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This February, join other professionals and lifelong learners in Vancouver in this small-scale, interactive two-day course that aims to better your understanding of economic concepts and information relevant to a green economy. Grounded on ecological economics, this course will teach you ways to retrofit markets and environmental policies, rethinking the valuation of environmental benefits and […]

Fr. Nawras will give an update on the situation in Syria and speak on why bridging borders and not building walls is crucial for our time. Fr. Nawras is the regional director for Jesuit Refugee Service Middle East which works with displaced civilians in Syria and refugees in neighbouring countries. This topic might be of

When: Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST Where: A Different Booklist, Toronto, ON Join us for a discussion on finance, mining, and the university. We are thrilled to announce the incredible list of participants: Anna Zalik will facilitate the discussion. Anna is a faculty member at York University where she

Nicaragua, one of Latin America’s lowest income countries, has experienced dictatorship, revolution, neoliberalism and authoritarian populism all in the space of forty years. In April of this year, Nicaraguan university students initiated an uprising against the authoritarian regime of president Daniel Ortega that seemed to hold the possibility to redefine the country. Streets exploded with

Join us November 17th. We’re co-creating a day-long climate justice event, in continuity with previous People’s Climate Assemblies! Please see the theme statements below to see what we will be exploring. The Toronto People’s Assembly on Climate Justice asserts that climate change is not a future social and ecological crisis, but a current one and

Join us at the #LeadOnCanada Film Festival for dinner and a movie CanWaCH-style! The fun starts at 6 pm on Tuesday, November 20th at 2nd Floor Events in Toronto. Watch the work of our members in global health come to life on the big screen in a compelling collection of video shorts while you dine.

The Mt. Polley tailing dam tragedy in BC took place in August 2014, spilling 25 million cubic meters of toxic waste. On November 5, Brazilians commemorate the 3rd anniversary of an even bigger catastrophe at Mariana, Brazil, when a reservoir of toxic mine waste collapsed, killing 19 people, spilling 32 million cubic meters of waste,