As Ford and Toronto City Council meet to discuss and vote on massive budget cuts, we will explore the underlying structures that lead to such backward decisions with renowned speakers Linda McQuaig, Jim Stanford and Sam Gindin.

The event is FREE! Donations are welcome :)

Linda McQuaig is an acclaimed Canadian journalist and best-selling author. She currently writes an op-ed column for the Toronto Star and has written eight books on politics and economics, including It's the Crude, Dude, and most recently, The Trouble With Billionaires.

Join Jim Drobnick, Associate Professor of Contemporary Art and Theory at the Ontario College of Art & Design University, as he addresses the growing phenomenon of smell in contemporary art, with a special focus on the artists in Magic Squares who employ scents for healing, spiritual pursuits and cultural identity.

General public: $15
TMC members: Free; Full-time Students: Free

Reservation recommended; Advance tickets may be purchased in person at the TMC's front desk. Please arrive early, seating is limited.

Overcoming barriers: A discussion with the world's first trans MP

An evening with Georgina Beyer

Bill Siksay MP, Dr.Trevor Corneil, Spencer Chandra Herbert, MLA, Marie Little, Trans Alliance Society and Helen Kennedy, EGALE Canada. Intros by Raigen D'Angelo.

2010 Lecture Series

Presented by Hollyhock and UBC Continuing Studies.
Generously sponsored by Vancity.

Leading for Change: Making Change Happen

Year three of this Vancouver lecture series features four leaders who are using courage and creative thinking to initiate positive global change. In a potent mix of storytelling and skill sharing, these leaders will impart their personal struggles and the leadership lessons that have made all the difference.

Nicole Rycroft  

Seminar: Rogue Embroidery with David R. Harper

Spend a day with the artist and explore embroidery as a creative and experimental method of expression where patterns, drawings, and images can be transferred and embroidered onto various unusual surfaces. Includes an illustrated lecture on historical, narrative, and rogue embroidery, and embroidery in relation to taxidermy.

Members $50, Non-members $65, Full-time students $40. Materials $8.

Advance registration is required, class size is limited.

To register, call 416-599-5321 x 2221.

Lecture: Mangoes on Fabric with Sartaj Kaur

Sartaj Kaur will give a talk on the unique textile art of Kashmir and why it has always been a luxury item. She will discuss history, technique, style, the contemporary market, and how to identify an authentic Kashmir shawl.

Sartaj Kaur is the owner of and designer for Kinna Sohna, one of Toronto's leading boutiques of fine handcrafted textiles. Free for TMC Members and Full-time students, Non-members $12. Advance tickets may be purchased in person at the TMC's front desk. Please arrive early, seating is limited.

Visit our Web site at www.textilemuseum.ca.

Louie Palu is a documentary photographer and filmmaker whose work has appeared in numerous publications, festivals and exhibitions internationally. His work has been included in the photojournalism festival Visa Pour L'Image in Perpignan, France and the 2009 New York Photo Festival.

He has been awarded numerous honours including a Silver Medal from the Society of Newspaper Design, seven awards from the White House News Photographers Association, Hearst 8x10 Photography Biennial Award and the 2009 Canadian Photojournalist of the Year.

Guest speaker: Prof. Murray E.G. Smith, author of Invisible Leviathan (1994) and Global
Capitalism in Crisis (forthcoming).

Contrary to glib claims that a 'recovery' is at hand, global capitalism continues to sink into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Moral critiques like Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story tell part of the story, but only a Marxist analysis can illuminate the underlying dynamics of profit-driven insanity and provide a political perspective to free humanity from it.

The Edible Schoolyard: Film & Discussion on growing food in our schools and
communities

Guest speakers: Kathy Aldous, Dr. Arthur Hines Elementary School Garden &
Garity Chapman, Urban Garden Coordinator of the Ecology Action Centre. Free
public film and discussion on growing food and gardens in our schools and
communities. Come to watch this inspiring film by Slow Food Nova Scotia and
learn about the story of the Summerville community working with students,
staff and friends of Dr. Arthur Hines Elementary School. The harvest goes
beyond good local food; to include curiosity, community involvement and
unexpected curriculum connections. Kathy Aldous will explain how they

A Talk by Alan Sears

Professor of Sociology at Ryerson University and Member of Faculty 4 Palestine

Followed by a Round-table Audience Discussion

Organised by the Seriously Free Speech Committee
Sponsored by Canada Palestine Support Network (CanPalNet), Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJVC) and NECEF Is Criticising Israel Antisemitic?

Israel's supporters are becoming increasingly aggressive toward anyone who dares to criticize Israel's actions. To deflect attention from Israel's illegal occupation, they lash out at critics, calling them racist or antisemitic.

Over past two years, attempts in Canada to silence criticism include: