1. Help save ancestral lands
Ours isn’t the only country with indigenous peoples battling corporations bent on defiling ancestral lands. Learn how the Mayan Q’eqchi are resisting mining interests in Guatemala at a screening of Defensora, a documentary on the subject, followed by a Q&A. Thursday (June 25), 7 pm, at University College, 15 King’s College Circle, Room UC179. Proceeds go to Oxfam Toronto. $10-$15. eventbrite.ca.
2. Water world
The shocking facts about how much water we use – and what we can do to save the planet’s most precious resource – is the focus of a talk Thursday (June 25) by Stephen Leahy, the guy who wrote the book on the subject (Your Water Footprint). Presented by Blue Drinks Toronto and Lake Ontario Waterkeeper. 8 pm. Free. Madison Avenue Pub, 14 Madison. waterkeeper.ca.
3. Community culture day
The Centre for Immigrant and Community Services, a Scarborough mainstay for new arrivals for going on five decades, puts the city’s cultural uniqueness front and centre in a pre-Canada Day Community Culture Day afternoon featuring performances by area high school students, information booths, a community garden tour and more. Saturday (June 27), 11 am to 3 pm. Free. 2330 Midland. cicscanada.com.
