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Sep 30, 2026 - Opening Night: PALESTINE 36

When: September 30th, 7pm

Part of the Toronto Palestine Film Festival - Sept. 30 to Oct. 9.

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Sep 29, 2026 - How do we stop the destruction of our public healthcare system?

When: September 29th, 7pm
Where: Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street

The all-out assault on public healthcare is epitomized by Alberta's Bill 11, which came into effect September 1st, and Doug Ford's ongoing and accelerating dismantling of public healthcare in Ontario. This Town Hall meeting will provide an overview of the scale of the threat we are facing. Speakers include Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition, along with other special guests.

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Sep 29, 2026 - Rent Strike

When: September 29th, 5:30pm
Where: TBA

Tenants across the city are fighting back against their landlords, and winning! Come enjoy dinner and hear from Toronto Tenant Union organizers about how they're doing it. Followed by a screening of scenes from a documentary on a powerful tenant organizing story: armed with community and courage, a diverse group of Toronto tenants take on powerful corporate landlords in a historic rent strike, sparking a movement for housing justice across the city and beyond.

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Sep 27, 2026 - Counter Canada First rally

When: Sunday September 27th, 12pm
Where: Nathan Phillips Square

The hate group "Canada first" is once again trying to hold a hate rally in Nathan Phillips Square on September 27. Show up to let them know their bigotry is not welcome here!

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Sep 26, 2026 - Take Back the Night

When: Saturday September 26th, 2 - 9pm
Where: 640 Dundas St. E, Regent Park Green Space

Take Back the Night is a community-based event that unites survivors and honours their stories as survivors of sexual violence, sexual assault, childhood sexual violence, domestic violence, and state violence - such as police brutality, racism, sexist oppression, and other forms of institutionalized violence and war. Hosted by Toronto Rape Crisis Centre.

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Sep 26, 2026 - Solidarity Is Strength

When: September 26th, 10am
Where: College United Church, 502 Bathurst St

From the Ontario Days of Action to Building the Fight Against Ford.

All are invited to participate in Solidarity is Strength, an organizing event reflecting on a defining chapter of Ontario's history and what lessons we can carry forward to fight today's austerity agenda. The event will include a conversation with Paul Kellogg, author of Austerity and Resistance: the Ontario Days of Action, 1995-1998, as well other labour leaders, rank-and-file education workers, and prominent activists.

A big fight is brewing over public education, thanks to dedicated workers who've been reviving deep organizing methods. Education Workers' see that their power and leverage is, as a province-wide, strategically situated and coordinated group, providing a highly valued public service.

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Sep 24, 2026 - Workers' Justice

When: Sept 24 - November 12
Where: Jane-Finch area

The third Workers' Justice cohort will meet every Thursday from September 24 to November 12, 2026. Over eight weeks, workers and community members will come together to share their experiences, learn about workplace rights, and explore how collective action can create change in workplaces and communities.

The course is grounded in participants' own knowledge and experiences. Sessions will combine practical information, group discussion, participatory activities, and collective problem-solving. Together, participants will examine why workplace injustices happen, who is most affected, and how workers can respond individually and collectively.

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Sep 20, 2026 - Understanding Capitalism

When: September 20th to November 8th
Free/recommended donation: $40

Frustrated with capitalism and its impacts on human beings and the planet? Do you believe that a more equitable, democratic, and liberatory society is possible?

Waking up from the capitalist nightmare requires a clear understanding of what we are up against: how we understand capitalism, how it works, and how it compels us to act in certain ways - these all shape what kinds of strategies will be needed to move beyond it.

This course will approach these questions and others through An Introduction to the Three Volumes of Karl Marx's Capital by Michael Heinrich, one of most approachable and understandable guides through Marx's masterwork. Capital remains the most important work of critical analysis of capitalism in history, through its exploration of the economic principles that govern capitalism, and the problems faced by workers and society.

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Sep 9, 2026 - Art show: Gang of Five

When: September 9-27
Where: Propeller Gallery, 30 Abell St

The Gang of 5 art collective features multidisciplinary artists: Patrick Jenkins, Al Runt, Randal Gordy Lee, Vince Vaitiekunas and Michael Zaharuk. This eclectic group of artists have come together, uniting in their shared language of cartoons, whimsy and thought-provoking yet gritty storytelling. In this show, the group will be exhibiting original paintings, one-of-a-kind prints, comics, flip books, T-shirts, merch and much more.

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Sep 8, 2026 - Meditation and Mindfulness for Changemakers

When: Tuesdays Sept 8 to 29, 7pm

For changemakers, caring deeply can be both beautiful and brutal. When the world is on fire, it's easy to get swept into overwhelm, anger, grief, and a nervous system that never quite gets to exhale.

But over time, these patterns can get in the way of cultivating the very love, health, connection, and joy within yourself needed to build a more just, compassionate, and healthy world.

This 4-week online meditation and mindfulness course is to help people who care deeply to strengthen their resilience, focus, and openheartedness -- so they can remain effective through these wildly difficult times.

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May 25, 2026 - OPSEU Strike (week 17)

When: while the strike is on

Doug Ford has underfunded our community services to the point of crisis -- and it's pushing workers into poverty.

OPSEU members are now in the ninth week of their ongoing strike. These workers provide critical frontline services that our communities rely on. Stability, dignity, and decent wages for workers will mean better services for all.

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