Toronto Oasis, Secular Community

This will be an online Zoom meeting.  See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions.  Our program will run from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social.

We will be watching and then discussing YouTube videos about the history of Black rebellions against slavery.  Toronto Oasis organizer Tania Akon will provide an introduction to the topic & videos.

We will also be featuring live music! Our guest musician will be Honey Novick.

Honey Novick is a singer/songwriter/voice teacher/poet. Her Member of Provincial Parliament, nominated her for Poet Laureate of the Province of Ontario. She had 8 recordings and 10 chapbooks published. A new collection of her poems and stories called “Voice Yoga, Now” is published by One Thousand Trees, in Guelph, Ontario. The Stop Community Centre awarded her 2024 Outstanding Neighbor. She earned her 5th Gerstein Legacy Fund award in teaching Voice Yoga.

Please RSVP on our Meetup page for this event to get access to the Zoom link: https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/314154980

By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the Toronto Oasis Code of Conduct (http://torontooasis.org/code-of-conduct).

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!

This will be an online Zoom meeting.  See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions.  Our program will run from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social.

We will be watching and then discussing a TED talk by sleep scientist Matt Walker. Toronto Oasis participant Tanya Long selected and will provide an introduction to the topic & video.

Please RSVP on our Meetup page for this event to get access to the Zoom link: https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/314152568

By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the Toronto Oasis Code of Conduct (http://torontooasis.org/code-of-conduct).

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!

This will be an online Zoom meeting.  See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions.  Our program will run from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social.

We will be watching and then discussing part of a YouTube video featuring an interview of author Kate Moore about her book: The Woman They Could Not Silence. Toronto Oasis participant Lola Bradford selected and will provide an introduction to the topic & video.

Please RSVP on our Meetup event page to get access to the Zoom link: https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/314019927/

By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the Toronto Oasis Code of Conduct (http://torontooasis.org/code-of-conduct).

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!

This will be an online Zoom meeting.  See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions.  Our program will run from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social.

We will be watching and then discussing one or more YouTube videos that shed light on what democratic socialism, represented by prominent U.S. politicians like Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex and Zohran Mamdani, is about. Democratic socialism is also an ideology espoused by the NDP in Canada. Toronto Oasis organizer Tania Akon will provide an introduction to the topic & videos and suggested discussion questions.

Our guest musician for this week will be Donne Roberts.

Please RSVP on our Meetup event page to get access to the Zoom link: https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/313784462

By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the Toronto Oasis Code of Conduct (http://torontooasis.org/code-of-conduct).

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!

This will be an online Zoom meeting.  See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions.  Our program will run from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social.

We will be watching and then discussing YouTube videos focusing on Alberta’s separatist movement. Toronto Oasis organizer Tania Akon will provide an introduction to the topic & videos and suggested discussion questions.

Please RSVP on our Meetup event page to get access to the Zoom link: https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/313784436

By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the Toronto Oasis Code of Conduct (http://torontooasis.org/code-of-conduct).

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!

This will be an online Zoom meeting.  See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions.  Our program will run from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social.

We will be watching and then discussing YouTube videos focusing on the Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney. Toronto Oasis organizer Tania Akon will provide an introduction to the topic & videos and suggested discussion questions.

Please RSVP on our Meetup event page to get access to the Zoom link: https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/313479471/

By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the Toronto Oasis Code of Conduct (http://torontooasis.org/code-of-conduct).

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!

This will be an online Zoom meeting.  See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions.  Our program will run from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social.

We will be watching and then discussing YouTube videos focusing on Pierre Poilievre, the Leader of the Official Opposition at the federal level of Canada’s government.  He recently received 87.4% approval in a leadership review held by his political party, the Conservative Party of Canada.  Toronto Oasis organizer Tania Akon will provide an introduction to the topic & videos and suggested discussion questions.

Please RSVP on our Meetup event page to get access to the Zoom link: https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/313479455

By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the Toronto Oasis Code of Conduct (http://torontooasis.org/code-of-conduct).

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!

This will be an online Zoom meeting.  See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions.  Our program will run from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social.

We will be watching and then discussing a video from YouTuber J. Draper.  The video offers a comparison between the type of anti-Black racism experienced in the U.S. versus the type experienced in the U.K.  Toronto Oasis organizer Ryan Zhang will provide an introduction to the topic & video.

Please RSVP on our Meetup event page to get access to the Zoom link: https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/313479432/

By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the Toronto Oasis Code of Conduct (http://torontooasis.org/code-of-conduct).

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!

This will be an online Zoom meeting.  See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions.  Our program will run from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social.

We will be watching and then discussing a YouTube video featuring Dr. Cheryl Thompson, Associate Professor at TMU’s School of Performance, about her book Uncle: Race, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Loyalty.  Toronto Oasis organizer Tania Akon will provide an introduction to the topic & video and suggested discussion questions.

Please RSVP on our Meetup event page to get access to the Zoom link: https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/313409608

By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the Toronto Oasis Code of Conduct (http://torontooasis.org/code-of-conduct).

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!

This will be an online Zoom meeting.  See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions.  Our program will run from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social.

We will be watching and then discussing two YouTube videos about Frederick Douglass (c. 1818–1895), an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.  Toronto Oasis organizer Tania Akon will provide an introduction to the topic and suggested discussion questions.

Please RSVP on our Meetup event page to get access to the Zoom link:

https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/313359635/

By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the Toronto Oasis Code of Conduct (http://torontooasis.org/code-of-conduct).

Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!