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Tuesday January 19
FILM: Earth 2100 Film screening and discussion on climate change, peak oil and population growth. 6:30 pm. Free. Annette LIbrary, 145 Annette. green13toronto.blogspot.com.
Wednesday, January 20
LECTURE: Build Social Capital with Robert Campbell. 6:00pm-9:00pm. Centre for Social Innovation, Suite 120.
LECTURE: Allies In Protecting The Environment: First Nations And The Land Lecture by Six Nations Eco Centre manager Paul General. 7:30-9:30 pm. $12. Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence E. nanps.org.
LECTURE: Canada’s Role In The Global Water Crisis Lecture. 4:10 pm. Free. U of T Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks. environment.utoronto.ca.
Thursday, January …
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WORLD AIDS DAY 2009 EVENTS:
BENEFIT: Voices Of Hope (Casey House) World AIDS Day concert with Dr Draw, Julie Michaels and others. 7 pm. Free (donations appreciated). Metropolitan United Church, Queen and Church. caseyhouse.com.
LECTURE: Climate Change And Food Security Panel discussion on how climate change will undermine global food production. 7 pm. Free. OISE, rm 3311, 252 Bloor W. climatechangeiscomingtotown.net.
2009 World AIDS Day Event: HIV, Housing and Health. Join the a series of presentations on HIV, Housing and Health on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 from 2 - 3:30 pm in the …
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FEATURED EVENT OF THE WEEK:
EVENT: Empower: Youth, Arts And Activism
World AIDS Day launch of an HIV/AIDS activism manual for youth with drag shows, visual art and more. Thursday, November 26. 6:00-9:00 pm. Free. William Doo Auditorium, 5 Willcocks. cuhi.admin@utoronto.ca.
CONFERENCE: Ivey Global Health Innovation Conference
Tuesday, November 24, 2009. 7:30 am -5:00 pm. The Fairmont Royal York. 100 Front St. W. Toronto. www.ivey.ca/ichil
SEMINAR: Research 2 Receptor Series - BioMass and Green Energy
Tuesday, November 24. 11:30 am - 6:00 pm. University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus. Guelph Ontario. www.research2receptor.com/ridgetown.html
SUMMIT: Cultural Knowledge and the …
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THIS JUST IN:
LIVE CHAT: On-line Volunteering. Wed, November 18, 9:30am – 10:30am @ http://www.tigweb.org/connections/chat/
LECTURE: YOUTH FOR YOUTH INITIATIVES. Wed. November 18, 12:00pm – 1:30pm. OISE, room 12-199 (map). For more information see the Unpacking Development Events Calendar
FUNDRAISER: Bar Philanthropy. Thu, November 19, 6:30pm – 11:30pm. Czehoski (678 Queen Street West, Toronto) (map) http://barphilanthropy.com/
LECTURE: 34 Million Friends of the United Nations Population Fund (Jane Roberts). Fri, November 20, 12pm – 1pm. Health Sciences Building, 155 College Street, Room 208 (map). For more information see the Unpacking Development …
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LECTURE: The Global Economy Discussion
A post-Keynesian analysis of current events. Tuesday, November 10. 7:30 pm. Free. OISE, 252 Bloor W. 416-340-1865.
BOOK LAUNCH: Harvest Pilgrims
Mexican And Caribbean Migrant Farm Workers In Canada Launch of a book of photographs by Vincenzo Pietropaolo. Tuesday, November 10. 7-9 pm. Free. Stephen Bulger Gallery, 1026 Queen W. 416-535-9914.
FILM SCREENING: How Do We Stop Capitalism From Destroying The Planet?
Video screening and talk by John Bell of Stop Climate Chaos Coalition. Tuesday, November 10. 7:30 pm. Free. Bahen Centre, 40 St George. socialist.ca.
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LECTURE: From Margin to Mainstream: Refashioning women’s ‘informal’ sector work in the Philippines
November 4, 2009. 5:30PM - 6:30PM. Ontario College of Art and Design Auditorium. 100 McCaul St. http://apache.ocad.ca/events_calendar/eventdetail.php?id=1782
LECTURE: Citizenship and Immigration: Toward a Liberal Model
Thursday November 05. 4-6 pm. Combination Room, Trinity College, 6 Hoskin Avenue. http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventId=7935
LECTURE: Securing The Future Of Great Apes In The Congo Basin
Lecture by primatologist Crickette Sanz. Thursday, November 5. 6-8 pm. $10, stu pwyc. Northern District Library, 40 Orchard View. 416-462-1039.
FILM SCREENING: The War On Democracy
Toronto-Danforth NDP film screening and discussion. Thursday, November 5. …
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FILM SCREENING: Haiti: We Must Kill The Bandits Rebel Films screening and discussion. Friday October 9, 7 pm. $4. OISE, rm 2-212, 252 Bloor W. 416-535-8779.
BENEFIT: Performers for Life at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents Neon Nightz. Opportunity to fundraise for Fife House October 7-10, 2009, www.fifehouse.org
CONFERENCE: Redefining Central Asia: Cooperation, Stabilization and Implications of Regional Security. Friday October 09 - Sunday October 11, University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law, 84 Queen’s Park Toronto, Ontario http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7856
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BENEFIT: Dakota Nights for War Child An Evening with Ron Sexsmith
Monday September 14, 2009. The Dakota Tavern, 249 Ossington Avenue (at Dundas). Doors open: 7:00 pm. Show Starts: 8:00 pm. Tickets $35 at www.maplemusic.com. All proceeds to benefit War Child Canada for more information www.dakotatavern.ca.
BENEFIT: Hope For Healing (Stephen Lewis Foundation) Performances by Donne Roberts, Guru Brothers, Roam, Aya Dance and others.
Tuesday September 15, 2009. 8 pm. $20, adv $15. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas W. info@imaginitmusic.com.
SPEAKER: Citizen Wealth: Lessons From a Life of Community Organizing Talk by community organizer Wade …
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FILM: The Antartica Challenge: A Global Warning Tues. Sept. 1st at the Centre for Social Innovation
at 215 Spadina Ave. Suite 12
6:30pm-9:30pm
tickets at the door
, $4 members, $5 non-members
SYMPOSIUM: African Travel Expo: Travel, tourism and real estate exhibits, seminars, fashion shows, drumming classes and more.
Tues. Sept 1 To Sept 3, 10 am-6 pm. Free. Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen W. africantravelexpo.com.
SPEAKER: The Bologna Process Conference on the building of Europe higher education integration within 46 countries.
Tues. Sept. 1st. 6:30-8 pm. Free. Munk Centre, 1 Devonshire. Pre-register 416-921-3802 ext 221.
FILM FESTIVAL: The …
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Last week I heard a very interesting presentation about a pattern that is emerging in Europe around the seizure of generic medicines. According to Percy Makombe from the Economic Justice Network presenting a paper at the Symposium on Health For All in an Interconnected World at York University, its possible to draw parallels between recent drug seizures (17 in Holland in 2008 alone) in Europe and the havoc being wrought by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean.
Though the generic drug trade is legalized through the agreement on Trade Related Intellectual …
