Toronto chapter’s ‘Healthy Water, Healthy Cities’ forum
Toronto’s popular NOW magazine says about this “can’t miss” event this weekend, “Yes, the Great Lakes are our commons, and it’s time we gave them some respect. Celebrate World Water Day (March 22) with the Council of Canadians at the Healthy Water, Healthy Cities Forum. The day-long event focuses on access to clean water as a human right and features Robert Lovelace from the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation, Karen Buck of Citizens for a Safe Environment, Lino Grima of U of T’s Centre for the Environment and others. Sunday (March 20), 10 am to 4:30 pm. Free. Metro Hall (55 John). www.canadians.org.” Also speaking at this Toronto event are Blue Planet Project organizer Anil Naidoo and trade campaigner Stuart Trew.
To see the growing list of “can’t miss” chapter-organized World Water Day events across the country, please go to http://canadians.org/water/issues/World_Water_Day/actions.html. These events include film screenings (Water On The Table, Blue Gold, Gasland, Water Makes Money, FLOW, Burning Water); as well as public forums with guest speakers (Jim Olson, Ben Parfitt, Rafe Mair, Damien Gillis and others), participation in fairs, poetry nights, information leafleting, campaigning, and much more.
To add your chapter event to this web-page, please be in touch with your regional organizer or fill in the on-line form at http://canadians.org/chapters/events/form.html.
