There are 6 organizing/advocacy/mutual aid events happening in Toronto today! - Getting Repairs Done Workshop - East End Acts Weekly Vigil - HAC Working Group Meeting - Palestine Poetry Fundraiser vol. 2 - Where Histories Meet - Civic Hacknight – Toronto ID

Today at 12PM: Getting Repairs Done Workshop (Virtual). Are you a tenant living in the GTA? Do you have questions about how to get things fixed in your apartment? This free interactive workshop explains rules for getting repairs done, whether a tenant has to pay for repairs, how quickly the...

Today at 12:30PM: Weekly Phone Zap for Palestine (Virtual). Join with organizers from coast to coast in calling, emailing, and faxing demands to elected officials to stop Canada's complicity in the genocide.

Today at 12PM: Your Basic Tenant Rights Workshop (Virtual). Are you a tenant living in the GTA? Do you have questions about your rights under the law? This free interactive workshop will explain how leases work, how rent increases are calculated, what to do to get repairs done, how to end a...

Today at 10AM: Street Vending Bylaw Review Online Consultation Meeting (Virtual). The City is conducting a review of the street vending bylaws to create more opportunities for street vendors and performers through a licensing system that reflects the vibrancy of Toronto, with rules that are...

Today at 5:30PM: The Road to Genocide: From Oslo to Ethnic Cleansing (Available upon registration (Mississauga)). Join Palestinian writer and politician Jamal Zakout for a powerful discussion about the current political situation, unpacking the Oslo Accords and their lasting impact on Palestine....

Today at 2PM: History of Revolution Pt 5: What do we mean by socialist revolution? (427 Bloor St W). The waves of protest and strikes we see around the world show the nucleus of what can be a revolutionary movement to overthrow the billionaires. But how do we get there? What are the...

Today at 2PM: Yiddish Art & Anti-Fascism: Radical Archival Collage Workshop (CSI, 192 Spadina). Rad Yiddish and UJPO present educator Sharoni Sibony and special guests an afternoon of radical art-making inspired by the past on Sep 21. Using copies of historic pamphlets and protest signs,...

Today at 1PM: Steps & Stories (Trinity Bellwoods). In need of a relaxing walk, park hang, checking in about mental health, and gentle conversations? Come join Queer South ASians for Steps & Stories, a peer support park hang facilitated by peer support coordinator Luxmy Thiru.

Today at 1PM: Toronto Aces and Aros Online Discussion (Virtual). Get together online with fellow aces & aros and chat about aromantic and asexual representation in the media! This is open for both political critique and geeking out about your favourite aspec representation. There will be a break...

Today at 1PM: People's Hearings on Military Spending (United Steelworkers, 25 Cecil ST). Military spending in Canada is poised to skyrocket, and Canada’s projected increase will come at the expense of spending that working people urgently need: healthcare, education, childcare, environmental...

There are 8 organizing/advocacy/mutual aid events happening in Toronto today! - Gaza Square - Every Sunday - Civic Space Sunday - People's Hearings on Military Spending - Toronto Aces and Aros Online Discussion - Steps & Stories - Yiddish Art & Anti-Fascism: Radical Archival...

Today at 12PM: Civic Space Sunday (2567 Dundas St W). 1RG is opening their space to folks working on projects addressing civic challenges with technology. Whether you're already involve in an existing project, or you're looking at finding one to contribute to, join us for an afternoon of...

Today at 11AM: Gaza Square - Every Sunday (371 Wallace Ave). Daveport 4 Palestine invites you to come hang out at Gaza square on Sunday mornings with hot chocolate and coffee, buttons and posters, lawn signs and colourful chalk. Come say hi and meet your fellow neighbours/organizers as they make...

Today at 2PM: Draw the Line Rally and March (Yonge & Dundas). Only months into his mandate, Prime Minister Carney is fast-tracking a billionaires-first agenda. On September 20th, communities will mobilize across the country and demand that Prime Minister Carney and the Canadian government pick a...

Today at 1PM: BDS Leafletting (900 Dufferin St). Join Davenport 4 Palestine for the weekly BDS leafleting campaign at Dufferin Mall. Meet outside south entrance and buddy up – no experience necessary!

Today at 1PM: Arquives Button Making Workshop (34 Isabella). Come attend a button-making workshop and learn about queer culture’s history with buttons and their political, artistic, and community properties. This event will feature buttons from The ArQuives collections and participants will be...

Today at 12:30PM: Ghost Bike for Samuel Willets (Matt Cohen Park). On Thursday, July 31, 28-year-old Samuel Willetts succumbed to his injuries incurred when he was struck by a truck-driver 13 days earlier on Gerard St East at Church Street, near Toronto Metropolitan University. Samuel was a York...

There are 7 organizing/advocacy/mutual aid events happening in Toronto today! - UNSMOKE Butt Blitz Toronto - Community Clean Energy Day - Mutual Aid Market for Families in Gaza - Ghost Bike for Samuel Willets - Arquives Button Making Workshop - BDS Leafletting - Draw the Line...

Today at 12PM: Mutual Aid Market for Families in Gaza (The Tranzac, 292 Brunswick). Come join a mutual aid market featuring work by local artists and makers from the GTA! This market is raising funds for three families in Gaza to provide urgent aid such as food, water, medical care, and shelter.

Today at 11AM: Community Clean Energy Day (WindShare turbine at Exhibition Place). Join SolarShare for a family-friendly party at the Wind Turbine! Community Clean Energy Day is your invitation to gather and play at the site of North America's first urban wind project. Bring your friends, family,...

Today at 10AM: UNSMOKE Butt Blitz Toronto (Harbourfront Centre). Join Canada’s biggest cigarette litter cleanup – right here in the heart of the city. A Greener Future is teaming up with UNSMOKE to host a massive cleanup event at Harbourfront Centre as part of a national campaign to collect 1...

Today at 7PM: Red Square on a Black Board (OISE Room 2198). The Toronto Young Communists League and Communist Party of Canada (UofT Club) invite you to join in a screening of ‘Red Square on a Black Board’. The movie documents the 2012 Quebec student strike, and has valuable lessons for the...

There are 2 organizing/advocacy/mutual aid events happening in Toronto today! - Kill Bill 5 Weekly Phone and Email Zap - Red Square on a Black Board

Today at 12PM: Kill Bill 5 Weekly Phone and Email Zap (Virtual). Nagweyaab Ishkode and SURJ Toronto are collaborating to run weekly zaps online via Zoom to help educate Ontarians and let our government and members of industry know what we think of this colonial and harmful bill. Scripts and...

Today at 7PM: Keeping Us Safe: An Introduction to Mutual Aid, Community Defense & Crisis Intervention Pt 1 (Virtual). In the first part of this two session workshop, learners will cultivate an understanding of mutual aid practices, and values. Additionally, learners will explore examples,...

Today at 6PM: Community Consultation: Regulating Apartment Temperatures (519 Church). Was your apartment too hot this summer? Share your opinion on a 26°C maximum indoor temperature by-law to make next summer more comfortable!

Today at 6PM: Uptown Climate Futures: Session 4 (5210 Yonge St). Part 4 of a low-cost conversational workshop series designed to convene community, create a cohort feel, and amplify the voices of people in Uptown Toronto with a focus on BIPOC youth ages 15-30. This session will involve a tabletop...

Today at 6PM: Worker’s Justice: A community-Based Course on Rights and Action (Available Upon Registration). This is the start of a free 8-week in-person course on worker’s rights and the labour movement organized by the Jane Finch Education Action Group, Jane/Finch Centre and the Global...

Today at 5PM: Guerilla Gardening (348 Danforth Ave). Join Carrot Common on the green roof to discuss all things guerila gardening! Attendees will make native plant seed balls, talk about the importance of native pollinators, explore how to access garden space for folks without yards, and discuss...

There are 6 organizing/advocacy/mutual aid events happening in Toronto today! - Indigenous Issues in Rental Housing - Guerilla Gardening - Worker’s Justice: A community-Based Course on Rights and Action - Uptown Climate Futures: Session 4 - Community Consultation: Regulating...

Today at 12PM: Indigenous Issues in Rental Housing (Virtual). This workshop explains Canada’s colonial past and it’s impact on present day tenant rights, how tenant organizers can act in solidarity with Indigenous struggles, how Indigenous Principles for conflict resolution can support tenant...

Today at 7:30PM: Arms Embargo Now Movement Briefing (Virtual). Parliament is resuming on September 15. With a new Parliament comes new opportunities to expose Canada’s complicity in genocide, grow the movement and force the government to act. This fall, come together to close the loopholes that...

Today at 1PM: Annual Truth and Reconciliation in the Healing Garden (3101 Lakeshore Blvd W). Each year, The Gatehouse hosts its Annual Truth and Reconciliation Event in the serene and sacred space of the Healing Garden. This meaningful gathering brings together Indigenous Peoples, community...

There are 3 organizing/advocacy/mutual aid events happening in Toronto today! - Gazan Canadians Toronto Sit-In - Annual Truth and Reconciliation in the Healing Garden - Arms Embargo Now Movement Briefing

Today at 12PM: Gazan Canadians Toronto Sit-In (5343 Dundas St W). Join The Gazan Canadians League for a sit-in in front of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada offices to amplify their demand that the Canadian government evacuate their family members from Gaza immediately. Stand together...

Today at 7:30PM: Off the Hill: Parliament's back in Session (Virtual). Parliament is back in session, the NDP searches for a new leader and labour leads the fight for economic justice in uncertain times. Join Rabble.ca for a panel breaking down the future of labour in Canada, featuring Ontario...

Today at 7:30PM: Ontario's Energy Crossroad (Virtual). Ontario’s energy needs are growing. Premier Ford wants to tie us into an expensive, environmentally damaging and very long term nuclear/fossil fuel future. Join Cinema Politica/TERRE (Toronto East Residents for Renewable Energy) in a...

Today at 7PM: Billionaires VS All of Us (Virtual). Canada's corporate elite have been busy this summer designing an all-out assault on workers, First Nations, migrants and the environment—and Mark Carney’s Liberals are getting ready to carry it out. This webinar, featuring anti-poverty...

Today at 7PM: Civic Hacknight - Social Media Research for Social Good (Hybrid). Civic Tech Toronto's weekly hacknights bring together Torontonians who want to improve the city through design, tech, and data. tech, and data. This week, come hear from Alex MacIsaac from the Samara Centre for...

Today at 7PM: Solidarity Circles: From Turtle Island to Palestine (Regent Park area). With the recent bubble zoning laws restricting protests and a new report exposing how Canada continues to send arms to Israel, it is more urgent than ever to show solidarity, start conversations, and get...

Today at 6PM: Know Your Rights at Work: Scarborough Workshop (The Hub 2660 Eglinton Ave E). Do you know and understand your rights at work? Are you being paid properly at work? Are you being treated unfairly at work? Join WAC for a free and confidential in-person workshop to learn about your...

Today at 5:30PM: Artist Rights (Virtual). A workshop with CARFAC Ontario, the association of visual and media artists in Ontario, on understanding your rights as an artist and how you can advocate for yourself and your peers. This workshop will discuss professional industry standard practices...

Today at 1PM: Ontario Day of Action - Double ODSP/OW! (111 Wellesley). Join ACORN members for the Ontario Day of Action on Tuesday, September 16th to demand that the Ford government raise social assistance rates and end legislated poverty. The current rates leave people hungry and unable to...

There are 10 organizing/advocacy/mutual aid events happening in Toronto today! - Coalition for Better Childcare Network Session - Fighting an Eviction Workshop - Ontario Day of Action - Double ODSP/OW! - Artist Rights - Know Your Rights at Work: Scarborough Workshop -...

Today at 12PM: Fighting an Eviction Workshop (Virtual). Are you facing an eviction in the GTA? Do you want to learn about your rights? This free interactive workshop explains how evictions do and don't work, the steps in the eviction process, how to prepare for an eviction hearing, and lots more.

Today at 12PM: Coalition for Better Childcare Network Session (Virtual). The second edition of the Ontario Coalition for Better Childcare and Association for Early Childhood Educators Ontario’s Roadmap will be released in September. Join the co-authors for a discussion on evaluating Ontario’s...

Today at 7PM: How Three Loopholes Allow Canada to Arm Israel’s Genocide (Virtual). Due to significant legal loopholes in Canada’s arms control regime, Corporations are able to continue to sell weapons to Israel despite a documented genocide. At the same time, Canada’s Federal Parliament...

Today at 7PM: Community Mapping Workshop (Virtual). Mapping is an effective way to organize and visualize workplace connections and identify leaders or influencers in your communities. Learn tools on how to utilize mapping to build and gauge support for a campaign towards majority support...

Today at 7PM: Dispatches from Cairo (Virtual). Founded in June 2024, Davenport Aid Brigade is a grassroots organization with teams working in Toronto and Cairo (the Gaza work has unfortunately had to be paused due to the blockade). Beginning out of the Davenport 4 Palestine neighborhood riding...