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Jan 29, 2026 - Lea Ypi: Indignity, A Life Reimagined

When: January 29th, 7pm
Where: Toronto Public Library, Bram and Bluma Appel Salon

Political theorist and author Lea Ypi discusses her new book Indignity and discusses how political systems shape individual lives.

TPL and Toronto Metropolitan University present acclaimed political theorist and author Lea Ypi in conversation with Sanjay Ruparelia at the Toronto Reference Library's Appel Salon.

As Professor of Political Theory at the London School of Economics and author of the international bestseller Free, Lea Ypi brings a unique perspective to understanding democracy's fragility - one forged through her childhood in communist Albania - and her scholarly work on freedom, citizenship, and political transformation.

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Jan 29, 2026 - Higher Education Organizing Meeting

When: January 29th, 6:30pm
Where: College Street United Church, 502 Bathurst St

Building on our first successful meeting in November, we're forging ahead with our sectoral-wide organizing strategy in the higher education sector. Our second organizing meeting, which will be held on January 15th, is focused on creating a Solidarity Pact for higher education workers. Sean Smith - a former activist and organizer with the Toronto Airport Workers Council - will be joining us to discuss what a solidarity pact is, how Toronto Airport Workers used it as an organizing tool, and how we can develop something similar to build our collective power across the education sector.

The purpose of January's meeting is threefold: (1) understanding what a Solidarity Pact is and how it can help us develop unity across the sector; (2) begin constructing our own Solidarity Pact; and (3) strategize ways we can use our Solidarity Pact as an organizing tool across the higher education sector.

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Jan 29, 2026 - Climate Disinformation is getting smarter

When: Thursday Jan 29th, 3pm

Climate mis/disinformation is no longer confined to social media or fringe corners of the internet. From coordinated marketing campaigns to AI-assisted messaging designed to sound local, reasonable, and grassroots, it's showing up across Canada and in its city halls. The result? Delayed climate action and growing distrust in democratic institutions. Join panelists to examine how climate mis/disinformation is spreading, why local politicians are increasingly vulnerable, and what can be done to respond, online or off. Hosted by Canada's National Observer.

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Jan 29, 2026 - Community Care on Campus

When: January 29th, 11:30am
Where: 288 Church St, Room 707/709, Toronto Metropolitan University

Featuring disability justice scholar and care collective organizer, Dr. Loree Erickson, and collective care artist-researcher and TMU ComCult alum, L. Morris, this conversation and workshop will take up how we care for one another in university.

This session will animate Loree's long-standing and revolutionary work with care collectives and L's practices of collective care, mutual aid, and harm reduction. We will open with a conversation between Loree and L on collective care, mutual aid, and abolition. We will then have small group discussions and maker circles where participants will reflect on their own care practices and networks, consider tensions between state-supported care and community-led care, and imagine concrete ways to build and sustain care on campus. We will engage these topics through conversation and collage.

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Jan 28, 2026 - 101 on AI Data Centres

When: Wednesday January 28th, 7pm

What are the environmental, social, and community-level impacts of AI data centres and their status in Ontario? Two guest speakers will join ClimateFast to explain what AI data centres are and how they work.

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