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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 some YouTube videos on the topic of Burnout & Compassion Fatigue. This topic and videos will be introduced by Tania Akon, a Toronto Oasis organizer.

We will also be having live music! Our featured musician will be William Beauvais. He has written music for harpist Sharlene Wallace, baritone Doug MacNaughton and has performed with New Music Concerts, and Tapestry New Opera. You can check out William Beauvais’ music here: https://soundcloud.com/william-beauvais.

Please RSVP on the Meetup event page to get access to the Zoom link: https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/304251665

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.  Please RSVP on our Meetup page for this event to get access to the Zoom link.  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 Isabel Wilkerson, an African-American journalist and the author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. She is the first woman of African-American heritage to win the Pulitzer Prize in journalism. You can check out her website: https://www.isabelwilkerson.com/. This topic and the video were selected and will be introduced by Tania Akon, a Toronto Oasis organizer.

https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/304128288

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.  Please RSVP on our Meetup page for this event to get access to the Zoom link.  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.

This Sunday, Elka Enola, a Toronto Oasis participant, will be leading a discussion on Determinism, Ethics and Free Will. To set us up for this discussion, Elka will provide some points of view as well as her own position.

Please RSVP on the Meetup event page to get access to the Zoom link: https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/304008777

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 meeting has been recorded: GMT20241103-163658_Recording_1920x1080.mp4

This will be an online Zoom meeting.  Please RSVP on our Meetup page for this event to get access to the Zoom link.  See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions

Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social. After 12:30 pm, we will also have an optional, continued discussion for half an hour, until 1:00 pm.

We will be watching and then discussing a YouTube video on ageism by YouTuber Bryony Claire.  This topic and the video were selected and will be introduced by Ryan Zhang, a Toronto Oasis organizer.

Please RSVP on Meetup to get access to the Zoom link: https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/303884679

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.  Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link.  See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions

Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social. After 12:30 pm, we will also have an extended discussion for half an hour, until 1:00 pm.

We will be watching and then discussing some TED talks on the topic of dance and what it can mean for us. This topic and the videos were selected and will be introduced by Tania Akon, a Toronto Oasis organizer.

We will also have a guest musician for this week! Elizabeth Block was born in New York and loves telling people, “I wuz boan in Brooklyn. You gotta PROBLEM wid dat?” She was brought up on Gilbert & Sullivan, Broadway musicals (when they were written for singers), and the songs of Arthur Block – her dad wrote songs. She went to the High School of Music and Art, where she was an art student, but was allowed to sing in the senior chorus in her last year. She was a choral singer for decades, and a church soloist for many years. She joined Toronto’s informal folk song circle in – she thinks – 1984. She knows a lot of songs, some in other languages, many satirical and/or political. She has written new words to existing tunes, and a couple of times tunes to existing words. Elizabeth is a potter by trade. You can check out her pottery work on her website: http://www.elizabethblockpottery.com/

Please RSVP on Meetup to get access to the Zoom link: https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/303745329

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!

Our guest musician was recorded: GMT20241020-153633_Recording_640x360.mp4

Toronto Oasis will be on a hiatus this Sunday October 13th. We’ll be back next Sunday October 20th.

Some of us will be tuning into the live stream of Kansas City Oasis on Oct 13th – something you might want to try out. Note that Kansas City is in the Central Time Zone. Their meetings start at 11 am CT which corresponds to 12:00 pm ET (i.e. Toronto time).

Here’s the link to the Kansas City Oasis YouTube channel where they live stream their Sunday meetings:

Kansas City Oasis – YouTube

NOTE: Clive Hannah is live on our regular Zoom link as part of a watch party for Kansas City Oasis. KC Oasis will start at 12 noon Toronto time. Clive is online on Zoom now. We will all watch separately on our own devices the YouTube video and we can chat and have our own discussions during the pauses in the action. Contact clive.hannah@oasisnetwork.com for more info.

Wishing everyone a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving long weekend!

 

This will be an online Zoom meeting.  Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link.  See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions

Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social. After 12:30 pm, we will also have an extended discussion for half an hour, until 1:00 pm.

We will be watching and then discussing a series of YouTube videos on Wakaliwood, a film studio based in the slum of Wakaliga in Kampala Uganda. This topic and videos will be introduced by Ryan Zhang, a Toronto Oasis organizer.

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

Please RSVP on Meetup to get access to the Zoom link:

https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/303467115

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

This will be an online Zoom meeting.  Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link.  See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions

Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social. After 12:30 pm, we will also have an extended discussion for half an hour, until 1:00 pm.

Our featured speaker will be Steve Ghikadis, Ambassador Program Director of Recovering from Religion: https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org/ . Steve Ghikadis has a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Bachelor of Education in primary/junior grades. He was raised as a freethinker and has been married to a Christian for 10 years. Steve and his wife, Cindy, believe in the importance of bridging the gap between believers and non-believers. Their two young children are being raised in an interfaith household and are free to choose their own path. Steve and his family live close to Windsor, where he is a Humanist Canada Officiant, and ambassador for Recovering from Religion, Humanist Canada, and Sunday Assembly Detroit.

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

Please RSVP on Meetup to get access to the Zoom link:

https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/303083909

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

This will be an online Zoom meeting.  Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link.  See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions

Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social. After 12:30 pm, we will also have an extended discussion for half an hour, until 1:00 pm.

We will be watching and then discussing a TED talk by Brian Cox, an English physicist, professor of particle physics, presenter of science programmes on the BBC, and author of popular science books. This topic and the video were selected and will be introduced by Tania Akon, a Toronto Oasis organizer.

We will be having live music. Our featured musician will be cellist George Crotty.
https://www.georgecrotty.com/

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

Please RSVP on Meetup to get access to the Zoom link:

https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/303195966

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

We have recorded our musical guest: GMT20240922-163343_Recording_640x360.mp4

This will be an online Zoom meeting.  Please RSVP on our Meetup for this event to get access to the Zoom link.  See our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions

Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm. You can join the meeting starting at 10:45 am for our open social. After 12:30 pm, we will also have an extended discussion for half an hour, until 1:00 pm.

We will be watching and then discussing a YouTube video by YouTuber J. Draper. This topic and the video were selected and will be introduced by Lola Bradford, a Toronto Oasis participant.

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

Please RSVP on Meetup to get access to the Zoom link:

https://www.meetup.com/toronto-oasis/events/303057477

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