While the toxic drug crisis rages on, claiming a life in Ontario every 2.5 hours, the Ford government plans to close over half of the provincially-funded Supervised Consumption Services (SCS).

Join SURJ Toronto and the Toronto Overdoes Prevention Society to call on Doug Ford, Ontario ministers and our MPPs to reverse the deadly decision to close supervised consumption services

Join a webinar to hear from two Canadian-born Jews and SURJ members who recently returned from a ten day solidarity shift in Susiya, Masafer Yatta in the West Bank.

“More than anything, the activists, youth, families, elders and communities we met in Palestine wanted us to share their experiences in life under Israeli occupation and apartheid to those around us so that they could be known. Using video storytelling, we will describe the political, legal and structural context of occupation and apartheid. We will discuss the current state of aggression and what has changed even since our return. We will share voices and strategies of resistance and other considerations and ways to sharpen the efficacy of solidarity and collective action here on Turtle Island.”

This webinar is part of the United Jewish People’s Order’s 10 Days of Awe & Action, a set of daily programming over the 10 days between Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur designed to facilitate both reflection and action. Check out the whole itinerary here!

Come out to show your support for Grassy Narrows’ fight for mercury justice!
Family friendly event. Downtown Toronto, location TBD. Rain or shine!

The devastating mercury crisis in Grassy Narrows First Nation has persisted for decades. Most Grassy Narrows members get no compensation for its ongoing serious impacts. And Ontario is still allowing mining exploration on Grassy Narrows lands against Grassy Narrows’ will.

Grassy people are powerful leaders in the movement for Indigenous sovereignty and environmental justice. They have shown us that we can fight for justice against all odds and make real gains

Together Grassy Narrows and Free Grassy allies have kicked the world’s largest newsprint company off of Grassy Narrows lands, forced the government to commit to clean up the English and Wabigoon Rivers, comprehensively reform the Mercury Disability Board, and build a Mercury Care Home and Treatment Centre in Grassy Narrows. We won’t stop until Grassy Narrows has the good life that they enjoyed before mercury.

Come out, Toronto, to join the cross-country days of action to reject racism and division, and unite for immigrant justice and status for all.

Right-wing politicians are scapegoating immigrants for the housing and affordability crisis, diverting attention from corporate greed and government policy failures. All workers, including migrants and immigrants, are suffering from decades of cuts to healthcare, housing, education, and social services. The elite want us divided—citizen against newcomer—so we don’t unite against billionaires, landlords, and climate criminals profiting from our crisis. The federal Liberals are mirroring Conservative tactics, shutting down immigration avenues. Regularization—permanent resident status for undocumented people—was promised in December 2021 but still has not been delivered, while migrants remain underpaid, exploited, and excluded.

We must act now to halt the tide of xenophobia before it entrenches further, as it has in the United States and Europe. Those of us who believe in fairness and justice must flood the streets in the thousands, rejecting immigrant scapegoating and distraction.

As a genocide continues in Gaza, the situation in the West Bank has also grown more dire over the last ten months. With increased settler militias and accompanying violence, as well as increased army interference and surveillance, villages all over the West Bank have suffered from Israel’s reign of terror.

This webinar will give an overview of the situation in the Nablus Region of the West Bank, explain how residents are resisting the occupation, and share how you can support. Come hear from Canadian and Palestinian activists with ties to the region!

Moderated by Rabbi David Mivasair
Speakers: Ghassan Najjar, Khaled Sasa, Anna Lippman

Create art for the Grassy Narrows River Run that sends Grassy’s message for First Nations rights and mercury justice loud and clear!

Join us at 33 Cecil Street in downtown Toronto. The event will be held in the basement, accessible by elevator. There is a ramp to access the building. Please wear a mask. Masks and air filtration will be available on site.

Sign up below and select “Art/Banner Making.”

Join Toronto’s 13th annual Disability Pride March to bring recognition to the struggles and value of people with disabilities in the fight against ableism and other forms of oppression. Meet July 13 at 1 p.m. and join the 2 km march from Queen’s Park to Grange Park. Learn more info and stay tuned for updates on the event website and Instagram channel.

No Pride in Policing Coalition invites you to attend Abolitionist Pride: From Tkaronto to Palestine and Beyond at Grange Park on Sunday, June 30, from 2 to 7 p.m.

Pride March begins at 2 p.m. Opening Ceremony with speakers, drumming, chants and a DJ. Picnic follows from 4 to 7.

When things become too much, dancing helps. Come out on Tuesday, June 25, 7:30 p.m. at the Tranzac Club. Gather, dance, and bid in the silent auction to raise funds for the Toronto Community Justice Fund. Live music with Moskitto Bar. Soca tunes with DJ Zehra.

This fund is helping cover the legal and financial costs of those arrested for participating in Palestine solidarity in the GTA. The need is growing — more than 50 people have been arrested for actions in support of Palestine.

Sliding scale: $25-50.

This four-part workshop series will run Mondays in June at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at University of Toronto (252 Bloor St W), Room Number TBA. The cost is $40 or pay-what-you-can.

The series will help white men explore how to address the crises gripping our society by unpacking the complex relationship(s) between social inequality, personal privilege, and political accountability. In a supportive and empowering group environment, participants will discuss how terms like “white supremacist, capitalist, cis-hetero-patriarchy” impact personal experiences of manhood, and much more. The workshops will be facilitated by Andrew Winchur (he/him), a Registered Psychotherapist, educator, writer, and activist with Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Toronto. He has co-facilitated conversations on critical masculinity for the Parkdale Free School and served as a men’s counselor for Counterpoint Counseling and Educational Cooperative.

This four-part workshop series will run Mondays in June at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at University of Toronto (252 Bloor St W), Room Number TBA. The cost is $40 or pay-what-you-can.

The series will help white men explore how to address the crises gripping our society by unpacking the complex relationship(s) between social inequality, personal privilege, and political accountability. In a supportive and empowering group environment, participants will discuss how terms like “white supremacist, capitalist, cis-hetero-patriarchy” impact personal experiences of manhood, and much more. The workshops will be facilitated by Andrew Winchur (he/him), a Registered Psychotherapist, educator, writer, and activist with Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Toronto. He has co-facilitated conversations on critical masculinity for the Parkdale Free School and served as a men’s counselor for Counterpoint Counseling and Educational Cooperative.

This four-part workshop series will run Mondays in June at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at University of Toronto (252 Bloor St W), Room Number TBA. The cost is $40 or pay-what-you-can.

The series will help white men explore how to address the crises gripping our society by unpacking the complex relationship(s) between social inequality, personal privilege, and political accountability. In a supportive and empowering group environment, participants will discuss how terms like “white supremacist, capitalist, cis-hetero-patriarchy” impact personal experiences of manhood, and much more. The workshops will be facilitated by Andrew Winchur (he/him), a Registered Psychotherapist, educator, writer, and activist with Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Toronto. He has co-facilitated conversations on critical masculinity for the Parkdale Free School and served as a men’s counselor for Counterpoint Counseling and Educational Cooperative.

Saturday, June 8 marks eight months of genocide in Gaza. In coordination with US protestors who will be surrounding the White House in DC, Toronto protestors will gather outside the U.S. consulate to demand an end to the genocide and freedom for Palestinians. The march starts at 2 p.m. at the U.S. Consulate (360 University Ave).

This four-part workshop series will run Mondays in June at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at University of Toronto (252 Bloor St W), Room Number TBA. The cost is $40 or pay-what-you-can.

The series will help white men explore how to address the crises gripping our society by unpacking the complex relationship(s) between social inequality, personal privilege, and political accountability. In a supportive and empowering group environment, participants will discuss how terms like “white supremacist, capitalist, cis-hetero-patriarchy” impact personal experiences of manhood, and much more. The workshops will be facilitated by Andrew Winchur (he/him), a Registered Psychotherapist, educator, writer, and activist with Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Toronto. He has co-facilitated conversations on critical masculinity for the Parkdale Free School and served as a men’s counselor for Counterpoint Counseling and Educational Cooperative.

The Alternatives to 911 Community Skill-Building Series is back with a session on supporting people in crisis with Diana Chan McNally! 

"Incidents" do not occur as discrete events without context. When someone who is unhoused is in crisis or experiencing distress — what most "crisis management" workshops will describe as "escalation" — compassionate people must understand this as the result of both systemic and systematic oppression, and of people's personal histories of trauma (including the daily trauma of being denied one's full humanity through ongoing social exclusion).

This workshop provides an understanding of how to work compassionately with street-involved people experiencing crisis or distress in public spaces, including on transit. Emphasis is placed on avoiding criminalization, and minimizing risks and harms to the person experiencing crisis or distress. This workshop is designed for anyone who wants to be more supportive of people in crisis.

About Diana Chan McNally 

Diana Chan McNally (Dipl. CW BFA MA MEd) is a community and crisis worker in Toronto’s downtown east side. As someone with lived experience of social services and of being unhoused, Diana’s work focuses on human rights and equity issues for people who are experiencing homelessness by advocating at the political level, while still maintaining an active frontline praxis. Diana is also an instructor in George Brown College’s Community Worker program and has served on the steering committees and boards of Justice for Children and Youth and Health Providers Against Poverty. She is an alumna of Maytree Policy School, a fellow of the McNally Project for Paramedicine Research, and a Board Director of the Chinese-Canadian Intercultural Association.

For the past 76 years, Israel and its Western allies have been attempting to destroy the will of the Palestinian people who have never stopped resisting their oppressors and fighting for their liberation. For the past 7 months, we have been witnessing the accelerated ethnic cleansing and genocide of people in Gaza and the ongoing resistance. This Nakba 76 March will gather people from across the GTA to demand:

• An end to the genocide in Gaza

• An immediate two-way arms embargo

• The release of all Palestinian political prisoners

• Immediate humanitarian aid and investment of relief efforts to help rebuild Gaza

• An end to the Zionist occupation of Palestine

Meet at 1 p.m. at Grange Park to march to the US Consulate

Join IfNotNow Toronto, Jews Say No To Genocide, and حرية for  a collaborative Jewish-Palestinian resistance seder organized by Jewish and Palestinian activists.

It is a traditional part of the Seder to invite people in and to say “Let all who are hungry come and eat.” As children are dying from starvation in Gaza and the imposed famine deepens, we will refrain from eating a festive meal.  

There will be an ASL interpreter on site, large-font printouts, peer support, earplugs, and some chairs for accessibility needs. While we will be outside, we encourage masking and ask those who are sick to remain home and join us remotely.  

Can’t make it in person? Join remotely via IfNotNow Toronto’s Instagram live-stream with live captioning. Make sure to check out the social media channels above for updated info!

Join OCAD University and Another Story Bookshop at Onsite Gallery, 199 Richmond St, for the launch of the new book, Are You Calling Me a Racist? by Dr. Sarita Srivastava, OCAD U’s Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science. She’ll talk about her new book in a conversation with Dr. Rinaldo Walcott, Professor and Chair of Africana and American Studies at the University of Buffalo, moderated by Dr. Minelle Mahtani, Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Justice at the University of British Columbia.

Accessibility: Washrooms, Wheelchair Accessible
Some small bites and refreshments available.

Join SURJ Toronto and Toronto World Beyond War for a DJ & Rap fundraiser in support of the Toronto Community Justice Fund and Canada Stop Arming Israel. $10-$20 at BSMT 254.

Stand in solidarity with Indigenous Land Defenders to resist projects funded by climate villain RBC by joining the rally outside RBC’s AGM in Etobicoke. RSVP for full details.

Join the Disability Justice Network of Ontario for the latest virtual workshop in their Disability Justice 101: Organizing Series. In this workshop, Facilitator Kitoko Mai will lead an exploration on archiving our individual and collective histories, present, and imagined futures on the internet as a way to preserve our stories.

A webinar with five disabled BIPOC people discuss being our live experiences being disabled and racialized, being multiply marginalized, racism in the disabled community, lateral ableism and provide a perspective on disability that is usually ignored. With Sivert Das, Sydney Elaine Butler, Lil Gabi D, Yousef Kadoura, Natasha 'Courage' Bacchus.

Come out to Yonge & Dundas square for Land Day - a day to remember and honour six Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces on March 30, 1976, after uniting in protest against the theft of their lands. This day is commemorated each year to mobilize against further theft of Palestinian land and to reassert the unequivocal right of return for Palestinians to their lands. Follow Palestinian Youth Movement on socials for more info and actions.

This online workshop, part 3 of this year's Intro to Anti-Racism Series, will be led by Audrey Huntley and Wanda Whitebird, of No More Silence, and focus on issues of Indigenous Sovereignty, decolonization, and climate justice.

About the Series: For white folks, unlearning racism, and learning how to be anti-racist is life-long work and life-long learning. This can be hard work, but it is also amazingly rewarding. To help facilitate this learning, Showing Up for Racial Justice-Toronto (SURJ) is hosting our annual mini-series on anti-racism. These workshops are not the be-all and end-all of anti-racism; they are designed to provide a solid foundation for white people who are new to this kind of work, yet want to learn more and get more involved in the struggle for anti-racism and decolonization. No matter what stage you’re at in your learning, everyone is warmly welcome!

ASL interpretation will be available

These workshops are completely free, though donations to community-led BIPOC organizations will be requested.

Part of Migrant Spring actions across the country.

Meet at Christie Pits Park to mobilize with the Migrant Rights Network to #UniteAgainstRacism, win #StatusForAll, and cultivate a future where everyone can thrive.

Why? Migrants live here and have deep roots. They grow and care for communities but are denied equality because they are denied permanent resident status. The richest few scapegoat migrants, using racism to blame them for the affordability crisis. Let’s unite against racism and win status for all.

Join us for a webinar to imagine what Toronto would be like if we invest in systems of care and divest from systems that cause institutional harm. With panelists: Desmond Cole, Butterfly GoPaul, Rebeena. Moderated by: Robyn Maynard.

The Toronto City Budget has increased funding to the police yet again. The TTC has resumed deploying fare inspectors and special constables. Surveillance is expanding. What are the possibilities for a future that invests in people, our communities and each other? What could Toronto be like if we invest in systems of care?

Organized by Resource Movement, Jane & Finch Action Against Poverty (JFAAP) and SURJ Toronto.

This online workshop, part 2 of this year’s Intro to Anti-Racism Series, is on Healing Resistance. We are living in time of upheaval. As social, ecological, economic and political systems are on the brink of collapse, we are presented with an incredible opportunity to shape a new future. Join us for a discussion on how these compounding crises impact our ability to engage in the work of racial healing.

Kazu Haga is a trainer and practitioner of nonviolence and restorative justice, a core member of Building Belonging, the Ahimsa Collective and the Fierce Vulnerability Network and author of Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm. He works with incarcerated people, youth, and activists from around the country. He has over 20 years of experience in nonviolence and social change work, and has been an active trainer since 2000. He is a resident of the Canticle Farm community on Lisjan Ohlone land, Oakland, CA.

On Zoom, ASL interpreted, automatic CC, no charge but will include fundraising for grassroots organizers.

For over 4 months, we have taken to the streets in solidarity with Palestinians to demand a ceasefire and end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. For some of us, this was our first time attending protests! Yet, while we march, chant and build community, we are met with increasing police aggression. We know that police do not keep us safe at protests and instead have a long history of increasing violence and harm. As more people join the Free Palestine movement, we must collectively work to ensure that we reduce interactions with police and keep each other safe!

Join us for an online community conversation where we will skill-share and collectively build our capacity to keep each other safe at protests. Together, we will learn from one another, share practical tips and build our imagination of what’s possible. All experience levels are welcome and valid! ASL interpretation and closed captioning will be provided.

On Zoom. Part of SURJ Toronto’s Alternatives to 911 Community Skill Building Series

ASL interpretation and closed captioning will be provided

Join No More Silence for the 19th annual Strawberry Ceremony for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Trans and Two-Spirit people (MMIWGT2S)

Ceremony in front of Police HQ (40 College St) only. No feast.

PLEASE WEAR A MASK TO KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE!

Please do not bring organizational signs or banners.

Livestream will be available for virtual participation.

As Israel’s genocidal campaign on Gaza enters its fourth month, many are being mobilized in support of Palestinian liberation. This workshop will introduce attendees to the background and root causes of the Palestine struggle, explain the role of racism, antisemitism, and Islamophobia, as well as provide insights into ways that people living here in Canada can contribute effectively to the movement for social justice and liberation.

This workshop is facilitated by two wonderful organizers of the Palestinian Youth Movement, which has been the leading force in Canada (and elsewhere) mobilizing resistance to the genocide in Gaza.