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Feb 18, 2026 - U.S. healthcare comes to Canada

When: February 18th, 12pm

Drs. David U. Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler are Distinguished Professors of Public Health at the City University of New York's Hunter College AND co-founders of Physicians for a National Health Program, which advocates for single-payer healthcare in the United States.

They join Andrew Longhurst, Senior Health Policy Researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, in a discussion of Alberta's Bill 11 and the dangers it poses to public health care in Canada. They expose Bill 11's creation of a private health insurance market for publicly insured services under the Canada Health Act and its encouragement of US investment interests to establish a for-profit health care system in Canada.

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Feb 19, 2026 - Hands Off Our Education!

When: February 19th, 11am

The Ford Government has made a number of announcements that actively make education even more inaccessible than it already is - both to students currently within PSE, and to students hoping to access it.

Join us this Thursday, February 19th at 11am for a province-wide call to learn about your provincial students' union's strategy on combatting these upcoming attacks on post-secondary education, build organizing capacity on campuses, and rally students across the province!

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Feb 19, 2026 - Nuclear Is Not the Solution

When: February 19th, 7pm

The climate crisis has provided new cover for the promotion of nuclear power with the nuclear lobby claiming we already have the technology, ready to be perfected and deployed. But as M. V. Ramana argues in his recent book "Nuclear is Not the Solution" such thinking is not only naïve but dangerous. Beyond the horrific risk of severe accidents and the intractable problem of waste disposal, nuclear energy fails the two key tests for any climate solution: cost and time. More expensive than wind and solar, it is also far slower to bring online. Presentation followed by conversation with author M.V. Ramana.

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Feb 20, 2026 - World Social Justice Day

When: February 20th, 5:30pm

Social justice is not an abstract ideal. It is lived and shaped through everyday systems such as health, food access, housing, education, climate action, and community care. In recognition of World Social Justice Day, this event brings together practitioners, advocates, and community leaders to explore how social justice shows up in real life, who is most affected by inequitable systems, and what meaningful action can look like beyond awareness.

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