Events

Join the UofT Liberals for Lunch with the Hon. John McCallum, Liberal Finance Critic.

This event, co-hosted with the Association of Political Science Students, will discuss Canada $56-billion deficit, and what it means for students.  We’ll also look at what it will take for Canada to be competitive in our global economy, the real effects of the deficit on our fiscal capacity, and what our recovery might look like.

Date: Monday 9 November 2009

Time: 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Location: UC179, University College Main Building (15 King’s College Circle)

Lunch will be served.

Dr. Carolyn Bennett will be coming to UofT to talk to students about Canada’s healthcare system and how the Canadian experience might serve as a model for US healthcare reform.

On 30 September 2009, Dr. Bennett testified before the  US Special Senate Committee on Aging to set the record straight on Canada’s healthcare system.  As we know, the Canadian system has been maligned by the Republican attack machine and the pundits on Fox News and elsewhere.  Dr. Bennett went to Washington to set the record straight, and prove that even if the Harper Government wasn’t going to step up and defend our system from conservative attacks, Canadians can count on their elected officials to protect a system that we hold near and dear to our hearts.

This event will be highly interactive, and will feature video footage of Dr. Bennett’s testimony.  We hope you’ll join us for this informative and unique event.

Co-Hosts: International Relations Society & UofT Liberals

Date: Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Time: 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Location: LA 248, Larkin Building, Trinity College (15 Devonshire Pl., Between Harbord and Bloor)

RSVP: rsvp@internationalrelations.ca and include “Bennett Event” in the subject line.

UofT LIBERALS GENERAL MEMBERS’ MEETING

Thursday, October 8th

2 Versions of the Same Meeting to Fit Your Schedule:
6:30 – 8:00 pm OR 8:00 – 9:30 pm

We’re holding two versions of the same meeting to allow people with other commitments (class, events later in the evening) to attend.

Location: Sid Smith, SS1073

For more information, contact: president@uoftliberals.com

“The UofT Liberals invite you to attend our First General Members Meeting. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the club, the party, and how to get involved in the political process — to create positive change both on campus and in the community. You don’t have to be a member to attend; you just need and open mind and a desire to get involved. This is an important time in the political history of this country, and with an election on the horizon, you can be a part of it.”

We will have party and club membership forms at the meeting, if you want to sign up on Thursday.

Bring your enthusiasm, and your ideas about what the UofT Liberals can do this year to engage with you and the larger community — about speakers we can invite, fundraisers we can organise, and outreach materials that we can design.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Join the UofT Liberals for an event with the Hon. Hedy Fry, former Minister of State for Multiculturalism.

Hedy will be joining Trinity-Spadina federal Liberal candidate Christine Innes in an informal roundtable on what it means to live in an open society.  She will be giving ammunition to win the argument against the opposition parties, and how to communicate the Liberal Party’s governing history as the party of unity and progress on the human rights file.

Date: Friday, September 25, 2009.

Time: 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Location: Rigby Room, St. Hilda’s (44 Devonshire Place, across from Varsity Stadium).

RSVP: president@uoftliberals.com

Join the UofT Liberals and federal Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff at a student rally in Waterloo.

Hosted at Wilfrid Laurier University, Michael will be speaking about what we can do as students to move this country forward and help elect a Liberal government that will make our country and our world a better place to live for all Canadians.

We will be leaving by bus from Hart House at 1pm.  There will be a social after the rally with free “refreshments”.  Buses will be returning to the city for about 7:30pm.

Date: Saturday, September 19th, 2009.

Time: Buses leave at 1:00 pm and return for 7:30 pm

Location: Meet outside the front entrance of Hart House

RSVP: president@uoftliberals.com

Join a large a contingent from the UofT Liberals as we canvass the riding of St. Paul’s in advance of the 17 September 2009 byelection.

Eric is the co-founder of War Child Canada, an Officer of the Order of Canada, a recipient of the UN Peace Medal, and a practicing family doctor.  He was the Senior Policy Advisor to Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy while Canada sat on the UN Security Council.

He is a great candidate, and this byelection is going to be close — so the help of UofT Liberal volunteers is going to be crucial.  We hope you’ll join us on Sunday!

Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009.

Time: 11:30 am

Location: Meet outside Hart House, and then we’ll take the subway up to the campaign office.

RSVP: president@uoftliberals.com

Join the UofT Liberals Executive at the University of Toronto Recruitment Day.  We will be joined by our wonderful federal Liberal candidate in the riding of Trinity-Spadina, Christine Innes.

This is a great opportunity to get involved in the club, and to join the Liberal Party.

Also at the clubs’ fair will be a variety of academic and advocacy clubs, so you can see how involvement with the UofT Liberals fits in with the rest of the UofT’s vibrant and active student life.

Date: Friday, September 4th, 2009.

Time: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Location: Hart House Circle, next the Student Union Building.

RSVP: Not necessary.

Join UofT’s Liberal MPP, George Smitherman (Toronto-Centre, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure), as we march in Toronto’s Gay Pride Parade. The Liberal contingent is often one of the larger contingents marching in the parade, and we always have a good time.

Wear Liberal Red or your rainbow apparel to show that you’re Proud of the Liberal Party’s record on LGBT rights and of our party’s commitment to equality and justice!!

Then, after the parade, join us at Team Smitherman’s post-parade gathering in the Party Room 77 Carlton St.

Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009.

Time: Meet at 1:30 pm; Parade afterparty starts at approximately 4:30 pm.

Location: Meet at the “Harold Town Parkette” located at Church and Yonge Streets, (behind the Canadian Tire parking lot). We will then form a group and walk to the corner of Park Road and Collier Street where we will meet up with our Liberal Party float and then fall into formation and join the Parade as it travels down Yonge to Gerrard then over to Church Street. Post-parade gathering in the Party Room at 77 Carlton St.

RSVP: Not needed.

Join the UofT Liberals for a roundtable discussion with Liberal MP Martha Hall Findlay. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions to Ms. Findlay on a range of subjects. It will be an intimate event, and everyone who wants to contribute to the discussion will have the opportunity.

Martha Hall Findlay was elected to the House of Commons in 2008 as the MP for the Toronto riding of Willowdale. Prior to that, she had been a candidate in the riding of Newmarket Aurora and a candidate for the Leadership of the party in 2006. Martha is currently the Opposition Critic for Public Works & Government Services.

Date: Wednesday May 20, 2009.

Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Location: Charbonnel Lounge, St. Michael’s College.

RSVP: president@uoftliberals.com

Join the UofT Liberals and the Etobicoke Centre Young Liberals as we welcome three distinguished women: the Hon. Donna Cansfield (Ontario’s Minister of Natural Resources), Laura Albanese (MPP, York South Weston), and Danielle Takacs (Ontario Women’s Liberal Commission, VP – Young Women).

This event promises to be a lively one, with our guests sharing their insights on the experience of women who decide to enter politics, on the barriers to entry for many women, and on what we can do to encourage more women to get involved.

Date: Tuesday May 19, 2009.

Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Location: East Common Room, Hart House.

RSVP: president@uoftliberals.com