Civic Engagement Toronto

Community Meal Service at Good Shepherd (Toronto)

✨ **Community Meal Service at Good Shepherd** An opportunity to come together as a group to serve the homeless and those at risk in our community. **Registration** Toronto Joy is now using our website as the main place to stay connected and register for events. **To attend this event, please visit:** [https://torontojoy.org](https://torontojoy.org/) *After completing the quick registration, please select this specific event. This helps us prepare, stay connected, and make sure everything is organized for everyone attending.* *** During our recent sessions, we served meals, chopped veggies, made sandwiches, and helped prepare pasta. Each session is similar, but the tasks may vary depending on what is needed that day (e.g., sorting food). We had a great time serving together with lots of smiles, laughter, and good energy. Every session gives us an opportunity to come together, support the community, and share meaningful moments while serving alongside one another. *** **Only 6 spots are available.** If you sign up, please do so with the intention of attending, as the organization relies on our numbers for planning. We will send a reconfirmation message closer to the date, and if any spots become available, we will reach out to those on the waiting list. *** **Arrival Information** When you arrive at Reception, the staff will guide you to the volunteer room, where you can place your belongings in a locker and meet the group. Below are simple guidelines on what to wear, safety, and other things to know: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1piAyloECv9YUDkPJuoJBdCmh3x8n1un1rGvJSFIkbs4/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1piAyloECv9YUDkPJuoJBdCmh3x8n1un1rGvJSFIkbs4/edit?usp=sharing) *** **Good to know:** • Closed-toe shoes are required. • Tie back long hair and wear minimal jewelry. • Water will be provided, but feel free to bring your own bottle if you prefer. • **Please arrive by** **1:40 PM at the latest** so we can plan who will be doing which roles and begin together. • If you can’t make it due to an emergency, please message me as soon as possible 🙏 Grateful to serve alongside you.

📣8/23‼️FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS : TORONTO Japanese English Language Exchange

#### **This event page is for English speakers only.** **こちらのイベントページは英語話者の方向けです。** **日本人の方は、別のイベントページからお申し込みください！** *** We host a Japanese & English language exchange meeting every Sunday at 9:30 AM. Participants practice in pairs or small groups, with 50 minutes of Japanese practice and 50 minutes of English practice. The study materials used in our sessions are created by professional language teachers. ### **Before Signing Up, Please Read the Following** * **Please make sure to check the comments section of the event page, as all event details and materials will be shared there around Saturday.** * This meeting is intended for people who are genuinely interested in language learning. Participants joining for other purposes may be asked to leave. * We prioritize creating a safe and comfortable environment for all attendees. * Disruptive behavior, solicitation, or sales activities are not allowed. Anyone who does not follow the instructions of the organizer or staff may be removed from the group. * **Participation fee : Refunds and carryovers are not available.** ### **Participation Fee & Donation** Your participation fee will be used by Emiko Tanaka, a Yosakoi Ambassador, to promote Yosakoi Naruko Dance from Kochi, Japan, to the world. For more details, please visit our website: [Yosakoi Ambassador Project](https://yosakoiambassador.com/) We look forward to seeing you at the event!

Avengers’ Saturday Cafe for the Homeless

Note: You may be removed from the attendance list if you've participated in the previous week's event. This allows for more people to experience this Meetup. Avengers put your costumes on and let’s go and save the world!
Well we can’t save the world (yet), but we aim to try to play a small part in the lives of those experiencing homelessness by making their day a bit better!
Description: Before the event the organizer will post a list in the comment section of the attendees and what they are responsible to bring (food/drink, kitchen supplies, cleaning supplies). We normally ask each attending member to bring approximately $15-20 worth of ingredients/supplies to our event. We will use the items to prepare and serve food/drink at The Meeting Place.
Timeline: We will meet on location at 11:00 am, with lunch served between 12:30-1:00 pm.
Membership Dues: Membership dues are $2.00 for the calendar year. Membership dues go towards paying for food/supplies incurred by no-shows. Membership dues are due at the first meetup of the year that you attend.
No Shows/Late Un-RSVP: We’re relying on members who RSVP to bring key ingredients for recipes! Please try your best to show-up or alternatively change your RSVP early so another member may fill the empty spot.
\*\*\* If you are on the waitlist, keep checking as you may be moved into attendance to replace someone. We will try to message you to confirm your attendance in advance.
Donations will be assigned before the event.

Mandarin-English Exchange

Hello Everybody! 【College Park food court is closed again, so we change the location to the food court in Brookfield Place（181 Bay St., Toronto, ON）, near the Union Station.】 I am helping organize a mandarin-english language exchange downtown. If you want to improve your Mandarin/English, feel free to come by downtown and meet others to practise your language. There will be native Mandarin and English speakers to help you! Or you can share your language skills with others! Every Saturday 3:00pm-5:00pm Brookfield Place Food Court（181 Bay St., Toronto, ON） [ Please find a table with "meetup" label (like the Featured photo).] [ Usually in front of the Longo's supermarket] —————————————— 大家好： 【College Park的food court又给封了，所以我们把活动地点换到了 Brookfield Place的food court （181 Bay St., Toronto, ON），靠近Union Station。】 我正在组织一场中英文交流活动。如果你想提高你的普通话或者英语，那就快来参加吧！你可以在这里认识很多母语为普通话或者英语的新朋友！他们都非常乐于帮你提高你的中英文表达能力！也欢迎你同我们一起分享你的语言技巧! 谢谢! 每周六 3:00pm-5:00pm Brookfield Place Food Court（181 Bay St., Toronto, ON） 【请找到一张桌子，桌上有张纸，写着“Meetup”。】 【位置通常会在longo's超市前面】 ———————————————— 大家好： 【College Park的food court又給封了，所以我們把活動地點換到了Brookfield Place的food court （181 Bay St., Toronto, ON），靠近Union Station。】 我正在組織一場中英文交流活動。如果你想提高你的國語或者英語，那就快來參加吧！你可以在這裡認識很多母語為國語或者英語的新朋友！他們都非常樂於幫你提高你的中英文表達能力！也歡迎你同我們一起分享你的語言技巧！ 謝謝! 每週六 3:00pm-5:00pm Brookfield Place Food Court（181 Bay St., Toronto, ON） 【請找到一張桌子，桌上有張紙，寫著“Meetup”】 【位置通常會在longo's超市前面】

Fireside Chat: Wildfires, Climate Change, and is it Too Late to do Something?

RSVP ON LUMA IF THE EVENT IS FULL https://luma.com/njw2te98 Join us for our very first first event on **Tuesday, August 25 at 5:00 PM** by the fire pit in Trillium Park! This one is sponsored by Apathy is Boring and their Table Topics initiative, so if you are between the ages of 18-30, you should come for the **FREE FOOD!** Three weeks ago, Toronto ranked first place in worst air quality in the world as we woke up to orange skies caused by wildfire smoke drifting in from northern Ontario. It was a sobering reminder that the climate crisis isn't going away, and sooner or later we are going to have to confront it. Come sit by the fire, roast some marshmallows, and have some thought-provoking discussions about what we can do better as a society. **The Agenda** **5:00-5:05 - Icebreaker:** After everybody introduces themselves, the facilitator explains the agenda, introduces this week’s topic and asks the following icebreaker question. * What were you doing on the day when Toronto had the worst air quality in the world? **5:05-5:20 - Lecture:** Facilitator recaps the climate policies proposed and delivered by the government on a federal, provincial and municipal level so that everybody is up to speed. **5:20-6:00 -** **Addressing the elephant in the room:** Let’s talk about the hard questions! The facilitator will ask the following and people move to a rock depending on if they agree, disagree, or are undecided. * We’ve missed our window of opportunity and there is little we can do to fix it now. * Canada can’t do much even if it wanted to given that America’s contributing most of the emissions. * Having a greener future requires us to sacrifice our comforts or else make major lifestyle changes. * Climate action can’t be at the expense of economic growth. **6:00-6:10 - Food break** **6:10-6:50 - Diagnosing the Problem:** Here we break out into small groups and start to discuss the actual policies being put forward in Canada and how we feel about them. * Carbon capture * Consumer facing carbon price * TBD **6:50-7:30 - Moving Forward:** Time to stop ruminating and start building. Here we regroup to talk about solutions we can work towards so that we don’t have to fall into the pit of despair. * What is the responsibility of the individual, government and business when it comes to moving towards a greener future? * If you were suddenly prime minister what policies would you implement so that Canada can reach the Paris agreements? * If you could redesign one part of the business you work for to make it dramatically more sustainable, what would you change? * Is there an environmental habit you’ve changed that you’re proud of? If not, what habit would you like to adopt? **7:30 - Socialize:** The meetup is officially over, but you can stick around to chat by the fire and make some new friends! **[Join our Discord!](https://discord.gg/PxAsXAGfJj)**

📣8/30‼️FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS : TORONTO Japanese English Language Exchange

#### **This event page is for English speakers only.** **こちらのイベントページは英語話者の方向けです。** **日本人の方は、別のイベントページからお申し込みください！** *** We host a Japanese & English language exchange meeting every Sunday at 9:30 AM. Participants practice in pairs or small groups, with 50 minutes of Japanese practice and 50 minutes of English practice. The study materials used in our sessions are created by professional language teachers. ### **Before Signing Up, Please Read the Following** * **Please make sure to check the comments section of the event page, as all event details and materials will be shared there around Saturday.** * This meeting is intended for people who are genuinely interested in language learning. Participants joining for other purposes may be asked to leave. * We prioritize creating a safe and comfortable environment for all attendees. * Disruptive behavior, solicitation, or sales activities are not allowed. Anyone who does not follow the instructions of the organizer or staff may be removed from the group. * **Participation fee : Refunds and carryovers are not available.** ### **Participation Fee & Donation** Your participation fee will be used by Emiko Tanaka, a Yosakoi Ambassador, to promote Yosakoi Naruko Dance from Kochi, Japan, to the world. For more details, please visit our website: [Yosakoi Ambassador Project](https://yosakoiambassador.com/) We look forward to seeing you at the event!

Downtown Art, Design & Culture Walk

We will be taking a walk downtown to view art in the form of murals and graffiti, as well as visiting design shops, book shops, and walking through interesting small parks. We will end at the Museum of Toronto where you can look around on your own at their exhibit "The Toronto You Don't Know". We're meeting outside the Tim Hortons at 438 University which is near St. Patrick subway. Richard is leading this walk and he doesn't wait long so be on time. You must be registered in advance. We request a $2 donation which we give to the Scott Mission for the disadvantaged. Bring water and smiles.

HAT and Toronto Oasis Get-Together

**Join us the 4th Friday of every month at 6 pm at Cherie Bistro for a get-together jointly hosted by the Humanist Association of Toronto and Toronto Oasis. Catch up with friends and welcome new people. Please RSVP on Meetup so that we can make reservations.**

Sunday Leisure Walk (BuskerFest Festival—Walk, Talk and Have Fun!)

Hello everyone, \*Please read carefully\* Get ready for an afternoon filled with laughter, amazing street performances and new friendships at the Toronto International BuskerFest! We’ll walk through the festival together, enjoy the sights and sounds, and take in some of the most creative and entertaining performers Toronto has to offer. \*Many of us will probably head down to the Beaches Boardwalk and/or Queen Street too for more site seeing, ice cream and find a nice place for dinner and beverages after \*Joined by my other groups too :) **Arrive between 4:00 pm and 4:30 pm** **Where to meet us:** Meetup us outside **Woodbine Station beside bike racks** **The Main Woodbine Station Entrance:** Located at the southeast corner of Woodbine Avenue and Strathmore Boulevard. We will walk as a group from the station down to Ashbridges Bay \*Most will stick around after for a bite to eat and a beverage to sip on :) Further details below: Sincerely, Steve Flemming (Organizer/Host) **Event Details:** **Sunday Leisure Walk (The Toronto International BuskerFest Festival—Walk, Talk and Have Fun!)** What to expect: * A relaxed walk together along Woodbine to the BuskerFest Festival * Ice breaker games to get to know one another * Plenty of opportunities to mix, mingle and meet new people * A comfortable pace that allows everyone to walk and talk * Beautiful views of the lake, beach, parkland and surrounding area during and after BuskerFest * A positive atmosphere for both newcomers and returning members Please wear comfortable walking shoes and bring water, sunscreen or anything else you may need for the weather. The purpose of this event is simple: get outside, enjoy the day and make a few new connections! {Optional Read: **More about BuskerFest}** From musicians and jugglers to acrobats, comedians and living statues, BuskerFest offers something unexpected around every corner. This outing is a wonderful opportunity to explore the festival at a relaxed pace while talking, laughing and connecting with other friendly folks. Come by yourself or bring a friend—our focus is simply to have fun, enjoy the performances, see other parts the water front and make everyone feel welcome. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **Event Fee:** 10 dollars (cash only) when you arrive (HST is included) or e transfer in advance to [Steveflemming11@gmail.com](mailto:Steveflemming11@gmail.com) \-\-\-\-\- (Optional to support the festival once we arrive-extra cost: **Admission**: **By donation** at the gate (a suggested donation of $5 to $10 per person benefiting [Epilepsy Toronto](https://epilepsytoronto.org/about-us/events/toronto-international-buskerfest-for-epilepsy/). Tip your street performers separately if you enjoy their acts! \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- Parking near Woodbine Station: (Although I encourage you to take subway if you can)

Kant on Moral Praiseworthiness vs. Moral Worth

In this talk, I focus on Kant’s claim that certain actions – like the Sympathetic Helper’s in Groundwork I – are morally praiseworthy yet do not have moral worth, and I provide a novel account of what this notion of *moral praiseworthiness* as distinct from *moral worth* is about. I argue that a morally praiseworthy action is an action done from an emotion that displays a certain quality, namely emotional aptness. One’s emotion displays this quality if it is the result of the subject training her faculties to react to a certain object/state of affairs in a way that she judges appropriate. I argue that this notion of moral praiseworthiness (a) fills a gap in the literature, (b) can be clearly distinguished from the notion of moral worth within Kant’s ethics, and (c) highlights how *two distinctively moral forms of evaluations* – i.e., moral praiseworthiness and moral worth – can fulfill different roles within Kant’s moral theory. Martin Favaretto https://www.martinafavarettophilosophy.com/research-1 Postdoctoral Fellow Faculty of Philosophy University of Groningen **About the Speaker:** My primary interests lie in ethics (especially normative ethics and moral psychology) and the history of ethics (especially Kant's ethics). I am also interested in social and political philosophy, feminist philosophy, and applied ethics. My research focuses on questions pertaining to what it is to act rationally and how emotions influence our capacity to act rationally. I am interested in answers to these questions that we can find in the history of ethics and in contemporary ethics. In my dissertation, I focus on the significance of Kant’s Incorporation Thesis for his account of rational agency. Relatedly, my dissertation investigates how emotions in general, and certain emotions in particular – specifically, affects and passions – are incorporated into maxims. My research on emotions and rational agency also extends to issues in social philosophy and feminist philosophy. Moreover, I have three other research projects, the first one on the significance of Kant’s views on race for his ethical theory, the second one on Fichte’s conception of conscience, and a third concerning artificial intelligence and bioethics. **\* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \* \*** This is a talk with audience Q&A presented by the University of Toronto's Centre for Ethics that is free to attend and open to the public. Free pizza and refreshments will be provided at the event. The talk will also be streamed online with live chat here [to be posted]. About the Centre for Ethics (http://ethics.utoronto.ca): The Centre for Ethics is an interdisciplinary centre aimed at advancing research and teaching in the field of ethics, broadly defined. The Centre seeks to bring together the theoretical and practical knowledge of diverse scholars, students, public servants and social leaders in order to increase understanding of the ethical dimensions of individual, social, and political life. In pursuit of its interdisciplinary mission, the Centre fosters lines of inquiry such as (1) foundations of ethics, which encompasses the history of ethics and core concepts in the philosophical study of ethics; (2) ethics in action, which relates theory to practice in key domains of social life, including bioethics, business ethics, and ethics in the public sphere; and (3) ethics in translation, which draws upon the rich multiculturalism of the City of Toronto and addresses the ethics of multicultural societies, ethical discourse across religious and cultural boundaries, and the ethics of international society. The Ethics of A.I. Lab at the Centre For Ethics recently appeared on a list of 10 organizations leading the way in ethical A.I.: https://ocean.sagepub.com/blog/10-organizations-leading-the-way-in-ethical-ai

Sunday Nature Leisure Walk in Port Credit (Walk, Talk and Flock)

Hello everyone, **\*\*Kindly Read Carefully\*\*** Please join me and my other groups for a great **Sunday in** **Port Credit.** If you have never been; it's a great place to enjoy the sun, the water, the trees, the flowers, grab a coffee, ice cream, go for a leisure walk by the lake and then enjoy a tasty meal. Port Credit is also known for it's live music and dancing too (Event is both indoor and outdoor) I'm going to show us all around Port Credit, play a couple new ice breaker games and then head to a fun restaurant in the main strip of town with a great dinner menu following the walk. \*The walking portion will be roughly 2 hours with some stops along the way; then we will head for dinner and more mingling. This will be a fun day and evening gang! We will meet at **Star Bucks (111 Lake Shore Rd. West) in Port Credit** where you are welcome to grab a beverage or pastry if you like. This will give us an opportunity to introduce ourselves as everyone arrives; then make our way on our small evening adventure through **Port Credit.** More details below: Sincerely, Steve Flemming (Organizer/Host) **Event Details:** Sunday Nature Leisure Walk in Port Credit (Walk, Talk and Flock) -A great day as we explore some of the best area's of Port Credit near the water, board walk and entertainment strip (lots of live music too) -We can stop and rest at different spots, take some lovely scenic photos, group photos and share some laughs together -Play a couple ice breaker games near the beginning as well to help us get to know one another \*A great way to naturally make connections, get some fresh air and enjoy our long weekend together) \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **Event Fee:** 10 dollars (cash only) when you arrive (HST is included) or e transfer in advance to Steveflemming11@gmail.com \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **Time and Location: Where to meet us?** We will meet at **Star Bucks (111 Lake Shore Rd. West) in Port Credit** where you are welcome to grab a beverage or pastry if you like. \*Arrive early if you like (however we will meet out front at 4::00 p.m. (we will wait for everyone to arrive until roughly 4:30) Go Train will take you there by Union Station too :) Plenty of parking in that area too- especially near Front Street and the Library :) \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- ***Thanks for reading everyone, remember to RSVP and see you real soon!*** :) \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-

Sunday Stroll - Muir Gardens / Sherwood Park