There is lots going on in Toronto this week, from a Fair Trade Holiday Shopping Festival to a Schools Without Borders music event to a Cafe Scientifique night on Gender Inequities in Health.  As well, in the lead up to World AIDS Day on December 1, there are a lot of AIDS-related events for you to check out (see Unpacking Development’s Toronto Events Calender for the details):
On Tuesday, November 25, speaker Jonathan Berger from the AIDS Law Project will give a talk on the South African Treatment Action Campaign’s legal …

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 …

When I finished school work for the degree that’s been my identity for the past six years late last month, I was pretty sure that everything would just come to a halt. I’d wake up leisurely and sip sangria on patios. In other words, that life as I know it would be replaced by summer vacation in the traditional sense. Well, it hasn’t, and I maintain a page long weekly to do list of responsibilities I have created myself rather than those imposed by UofT. It …

Looks like Malcolm Gladwell (author of Tipping Point and Blink, and a frequent contributor to the New Yorker) is headed to Toronto to duke it out with UofT professor Mark Kingwell (an established journalist as well). The event will be held at Convocation Hall here at the University, and judging by Gladwell’s engaging lecture about gastro-marketing featured on TED, I’m excited to hear his take on social change.
Tuesday, May 13 at 7:30
Convocation Hall, University of Toronto
Tickets: $200 (vip), $25 (adult), $10 (student). Buy them here.