Results tagged “activism”

Sure, Toronto, you heart your bikes, but there are other cities just as cycle-centric as you are. Tonight at CineCycle, the Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation presents a screening of VEER, a critically approved documentary that examines Portland’s (at times) wacky bike culture and shows that for many, two wheels aren’t just a choice of transportation; they’re a way of life.

PETA's picked up another Canadian to speak out for furry friends. And thankfully, this Canuck hasn't risen to fame by way of an overinflated pair of tits.

Actions: What You Can Do With the City is a new collection of essays and photos brought to us courtesy of the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal. It's lazy Sunday afternoon reading, perfect for dipping into at random, rather than the sort of book you settle in to work through from beginning to end. The goal of the collection (and of the exhibition it accompanies, showing at the CCA until April 19) is to bring to the forefront little pockets of activity which general hover under the radar of urban life. The essays are organized thematically around four areas—walking, gardening, recycling, and playing—and provide theoretical, historical, and cultural context for everything from freeganism to parkour. More than offering dry analysis, the essays celebrate these activities, casting them as expressions of joy and vitality which make cities better, even when they defy conventions, expectations, and sometimes also by-laws.

Forgive us if we're breaking rules 1 and 2, but it didn't take us long to figure out that this fake Wii Battletoads website (site has changed, see Google cache for original) was a viral marketing campaign against the Church of Scientology's "Fair Game" policy.

Last we checked on a group who have now been dubbed the "Fight Fees 14," they were loudly chanting "Shame on you!" to police officers because they were slightly annoyed over increasing residence fees at New College.

June Callwood, the journalist and social activist dubbed by the CBC as "Canada's Conscience," succumbed to cancer this morning at 82.

Instead of our usual categories like "News" or "City" or "Intellectualism," Torontoist should put up a category entitled "Activism" or "Abbie Hoffmanism" or perhaps even "Doing Stuff That We Hope Is Worthwhile." If we did put up said category, this would fall into it: