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Generation NGO – book celebration and benefit for Bikes Without Borders

Date: Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 12:45pm

Location

Centre for Social Innovation
215 Spadina Ave, room 120
Toronto
Canada
43° 39' 3.1212" N, 79° 23' 49.4556" W

At the Centre for Social Innovation, first floor.

FREE!

Join contributors from Generation NGO in a celebration of the book and a benefit for Bikes Without Borders (BWB). Program at 4:00pm - hear stories from contributors of Generation NGO and learn about BWB. Refreshments provided.

"Generation NGO" is a book about a generation of young professionals who are actively engaged in global issues, who venture overseas to work in international development. What happens when they leave their comfortable homes to journey to refugee camps or war zones in the name of "development," and then return home? These are their stories.

Bikers take up a whole lane day

Date: Saturday, July 16, 2011 - 12:00am - 11:30am

Location

Everywhere! Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 39' 12.6864" N, 79° 23' 2.0652" W

People are meeting up in cafes, parks, street corners and neighbourhoods across the city! They will be taking a ride in the middle of the road all over the city! Make sure the roads you're riding on don't already have bike lanes -- we want to use them! But roads without bike lanes are fair game. Bike Lanes Save Lives! And the way City Hall is acting, we ain't getting any respect!

More info and RSVP on the Facebook page.

Kenk: Bike thief with a green agenda?

Kenk

Kenk

by Richard Poplak, Alex Jansen, Jason Gilmore and Nick Marinkovich
(Pop Sandbox,
2010;
$27.95)

"Let's face it. I am troublemaker." But like most of the terms that might apply to him, Igor Kenk has taken troublemaker to extremes. Infamous in Toronto even before his arrest in 2008, Igor's name is synonymous with "bike thief" for good reason: in addition to drugs, police searches turned up nearly three thousand bikes in his various storage spaces across the city, some of which were later returned to their rightful owners and many others donated to charity.

The story unraveled and became even weirder-expanding to include Igor's beautiful Julliard-trained pianist wife, his wild claims inside and outside of court, and his attempts to buy back his bikes from a Cabbagetown non-profit after his 2010 release.

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Suburban critical mass bike ride

Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 3:00pm

Location

Intersection of Yonge and Eglinton
2300 Yonge
Toronto
Canada
43° 42' 24.4548" N, 79° 23' 53.9952" W

This group bike ride focuses attention on cycling conditions outside the downtown core.

Redeye

Six ways to get a ticket on your bike

June 18, 2009
| Police in Vancouver chose Bike Month to hand out information tickets about cycling infractions. Cycling advocates say they're sending the wrong message.
Length: 16:52

Quick Change - Janet Bike Girl

You're watching "Quick Change - Ten Minutes with the Tenants of Centre for Social Innovation."

In this second episode of Quick Change, host Wayne MacPhail (http://w8nc.com) interviews Centre for Social Innovation tenant Janet Bike Girl (Attard) about bike activism, stencils and recycling.

West Toronto Railpath opening parade

Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Location

Cariboo Avenue and Osler Street
Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 40' 0.696" N, 79° 27' 28.2096" W

The Parade is celebrating the official ribbon-cutting for the much anticipated bike path in the West End of Toronto.

Bicycles saving lives in Africa

In this video-clip, Mike Brcic, the Executive Director of Bikes Without Borders, discusses the organization's work at the Centre for Social Innovation (CSI) in Toronto.

Brcic is also the Director of Communications, Community and Social Media at the CSI.

Cambridge Tour de Grande

Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009 (All day)

Location

Duncan McIntosh Arena-Churchill Park
200 Christopher Dr.
Cambridge, ON N1R 4S4
Canada
43° 20' 40.1532" N, 80° 18' 0.0936" W

This bike ride is the chance to participate in one of eight routes up the beautiful Grand River: 

  • 10/15 km
  • 25 km
  • 50 km
  • 60 km
  • 72 km
  • 100 km
  • 160 km

Snacks, lunch and beverages are provided.

Helmets are mandatory.

Cost:

  • Early Registration to June 8, 2009
  • Individual $15.00 * Family $35.00
  • Day of Event Registration
  • Individual $20.00 * Family $40.00 (maximum four members)

Bike Summit 2009

Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009 (All day)

Location

Hotel Novotel Toronto Centre
45 The Esplanade Just southeast of Front and Yonge
Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 38' 47.166" N, 79° 22' 29.964" W

The Bike Summit is a one-day policy conference aimed at building better bike communities.

Join leading thinkers, practitioners and decision-makers who are on the fast track to creating bikeable communities.

Increasing the number of people who move around by cycling and walking is critical to the prosperity and livability of our region.

Speakers include:

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