Talking to the Media
Carol Goar, Editorial Columnist, The Toronto StarThursday, March 25, 2010
12:00 to 2:00 pmSt. Michael's College - Elmsley Hall, Charbonnel Lounge 81 St. Mary Street
At St. Mary and Bay Streets, two blocks south of Bloor, closest subway access from Bay and Wellesley stations.
Please note that though the sessions are free, registration is required. Brown bag lunches are provided on a first come, first served basis.
information: kvukobratovic@maytree.comCopyright & Intellectual Property Law
Sharon Groom, Partner, McMillan LLBThursday, APRIL 22, 2010 12:00 to 2:00 pm
St. Michael's College - Elmsley Hall, Charbonnel Lounge 81 St. Mary Street
At St. Mary and Bay Streets, two blocks south of Bloor, closest subway access from Bay and Wellesley stations.
Please note that though the sessions are free, registration is required. Brown bag lunches are provided on a first come, first served basis.
information: kvukobratovic@maytree.com
"Operating in the Obama Moment: Challenges for Progressives"
Mar 10 Ryerson University's CUPE Locals 233, 1281, & 3904 and the university's Politics & Public Administration Department are co-sponsoring a talk by Bill Fletcher Jr., a long-time labour activist and former President of TransAfrica Forum. He is featured to speak on "Operating in the Obama Moment: Challenges for Progressives" at 7:00 p.m. in the Cara Commons Lounge in the Ted Rogers School of Business at Ryerson University at 55 Dundas St. W., on the 7th floor, Room #1 - 148.
Information from Bryan Evans at b1evans@ryerson.ca or (416) 979-5000 x4199
Upcoming Food/Politics Conference:
Free Food! Interrogating Perception, Choice and Progress in the Liberation of our Food Supply
March 20th 2010 - 9:30 am to 5pm,
429 Brunswick, Toronto
Presented by the Toad Lane Vegan Cooperative house, this conference is all about asking - what is "Free" in our food? How is it subsidized, and how does that affect what kind of food choices are readily available to us? And to what extent is our food "unfree" how much domination of animals and workers occurs such that it becomes "easy" to eat certain diets and difficult to stick to others? Where is choice left when we are so separated from the realities of production? What does it matter what I eat? How can my choices have broader social implications, how can they be steps on the way to attaining ideals which are not yet universalized? And what is progress social, technological and what about moral progress?
If you are interested in doing a presentation - we are still accepting submissions up till February 1st. Please send us an abstract of what you''d like to do (it doesn''t need to be complete yet). You can give a slide presentation, facilitate a discussion, or giving a cooking demonstration (we have cooking facilities in the conference area). In other words, you can do just about anything that takes 20-30 minutes!
Check out our website at http://freefoodconference.wordpress.com/ for updates!
Or find our event on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154500244228&ref=ts
Life After Growth: Why the Economy Is Shrinking and What to Do About It. A talk by Richard Heinberg
March 22 (Monday, 7:00 pm)
The ongoing economic recession represents a fundamental break with recent history: growth has ceased and may never return in the same way, because energy and resource limits are increasingly constraining economic expansion. But families and communities may actually be better off in a sustainable, "steady-state" economy--one that values people and nature over high-rate financial returns.
Richard Heinberg is widely regarded as one of the world's most effective communicators of the urgent need to transition away from fossil fuels. With a wry, unflinching approach based on facts and realism, Mr. Heinberg exposes the tenuousness of our current way of life and offers a vision for a truly sustainable future. He has delivered hundreds of lectures on oil depletion to a wide variety of audiences around the world. He is the award-winning author of nine books including:
The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies;
Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World;
The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism, and Economic Collapse;
and Blackout: Coal, Climate and the Last Energy Crisis.
Sponsored by Post-Carbon Toronto Meet-Up, Place TBA http://www.meetup.com/PostCarbonTorontoMeetup/calendar/12703066/
National Liberation: From Turtle Island to Palestine
Friday, March 5, 7pm
Location: Library Building, Ryerson University LIB072, 350 Victoria Street (map)
Rabab Abdulahdi born and raised in Nablus, Palestine, Rabab Abdulhadi is a long-time feminist activist and scholar who has made significant contributions to the struggle for Palestinian self-determination and the well-being of Palestinian women. She has participated in numerous organizations dedicated to fighting for the rights of Arab and Arab-American women. From 1982 to 1988, she was the Director of Political and International Relations at the Middle East Research Center in New York. RababAbdulhadi was instrumental in founding the Union of Palestinian Women's Associations in North America during the first Intifada, or Palestinian uprising, that grew into 2,000 members and 29 chapters in the United States and Canada. Rabab Abdulhadi is also involved in a variety of coalition-building projects that make links between diasporic communities living in the U.S., U.S. communities of color and women of color activisms. Doctor Rabab Abdulhadi has published extensively for the academic and mainstream presses writing on issues of nationalism, terrorism, race, ethnicity and the experiences of the diasporic Arab communities. She currently teaches in the Ethnic Studies Program at San Francisco State University.
Tyendinaga Mohawk Shawn Brant has been repeatedly imprisoned for his stand against colonial policies and unjust treatment of First Nations peoples in Canada. He is currently involved in a long-standing battle to bring clean water to his community, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, which is one of the 85 First Nations communities that do not have access to this basic right. Shawn lives on the Territory with his family.
* ASL Interpretation will be provided on closing night (March 5).
Blog: Tips, Tricks and Tools by TechSoup Canada
March 9, 2010
5:30pm 8:00pm
Centre for Social Innovation 215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 120
$5 donation
Blog is a digital report of findings; whether it is personal or professional, there is a place for it on the world wide web. Who should blog? Why should you blog? Discover if blogging is for you and your organization. Join TechSoup Canada for the February Toronto Net Tuesday event and learn about blogs.
To RSVP, please register on our meetup.com website or email team@techsoupcanada.ca.
Speakers for the evening will be Eric Squair and Bart Dabek
Social Capital Financing Panel
Lunchbox Speaker's Series & Webcast by Social Economy Centre, University of Toronto
March 24, 2010 12:00pm 1:30pm
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto 252 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Room 12-199
(free - no registration required)
Speakers:€ Joanna Reynolds will discuss how social capital financing is proving to be a successful way to leverage private capital, providing resources and flexibility needed to maintain and expand enterprising initiatives.
€ Anne Jamieson will focus on the challenges that non-profit, charitable~social enterprises have in accessing finance - including their internal capacity, the regulatory environment and the availability of social finance.
€ Karim Harji will explore the key trends, issues, and opportunities for investors seeking a combination of economic, social, and environmental ("blended value") returns.
Bring your lunch and a mug: coffee, tea and water will be provided. For more information, contactLisa White This event will also be webcast live on the Internet. Please see our website for detailed instructions.
Introduction to Intellectual Property for Nonprofits
April 1, 2010 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Centre for Social Innovation 215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 120
$10.00
Intellectual property ("IP") is important to every organization both non-profit and for-profit. Learn about how IP can be used to support your organization's mission. IP law provides a legal framework to protect organizational assets through trade-mark protection for brands, patents for inventions, and copyrights in created content.
Join Felix Tang, Lawyer and Engineer with Innovate LLP for this session. After a brief introduction to the main types of IP, the focus of the presentation will be on understanding and using trade-mark law to protect an organization's brands, including company, product and campaign names.
To register click here
Adrift in the global marketplace: how neoliberalism threatens health equity
A public lecture by Ted Schrecker
Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa
Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:30pm - 2pm
Room 179, University College, University of Toronto
Abstract In the first part of his presentation, Dr. Schrecker will summarize the evidence that integration of national economies and societies into the global marketplace over the past three decades has often undermined people's ability to lead healthy lives. Globalization has not 'just happened': it has been aggressively, sometimes coercively promoted by the governments of key G7 countries, the multilateral financial institutions, and transnational corporations. Financial globalization is arguably of special significance, as the crisis of 2008 dramatically illustrated. In the second part of the presentation, Dr. Schrecker will draw on political economy and political theory to argue that these processes must be seen as part of a broader attack on what historical sociologist Margaret Somers (borrowing from Hannah Arendt) calls "the right to have rights" that exist independently of the market. Taking health equity seriously on a global scale requires confronting this challenge in professional practice and political action. He concludes with some observations about what a human rights perspective can contribute.
Presenter's Bio Dr. Ted Schrecker is a scientist and Associate Professor in the University of Ottawa's Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, and a principal scientist at the University's Institute of Population Health; he teaches in the University's interdisciplinary doctoral program in Population Health and is also a member of the core faculty for the M.Sc. program in Health Systems at the University's Telfer School of Management. A political scientist by background, Ted has a special interest in globalization, political economy, and issues (such as health and human rights) at the interface of science, ethics, law and public policy. From 2005-2007, he coordinated the Globalization Knowledge Network of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health, and subsequently was one of the lead authors of a report to WHO that examined the implications of the Commission's findings for future research priorities.
THE FABULOUS FUTURE OF FEMINISM WITH JESSICA YEE
DATE: Thursday, March 11th, 7:30 p.m.
PLACE: 350 Victoria Street (at Gould), Room LIB 72
INFO: michelle.langlois@ryerson.ca
Don't touch that dial!
Join our "studio audience" of feminists of all ages at the FFF show with Jessica Yee! You won't want to miss this entertaining evening of fun, games, prizes, and special guests!
Jessica's guest stars are fabulous women and men who will prove that the future of feminism is strong, creative, and inspiring:
The Miss G__ Project, bringing equity to a classroom near you! Judy Rebick, feminist activist and herstorian extraordinaire! Ryerson's White Ribbon Campaign!
Women's Health in Women's Hands!
The YWCA Girls' Council!
Arrive at the "studio" on Thursday, March 11th, 7:30 p.m., at 350 Victoria Street (at Gould), room LIB 72.
Light refreshments will be served to everyone, not just the green room!