Embrace is Toronto's longest-running Queer and Trans-centered all ages open mic! Spend the night with us as we create a warm and welcoming space for you to participate in as an artist or audience member!

Please join this National Truth and Reconciliation Walk, where you will learn about Indigenous ways of being in respectful relationship with Mother Earth and the colonial impacts upon the land, as well as the need for reconcili-action as the lands, waters, and all beings continue to be harmed.

In less than one year, the largest archive of survivor testimony on residential schools is set to be destroyed by order of the Supreme Court of Canada. In the context of rising residential school denialism, this Yellowhead Fire, in collaboration with the Indian Residential School Records Project, is an important conversation at a critical juncture.

A workshop exploring Indigenous land defence, colonial “nation building,” and the connections between Indigenous struggles, student movements, workers, and broader movements for liberation and solidarity.

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All are welcome to gather together at the shores of Lake Ontario to honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and promote real progress in the Truth and Reconciliation process.

Through this workshop we will unpack what we know as Toronto today and what we might not know about Toronto’s history. During Truth and Reconciliation month, we seek to tell the truth so we can find Reconciliation for all our relatives. The themes of this event are: Healing Justice, Indigenous History, Canadian History, Old Toronto and more.

AI literacy is not just about knowing how to use AI—it’s about knowing what AI is doing to us. This panel explores what Critical AI Literacy could mean across Canadian education, and what teachers need to navigate AI ethically, critically, and contextually.

Poemsongs of love and Palestine from Roula Said, Patrick O'Reilly, and Yoshi Wall.

Join this event for an evening with Catherine Leroux, Maggie Helwig, and Erum Shazia Hasan, discussing writing as a tool for activism. An evening of conversation that honours the power of words and writing as a call to action.

Governments in Canada and abroad are moving to protect children online: banning kids from social media, mandating safer defaults, restricting what platforms can recommend to young users. In this talk, Sara Grimes looks at the infrastructure these proposals routinely require, including AI-driven facial estimation and behavioural inference, applied to everyone.

Municipal elections shape many aspects of our daily lives, including housing, public transit, parks and recreation, community safety, and poverty reduction. Join Social Planning Toronto (SPT) for an interactive workshop on how everyday conversations can help strengthen civic participation in the upcoming 2026 municipal election.

Tenants across the city are fighting back against their landlords, and winning! Come enjoy dinner and hear from Toronto Tenant Union organizers about how they’re doing it. Followed by a screening of scenes from a documentary on a powerful tenant organizing story.

Making calls for a candidate (also known as phone banking) is a powerful tool to reach thousands of voters. This workshop will share the basics of online phone banking and how to move people to action, followed by a hands-on session to call people across the city in support of progressive candidates.

Join an interactive workshop on student activism in the Philippines and its connections to broader struggles and mass movements in Canada and beyond; we’ll have an art build where participants can create an art piece inspired by the discussion.

Join east end neighbours to honour lives lost and stand for Palestinian human rights and liberation. All are welcome.

An event in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, featuring Drum Circle with Rosalind Rundle, a screening of 'Nahanni: River of Forgiveness', and Q&A the director. Wear orange!

A racial slur is used during group work. A homophobic comment is dismissed as a joke. An ableist term has become so common that students — and sometimes adults — barely react to it anymore. Join this event to learn how you can shift your community for reacting to incidents to changing the school culture.

Join us this event for an afternoon of activities, panel discussions, conversation, traditional foods, and an art gallery reflecting the ongoing legacy of Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This inter generational gathering will include a Sacred Fire and opportunities for storytelling and learning with Traditional Teachers and Knowledge Keepers.

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An earthquake relief fundraiser + art raffle! Every entry helps raise funds for local grassroot efforts that support housing, community care and food aid in Chocó, Colombia. Come for good food, good tunes, and supporting the community.

Join TTCRiders to hand out flyers at Woodside Square Mall (meeting is at northwest intersection of McCowan & Sheppard) in order to help them get an understanding of residents' transit priorities for the municipal election.

Come out for an auction of art highlighting Palestinian solidarity, York’s institutional contradictions, and the role of art and collective action in building a different future. 100% of all proceeds will be donated to Project Sarsour, Grassy Narrows, Gaza Soup Kitchen, and Toronto Indigenous Harm Reduction.

A walking tour of York campus exploring York’s economic and academic complicity in Israel’s occupation and ongoing genocide in Palestine, while highlighting boycott targets, alternatives, and connections between campus organizing and broader struggles for liberation.

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A live Q & A between Dr. Fenwick McKelvey and Monika Warzecha, digital editor at The Walrus, discussing his new book SimPolitics.

HIV Resources Ontario (HRO) will be hosting an online session in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This session will provide an opportunity to come together to learn, reflect, and honour Residential School Survivors, their families and communities, while deepening our understanding of the ongoing journey toward truth and reconciliation.

Revolutionary Study Series: age of monsters; age of slayers; the late stage of capitalism. Suggested readings: Do Gramsci’s ideas make good sense?; How workers can become revolutionary; Tackling our rulers’ ideas makes good sense; Do we need revolutionary leadership?; No Gods. No Masters. And no leaders?

Join for a free workshop/ book event which will begin by celebrating the launch of Alex D. Ketchum's new book How to Organize Inclusive Events and Conferences. This 90-minute event will include a workshop that will provide event and conference organizers of all levels with the tools to make their events accessible, sustainable, and rooted in social justice principles.

Join the Advanced Maintenance Workshop at the Cycle Toronto Rec Hub to learn hands-on skills including bike fit, safety checks, and drive train care. This session provides access to all recommended tools and staff guidance to help you keep your bike safe and road-ready.

There will be free food (welcome you to bring food with labelled ingredients to share), clothing swap (gender affirming and warm items encouraged), screenprinting, board games, tabling with zines and patches, general shenanigans!!!

Gathering at Cecil Community Centre for the Toronto Chinatown Land Trust Annual General Meeting! Come learn what they have been up to, and vote in a new board to direct their staff, collective funds and resources.

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1RG is opening their space to folks working on projects addressing civic challenges with technology. Whether you're already involve in an existing project, or you're looking at finding one to contribute to, join them for an afternoon of building.

Door knocking (also known as canvassing) is a crucial part of a winning strategy for progressive campaigns. Face-to-face conversations are a powerful way to reach people and move them to vote for your candidate. This in-person workshop with community organizers will teach you the basics of door knocking, followed by a real-life canvassing session.

Daveport 4 Palestine invites you to come hang out at Gaza square on Sunday mornings with hot chocolate and coffee, buttons and posters, lawn signs and colourful chalk. Come say hi and meet your fellow neighbours/organizers as they make their presence known and continue to build safety in their community!

Drop by for a virtual coffee hour on Sunday mornings to chat with fellow tech workers about what’s on your mind and to learn more about the Tech Worker’s Coalition. Whether you are a gig worker, data labeler, designer, software engineer, or content moderator, labour solidarity for all!

Celebrate the International Coastal Cleanup by joining these community cleanups. Hosted in neighbourhoods in and around the Toronto area, come help prevent litter from entering Lake Ontario and its connected tributaries!

Join Mayworks Festival for a screening and panel discussion following the film. Sugar Island immerses us in the Dominican Republic’s sugarcane fields, where Makenya, a Dominican-Haitian teenager, navigates an unexpected pregnancy and the harsh labor that defines her world.

Take Back the Night is back!!! Take Back the Night is a community-based event that unites survivors and honours their stories as survivors of sexual violence, sexual assault, childhood sexual violence, domestic violence, and state violence - such as police brutality, racism, sexist oppression, and other forms of institutionalized violence and war.

Kye Marshall and her friend Andy will delight you with a backyard concert to raise funds for Seniors for Climate Action Now.

No more silence, no more injustice! Stop police brutality and demand accountability for Kaleym.

A medium sized repair cafe with three types of fixer stations, this cafe is now regularly scheduled for every three months! Location and all gender washrooms are accessible.

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PHJN is hosting a Tenant Fair! They will have free food, a bouncy castle, arts and crafts, banner and zine making (write/draw about your experience being a tenant in Parkdale!), face painting, local tenant unions, resources for tenants, and MORE! Rain date is Sunday, the 27th, noon to 3pm.

Join this monthly community drive to make a difference in the lives of a large, struggling family in Gaza and Torontonians who receive weekly groceries from Food Not Bombs. Drop by either location for homemade treats, handmade items, thematic books, and other unique finds while meeting like-minded neighbours and building community.

An afternoon of printing orange t-shirts ahead of National Truth and Reconciliation Day! Bring your own blank t-shirt to be printed (PWYC donation) or buy one for a minimum donation of $15 and get an Every Child Matters design printed! All proceeds to ENAGB Youth Agency.

Repair Café is returning to join Canary District Yard Sale! Community members are welcome to bring your beloved broken items to get help from fixers and learn how to do the repairs yourselves. One item per person.