Join IfNotNow Toronto, Jews Say No To Genocide, and حرية for  a collaborative Jewish-Palestinian resistance seder organized by Jewish and Palestinian activists.

It is a traditional part of the Seder to invite people in and to say “Let all who are hungry come and eat.” As children are dying from starvation in Gaza and the imposed famine deepens, we will refrain from eating a festive meal.  

There will be an ASL interpreter on site, large-font printouts, peer support, earplugs, and some chairs for accessibility needs. While we will be outside, we encourage masking and ask those who are sick to remain home and join us remotely.  

Can’t make it in person? Join remotely via IfNotNow Toronto’s Instagram live-stream with live captioning. Make sure to check out the social media channels above for updated info!

Join OCAD University and Another Story Bookshop at Onsite Gallery, 199 Richmond St, for the launch of the new book, Are You Calling Me a Racist? by Dr. Sarita Srivastava, OCAD U’s Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science. She’ll talk about her new book in a conversation with Dr. Rinaldo Walcott, Professor and Chair of Africana and American Studies at the University of Buffalo, moderated by Dr. Minelle Mahtani, Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Justice at the University of British Columbia.

Accessibility: Washrooms, Wheelchair Accessible
Some small bites and refreshments available.

Join SURJ Toronto and Toronto World Beyond War for a DJ & Rap fundraiser in support of the Toronto Community Justice Fund and Canada Stop Arming Israel. $10-$20 at BSMT 254.

Stand in solidarity with Indigenous Land Defenders to resist projects funded by climate villain RBC by joining the rally outside RBC’s AGM in Etobicoke. RSVP for full details.

Join the Disability Justice Network of Ontario for the latest virtual workshop in their Disability Justice 101: Organizing Series. In this workshop, Facilitator Kitoko Mai will lead an exploration on archiving our individual and collective histories, present, and imagined futures on the internet as a way to preserve our stories.

A webinar with five disabled BIPOC people discuss being our live experiences being disabled and racialized, being multiply marginalized, racism in the disabled community, lateral ableism and provide a perspective on disability that is usually ignored. With Sivert Das, Sydney Elaine Butler, Lil Gabi D, Yousef Kadoura, Natasha 'Courage' Bacchus.

Come out to Yonge & Dundas square for Land Day - a day to remember and honour six Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces on March 30, 1976, after uniting in protest against the theft of their lands. This day is commemorated each year to mobilize against further theft of Palestinian land and to reassert the unequivocal right of return for Palestinians to their lands. Follow Palestinian Youth Movement on socials for more info and actions.

This online workshop, part 3 of this year's Intro to Anti-Racism Series, will be led by Audrey Huntley and Wanda Whitebird, of No More Silence, and focus on issues of Indigenous Sovereignty, decolonization, and climate justice.

About the Series: For white folks, unlearning racism, and learning how to be anti-racist is life-long work and life-long learning. This can be hard work, but it is also amazingly rewarding. To help facilitate this learning, Showing Up for Racial Justice-Toronto (SURJ) is hosting our annual mini-series on anti-racism. These workshops are not the be-all and end-all of anti-racism; they are designed to provide a solid foundation for white people who are new to this kind of work, yet want to learn more and get more involved in the struggle for anti-racism and decolonization. No matter what stage you’re at in your learning, everyone is warmly welcome!

ASL interpretation will be available

These workshops are completely free, though donations to community-led BIPOC organizations will be requested.

Part of Migrant Spring actions across the country.

Meet at Christie Pits Park to mobilize with the Migrant Rights Network to #UniteAgainstRacism, win #StatusForAll, and cultivate a future where everyone can thrive.

Why? Migrants live here and have deep roots. They grow and care for communities but are denied equality because they are denied permanent resident status. The richest few scapegoat migrants, using racism to blame them for the affordability crisis. Let’s unite against racism and win status for all.

Join us for a webinar to imagine what Toronto would be like if we invest in systems of care and divest from systems that cause institutional harm. With panelists: Desmond Cole, Butterfly GoPaul, Rebeena. Moderated by: Robyn Maynard.

The Toronto City Budget has increased funding to the police yet again. The TTC has resumed deploying fare inspectors and special constables. Surveillance is expanding. What are the possibilities for a future that invests in people, our communities and each other? What could Toronto be like if we invest in systems of care?

Organized by Resource Movement, Jane & Finch Action Against Poverty (JFAAP) and SURJ Toronto.

This online workshop, part 2 of this year’s Intro to Anti-Racism Series, is on Healing Resistance. We are living in time of upheaval. As social, ecological, economic and political systems are on the brink of collapse, we are presented with an incredible opportunity to shape a new future. Join us for a discussion on how these compounding crises impact our ability to engage in the work of racial healing.

Kazu Haga is a trainer and practitioner of nonviolence and restorative justice, a core member of Building Belonging, the Ahimsa Collective and the Fierce Vulnerability Network and author of Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm. He works with incarcerated people, youth, and activists from around the country. He has over 20 years of experience in nonviolence and social change work, and has been an active trainer since 2000. He is a resident of the Canticle Farm community on Lisjan Ohlone land, Oakland, CA.

On Zoom, ASL interpreted, automatic CC, no charge but will include fundraising for grassroots organizers.

For over 4 months, we have taken to the streets in solidarity with Palestinians to demand a ceasefire and end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. For some of us, this was our first time attending protests! Yet, while we march, chant and build community, we are met with increasing police aggression. We know that police do not keep us safe at protests and instead have a long history of increasing violence and harm. As more people join the Free Palestine movement, we must collectively work to ensure that we reduce interactions with police and keep each other safe!

Join us for an online community conversation where we will skill-share and collectively build our capacity to keep each other safe at protests. Together, we will learn from one another, share practical tips and build our imagination of what’s possible. All experience levels are welcome and valid! ASL interpretation and closed captioning will be provided.

On Zoom. Part of SURJ Toronto’s Alternatives to 911 Community Skill Building Series

ASL interpretation and closed captioning will be provided

Join No More Silence for the 19th annual Strawberry Ceremony for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Trans and Two-Spirit people (MMIWGT2S)

Ceremony in front of Police HQ (40 College St) only. No feast.

PLEASE WEAR A MASK TO KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE!

Please do not bring organizational signs or banners.

Livestream will be available for virtual participation.

As Israel’s genocidal campaign on Gaza enters its fourth month, many are being mobilized in support of Palestinian liberation. This workshop will introduce attendees to the background and root causes of the Palestine struggle, explain the role of racism, antisemitism, and Islamophobia, as well as provide insights into ways that people living here in Canada can contribute effectively to the movement for social justice and liberation.

This workshop is facilitated by two wonderful organizers of the Palestinian Youth Movement, which has been the leading force in Canada (and elsewhere) mobilizing resistance to the genocide in Gaza.

This workshop, part of SURJ Toronto's Alternatives to 911 series, seeks to train young community members how to de-escalate and practice harm-reductive care with fellow community members in times of crisis, struggle and grief.

On Zoom; ASL interpretation and automatic CC

Join Resource Movement, Independent Jewish Voices, and Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Toronto to learn together about the context for the current violence, and take action toward a ceasefire and beyond. learn about the context for the current violence, and to take action together toward a ceasefire and beyond.

Our speakers for this event are experienced Jewish and Palestinian advocates Judy Rebick and Beisan Zubi!

All are welcome! This webinar is particularly well-suited for folks who are new to the struggle for peace in the region.

The Palestinian Youth Movement has put out a call for a National Day of Action to demand an immediate ceasefire, the lifting of the siege on Gaza, and an end to Canada’s complicity in Israeli apartheid. The Toronto action will be at 2 p.m. outside the US Consulate on University Avenue south of Dundas – join us!

Join Toronto Jews & allies at Christie Pits Park, Toronto, in a ritual action of collective grief for the devastating loss of Palestinian and Israeli lives, and to demand an immediate ceasefire to end the killing in Gaza.

Ford and Lecce have been riling up their base with dog whistles about parental rights, endangering trans youth in order to score political points. 

Join with others to get some background and take action together! Make calls and send emails to let the provincial government know that we will not fall for their bullshit, and we will protect trans kids and youth at all costs.

On October 24 and 25, Scholar Strike Canada will lead a two-day labour action, “Teaching and Learning Against Social Abandonment.” SSC is calling on workers across the country to refuse academic business as usual, and instead organize and participate in popular education workshops, teach-ins, and protest actions. Recognizing important differences in the labour conditions of various faculty and student academic workers, librarians, administrative, service and maintenance workers, SSC is calling for collective action redirecting our teaching and learning toward one another and the well-being of the communities within which we live and work.

Come learn about what is going on right now in Palestine, and take concrete action with us to support Palestinian liberation and STOP the genocidal killings in Gaza!

Access note: Unfortunately, we are not able to provide ASL interpretation for the event. Automated closed captioning will be available.

On October 24 and 25, Scholar Strike Canada will lead a two-day labour action, “Teaching and Learning Against Social Abandonment.” SSC is calling on workers across the country to refuse academic business as usual, and instead organize and participate in popular education workshops, teach-ins, and protest actions. Recognizing important differences in the labour conditions of various faculty and student academic workers, librarians, administrative, service and maintenance workers, SSC is calling for collective action redirecting our teaching and learning toward one another and the well-being of the communities within which we live and work.

Wet’suwet’en leaders and Mixtec, Otomi & Nahua land defenders are coming together to resist TC Energy’s pipelines on their territories. Travelling east from Wet’suwet’en territory and north from Puebla, Hidalgo, and Veracruz, Mexico, these land defenders will converge in Toronto to build their shared resistance to Canadian company TC Energy’s colonial pipeline projects!

Meet in Nathan Phillips Square at 1 p.m. for speeches and a march through the heart of downtown Toronto, where we will make some noise outside of major landmarks of the colonial-capitalist extractive industry!

Organized by Rising Tide Toronto, Indigenous Climate Action, World BEYOND War, the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network, and EUC York.

Film screening and panel with Indigenous land defenders, with renowned Nigerian environmental justice activist Nnimmo Bassey.

Wet’suwet’en leaders and Mixtec, Otomi & Nahua land defenders are coming together to resist TC Energy’s pipelines on their territories. Travelling east from Wet’suwet’en territory and north from Puebla, Hidalgo, and Veracruz, Mexico, these land defenders will converge in Toronto to build their shared resistance to Canadian company TC Energy’s colonial pipeline projects!

Organized by Rising Tide Toronto, Indigenous Climate Action, World BEYOND War, the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network, and EUC York.

Five First Nations from Northern Ontario are coming to Toronto to lead a march calling on Premier Ford to end unwanted mining activity on their Territories. These five strong First Nations have formed a historic alliance to protect their lands and waters in the face of mounting concerns about encroachment on First Nations Territories by mining exploration companies that have been enabled by the Ford government.

Join the Ontario Health Coalition at Queen’s Park, Toronto, to demand that the Ford government stop the privatization of our public hospitals, stop creating a crisis in our public hospitals by underfunding them and trying to roll back wages of nurses, health professionals and support staff, expand use of existing ORs in our public hospitals and expand capacity in our public hospitals.

Regularize Everyone: It's time!
Bloor and Yonge, Toronto

Bills are skyrocketing, rent is beyond reach, forests are ablaze, and healthcare is being privatized. We are in the midst of an inequality crisis, with migrants who grow the food, care for the sick, build the homes, and keep us going bearing some of the heaviest burden. Lack of permanent resident status leaves them without basic rights and protections; yet without them, society would grind to a halt. Combating climate change and ending the affordability crisis also requires regularizing all undocumented people. Achieving justice and equality for all requires permanent resident status for all. On September 17, 2023, the day before Parliament returns, let’s unite in massive cross-country actions. Prime Minister Trudeau keeps stalling and we cannot keep waiting. The time for change is now.

Grab your lawn chairs and blankets and join us for a free outdoor screening of “Trick or Treaty?” by Alanis Obomsawin at Greenwood Park! Movie starts at 7:30 p.m.

“Trick or Treaty?” is a 2014 Canadian documentary feature film by Alanis Obomsawin about Treaty 9, a 1905 agreement that reflects the often contradictory interpretations of treaties between First Nations and the Crown. The movie succinctly and powerfully portrays one community’s attempts to enforce their treaty rights and protect their lands, while also revealing the complexities of contemporary treaty agreements.

Let us know you’re coming so we know how much popcorn to make (:

Indigenous Approaches to Collective Care with Saige McMahon

Wednesday, August 16, 7-9 p.m. ET
On Zoom; ASL interpretation and automatic CC provided

Learn about Indigenous approaches to care and harm reduction. Collective care has existed within Indigenous nations since time immemorial. Understanding Indigenous approaches to care provides community members with the tools to better walk alongside their communities.

Saige McMahon (she/her) is an Anishnaabekwe settler mix from Treaty 3 Territories, Rainy River First Nations who identifies as being a part of the queer community. The Director of the Indigenous led Crisis Response Pilot, she has been working with 2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations for roughly 5 years.

This workshop is part of our new Alternatives to 911 Community Skill-Building Series, with three sessions in August, and more to come!

• Wednesdays, August 2, 16, and 23 at 7 PM (ET) on Zoom

• ASL interpretation and automatic closed captioning will be provided

Come join the Beehive Design Collective for an outdoor workshop at Christie Pits Park combining art, anti-racism, and climate justice! Free. ASL interpretation provided.

The Beehive Design Collective is an activist art collective dedicated to “cross-pollinating the grassroots.” This workshop will use art murals for participatory storytelling, linking issues of environmental, economic, and racial justice, celebrating Indigenous rights, and showcasing inspiring stories from across the world of grassroots resistance. Darius and Sakura have recently returned from an international tour, meeting communities of resistance and inspiring people through art and solidarity everywhere they go.