1. TAR SANDS VS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
Heather Milton Lightening of the Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign joins Greenpeace climate campaigner Keith Stewart and York U environmental sciences prof Anna Zalik Sunday (February 1), 2 to 5 pm, to talk tar sands destruction in the Athabasca watershed, where indigenous communities are experiencing high rates of rare cancers. It’s the second in a series of talks on climate change at Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. Free. beitzatoun.org.
2. HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE CROSSROADS
The Munk School of Global Affairs hosts a conversation on the International Criminal Court a decade after it started hearing cases, featuring two of the most prominent lawyers in the field: ICC deputy prosecutor James Stewart and Richard Dicker, director of Human Rights Watch’s international justice program. Thursday (January 29), 6 pm. $10, U of T students free. Register to watch a free live webcast of the event. 1 Devonshire. munkschool.utoronto.ca.
3. WORK DOWN TO A SCIENCE
In Europe, Asia and Latin America, supermarket checkout clerks work sitting down. In North America they stand all day. Internationally recognized occupational health expert Karen Messing discusses what scientists can learn about work from the people who actually do it, part of the Reference Library’s Thought Exchange talk series. Tuesday (February 3), 1 pm. Free. 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca/thoughtexchange.
