Abuses against banana growers are rife as western multi-nationals squeeze all the goodness and money out of Canada's love affair with that delectable fruit.
Caribbean
The hidden costs of Canada's banana market
Murder. Paramilitary death squads. Exploitation. Torture. Child Labour. Toxic chemicals. At first these words are not readily linked to a soft, sweet and innocent fruit, a staple in the majority of our homes, but rather to the actions of a tyrant operating in a forgotten corner of the world.
Caribbean carnival
Jul 14 2011 - 4:00pm
Jul 31 2011 - 9:00pm
Location
Exhibition Place
Toronto, ON
Canada
Phone:
416-391-5608
43° 39' 12.6864" N, 79° 23' 2.0652" W
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An exciting three-week cultural explosion of Caribbean music, cuisine, revelry as well as visual and performing arts.
Contact name:
Arlice Clarke
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TD irie music festival
Jul 29 2011 - 3:00pm
Aug 1 2011 - 9:00pm
Location
Yonge-Dundas Square, Queen's Park North
Toronto, ON
Canada
43° 39' 12.6864" N, 79° 23' 2.0652" W
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The TD IRIE Music Festival is a multi-day, family-friendly festival taking place Friday, July 29th to Monday, August 1st. Join the celebration of music - from reggae to salsa, gospel and soul to African; dance from the African Diaspora, spoken word/literature, a visual arts exhibition, film, international food and refreshing drinks.
Contact name:
Planet 3
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June 24, 2010 |
The United Steelworkers and Los Mineros of Mexico are creating a commission to explore a unified union representing one million industrial workers in Mexico, Canada, U.S. and the Caribbean.
Climate justice now!
Nov 19 2009 - 7:00pm
Location
William Doo Auditorium, New College, University of Toronto
45 Willcocks Street
Toronto, ON Canada
43° 39' 40.59" N, 79° 24' 2.61" W
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Join us for an engaging evening to talk about climate justice.
Islands on Edge, a film about climate change and the Caribbean will be screened
Speakers connecting climate justice and Indigenoues communities, migrant justice, and the Caribbean, will be present
Opportunity to create communal art
Food will be provided (bring your own dishes!)
FREE Event, put on by the Caribbean Studies Students Union.
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A reminder of the faces and lives behind our harvests
Nov 10 2009 - 7:00pm
Nov 10 2009 - 9:00pm
Location
Stephen Bulger Gallery
1026 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON Canada
Phone:
1.800.718.7201
43° 38' 38.5368" N, 79° 25' 11.1864" W
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Between the Lines and the Stephen Bulger Gallery invite you to celebrate the launch of Vincenzo Pietropaolo's new book of photography, Harvest Pilgrims: Mexican and Caribbean Migrant Farm Workers in Canada.
Harvest Pilgrims tells the little-known story of Canada's migrant workers. The photographs in the "Harvest Pilgrims" collection have been highly acclaimed internationally through many publications and exhibitions, including a travelling show curated by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography that opened in Mexico City. Vincenzo Pietropaolo will present a slideshow of his work on the subject, and talk about the project, which has been 20 years in the making.
Contact name:
Paula Brill
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For Canada, disappeared Haitian leader is an 'unworthy victim'
Two years ago Wednesday, one of Haiti's most tireless and well-known political and human rights activists, Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, was kidnapped. He has not been seen since and has presumably been killed; for now, he remains 'disappeared,' both literally and figuratively - his body has yet to surface, and the media and the self described 'friends of Haiti' (Canada, France, the U.S.) refuse to report on or press for an investigation into his abduction.
