Campaign School: David Herle
David Herle, Canadian political consultant and Principal Partner at leading polling and research firm, The Gandalf Group, will visit the Academy of the Impossible's Campaign School to share his...
View ArticlePDF January Discussion Forum
January's Discussion Forum will take place on Sunday, January 27, 2013 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.
View ArticleCampaign School: Jude MacDonald
Jude MacDonald is a writer, editor, cyclist, feminist, and veteran campaigner who has been involved in electoral campaigns on all levels, and non-electoral campaigns in all media. Jude will be our...
View ArticleLaw School: Negotiation
Laws impact every aspect of our existence but legal education is rarely accessible (or interesting!). Law School is about bringing legal concepts and principles into functional use: about making legal...
View ArticleImpossible Ideas: Rick Salutin 2013
Rick Salutin returns to the Academy and our ongoing Impossible Ideas series to talk about the state of politics in Canada, Ontario, Toronto, and the world.Locally we have Mayoral melodrama that may or...
View ArticlePDF March Discussion Forum
The March Discussion Forum will take place on Saturday, March 2 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.**Please note that this forum will be held on a Saturday, unlike previous forums typically held on Sundays**Topic...
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Campaign School: Media Training
Campaign School at the Academy of the Impossible presents practical and tactical media training for activists, advocates, and party apparatchiks.Engaging the public often means engaging the media....
View ArticleCouchiching Conversations: Idle No More
Why Now? Putting Idle No More in ContextWith Hayden KingThe Idle No More movement has captured the attention of people across the country and beyond, and elevated the Indigenous-non-Indigenous...
View ArticleGame of Thrones Viewing Party!
If Toronto had only listened when they told us “Winter is Coming”.
View ArticleReimagining Toronto: Understanding the framework of urban/suburban politics
How did Lastman, Miller, and Ford use the urban/suburban divide during their administration (i.e. who was a community builder and who used it as a wedge issue)?How does the media perpetuate the image...
View ArticlePDF Discussion Forum & screening of Blind Faith
This month’s Discussion Forum will take place on Sunday, March 31, 2013 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.Topic PDF presents “Blind Faith”, a documentary on the Blasphemy Law in Pakistan directed by Muhammad...
View ArticleHacking Reality: The Horizons of Online Humour
“Let us not go to Camelot. ‘Tis a silly place.” - Monty Python and the Holy GrailFor decades, cyberspace has been heralded as an ideal public sphere, a “home of the mind” where discourse and...
View ArticlePDF June Discussion Forum
City by the Sea is the first of a two part discussion investigating the role of non-profits in policy making in Pakistan. Part 1: City by the Sea (June 30th) Karachi’s coastline has gone through...
View ArticleCampaign School: Better Budget T.O.
Toronto deserves a better budget. The process to determine how the City of Toronto spends public money is often difficult to understand, short-termist, and narrowly focused on bean counting. Too often,...
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Mock the Vote: ByElection Viewing Party
What's Funnier Than a Byelection? No seriously, Truth Mashup is back with another election party! Join host Dan Speerin for a night of comedy, social media snark and expert analysis from our...
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