Boarders fight breast cancer
You’ve seen competitive snowboarders risk their lives as they fly down mountainsides, but now they’re trying to save other women’s lives. Boarders Against Breast Cancer has organized a huge event Friday (March 25) in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. See a photo exhibit by Erin McInnis and Lydia MacIntosh, hear bands Parks & Rec and Human Bodies and snap up good stuff at an auction. 8 pm. $25. Bourroughs Building, third floor (639 Queen West). boardersagainstbreastcancer.org.
Guns, food and upheaval
If you had to sum up the major issues of the world today, you might quickly come to Empty Stomachs And Loaded Rifles, the name of a conference slated for Thursday and Friday (March 24-25). Hosted by the Munk School of Global Affairs at U of T, the meet features Alexandre Trudeau, Brian Stewart, Harriet Friedmann, Ellen Messer and discusses the weaponization of food, scarcity as a catalyst for political instability, and more. Thursday 4 to 9 pm, Friday 9 am to 5 pm. $15, stu $10. David Campbell Conference Facility (1 Devonshire). Pre-register munkschool.utoronto.ca.
Murals for a free Palestine
Israel’s wall is more than a segregationist tool – it’s also a canvas for some incredible visual expressions of the uprising. Against The Wall: The Art Of Resistance In Palestine features British photojournalist William Parry speaking on the anti-occupation movement, and a slide show of its dramatic wall murals. Thursday, March 31, 7:30 pm. $5. U of T’s Sandford Fleming Building (10 King’s College). cjpme.org.
