CONTENTS

1. CALLS TO ACTION
2. EVENTS
3. ARTICLES
4. EMPLOYMENT

Tell Canada: Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism

Thousands of you have participated in this letter campaign, and after NCCM pressed the government for an answer, we secured a response. In his Oct 16 letter, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree offered a limited clarification in a private letter, saying the government’s report was not intended to suggest that all criticism of Zionism or Israel is antisemitic.

But the public report remains unchanged. It still states: “Antisemitism, which includes anti-Zionism, is not always obvious,” and that “Contemporary manifestations of antisemitism [include] anti-Zionism.”

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Rally for Childcare

When: October 29th, 12pm
Where: Queen’s Park, South Lawn

Ontario has signed a four-year extension to their child care agreement, but advocates are slamming the new plan for freezing wage improvements, stalling fee reductions, and making no new commitments to make affordable child care available for more families. The Ford government is finally back at Queen’s Park at the end of October, and we’ll be ready! Join the OCBCC, the AECEO, the OFL, CUPE Ontario, Parents for Child Care, and more of our members, partners and allies for a rally on Thursday, October 29th, at noon on the South Lawn of Queen’s Park. We’ll be calling on the Ford government to immediately deliver raise ECE wages, and deliver on affordability, decent work, and end the waitlist crisis for families.

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Building Canada Strong Act and the right to strike

When: October 29th, 3:30pm

The Supreme Court of Canada has declared workers’ right to strike constitutionally-protected. But Mark Carney’s “Building Canada Strong” Act proposes to make it easier for the Minister of Labour to intervene in the federal jurisdiction.

Stephanie Ross is an associate professor at the School of Labour Studies, McMaster University. Her research and teaching engage the theme of how ordinary people make social change through collective action in the face of powerful forces to the contrary.

Eric Tucker is a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. He has published extensively on the history and current state of labour and employment law.

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Booklaunch: Austerity and Resistance

When: Thursday October 29th, 4pm
Where: York University, Kaneff Tower, Room 519

With author Paul Kellogg.

– Judy Rebick, author of Heroes in My Head (House of Anansi Press, 2018)
– Esther Reiter, author of A Future Without Hate or Need (Between the Lines, 2016)
– Herman Rosenfeld, retired national staff, Canadian Auto Workers (Unifor)
– Moderated by Phil Henderson, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at GLRC.

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Peace Train Canada

When: October 30, 31
Where: Ottawa

Oct 30, 8:30am -12:30pm: Community Dialogue on Peace Education, St. Andrew’s Church. The Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution (CICR) will pose question(s) emerging from the Oct 29 Workshop and facilitate dialogue on how to increase peace education in Canadian schools.

Oct 30, 7-9pm, Panel Presentation, Christ Church Cathedral, 414 Sparks St. Title: “Canada’s Military Spending Spree: The Real Cost to Canadians.” Panelists: Alex Neve, International Human Rights Lawyer; Sandra Wiens, Government Relations Representative, Canadian Friends Service Committee; Jennifer Pedersen, Policy and Legislative Advisor to NDP MPs; Walter Dorn, Professor of Defence Studies, Royal Military College and Canadian Forces College.

Oct 31, 11am-3pm: Rally for Peace and Peacekeeping, Walking from the Peacekeeping Monument to Rally on Parliament Hill.

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Critical Mass

When: October 30th, 6pm meet, 6:30 ride
Where: Gwendolyn MacEwen Parkette (near Bloor and Walmer)

Last Friday of every month.

Day before Halloween, costumes encouraged (as police or construction workers perhaps?)

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Bike Lanes

When: Saturday, October 31st, 10am
Where: Christie Pits and rollout at 10:30am

Bike lanes aren’t just for bikes; they’re mobility lanes. Safe, connected infrastructure means access and independence for people of all abilities. Join us for the ACCESS FOR ALL ride.

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Protest Doug Ford

When: October 31st, 2pm
Where: Queen’s Park, 111 Wellesley St W

Doug Ford has consistently shown he’s not on the people’s side. It’s time to stand up for our rights and for those who cannot. On this website, you’ll find all of the dates, times, and locations for future protests against Doug Ford and his agenda.

Change doesn’t happen quickly, but if we all stand together and say a collective “that’s enough”, it gets harder and harder for them to continue with what they are doing.

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Organizing Under Occupation

When: Sunday November 1st, 2pm

Join Labour for Palestine (L4P) for a webinar on the situation for workers and unions in Palestine. Hear from four L4P members who just visited the West Bank as a part of a labour delegation meeting with trade unions and community organizations.

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Learning from the Prairie School

When: November 3rd, 6:30pm

Our first Speaker Series event, Learning from the Prairie School, features Barb Byers, with commentary from Donna Smith.

The Global Labour Research Centre (GLRC) at York University in Toronto, Canada, in partnership with the SSHRC-funded Re-Imagining Workers’ Education in the 21st Century project, is launching a new virtual Speaker Series on workers’ education. The broader project seeks to renew understandings of radical workers’ education as a vital social project; strengthen connections among workers, labour educators, community activists, practitioners and scholars; and bring together experiences from workers’ education initiatives in different contexts. We hope to use the Speaker Series as an initial step toward building a broader network of people committed to advancing radical workers’ education.

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Booklaunch: The Other Side of the Tracks

When: Wednesday November 4th, 7pm

Elizabeth Rouble Hill’s fascinating narrative focuses on her personal contribution to the socialist values quietly gifted to her by her parents. Each of the 28 revealing, warm, dramatic chapters of discovery and comprehension recount her personal growth. The reader is attracted to her pride in her successes, small and large, first as a child, then an adolescent and finally an adult, in breaking down the barriers of the social world into which she and her siblings were born “on the other side of the tracks” within the “cold war” of middle and late 20th century Toronto. Her remarkable story is an appreciative homage to her parents.

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The State of Healthcare

When: Thursday, November 5th, 6pm
Where: Mississauga Valley Community Centre, LC Taylor Auditorium, 1275 Mississauga Valley Blvd

A chance for ordinary Ontarians to connect with each other to discuss the current state of healthcare and deliberate next steps.

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Booklaunch: Revolution on the Move

When: Thursday, November 5th, 6.30pm
Where: Workers’ Action Centre, 720 Spadina Avenue, 2nd Floor

This book gathers the unforgettable voices of Latin American feminist activists who joined together to confront entrenched power and along the way transformed Canada’s biggest city. Based on decades of grassroots feminist activism and engaged scholarship, R. Magaly San Martin offers a sweeping and deeply affecting account of the pivotal role racialized immigrant feminists have played in Toronto’s legendary social justice struggles.

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Fighting to Win

When: Nov 12 to Dec 2

Unions and social movements today are operating under incredibly dire circumstances. There is great economic uncertainty and we confront the worsening impact of climate change as well as a global situation marked by the growing threat of conflict and war. When workers strike or communities under attack take to the streets, it seems that victories are much harder to win and past gains more difficult to defend.

This course will grapple with these questions by looking at the forms of exploitation and oppression that exist in society and the means by which the power structure acts to limit and contain our struggles. The course will move towards a discussion of how our movements can overcome the factors that hold them back and fight to win!

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‘Many vs the Money’ Counter-Summit and the ‘Anti-CEO Summit’ Counter-Protest

By Herman Rosenfeld

The weekend of September 11-14th marked an important step toward building a movement against Prime Minister Mark Carney’s neoliberal agenda, with its anti-worker, extractivist, export-oriented, pro-business model of development. A number of left and social movement groups collaborated to organize a weekend of panels, educational sessions, teach-ins, and demonstrations against Carney’s Toronto summit of the largest financial titans of capitalism. The weekend of activities was called “Many vs the Money,” as a counterpoint to Carney’s ‘money over the many’ approach.

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Housing Fight – Claim Our Corner

Moss Park Residents in Toronto, housing advocates and community service providers gathered at All Saints Church Community Centre on October 14 for “Claim Our Corner,” calling for deeply affordable housing on a vacant property at 214–230 Sherbourne Street that has remained empty for nearly 20 years. Organized by 230 Fightback and the Toronto Underhoused and Homeless Union, the gathering included a community meal, speeches and the unveiling of a mural by local artist Moises Frank. Organizers also displayed photographs and statements from neighbourhood residents on the barbed-wire fence surrounding the property.

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CCPA is Hiring

Senior Economist/Senior Researcher – Ontario Office, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

This is a permanent, full-time position in a unionized workplace with competitive salary, employer-paid health benefits, a pension plan, and generous vacation. The Senior Economist/Senior Researcher will be based in Toronto and focus on Ontario economic and public policy analysis. This position is remote. However, you must be located within the Toronto area and willing to travel and attend work-related functions when necessary.

This unionized position (UNIFOR Local 567) offers a salary of $111,017 – $120,877 based on experience as well as an excellent pension and benefits package following a 6-month probation period. If you are interested and meet the qualification requirements, please submit a cover letter and CV by 5 p.m. EDT November 13, 2026.

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