What does standing at a bus stop suggest to the body that waits, and what are the mechanisms that ‘convince’ us to do nothing but wait? What are the links between waiting for a streetcar and boredom? Can boredom be transformed via random encounters among bodies in transit? Can our inactivity and passivity towards our [...]
Entries from April 2009
April 10, 2009
CALL FOR ARTISTS NO ONE IS ILLEGAL ARTISTS NETWORK
CALL FOR ARTISTS
NO ONE IS ILLEGAL ARTISTS NETWORK
Monday, 6 April
6:30pm
Centre for Women and Trans-People U of T
563 Spadina Avenue, Room 101
Struggle, movement and resistance grows from the collective work of artists and activists. Organizing for change includes producing creative works and carrying out cultural interventions – works that shift mindsets, jar apathy, shatter myths and [...]
April 1, 2009
“Relief and Resistance: A Poor People’s History of East Downtown Toronto”
Gaetan Heroux, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
Thursday April 9th, 2009
4.00-6.00pm (Room 2125, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street)
East Downtown Toronto is the city’s oldest working class neighborhood. It was
once the home to some of Toronto’s wealthiest residents. Today, Toronto’s
“skid row” is located in the heart of East Downtown Toronto, and the area has
one of largest [...]
