Aboriginal playwright and long-time NOW contributor Drew Hayden Taylor talks up alternative futures for Canadas First Peoples in an onstage conversation looking beyond Canada 150 with Jamaica-born artist, educator and Afro-futurist Camille Turner on Wednesday (May 3) at the Gardiner Museum. Globe and Mail columnist Doug Saunders hosts. 6:30 pm. $15. 111 Queens Park. Pre-register at gardinermuseum.on.ca.
Join the Peoples Climate March for jobs, justice and the earth at Allan Gardens on Saturday (April 29) and march to the U.S. Consulate on University. Part of a North American Day of Action that also includes a massive rally in Washington, DC, Torontos event kicks off a week of education and mobilization. Its hosted by the Urban Alliance on Race Relations and Toronto350.org. FREE. Noon-2 pm. 160 Gerrard, at Sherbourne. peoplesclimatecanada.ca/toronto.
Canadian conservationist and filmmaker Rob Stewart died tragically in January. ClimateFast screens Stewarts 2012 film, Revolution, the follow-up to his breakthrough Sharkwater, with a discussion afterwards. Thursday (April 27), 6:30 pm, FREE. Running Room, 3065 Bloor West. climatefast.ca/carbonfreeTO.
