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SUMMARY:Draw the Line Toronto: For people\, for peace\, for the planet.
DESCRIPTION:Draw the Line is a cross-country Day of Action taking place on September 20th in communities across Canada to resist Prime Minister Mark Carney’s anti-migrant\, anti-Indigenous\, and fossil fuel-driven policies. The Day of Action coincides with a global week of action calling for climate and economic justice worldwide. \nEvent Details\nDate: September 20th\, 2025 (2:00 PM)\nLocation: Yonge & Dundas\, 1 Dundas Street East\, Toronto\, Canada\nRSVP: Here \nA Message from Draw the Line \nWe refuse to stand by while the government and Canada’s richest corporations hoard wealth\, gut our public services\, fuel climate collapse\, attack migrants\, exploit Indigenous lands\, and prop up a genocide in Palestine. \nThey think that if they can overwhelm and divide us\, we won’t fight back. But climate justice\, migrant justice\, economic justice\, Indigenous rights\, and anti-war movements are uniting to prove them wrong. \nOn Saturday\, September 20th\, we’re drawing the line— for People. For Peace. For the Planet. \nFrom rallies to strikes\, marches to gatherings\, this September 20th\, communities will mobilize across the country and demand that Prime Minister Carney and the Canadian government pick a side: injustice\, violence\, and climate destruction— or a just and safe future for all of us. Read our full demands here. \nThis world is ours to build. This is our line to draw. \nWhy are we mobilizing? \nOnly months into his mandate\, Prime Minister Carney is fast-tracking a billionaires-first agenda— promoting pipelines as “nation-building projects\,” attacking migrants and refugees while scapegoating them\, trampling Indigenous rights\, gutting public services\, oversight and democratic process\, and pouring billions of public dollars into militarism and surveillance. Carney is appeasing Donald Trump\, slashing our public services\, and pandering to corporate interests. If Bill C-2 and C-5 are any indication of what’s to come under a Carney government\, we have our work cut out for us. Draw the Line is an opportunity for us to build a historic alliance to fight back\, and form coalitions that can continue to build beyond September 20th. \nWant to organize Action?\nFill in this form. We will then send you more information via email\, and connect you with one of our regional organizers. \n\n\nImage source: TO350.org
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/draw-the-line-toronto-for-people-for-peace-for-the-planet/
LOCATION:Younge & Dundas\, 1 Dundas Street East\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5B 2R8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:SAGE Weaving Connections: Ecocide in Palestine
DESCRIPTION:The event will be the first in a series of workshops dedicated to discussing sustainability and climate problems through an interdisciplinary and socially just lens – addressing environmental injustice around the world. This specific event will be focusing on the ecocide currently taking place in Palestine by Israel (aided by foreign powers)\, and how environmental destruction has been used as a tool for genocide and Indigenous erasure by settler colonialists throughout history. We also hope to connect this to the ecocide that has happened (and still continues to happen) on Turtle Island and across the world.
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/sage-weaving-connections-ecocide-in-palestine/
LOCATION:UTMSU Boardroom (second floor)\, 1815 Inner Cir Rd\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5L 1C6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:A Lake Story:  Call for Paddlers & Volunteers
DESCRIPTION:On September 27th and 28th the Bentway will be holding a large scale art-installation event as a part of their inaugural Water/Fall festival! They are seeking 500+ volunteers\, for on the water and on land. \nEvent Details\nDate: Sep 27 & 28\, 2025 (Procession at 11am & 4pm)\nLocation: Toronto Waterfront at Biidaasige Park\nVolunteers: Apply here (Free to attend!) \nAbout A Lake Story \nA Lake Story\, a new commission by artist Melissa McGill\, takes theform of a large-scale canoe procession that will write Lake Ontario’s story through colour\, across the sky and water. Featuring 400+ local canoers and paddlers joining us for this memorable performance\, participants will paddle in a coordinated\, slow-moving procession. An epic celebration of Lake Ontario along the Toronto Waterfront\, Melissa McGill’s project maps Toronto’s harbour and waterfront biosphere with the lake’s own vocabulary expressed through its natural colour palette. By giving visual voice to the interconnected relationships above and below the waters\, the project invites us to shift our perspective to participate in and learn from nature’s wisdom and creativity. \nWhat to Expect  \n\nA slow-moving procession of approximately 120 canoes with large\, wind-activated colour field paintings will move through Biidaasige Park and the Eastern Waterfront towards Sugar Beach.\nThe entire experience will last approximately 2 hours from beginning to end.\nTwo performances will take place at 11am and 4pm on September 27/28\nThe experience will be visible from many points along theEastern Waterfront and Biidaasige Park in Oekwemin Minising. A full map of optimal viewing areas will be available in September.\nFor the safety of the canoe participants\, the experience may need to amend its route or adjust starting times in response to high winds or inclement weather. Please follow @thebentway on social media for weather-related updates on the day of each performance.\nWe recommend dressing accordingly for the weather.\n\nDetails for Volunteers: A Lake Story_Paddling Volunteer Call_Poster_ PDF_Aug 7
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/a-lake-story-call-for-paddlers-volunteers/
LOCATION:Biidaasige Park\, 51 Commissioners St\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5A 1A6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Reimagining  Education: Black Indigenous Waterways
DESCRIPTION:This special research talk organized by the Black Research Network will spotlight inaugural recipients of the BRN’s Black Indigenous Waterways Fellowship\, Jade Nixon (New York University Provost’s Faculty Fellow) and kara lynch (Associate Professor Emerita\, Hampshire College). Nixon and lynch will share insights into their fellowship work\, exploring decolonial approaches and how their respective practices engage with Black Indigenous histories and relationships. \nThe conversation will be followed by a Q&A session.This event will take place virtually. Please register to attend. Note: This workshop will be recorded and available on our BRN Resources page. \nRegister Here \nAbout the speakers: \n\n\n\n\n\nJade Nixon (she/her) is Afro- and Indo-Caribbean. She is currently a New York University Provost’s Faculty Fellow. Before she joined NYU\, she was the inaugural Black and Indigenous Waterways Research Fellow and completed her PhD at the Women and Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto. She was born and raised outside of the Caribbean region\, in a city on the outskirts of Tkaronto\, and on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Lake Ontario\, one of what the Anishnaabe call the Five Freshwater Seas\, held her close when she lived far away from the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Now living in Lenapehoking\, she has the joy of calling the islands home. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nkara lynch is a New York-based artist and associate professor emerita of video and critical studies at Hampshire College. A time-based artist\, lynch’s work considers autonomy for Black and Indigenous communities\, specifically through re-memory\, vision and movement. Through various collaborations and solo works\, lynch has fostered conversations about these shared histories\, mainly in the United States. She joined the BRN as its inaugural Artist in Residence (AiR) in 2024.
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/reimagining-education-black-indigenous-waterways/
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SUMMARY:Weaving Connections: Extractive Colonialism in Africa & Call for Submissions: "Nature Speaks in Every Language" Poetry Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Weaving Connections: Extractive Colonialism in Africa\nThis discussion hosted by UTM Student Association for Geography & Environment centres Extractive Colonialism in Africa\, and how legacies of colonialism\, imperialism\, and the greed for natural resources causes instability and environmental injustice (amongst many other issues) within different countries in Africa. \nDate: Friday\, November 7th\, from 3pm to 6pm \nLocation: 1867 Inner Cir Rd\, Mississauga\, ON L5L 1C6 in room DV3130 \nRSVP: here \nCall for Submissions: “Nature Speaks in Every Language” Poetry Exhibition\nThis exhibition is a great way for students who enjoy writing and poetry to showcase their talents. This exhibition aims to celebrate cultural and linguistic diversity through poetry.\nWe are currently asking for students who are interested to submit their work to our Google Form linked below. If your work is accepted\, it will be displayed for our exhibition on November 19 and 20 in MN (North Reception). \nAdditionally\, students who submit their work will automatically be considered to have their work featured in Folia and selected poems may be featured in The Medium! \nDate: Submissions due November 14th\, 2025 \nFill out the form: here!
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/weaving-connections-extractive-colonialism-in-africa-call-for-submissions-nature-speaks-in-every-language-poetry-exhibition/
LOCATION:William G. Davis Building\, 1867 Inner Cir Rd\, Mississauga\, Ontario\, L5L 1C6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Standing Together for the Land - Taking on Bill 5
DESCRIPTION:Join this film screening and public discussion hosted by Legal Advocates for Nature’s Defence (LAND) and Okiniwak. Hear from Indigenous youth organizers from Attawapiskat together with allies from as we raise awareness and solidarity to protect the land\, honour Treaty promises\, and stop Bill 5.\n\n\nEvent Details\nDate: Nov 18 from 7pm to 9pm EST\nLocation: CSI – 192 Spadina Avenue (Suite 101 Toronto\, ON M5T 3A4)\nRSVP: here (Tickets by donation – Space is Limited!)\n\n\n\nAbout the Event from LAND\nYou’re invited to join Ramon Kataquapit\, founder of the Indigenous Youth movement Okiniwak\, and Kerrie Blaise\, founder of LAND for an evening of sharing\, discussion and solidarity as together\, we work to stop Bill 5 and protect the Attawapiskat River.Learn about ongoing efforts against Bill 5\, including grassroots organizing and litigation\, and enjoy our new short film featuring faces and stories form the lands and waters in Treaty 9 in Northern Ontario where the Ring of Fire is proposed.\nFollow @naturesdefence\, @mahegkan\, @okiniwak on Instagram!
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/standing-together-for-the-land-taking-on-bill-5/
LOCATION:Centre for Social Innovation – Suite 101 Toronto\, 192 Spadina Avenue\, Toronto\, Ontario\, ON M5T 3A4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Poetics of Water II: LA DERNIÈRE GOUTTE
DESCRIPTION:Join the Department of Classics\, Cinema Studies Institute\, Department of Art History\, and Centre for Medieval Studies for Poetics of Water II: La Dernière Goutte. \nDate: December 6th\, 2025 (9:30 AM – 6:15 PM)\nLocation: Lillian Massey 312\,125 Queen’s Park\nRSVP: Drop-in! No RSVP required \nAbout the Event \n9:30-9:45: Welcome \n\nJames Cahill and Victoria Wohl\n\n  \n9:45-11:00: ‘Writ in Water’: Like a Lagoon \n\nCarol Mavor\n\n  \n11:15-12:30: Seeing Water: Histories of Place\, Landscape\, and Self \n\nRobert Burley\nBonnie Devine\nSherry Lee (Moderator)\n\n  \n2:00-3:15: Talking Water: Conversations in Process \n\nJane Wolff\n\n  \n3:30-4:45: Water Gathering with Ziibii (Credit River): Decolonizing Municipal and Provincial Understandings of Lands\, Parks and Rivers \n\nBonnie McElhinny\nGiidaakunadaad (The Spirit Who Lives in High Places)\, Nancy Rowe\n\n  \n5:00-6:15: Water\, Given Time \n\nSarah Nooter
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/poetics-of-water-ii-la-derniere-goutte/
LOCATION:LILLIAN MASSEY 312\, 125 QUEEN’S PARK DECEMBER 6\, 2025
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SUMMARY:Protecting Water\, Defending Land: Intersectional Justice Forum
DESCRIPTION:Part 1: Frontlines of Indigenous-Led Movements ~ Presentations & Panel Discussion\n5:30 – 7PM\, William Doo Auditorium. Doors open at 5PM! \n\nIndigenous-led and allied movements are fighting for a more just future for all life\, working to hold a frontline most of us will never see\, in defence of the lands and waters we all depend on locally and globally. \nBringing together diverse movements connected by their resistance of the ongoing colonial project\, this event features Indigenous and allied voices who will explore the changing frontlines of social and environmental activism. Speakers include Eve Saint (8th Fire Rising)\, Ramon Kataquapit (Okiniwak)\, members of Atelie Mukambu (Brazil)\, and Grassy Narrows Solidarity. \n          🌊 Learn about Indigenous water and land defence movements \n          🫱🏽‍🫲🏻 Expand your personal activist & ally network \n          🙋🏽‍♀️ Discover opportunities to get involved where you are \nHow are we all connected to these struggles? How does Canada empower harm and what role do we have in changing its course? What are frontline and allied leaders seeing that we can learn from? Where is the road of solidarity taking us? Let’s dive in to learn and explore together. \n  \nPart 2: Social Mixer ~ Deepening Community Connections\n7 – 8:30PM\, William Doo Auditorium \n\nAfter the panel\, attendees are invited to share food\, drinks\, and conversation as we work to build community in Toronto toward a more just future for all. \n          🎁 Exciting prizes from Patagonia Toronto \n          🫱🏽‍🫲🏻 Featured Toronto NGO & grassroots groups \n          🍕 Food\, drinks\, and great company! \nThis event is co-hosted by Water Watchers and Mining Injustice Solidarity Network\, with support in part by the Women & Gender Studies Institute Community Knowledge Alliance Fund and special thanks to Dr. Bonnie McElhinny for her contributions.
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/protecting-water-defending-land-intersectional-justice-forum/
LOCATION:William Doo Auditorium\, 45 Willcocks St\, New College\, University of Toronto\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Race and Nature Symposium 2026
DESCRIPTION:Register for the inaugural Race and Nature to be held in Mississauga\, Canada. The theme\, Mapping the Intersection of Race and Nature in Challenging Times\, examines how race shapes the ways nature is perceived\, accessed\, and experienced. \nDate: Monday 26\, October 2026 (8am – 6pm)  \nLocation: MN – Maanjiwe Nendamowinan Building\, UTM \nRSVP: Here \nRace & Nature Collective have organized an impressive line up of speakers with a wealth of knowledge\, experience and stories. Their voices are critical in these challenging times to provide direction and pathways to move forward with hope. \nAs global social and environmental conditions continue to shift\, dominant paradigms around nature are being re-examined. At the same time\, persistent race-based inequities influence who is able to access\, control\, and manage natural spaces\, and whose knowledge and relationships are recognised and valued. The demographic shift in Canada highlights the disconnect between being a multi-racial society and who has access to nature. \nChildhood access to nature shapes future perceptions of nature. About a third of children and youth in Canada are racialised\, Black\, Indigenous\, or are first- or second-generation immigrants. In Toronto\, this rises to about half of the youth population. If these children and youth are alienated from nature\, have limited access to nature programming\, or rarely see themselves represented in nature\, it makes it more challenging for them to care about or protect nature. The symposium will critically engage these race-and-nature challenges by centering the voices and lived experiences of Black and other racialised communities. It is the first such event to bring these groups together in Canada. The symposium is for scholars\, educators\, practitioners\, and community leaders from diverse backgrounds\, and others who are interested. \nSub-themes in race and nature: K-12 education\, food\, art\, health\, climate and social justice\, climate mitigation\, sustainability\, Indigenous relations\, funding. \nRace & Nature Collective Website\n 
URL:https://www.waterallies.com/event/race-and-nature-symposium-2026/
LOCATION:University of Toronto\, Mississauga
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