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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,

The 2018 Baptista Lecture commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean with a talk by performance studies scholar Diana Taylor. The lecture will be preceded by a panel highlighting CERLAC’s record in supporting activism in the region over the past 40 years, with a particular focus on

Join us for a book launch, reading and discussion, with Matt Hern and Shiri Pasternak. Matt Hern is a community organizer, independent scholar, writer and activist based in East Vancouver, British Columbia, who is known for his work in radical urbanism, community development, ecology, and alternative forms of education. Shiri Pasternak is Assistant Professor in

To celebrate Cities for Life Amnesty International University of Toronto chapter and Amnesty International Toronto Film Team invite you to the screening of THE PENALTY. Where: Imagine Cinemas – Carlton Cinemas, Toronto When: Friday, November 30, 2018 at 7pm (doors open 6:30pm) Cost: This is a free event! Q&A after the screening with Human Rights

Over five years, acclaimed filmmaker Andrea Dorfman follows the heartbreaking yet uplifting story of the girls of Meru and their brave steps toward meaningful equality for girls worldwide. In Kenya, one in three girls will experience sexual violence before age 18, yet police investigations are the exception. In The Girls of Meru, a multinational team