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[OPIRG-EVENTS] People- & Planet-Friendly Events & Resources (00/11/08)
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PEOPLE- & PLANET-FRIENDLY EVENTS & RESOURCES
Revised Wed. Nov. 8, 2000
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Here are upcoming SUSTAINABLE LIVING, ENVIRONMENTAL
& SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENTS, workshops, courses, festivals,
films, broadcasts, resources & jobs in Ontario & beyond.
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(A) EVENTS, COURSES, BROADCASTS & LINKS
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* Events in Toronto, Hamilton, Guelph, Carp, Ottawa,
Ontario-wide municipal elections, national TV broadcast, Georgia.
* ST. JAMESTOWN SPEAKOUT, Thurs Nov 9, 6:30pm,
Toronto. Find out why your vote matters, and what each
government does (or doesn't do!) Municipal & federal candidates
are invited to listen to what you have to say. Rose Ave. Recreation
Centre, 675 Ontario St., just south of Howard (south of Sherbourne
subway). Low Income Families Together & Metro Network for
Social Justice. [see also issue factsheets at: http://www.mnsj.org ]
FAHRENHEIT 451, Thurs Nov 9, 7pm, Toronto. A chilling &
effective story of a world where TV rules and all books must burn.
Based on the best-selling science fiction masterpiece by Ray
Bradbury. Directed by Francois Truffaut. (Followed by "Brazil", at
9:15pm). $3/$4/$7. Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W. (Bathurst
subway). 416-516-2330 http://www.bloorcinema.com
* OTTAWA PROTEST FOR THE ENVIRONMENT - AT THE
FEDERAL ELECTION DEBATE, Thurs Nov 9, 7pm.
Demonstration/rally/gathering in front of the Federal Election
debate to protest the party leaders' failure to address the
environmental concerns of Canadians. Help present these issues to
the politicians, media & public. Healthy environment = healthy
economy, healthy Canadians, and a prosperous future. Bring: The
questions you want asked & the voice to ask them; placards;
puppets. Gather around 7pm, National Art Centre, 53 Elgin (at
Queen), Elgin main entrance. The televised debates themselves
begin at 8pm (see previous listing), but are closed to public
participation. Let's bring environmental issues into the forefront of
this election! More info: Leslie Dickout or Julia Fleming, Sierra
Club of Canada, 613-241-4611 [ http://www.sierraclub.ca ]
* LIVE FEDERAL ELECTION DEBATE, Thurs Nov 9, 8pm
(eastern), CBC TV, radio & website. The leaders of the Liberals,
Conservatives, Canadian Alliance, NDP, and Bloc Quebecois will
be participating. Polls show that the environment is one of the top
issues of concern to Canadians, yet the main political parties don't
seem to be listening. Call your local candidates! Ask them what
they plan to do on smog, global warming, sustainable agriculture,
renewable energy, or water! (Toronto area: FM 99.1) (see also
next listing) http://cbc.ca/election2000/ [related:
http://www.canadians.org/election2000/election_intro.html
http://www.planetfriendly.net/election.html ]
* ALBERTA ENERGY COMPANY IN THE AMAZON, Thurs
Nov 9, 7pm, Toronto. Alexandra Almeida, visiting environmental
justice activist from Ecuador, on the social, cultural and ecological
impacts of the Alberta Energy Company in the Amazonian oil
fields. (Followed by Ken Wiwa book launch at 8pm, a short walk
away - see next listing). Room 1073, Sidney Smith building, 150
St. George (just south of Harbord). Free. More info: Keith Stewart,
Toronto Environmental Alliance 416-596-0660
[ http://www.torontoenvironment.org ]
* KEN-SARO WIWA COMMEMORATION, Thurs Nov 9, 8-
10pm, Toronto. Ken Saro Wiwa, poet, human rights &
environmental activist, and eight colleagues were executed by the
Nigerian Government five years ago for fighting to keep their
lands free of Shell Oil pollution. Please join us to commemorate
his extraordinary life & death, and launch Dr. Owen Wiwa's new
book, "In the Shadow of a Saint". Performances, music, book
signing, readings, hors d'oeuvres, cash bar. With MC Avi Lewis.
Great Hall, Hart House, U of T, 7 Hart House Circle (Queen's
Park or Museum subway). Related site:
http://www.mosopcanada.org (Knopf Canada, PEN Canada,
Newsworld, Afrida, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Hart House Library
Committee). See also previous listing, in same neighbourhood.
* JAILED ANTI-POVERTY ACTIVIST BAIL REVIEW, Fri Nov
10, 10am, Toronto. "Early morning Oct 21, Elan Ohayon, UofT
PhD Student and member of the UofT Board of Governors, was
arrested in Allan Gardens. He was assaulted and his video
equipment was destroyed. Elan and a group of protestors have
been sleeping out at Allan Gardens every Friday night since the
OCAP Safe Park in August 1999. They have been protesting the
lack of affordable housing and the lack of safety on the streets for
the homeless. Elan was dragged, in his sleeping bag, from his tent
by six riot cops, beaten & charged by assault police. The police
currently want to impose the bail condition that Elan be prohibited
from going to Allan Gardens. He has been held in the Don Jail
since Oct 21 because he refuses this bail condition. Elan believes
he has a right, as well as a duty, to go to Allan Gardens to protest
the plight of the homeless." A fund will be set up to help with his
legal costs. Come out to support Elan! Courthouse, 361 University
Ave. Contact Chris Ramsaroop 416-832-4932 or Oriel Varga 416-
978-0831
* MEGAPROJECTS FOR MILLIONAIRES - OR HOUSING &
SERVICES? Fri Nov 10, 7-9pm, Toronto. WHOSE TORONTO?
Public municipal election forum with Tooker Gomberg (Toronto
mayoralty candidate); Mel Lastman (invited, current Mayor); Pam
Johnson. Free. College St. United Church, 454 College (SW corner
at Bathurst). More info: 416-924-9042
[ see also: http://www.GombergForMayor.org ]
* OTTAWA FIRST TIMERS' SQUARE DANCE FOR PERC, Fri
Nov 10, 6:30/7/8pm, Ottawa. Dancing, food, fun, prizes & PERC's
famous concrete pinatta. Fundraiser for the Peace and Environment
Resource Centre. Doors open 6:30; first lesson 7pm; dancing starts
8pm. St Giles Presbyterian Church (basement), First Ave. & Bank
St. $6/$8 door. http://www.perc.flora.org
* CANADIAN POLITICAL PARTIES ON CBC TV, Fridays until
the election, approx 10:30-11:30pm. On CBC TV, after the
National news, as a replacement for the Magazine. Hosted by Avi
Lewis. Panel discussion with representatives of a different political
party on each show and possibly other national commentators,
followed by audience questions. No advance agenda nor screening.
AUDIENCE PARTICIPANTS are needed from the Toronto area.
Interested audience participants call Laurel Rothman 416-595-9230.
A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE - RENEWABLE ENERGY &
CONSERVATION, Sat Nov 11, Carp (west of Ottawa). More info:
Ziggy 519-795-7725 or Katherine 613-839-3997 or cfre@web.ca
[ http://www.web.ca/~cfre ]
* GOMBERG FOR MAYOR VICTORY PARTY, Sat Nov 11,
8:30pm-2am, Toronto. Come celebrate our successes
revolutionizing Toronto politics! Chat with Tooker, mingle with
supporters & friends from around the city. Performing artists, folk
& jazz musicians, dancers, words from Tooker, more.
Performances start at 8:30 sharp. With artists Daisy De Boldt, the
Pine Needle Players, Tom Smarda, RB Robot, Captain Disco, Jazz
Maniacs, more. Licensed. $10/pay what you can. At Bar Code, 549
College (at Euclid). More info: 416-968-7626 tooker@web.ca
http://www.GombergForMayor.org
* GOMBERG FOR MAYOR GREEN RIBBON CAMPAIGN,
Sun Nov 12, Toronto. Help distribute leaflets or join the team of
volunteers for today's Green Ribbon campaign. 416-968-7626
(416-your-man) http://www.GombergForMayor.org
tooker@web.ca
* ONTARIO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Monday November 13,
2000. Municipal elections across Ontario are being held on
Monday November 13, 2000. If you have not received a
"vote-at-card", you can still vote, if you bring sufficient ID.
Polls close at 8pm. In Toronto, more info at:
http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/vote2000 416-338-1111.
* ELECTION NIGHT CELEBRATION, Mon Nov 13, 7pm,
Toronto. Come celebrate with Tooker Gomberg, campaigners &
friends, and watch the election returns roll in on large-screen TV
(polls close at 8pm). Licensed. NOW Lounge, 189 Church, just
south of Dundas. More info: 416-968-7626 tooker@web.ca
http://www.GombergForMayor.org
* DR. STRANGELOVE, Mon Nov 13 (7pm) & Tues Nov 14
(9:20pm), Toronto. "How I learned to stop worrying and love the
bomb". The film that put black comedy on the map, with Peter
Sellers in three roles. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. PG. $7.50/$4.
The Fox cinema, 2236 Queen E. 416-691-7330
* SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS, Tues Nov 14,
6.45pm, Ottawa. With Martine Rouleau, VP Acuity Funds Ltd., on
their new "Social Values" funds. Acuity also produces the Clean
Environment Funds. First in a series of seminars/meetings on
environmental & ethical mutual funds, shareholder activism. The
SRI group will also meet once a month as the basis of an ethical
investment club. With Ahti Tolvanen, financial advisor & ethical
investment specialist. Dare Business Centre, 275 Slater St. Suite
900. RSVP: 819-684-7773 fenburn@usa.net More info:
Guillaume Belanger gbkl@cuic.ca
* AFTER GLOBALIZATION, Tues Nov 14, 7:30pm, Toronto.
Discussion of recent developments. Free. At the Ontario Institute
for Studies in Education (OISE), 252 Bloor W. (St. George
subway). More info: Committee on Monetary and Economic
Reform 416-340-1865.
* NATURAL GAS VEHICLE CONFERENCE, Wed Nov 15,
8am-2:30pm, Toronto. Learn more about NGVs, reducing budgets
& helping the environment. Speakers, displays, demonstrations.
Free. Metro Hall, 55 John (St. Andrew subway). More
info/register: http://www.ngvcanada.org 416-961-2339 Indra
Nathani 416-338-5072 inathani@city.toronto.on.ca.
* ANTI-CORPORATE RULE ACTION GROUP, Wed Nov 15,
5pm, Toronto. OPIRG office, 563 Spadina Ave, Room 101. Free.
More info: Ontario Public Interest Research Group (Toronto)
opirg@campuslife.utoronto.ca 416-978-7770
http://www.campuslife.utoronto.ca/groups/opirg
* EARTHROOTS VOLUNTEERS & SUPPORTERS, Wed Nov
15, 6-8pm, Toronto. Adam's Mine is stopped! Now it's time to save
the Oak Ridges Moraine to save clean water for millions of
Ontarians! Many activity groups to choose from - banner-
making/hanging, letter writing, leafleting, postering, outreach
(booths, events, phone trees, networking) distributing action alerts
& brochures, and school talks. Also Wolves Ontario! campaign.
519 Church Community Center (519 Church at Wellesley). More
info: 416-599-0152 Elena@earthroots.org
http://www.earthroots.org
* ALL CANDIDATES MEETING, TORONTO-CENTRE
ROSEDALE, Wed Nov 15, 7-8:30pm, Toronto. (Federal). Free.
Enoch Turner Schoolhouse, 106 Trinity (Parliament & King) More
info: St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Assoc. 416 947-9330
* STOP THE FTAA! Wed Nov 15, 7:30pm, Toronto. Come help
mobilize U of T to get out to the protests in Quebec. Free.
Women's Centre, 563 Spadina (at Bancroft). More info: Ontario
Public Interest Research Group (Toronto)
opirg@campuslife.utoronto.ca 416-978-7770
http://www.campuslife.utoronto.ca/groups/opirg
* KEN SARO-WIWA COMMEMORATION, Wed Nov 15, 7-
9pm, Ottawa. With Dr. Owens Wiwa, on the 5th anniversary of the
death of Ken Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian environmental & social justice
activist. Also with Elizabeth May (Exec Director, Sierra Club of
Canada) and Sister McCarron (human rights worker & friend of
Ken). Images from Nigeria, MOSOP & Ken's extraordinary life
will be shown. Free/donations appreciated. University of Ottawa,
room 205 University Centre. More info: Leslie Dickout leslie-
d@comnet.ca 613-241-4611
http://http://www.mosopcanada.org/story.html
http://www.sierraclub.ca/national/nigeria/
* TRAFFIC & I AM CUBA, Wed & Thurs Nov 15 & 16, 7 &
9:05pm, Toronto. 7pm: Traffic - a comic look at car culture
(France 1971, PG). 9:05pm: I am Cuba - the last desperate days of
Cuban dictator Batista before Castro's Revolution (in Spanish,
subtitles, 1964, PG). $7.50/$4 (each film). Paradise Cinema, 1006
Bloor W. (west of Ossington subway) 416-537-7040
* MARKETING YOUR ORGANIC BUSINESS, Thurs Nov 16,
1:30-4pm, Toronto. Effective communication techniques to help
your customers understand the advantages of the organic approach;
marketing; positioning. With Don Huff and others. $25/$40
Register if possible. Civic Garden Centre, 777 Lawrence East (at
Leslie) More info: Nikki Pulla, Organic Landscape Alliance
tea@web.ca 416-596-7989 http://www.organiclandscape.org
* GREEN TOURISM ASSOC. AGM, NETWORKING,
GUIDEBOOK, Thurs Nov 16, 5:30 - 7:30pm, Toronto. Short
AGM followed by networking & pre-release look at the first green
tourist guide book of Toronto. Royal York Hotel, Salon A, 100
Front St. W. (Union Station subway).
http://www.greentourism.on.ca
* MEDIA RELATIONS WORKSHOP, Thurs Nov 16, 7-9pm,
Toronto. International Students' Centre, Rose Wolfe Room, 33 St
George, just north of College. Free, all welcome. More info:
Ontario Public Interest Research Group (Toronto)
opirg@campuslife.utoronto.ca 416-978-7770
http://www.campuslife.utoronto.ca/groups/opirg
* ANIMALS & HUMANS, Thurs Nov 16, 7pm, Toronto. Lesli
Bisgould, Canada's only animal rights lawyer, examines our
relationships with animals, why we treat them the way we do, and
where we're going in the future. $8/$6. Education Centre, 155
College, west of Univ. Ave. (Queen's Park Subway). More info:
Zoocheck 416-285-1744 http://www.zoocheck.com
* SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - TAKING A SYSTEMS
VIEW, Thurs Nov 16, 7pm, Hamilton. Public lecture with
Nicholas Sonntag, Exec Director, Stockholm Environmental
Institute. At McMaster Univ., HSC 1A06. More info: Jane Mah
jane@mcmaster.ca
* WALKERTON, GMO'S & FACTORY FARMING, Thurs Nov
16, 7:30pm, Hamilton. Two of Canada's harshest food policy
critics discuss the roots of the Walkerton E. coli crisis, cross-
examining a food system they describe as "the single greatest
threat to our nation's health & natural resources". With Dr. Thomas
Barnard (Adjunct Professor of Human Biology & Nutritional
Sciences, Univ. of Guelph) and Joseph Pace (author of the
forthcoming book "One Bite: Food & the Power to Change the
World"). "Seventy percent of all illnesses & up to 50% of all
ecological destruction is diet-related. It's time we put our food
system under the spotlight," says Joseph Pace, who is co-
ordinating his book with a research & advisory team of more than
40 experts in the fields of nutrition, food safety, ecology,
agriculture, animal science & bio-ethics - including Dean Ornish,
David Pimentel, Colin Campbell, Jeffrey Masson and Jane
Goodall. Free, all welcome. Chester New Hall (room 104),
McMaster University. More info: Jen Mulqueen 519-526-8984
macveg@hotmail.com [hourly bus service from Toronto: 416-367-
8747] [some related sites: http://www.alertontario.org
http://www.purefood.org http://www.organicadvocates.org
http://www.AnimalAlliance.ca http://www.walkertoninquiry.com
http://www.walkerton.8m.com ]
ENVI-REFORM CONFERENCE (1st Annual), Thurs-Sat Nov 16-
18, Toronto. Identify effective ways for Canadians to participate
more cohesively & directly in the international trade systems that
affect our natural environment, food, health, and safety; analyze
social & environmental impacts of existing trade liberalization;
explore new strategies for regulation & risk assessment,
environmental information, voluntary standards-setting, and
participation by civil society. These strategies aim at allowing
Canadians to participate in the WTO & NAFTA in more unified &
socially sustainable ways. Rules for Food & Agriculture in a
Globalizing Era. Speakers from the Dep't of Foreign Affairs &
Internt'l Trade; CELA, U of T, Oxford, Brazil, Sierra Legal
Defence Fund, CAW, many others. 1 Devonshire Place at Hoskin
(just south of St George subway). FREE & all welcome but you
must register (by email): Tina Lagopoulos cis.general@utoronto.ca
Please specify if you will be attending the entire conference or
specific sessions. More info:
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/envireform/conference/main_c.html
[related: http://www.utoronto.ca/cis ]
* SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS PROTEST, Thurs-Mon Nov
16-20, Georgia (travel from Ontario). Vigil & civil disobedience
with thousands of others working to close the School of the
Americas - the US army institution which trains Latin American
soldiers in counterinsurgency tactics & torture. Travel with others
from throughout Ontario. $150 (fundraising possible). More
info/register: Lori Ryan loryan@yahoo.com 416-762-6750
http://www.soaw.org
* COMMUNITY GRANTS FAIRS, Nov 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 27,
Toronto. Not-for-profit community agencies & business
associations are invited to a Grants Fair to learn more about these
City of Toronto Grant programs for the year 2001: Access &
Equity, Community Services, Breaking The Cycle Of Violence,
Drug Abuse Prevention, AIDS Prevention, Culture Office,
Commercial Research, Economic Development Festivals, Graffiti
Transformation, Homeless Initiatives, Toronto Arts Council,
Economic Development Sector Initiatives, Community Festivals,
Trillium Foundation. Drop-in events around town: Thurs Nov 16,
5-7:30pm, Metro Hall rooms 308/309, 55 John; Fri Nov 17, 3-5pm,
Etobicoke Civic Centre, 399 The West Mall, 2nd Lobby; Mon Nov
20, 4:30-7pm, Scarborough Civic Centre (rotunda), 150 Borough
Dr.; Tues Nov 21, 4:30-7pm, East York Civic Centre (rotunda),
850 Coxwell Ave.; Wed Nov 22, 4:30-7pm, North York Civic
Centre, 5100 Yonge, ground floor; Mon Nov 27, 4:30-7pm, York
Civic Centre (council chambers & lobby), 2700 Eglinton W. More
info/directions: 416-338-0338
* SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS VIGIL & SCREENING, Fri
Nov 17, 6pm, Toronto. Vigil calling for an end to the US gov't
institution that trains Latin American soldiers in counterinsurgency
tactics & torture. At the US Consulate, 360 University Ave, btwn
Queen & Dundas. Followed by a screening of "GUNS & GREED",
International Centre, Cumberland Room, 33 St. George, just north
of College) More info: 416-920-8331 (School of Americas Watch
Canada & Food for Chiapas)
* DESIGNING THE GREEN ECONOMY - the Postindustrial
Alternative to Corporate Globalization, Fri Nov 17, 7-10pm...,
Toronto. Looking for fast-acting temporary relief from the ravages
of globalization? Come to a rousing launch of the book that
outlines a comprehensive cure to the disease. Shmooze with the
creme-de-la-creme of green & social justice thinkers & activists.
Enjoy the music, check out the book, get updated on various
progressive initiatives. Drinks, snacks, music, laughs & big ideas!
With author Brian Milani, John Bacher (author of Petrotyranny),
mayoral candidate Tooker Gomberg, the Coalition for a Green
Economy, Centre for Social Justice, others. Post-launch (after 10)
music by the Fire-Up Blues Band. Free. OISE, 252 Bloor W
(above St. George subway), 7th floor, south lounge, overlooking
Bloor St. http://www.greeneconomics.net
http://www.rowmanlittlefield.com More info: bmilani@web.ca
416-968-1282 416-923-6641 x2595 416-535-6707
editor@greeneconomics.net sfp@web.ca
* GULF WAR SYNDROME - AFTERMATH OF A TOXIC
BATTLEFIELD, Fri Nov 17, 6:30/7:30pm, Ottawa. World
Premiere screening & panel discussion. Balancing personal
accounts with medical & scientific evidence. 6:30pm: silent
auction, book signing, meet the Director, speakers, authors.
7:30pm: screening. Ottawa Public Library, 120 Metcalfe at
Laurier. $12/$7/$5. More info: Environmental Illness Society of
Canada http://www.eisc.ca/ 613-728-9493 1-877-313-EISC
* RIGHTS @ WORK, Sat Nov 18, 8:30am-5pm, Toronto. A one-
day "know your rights" event for young workers, students & the
labour community. Include the exciting film (sold out every time
it's shown Toronto): "Bus Riders' Union". Employment Standards
Act, Human Rights Code, health & safety, the right to organize,
more. $40/$15/subsidies. Oakham House, 63 Gould at Church
(near Dundas subway). http://www.ofl-fto.on.ca/youth Workshops
More info: Sandra Clifford, Ontario Federation of Labour
416-443-7684 sclifford@ofl-fto.on.ca
* GREEN PARTY OF ONTARIO, Sat Nov 18, 8:30am-5pm,
Toronto. Meet the federal Green candidates, learn more about the
Green Party, meet members, supporters, and other interested folks
from around Ontario. With Richard Brooks (Earthroots); Gregor
Beck (Federation of Ontario Naturalists); Lois Corbit (Toronto
Environmental Alliance); Anita Krajnc (Peaceful Parks Coalition);
Sadhana Siva (Sierra Club of Eastern Canada). AGM. Come for all
or part: 8:30-9am coffee, muffins, registration; 9:45-10am
resolutions; 10-11am elections; 11-12am workshops; 12-1pm
vegetarian lunch provided - meet the candidates; 1-2:30pm
speakers; 2-5pm workshops. Followed by social/dinner/drinks at a
nearby restaurant. $15/$20 - political tax receipt will be issued.
Innis Town Hall, Innis College, U of T, St. George (at Sussex, just
south of St. George subway). More info: admin@greenparty.on.ca
416-929-2397 or 1-888-6GREEN6 http://www.greenparty.on.ca
* CLEAN WATERS SUMMIT, Sat Nov 18, 8:30am-4pm,
Toronto. Stormwater management, combined sewer overflows,
pollution prevention. Current initiatives, policies and regulations,
sources of contaminants, health implications, techniques, funding.
Diverse panel & roundtable discussions. Free, but advance
registration is required. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W.
More info/register:
http://www.waterfronttrust.com/docs/traildoc/rapform.html
Michele Doncaster md@wrtrust.com 416-943-8080 x223
* URBAN AGRICULTURE WORKBEE, Sat Nov 18, 10:30 -
4pm, Toronto. Free. At Field To Table Centre, 200 Eastern Ave.,
near King & Parliament. More info/register: Lauren Baker
416-363-6441 x25
* THIRTY YEARS OF ACTIVISM, Sat Nov 18, 7:30pm-midnite;
Toronto. An evening of storytelling & merriment in these times of
resistance. With Judy Rebick, Howard Buchbinder, Wanda
McNiven. Photo exhibit, book tables, music, cash bar. Free / by
donation. At the Colony Hotel, 89 Chestnut, behind City Hall (St.
Patrick or Dundas subway). More info: Luisa Quarta
416-925-5141 x253 lutrev@idirect.com
ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS CONFERENCE, Sat-Sun Nov 18-
19, Ottawa. National conference on the links between environment
& health, and the 15% of Canadians now affected by Enviromental
Illness: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,
Fibromyalgia, and Gulf War Syndrome. Speakers, workshops,
Tools of Change (www.toolsofchange.com). For advocates,
patients & practitioners. Changing community attitudes, issue
assessment, legal issues, media relations, policy & program dev't,
medical assessments & tests, homeopathy, more. With Mac Harb,
MP. Also, follow-up web-based conference. $50/$15 cdn. incl.
workbooks & snacks (need-based subsidies). Travel & accom.
subsidies. Scent & smoke-free; shared hotel accom. available.
Seeking volunteers. At the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-
Carleton offices, 111 Lisgar (at Elgin). Info/register:
Environmental Illness Society of Canada 613-728-9493
http://www.eisc.ca/Conference-nov2000/sld001.htm
Registration/display tables/sponsorships/donatons:
1-877-313-EISC. http://www.eisc.ca
[see also http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/healthyenvironment ]
* FIGHTING CORPORATE CONCENTRATION - A PRO-
FARMER, PRO-CONSUMER APPROACH TO THE FOOD
SYSTEM, Sun Nov 19 , 8:30-10pm, Toronto. With Dr. William
Heffernan, a leading expert on the social consequences of
corporate concentration in agriculture & the food system.
Economic justice, environmental issues and human costs of the
changes taking place in the food system. Being held at the same
location as the Ontario Federation of Agriculture Annual
Convention. Free/by donation. International Plaza Hotel, 655
Dixon Rd, Toronto A & B rooms. More info: Tony Beernink
beernink@excelco.on.ca 519-786-2285 or Marie Carter
crlc@rcec.london.on.ca
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* ORGANIC CONFERENCE & ECO-PRODUCTS TRADE
SHOW, Fri-Sun Jan 26-28, 2001, Guelph. Canada's largest
Organic event. Free, public table-top organic marketing & food
fair & trade show. Dozens of workshops & courses for all levels of
interest. Intro to Ecological Agriculture (Thurs & Fri, $130).
Organic Buffet "Meet the Presenters" (Fri 4:15-6:45pm, $35).
Public Forum "The Global Challenge for Organic Farming
Systems", with Dr. Ann Clark (professor of Plant Agriculture),
Brewster Kneen (Canadian author - on corporate agendas, the
WTO & organics; http://www.ramshorn.bc.ca), and Bernward
Geier (Fri 7-9:15pm, $10). Keynote with Dr. Ann Clark (Sat 9:15-
10:40am). Organic Trade Show (Sat 7am-5:30pm & Sun 8am-
4pm, FREE). Workshops (Sat 11am-5pm & Sun 9:30-3pm, $10-
$50). Other topics include organic cotton & textiles, soil fertility,
herbs, organic processing, marketing, biotechnology & its
relationship to organics, profitable market gardening, livestock
health, organic product dev't, orchards, BioDynamic agriculture,
more. University Centre, University of Guelph. 519-824-4120
x2558. Exhibitors & sponsorships: Tomas Nimmo 705-444-0923.
organix@georgian.net http://www.gks.com/OrgConf/
[related site http://www.organicadvocates.org ]
[be sure to check out Jillian's Eco Bookshelf (416-410-7581)]
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* TIP: confirm event details with the organizers, especially
if you are coming from a distance. Cancellations & errors
happen!
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(B) ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENTS & LINKS
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* TORONTO MAYORAL CANDIDATES. This site seems to
have made an equitable attempt at listing the platforms of all
candidates. http://www.myTO.com/Groups-MayoralRace2000
* FEDERAL ELECTION FACTSHEETS & VOTERS' GUIDE.
Backgrounder, factsheets & summaries of the major parties'
platforms on health care, tax cuts, trade, water, food safety.
Questions for candidates. Council of Canadians website:
http://www.canadians.org/election2000/election_intro.html
* PEOPLE- & PLANET-FRIENDLY ELECTION RESOURCES -
NOW ONLINE. The People- & Planet-Friendly Special Edition
has been updated and placed online at
http://www.planetfriendly.net/election.html Municipal & Federal.
A wide variety of green, progressive election events, resources,
links to parties, election websites, green politics, "twenty steps
toward a modern, working democracy", and more. Please see also
events in section (A) above.
* GOMBERG FOR MAYOR - Check out our progressive
platforms to support public transit, reduce sprawl, ban pesticide
use, promote the arts, ensure social housing, and enhance citizen
participation: http://www.GombergForMayor.org -- updated daily.
The election is this Monday Nov 13 - in just four days. Could you
distribute some leaflets? Would you like a lawn sign? Could you
make a donation? (for every $4 you donate, the city will send you a
refund for $3). Seeking 140 volunteers for Sunday Green Ribbon
campaign. Join us! Let's laugh & eat & sing & dance together as
we change the world right here in Toronto. Informative & inspiring
e-mail bulletins: send a note to tooker@web.ca Gomberg for
Mayor, 244 Gerrard St. E. (east of Ontario) M5A 2G2 416-968-
7626 (416-your-man) http://www.GombergForMayor.org
* "Without political action, change happens only when it does not
conflict with vested economic interests." - Joan Russow, Leader,
Green Party of Canada http://www.green.ca 1-888-6GREEN6
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(C) OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS & RESOURCES
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* HOW TO SURVIVE POLICING / POLICE HARASSMENT -
Parkdale Community Legal Services and OPIRG UofT (Ontario
Public Interest Research Group) are putting together a booklet on
how to survive policing / police harassment. Please contact us if
you have a story of bad policing you would like to anonymously
share in the booklet; you would like to get a copy; you would like
to come to the launch; or you have a community group or lawyer
to add to our "resources" section. Linda Chen 416-531-2411 x254
dimsum68@hotmail.com (please call a.s.a.p.)
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