containers and food growing advice
Guided tours of the new Carrot Green Roof garden at 3pm and 4pm
FREE admission. Light refreshments, live music, and raffle prizes.
Give-aways while supplies last!
Organized by Live Green Toronto Community Animators-South
In partnership with The Carrot Green Roof.

Time:  2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Venue:  Eastminster United Church
Location:  310 Danforth Ave., Lower Level, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=14711
Categories:   Environment; Nature & Outdoors

If you couldn’t join us in July for Alan Morgan’s guided geological hike, you’re in luck, because he’s back to do it again! Join University of Waterloo, Emeritus Professor, and member of the rare Environmental Advisory Committee, Alan Morgan, on this guided tour on the trails at rare. Alan will explain the geological background to the area pointing out features of interest. The walk is relatively easy with two short steep sections, but other than that, fairly flat. We will start and end at the Slit Barn and the duration will be about 2.5 hours.

Time:  9:30am - 12:00 pm
Venue:  Meet in the parking lot of rare’s Slit Barn at 768 Blair Road, Cambridge
Location:  Univresity of Waterloo, Cambridge, ON
For information contact:  Brenda Pearce
Phone:  5196509336 ext. 125
Categories:   Environment; Nature & Outdoors

Our event is a community based project where SNAP, in conjunction with SHARP, will work alongside residents and volunteers to perform habitat enhancement in Hyland Creek Park, Surrey.
Volunteers learn about the habitat of our wildlife neighbors and
contribute to the beauty of Surrey's natural spaces.
Tools, gloves and refreshments are provided.
This is an all ages event.

Time:  10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Venue:  6543 140 Street
Location:  Surrey, BC
Website:  http://www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=14785
Categories:   Environment; Nature & Outdoors

Join the local environmental initiative!
Celebrate with FANTASTIC LOCAL bands, local environmental groups with INFO BOOTHS!!! AND FREE BYO-tshirt TYE-DYE. (some shirts will be sold for $2)
Join us at this free public festival and explore the possibility that one person can truly make a difference!

Time:  4:00 pm - 11:00pm
Venue:  Waterloo Town Square
Location:  Waterloo, ON
Website:  http://www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=14569
For information contact:  Michael Masurkevitch
Phone:  519-747-4101
Categories:   Environment; Nature & Outdoors

Join the local environmental initiative!
Celebrate with FANTASTIC LOCAL bands, local environmental groups with INFO BOOTHS!!! AND FREE BYO-tshirt TYE-DYE. (some shirts will be sold for $2)
Join us at this free public festival and explore the possibility that one person can truly make a difference!

Venue:  Waterloo Town Square
Location:  Waterloo, ON
Website:  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=213776625311248
For information contact:  Michael Masurkevitch - mjmasurk@uwaterloo.ca
Phone:  519-747-4101
Categories:   Environment; Arts & Culture

Instructor: Naomi Steinberg
cost: $95 plus HST (lunch included)
This is an opportunity to investigate the various methods and intentions of storytelling in a group atmosphere, while cultivating one’s own personal storytelling style. Learn how to use stories to share different perspectives, delve into the many ways to enter a story and develop a manageable sequence of events.
SIGN UP AT: http://www.foxglovefarmbc.ca/programs/program-descriptions-2011/#sharing

Time:  Aug. 13: 7:00 pm - 9:30pm Aug. 14: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location:  Salt Spring Island, BC
Website:  http://www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=14796
For information contact:  Foxglove Farm Programs
Phone:  1-250-931-5336
Categories:   Journalism, Writing, Literary, Language

Join the High Park Stewards for Himalayan Balsam Removal. This is a very tall and pretty but invasive plant. It is important to cover your arms, legs, feet and head as there may be red ants. Please bring water and sunscreen. There will be another invasive plant removal option for those who prefer to avoid the red ants.

Time:  10:30 am - 1:00pm
Venue:  Grenadier Restaurant
Location:  Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.highparknature.org.
Categories:   Environment; Nature & Outdoors

The NCVA will be providing veggie burgers/dogs to the first 100 people so arrive early and bring your appetite. Condiments and drinks will also be available. This is a potluck event so please bring a VEGAN dish (with ingredient list) that serves between 10-12, as well as your own plate, cutlery, and beverage. Don't forget a serving utensil for your dish.
This is a family friendly event and there will be games & colouring for the kids. Lets bring Ottawa's vegan, vegetarian and veg-curious families together for a great day at the park!
This event is FREE for kids, $1 for NCVA members and $3 for non-members (memberships will be available at the event). Bring a blanket, bring a frisbee, and anything else you need to enjoy a day at the park!

Time:  11:30 am - 3:00 pm
Venue:  Vincent Massey Park - Section D
Location:  Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=14718
For information contact:  Corrie Rabbe
Phone:  c_rabbe@ hotmail.com
Categories:   Sports & Games; Environment; Arts & Culture

10 am. Visit the Heritage Academy Schoolyard Vegetable Garden where Derek Rhodenizer will discuss the Academy’s 5-year relationship with COG-Ottawa’s Growing-Up-Organic project to help students grow
12 noon: Bring-your-own picnic and tour the COG-Ottawa Organic Flower and Vegetable Garden on the Central Experimental Farm, maintained by volunteers since 1990 to encourage the public to garden organically.
2pm: Visit the Fletcher Wildlife Garden across Prince of Wales Drive from the Experimental Farm where volunteers of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club maintain various natural habitats and a backyard garden.
Participation on a donation basis. Please RSVP your intention to participate to lw.strachan (at) bell.net or phone 613-257-8362

Venue:  Heritage Academy is at 207 Bayswater Avenue
Location:  (near Young St. just south of the Queensway)., Ottawa, ON
Website:  http://www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=14787
Categories:   Environment; Nature & Outdoors

Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 4:30 PM
$350 per week
Advanced film training for emerging animators. Excellent for teens interested in creative careers. Highly experienced teachers. Ages 14+
Register: m.matthews@nfb.ca / 416-973-7114.
NFB Mediatheque, 150 John St. (at Richmond St. W)
nfb.ca/mediatheque

Time:  9:30-4:30pm

To meet the growing demand for trained installers and educators, Kortright has developed a five-day training session that includes theory, hands-on laboratory, and installation components that prepare you to write the NABCEP (North American Board Certified of Energy Practitioners) entry level certification exam, to enter into the growing solar energy marketplace.
Course Covers:
1. Photovoltaic Markets and Applications
2. Solar and Electrical Fundamentals and Site Planning
3. Photovoltaic Fundamentals and System Components
4. Photovoltaic System Design, Sizing and Building Integration
5. Code, Regulations and Safety
6. Installation Practices

Location:  Woodbridge, ON
Website:  http://www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=14752
For information contact:  Paul Luukkonen
Phone:  905 832 8941
Categories:   Environment; Science & Technology

Presentation on the facts of extreme poverty and how to be a part of the solution.
Admission: Free (donations welcome)

Time:  7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue:  ING Direct Cafe
Location:  221 Yonge, 2nd floor, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/listing.cfm?listingid=800056825&subsection=&category=&
Categories:   Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives; Environment

David Celia and other artists perform to support the Horn of Africa Relief Fund.
Benefit for: International Red Cross/Red Crescent

Time:  8:00 pm
Venue:  Monarchs Pub, Delta Hotel
Location:  33 Gerrard W, Toronto, Toronto, ON
Website:  http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/listing.cfm?listingid=800056688&subsection=&category=&
Phone:  416-585-4352
Categories:   Arts & Culture; Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

Peel Region’s popular workshop “Fusion Landscaping” comes to Riverwood. “Fusion Landscaping” is a new trend in garden design that brings together traditional gardening ideas with modern, eco-friendly plants and flowers. The result is a stunning landscape that will reduce water use and protect the environment. Join us to learn how to design your own fusion oasis and create it this fall.

Time:  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Venue:  Meet at the MacEwan Field Station, The Riverwood Conservancy
Location:  4300 Riverwood Park Lane, Mississauga, ON
Website:  http://www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=14694
Categories:   Environment; Nature & Outdoors