Upcoming Toronto Development Events: Food, conflict and design

I’ve started a google calender here with listings of events in and around Toronto that deal with international issues, from health to human rights.  They include fundraisers, speakers, movies, art exhibits, galas, and anything else that fits, and its updated every week.

Design for the other 90%
The Professional Gallery of the Ontario College of Art & Design hosts a collection of design solutions addressing the basic needs of poor and marginalized populations not traditionally serviced by professional designers. (Opening during Nuit Blanche)
Sat, Oct 4 to Jan 25 – Starting at 7pm – OCAD Professional Gallery, 100 McCaul (map)

War/Dance Film Screening
AMREF Canada and GuluWalk present… Winner of the documentary directing award at the 2007 Sundance film festival and the audience award at the 2007 Hot Docs festival: Set in northern Uganda, a region ravaged by more than two decades of civil war, War/Dance tells the story three children whose families have been torn apart, their homes destroyed, and who currently reside in a displaced persons camp in Patongo. When they are invited to compete in an annual music and dance festival, their historic journey to their nation’s capital is also an opportunity to regain a part of their childhood and to taste victory for the very first time.
Wed, Oct 8 – 7pm, running 105 minutes – Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W. (map)

Food Scarcity in Times of Plenty
Food scarcity in times of plenty: Mendel versus Malthus The Alumni Association of the Department of Nutritional Sciences presents the Edna W. Park Lecture for 2008; Professor Ricardo Uauy, MD, PhD, London School of Hygeine and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Thu, Oct 8 – 5pm-7pm – 610, 155 College Street (map)

If you have upcoming events related to development, please get in touch with me at katejongbloed AT gmail DOT com.