If you are in Toronto, join us on March 18 for a talk by Manuel Pastor (@profmpastor.bsky.social) on the rise of lithium extraction in California's Imperial Valley and the implications of electric vehicles on economic and environmental justice.

📍 Registration: shorturl.at/TEoB1

Last year, the City of Toronto adopted some guiding principles for building an inclusive economic development framework.
Join us to explore this framework, understand the grassroots efforts that shaped it & discuss broader questions of Canadian economic sovereignty.

Registration: shorturl.at/Vx4cQ

Excited to welcome Kendra Strauss to UofT on Feb 12 for a talk, “Understanding Precarity in British Columbia: Labour Regimes, Migration and Adverse Inclusion”. This research is part of her SSHRC Partnership grant with @policyalternatives.bsky.social

Register here (in-person only): shorturl.at/TzFUT

In Toronto, public transit projects take forever to build and are perpetually delayed. The Eglinton LRT was supposed to open 2020 and has been under construction for 13 years. Crucial transit projects in Scarborough even lack basic budget commitments.

But the Gardiner Expressway? Ahead of schedule!

Toronto’s Reference Library is my favorite library in this city. It’s a beautiful space and also a great reminder of how public services and infrastructure can be functional, inspiring and last for decades.