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[9 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
Toronto Events: International Development Week

February 7-13, 2010.
It’s International Development this week in Canada. Join in Toronto, for lots of Interesting and Challenging discussions, films and of course plenty of benefits for you to go and donate your money to a worthy cause while having a fun time!
FEATURED EVENT:

TED 2010 live at CSI
Join us at CSI for three promising days and listen to world visionaries’ dreams, fears and hopes for the year ahead. TED 2010 features an amazing line up of speakers including Jamie Oliver, Bill Gates, Andrew Bird, David Byrne, Eve Ensler, Ken …

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[18 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]

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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[2 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]

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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[19 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]

FEATURED EVENT OF THE WEEK: Choosing the Better Path toward Sustainability

Mike Nickerson on Life, Money and Illusion Launch Party and signing of the second edition published by New Society Publishers 7 p.m. Centre for Social Innovation 215 Spadina Ave. Suite 120. Free and Open to the public. Just north of Queen. Sponsored by the Sustainability Project and Green Enterprise Toronto

LECTURE: Climate Change Talk
Tuesday, October 20, by Bollywood star Rahul Bose and Solomon …

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[21 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

FEATURED EVENT OF THE WEEK: ONE WEB DAY
SEPTEMBER 22,2009. www.onewebday.org
“OneWebDay is an Earth Day for the internet. The idea behind OneWebDay is to focus attention on a key internet value (this year, online participation in democracy), focus attention on local internet concerns (connectivity, censorship, individual skills), and create a global constituency that cares about protecting and defending the internet. So, think of OneWebDay as an environmental movement for the Internet ecosystem. It’s a platform for people to educate and activate others about issues that are important for the Internet’s future”.
FESTIVAL: …

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[14 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

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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[31 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]

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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[18 Jun 2009 | No Comment | ]

Yesterday I went to a Global Health Discussion Forum, a “monthly forum for members of the healthcare and educational communities to learn more about international projects around Toronto.” This particular one highlighted the brand new Textbook on International Health: Global Health in a Dynamic World, written by Anne-Emanuelle Birn (a former professor of mine), Timothy Holtz and Yogan Pillay.
In the discussion, Birn focused on how the textbook is different from those that have come before it, emphasizing that it approaches the subject of international health from a critical political …

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[10 Feb 2009 | No Comment | ]

My top picks for Toronto’s charity events this week are targeting two specific demographics: geeks and singles. On Thursday, a world-wide Twestival for Charity: Water will take place at Toronto’s Circa nightclub. The party will be facilitated by Twitter, a micro-blogging site that allows you to post status updates like you would on Facebook. According to TwestivalTO,
“Twestival was born out of the idea that if cities were able to collaborate on an international scale, but working from a local level, it could have a spectacular impact. …

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[17 Jan 2009 | No Comment | ]

After a brief absence due to Unpacking Development getting hacked last week, we’re back up and ready to go again. This week in Toronto there are a bunch of conferences and speakers around international development, health and politics: