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Nov 25, 2021 - People, Pandemics & Priorities: Reflections From the Front Lines

When: November 25th, 3pm

Speaker Dr. Abdu Sharkawy is an Internal Medicine & Infectious Diseases Specialist at the University Health Network and an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Toronto. After the talk, there will be a Q&A period.

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Nov 22, 2021 - Community Action to Call for Social Housing

When: Monday November 22nd, 11am
Where: 214 - 230 Sherbourne St

The housing crisis is being felt across the country by an increasing number of people. The impact of this is felt most severely by those forced into states of homelessness. In the City of Toronto, there are well over 8,700 people who are homeless, with emergency shelters full and over 1,000 people sleeping outside each night and many more forced to sleep in unsafe situations or couch surf.

The Dundas/Sherbourne area has been the epicenter of the housing and homelessness crisis in Toronto for decades. The property at 214-230 Sherbourne is one glaring example of this devastating situation but also is an example of a possible site of aid. The land and rooming house have been vacant for over a decade while hundreds of homeless people suffer outside its doorstep. It is also only a few blocks away from the site where Drina Joubert froze to death in the back of a pickup truck in 1985. In 2018, the City passed a motion to purchase or expropriate the site for social housing, yet we continue to wait for this action to be taken. We wait for housing as people continue to suffer and to die homeless.

For more information, contact Josie Ricciardi josier@regentparkchc.org 416-364-2261 ext. 2228.

Nov 21, 2021 - Women Mobilizing for Climate, Justice, Gender, Equality and Peace

When: Sunday November 21st, 1pm

Women's report back from COP, organized by WILPF - Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

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Nov 20, 2021 - From Palestine - This is Cuba

When: Saturday November 20th, 12pm
Where: United Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil St.

The Palestinian Youth Movement - Toronto and the Cuban Residents Association invite you to join us for an educational session about Cuba.

As the imperialist attacks against the Cuban people and government continue to escalate, all those who stand against imperialism and colonialism are called to be in struggle with the Cuban people in their fight against the US blockade, and for self-determination.

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Nov 19, 2021 - Extreme Inequality and Climate Breakdown

When: Friday November 19th, 6:30pm

Town hall on the twin crises of economic inequalities and climate breakdown in a time when food prices are skyrocketing while billionaires spend millions to drink champagne in space. Speakers include Seth Klein, Linda McQuaig, Bianca Mugyenyi and more.

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