Great Lakes Waterworks Discussion Series 2017-2018, @ New College   Writing Water Futures: Ceremonies and Science Fiction Readings and conversations with Nina Munteanu and Gwen Benaway two Toronto-based writers exploring the meaning of water in their work   When: December 07, 2017|6:30-8:30 p.m   Where: The Atrium@New College, University of Toronto, 45 Willcocks St   […]

Great Lakes Waterworks 2017-2018 Discussion Series @New College, University of Toronto downstream:  reimagining water relations through interdisciplinary writing and Indigenous perspectivesA discussion between writers and scholars Lee Maracle, Rita Wong and Dorothy Christian When:  January 25, 2017|6:30 p.m-8:30 p.m. Where: Wilson Lounge @New College, University of Toronto, 40 Willcocks St Join us for a talk with […]

Rivers, Ravines, Resilience, Resurgence Every Saturday in March. @ 11:00AM - 4:30PM.   Take a Field Trip every Saturday in March to learn about Toronto's lost history with rivers and ravines and the relationships to who we are and who we aspire to be. Lunch is provided before the fieldtrip. This program is FREE and […]

Water Advisory! poster FINAL Great Lake Waterworks @ New College is pleased to be a co-sponsor of WATER ADVISORY! Exhibition Timeline: March 3 – 25, 2018. Official Opening: Sunday, March 4, 2018. Water Advisory! is an exhibition of art by Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists that will illustrate the current disconnection between society and water. Water […]

Water in the City Green Infrastructure in the Urban Landscape World Water Day Panel Discussion Date: March 19, 2018 - Registration Opens @ 6:30pm Location: Centre for Social Innovation - Annex Garage 720 Bathurst St., Toronto *For the full agenda and further details of the event please click here. ABOUT THIS EVENT Each year, in celebration of World […]

“Go as a River” (Thich Nhat Hanh) Multi-Faith Dialogues on Sacred Water World Water Day March 22, 2018 Thursday | 9 - 11 AM Room 207 @ The U of T Multi-Faith Centre 569 Spadina Ave, Toronto If these are times of great destruction and desecration, how does re-learning reverence and radical humility teach us to […]

Register here for the 2018 Aquahacking Launch presented by the Gaspe Beaubien Foundation on March 24 at the Ryerson DMZ Business Incubatory (Time to be determined). About the Aquahack: Each year, over several months, we engage with and recruit multi-disciplinary teams of hackers, engineers, programmers, developers, marketers, designers, water-savvy, designers, environmentally-conscious people and other creative […]

Land Based Education Panel Discussion WHEN: Saturday March 24th, 2018 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm WHERE: OISE Library, 252 Bloor St. W. Toronto “If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. If you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” ~ Lilla Watson, Aboriginal Elder and Activist […]

University of Toronto Outdoors: Experiential Teaching & Learning Workshop WHEN: Thursday, 12 April 2018, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM WHERE: Room 318, 170 St. George Street @ University of Toronto In this workshop we will review research conducted by the University of Toronto Outdoors (UTO)initiative, which has been experimenting with place-responsive, immersive, and embodied teaching […]

On April 14th, 2018 All Nations will be Gathering on the Worlds Purest known Aquifer in a form of extended ceremony for the Water. It will be an all day event leading up to the ceremony: • Information sharing about the Alliston Aquifer • Guest speakers including Josephine Mandamin Autumn Peltier, Candace Day Neveau, Becky […]