PUBLIC FORUM WITH GUEST SPEAKERS:

MANUEL PEREZ ROCHA, IPS Washington DC - Associate Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C. where he directs an advocacy and research project on "the Security and Prosperity Partnership and the NAFTA Plus Agenda." Manuel works in coordination with the Alliance for Responsible Trade in the United States and is a member of the Mexican Action Network on Free Trade (RMALC).

With speakers (followed by open floor discussion):

Denis Lemelin, National President, Canadian Union of Postal Workers

Mark Ferguson, President, Local 416, Canadian Union of Public Employees, representing Toronto municipal 'outside' workers.

Lindsay Hinshelwood is a member of Canadian Auto Workers' Union, Local 707. She works at Ford in Oakville, Ontario.

Julius Arscott is Vice-President of Local 532, Ontario Public Service Employees' Union.

Barry Weisleder is an organizer for the Toronto Substitute Teachers' Action Caucus, Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation.

Calling all health care providers, health and public sector workers, poor
people, anti-poverty activists and allies!

The Ontario Council for Hospital Unions, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty,
Ontario Nurses Association and Health Providers Against Poverty invite you
to join us for an important and timely public forum and conference on
poverty, health, austerity and how we can fight back together.

Public Evening Forum (FREE!)
Thursday, September 8th
6-9pm
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St, Toronto

One-day Conference (FREE!)
Friday, September 9th
Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St, Toronto

*Pre-registration is requested to determine accessibility needs, space and
meals*

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"Earth Grab: The rush to grow ‘biomass' for fuels and industry will be worth trillions -- but won't feed people, or stop climate change." Farm leaders from the Global South describe the reality and propose alternatives.

Featuring:
Iderle Brénus, leader/organizer, Mouvement paysan Papaye, Haiti
Camila Moreno, environmental lawyer, Friends of the Earth, Brazil
Ibrahim Coulibaly, farm movement leader, COPAGEN, Mali

Please bring ID for translation devices. Traduction simultanée sera fournie sur place.

Free Admission. No registration necessary.

There are major cuts in education planned for next year and the following years, including possible school closures in the inner-city.

Join Vancouver-Mt. Pleasant MLA Jenny Kwan and a panel of guest speakers to discuss the impacts of education cuts in Vancouver-Mt. Pleasant and ...across the city.

Information - 604-775-0790

Public engagement, climate change and Canada’s oil sands

A jewel in Canada’s energy crown or an environmental threat?

‘Increasing social expectations are re-defining the terms of industry’s license to operate.  Risk and reputation today are far less about financial performance though we must have this.  Nor are they about technical performance though skills are vitally important.  They are about the impact on people, the physical environment and communities.’ - Sir Geoffrey Chandler, C.B.E

Federico Fuentes and Kiraz Janicke: Contributing Editors to venezuelanalysis, an independent website dedicated to disseminating news and analysis about the current political situation in Venezuela.

Organized by: OPIRG-Toronto;

Sponsored by Center for Social Justice (CSJ), Barrio Nuevo, Hands Off Venezuela/Louis Riel Bolivarian Circle, Latin America Solidarity Network-Toronto, Latin@s Canada, Socialist Project and Venezuela We Are With You Coalition.