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SUMMARY:FAIR FASHION FESTIVAL YORK: Fossil Fuel–Free\, Feminist\, and Built for Us.
DESCRIPTION:We’re back\, GTA — transforming fashion\, one thread at a time. The York Fair Fashion Festival is a BIPOC youth-led event rooted in community care\, sustainability\, and resistance to a system that exploits people and the planet. This all-ages gathering brings together youth\, families\, artists\, organizers\, and everyday people to imagine what a just\, circular future can look like\, starting with what we wear. \nAt FFF\, we center the stories and leadership of Black\, Indigenous\, and racialized youth and women who are too often excluded from sustainability conversations\, even though we’ve been doing the work all along. Through clothing swaps\, mending zones\, workshops\, community quilting\, and real talk with change-makers in the space\, we’ll build skills\, share stories\, and take action together. \n✨ Last year\, we kept 2\,000+ pounds of clothing out of landfills\, created jobs for youth\, and brought 200+ people into conversations on fashion justice and circular economies. ✨ This year\, we’re going even deeper — more hands-on workshops\, more space for connection\, more power in our communities. \nBring your friends. Bring your family. Come ready to swap\, stitch\, mend\, and thread a future that’s rooted in equity\, sustainability\, and joy. \nThis is the circular fashion movement — and you’re invited. \nComponents: \n\nMassive clothing swap\, bring 1-10 gently loved items to swap and exchange for new beloved treasures.\nWorkshops: Learn about Extended Producer Responsibility with Threading Change and join Uptown Climate Conversations for a discussion about Climate\, Healthy\, Anxiety\, and Fashion’s Link to it All\nTake part in TC’s Community Quilt: What do you want to change in the fashion industry?\nJoin Oxfam Canada for a Keynote Presentation outlinning the social implication and the current situation on the ground in garment producing countries and TC will host a panel discussion “Threading Circular Futures: Youth Power Leading Community Action”\nNetwork inside our Museum of Changemakers: A Dedicated Space for NGOS and youth-led movements committed to taking action towards achieving the UN’s 17 SDGS\nAlso in the Museum of Changemakers space we will have Oxfam Canada’s Stitch for Change Challenge!\n\nHow to get there: Metro: Line 1: Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Subway Station: yes it it wheel chair accessible! \n\nBus: 20\, 501\, 77\nParking: There is no free on-site parking available as the building does not have a parking lot. There are many paid parking lots available within the vicinity such as: short term on-street parking around the perimeter of the building; there is also parking available at TTC Commuter Lots\, KPMG building\, etc.\n\nNotes: \n\nTo save time at the swap\, pre-fill out the clothing audit form. We collect data on the clothing at our events to better understand the consumption patterns of consumers. It takes 2 minutes\, promise!\nThis is a child-friendly event: we have plenty of space for strollers\, but we will not be providing childcare services on site\nBring a refillable water bottle\, but we will have some refreshments available
URL:https://whatshemakes.ca/event/fair-fashion-festival-york-fossil-fuel-free-feminist-and-built-for-us/
LOCATION:Vaughan Studios & Event Space\, 100 Queen St. W.\, Toronto\, ON\, M5H 2N2\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Fair Fashion Festival - Toronto
DESCRIPTION:Threading Change & Oxfam Canada are proud to host the inaugural Fair Fashion Festival in Toronto  – an epic interdisciplinary affair where you will meet industry leaders and experts in the sustainable fashion space and learn about the industry’s social and environmental hidden costs affecting both people and planet. The afternoon will be packed with educational workshops\, interactive activities\, engaging panels\, and community building events while the evening will be a bustling networking party with a local DJ lineup. \nYou can expect to leave the event feeling empowered to lead sustainable fashion lifestyles\, and be clothing changemakers. The different components will raise awareness on the social\, environmental\, and political dimensions of the fashion industry\, immersing you into all three levels of Threading Change’s tri-impact model: education\, innovation\, and consultation and Oxfam Canada’s What She Makes Campaign calling for Canadian Fashion brands to pay a living wage to the women that make our clothes. \nJoin Threading Change and Oxfam in this free\, eye opening experience\, as we unravel the hidden costs of the fashion industry. Immerse yourself in our clothing Swap + Clothing Audit series\, Stitch for Change challenge\, learn how to mend your clothes\, engage with our panel discussion\, connect with our museum of Changemakers\, learn with our workshops\, and debrief with our networking afterparty! \n🌎 FAIR FASHION FESTIVAL COMPONENTS\nClothing Swap + Clothing Audit:\n\nParticipate in a sustainable fashion initiative by swapping clothes and gaining insights into conscious consumption through a clothing audit. Attendees are asked to bring 1-10 items each to swap. You will be given a ticket for every item you bring in. However many items you bring\, that’s how many you can take. Please note: No socks\, swimsuits\, and underwear at the swap. Jewellery can be swapped if it has been cleaned.\nSwimsuits and bras can be swapped if they have never been worn\, ideally with the tag still attached.The clothing swap will be throughout the entire event from 1-6pm.\n\nStitch for Change Challenge \n\nJoin us for the Stitch for Change Challenge at the Fair Fashion Festival! This unique one-minute sewing challenge invites consumers like you and me to experience the stark contrast between the lives and compensation of Cambodian garment workers and fashion brand CEOs. Within just 60 seconds\, participants will be tasked with sewing 10 t-shirt hems\, mirroring the intense workload that the women who make our clothes endure daily for poverty wages.\nThis thought-provoking activity aims to engage and encourage participants to reflect on the realities faced by garment workers and to rally for greater transparency and fair wages throughout the fashion industry’s supply chain. Stay tuned to find out which brand the What She Makes campaign will be targeting next. Join us and stitch for change!\n\nMuseum of Changemakers:\n\nExplore leading organizations\, brands\, advocacy groups\, fashion designers\, activists and not-for-profit organizations involved in promoting a fossil-fuel free and human centered fashion future! Engage with booths to learn about the different social and environmental dimensions of the industry and how their impactful work addresses these challenges.\n\nVendors:\n\nExplore booths from various sustainable community organizations and vendors selling their products committed to sustainability\, human rights and circular economy practices.\n\nMending Workshop:\n\nAttend a hands-on workshop to learn essential mending skills\, promoting the longevity of your garments and reducing textile waste. Learn to customize the clothes that you pick up at the swap and stitch your initials.\n\nThreading Change Community Quilt:\n\nJoin us for a relaxing\, all-day experience where you can immerse yourself in the world of slow fashion. Escape the noise and unwind as you express your thoughts on a piece of scrap fabric\, then sew it onto our ongoing collective Solutions Quilt.\n\nIn-Person Panels:\n\nThe two 30-minute panels will be hosted by Threading Change and Oxfam Canada\n\n\nEngage in thought-provoking discussions on garment worker rights and the importance of transparent supply chains in a panel with Oxfam\, and unravel the political and environmental dimensions of the fashion industry with Threading Change\n\n🧵 WORKSHOPS\nWrite for Rights Workshop: Penning Change hosted by Oxfam \nAs part of the What Se Makes Campaign\, join us at the Fair Fashion Festival for the Write for Rights Workshop: Penning Change\, led by our dedicated ally (to be announced). This engaging session will highlight the importance and power of letter writing as a potent tool of activism. Learn about the logistics of impactful letter writing and why your words matter. Participants will be prompted to put pen to paper\, creating letters of solidarity and action to support a special target to be announced closer to the festival date. Come and discover how a simple letter can spark significant change and join us in a collective act of advocacy. \nTextile Transformation with Threading Change: Shaping Textile Waste Solutions with ECCC \nJoin us for an impactful 10-minute sprint workshop\,  as we delve into Environment Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) recent consultation document addressing the deficiencies in textile and apparel waste recycling systems in Canada. Together\, we will explore the gaps in current fashion and textile frameworks and brainstorm meaningful insights and suggestions on ECCC’s proposed solutions. This workshop aims to pave the way for the government to implement tangible and effective measures. We will engage with participants to consult and provide feedback to the key elements within the proposed framework for addressing the waste from the textile and apparel industry. \nCheck out the schedule below for the workshop timings! \n🧵 WHAT TO EXPECT:\nLEARNING IN THE DAY\, MINGLING IN THE NIGHT! \nOur daytime programming will be centred on education-based and community impact programming. From 1 pm to 6 pm we will be engaging in our clothing swap\, mending workshop\, museum of changemakers\, panel discussions\, Threading Change Quilt Making\, and hosting vendors. Our evening program from 7 pm to 9 pm is dedicated to debriefing from a packed day of learning. We will be networking with other industry professionals\, mingling with new friends\, and sipping on some non alcoholic and alcoholic beverages while enjoying the tunes from a local DJ lineup! \nFREE FOOD: \nThere will be free catered food available to all registered attendees. Bevy has a cafe available throughout the day that can accommodate any sweet treat needs or caffeine addictions (paid). \nPRICES: \nIt’s free! Yes\, you heard that right\, we will not be charging you to learn more about the fashion industry. However\, we will be accepting donations of any size to support garment workers in Cambodia who work long and tireless hours to make the clothes that we wear everyday. \n🌎 LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:\nWe respectfully acknowledge that this event is taking place on the unceded\, traditional and ancestral territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit\, the Anishnabeg\, the Chippewa\, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. \nTkaronto (Toronto) is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit\, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands. Toronto itself is a word that originates from the Mohawk word “Tkaronto\,” meaning “the place in the water where the trees are standing\,”. \nToday\, the meeting place of so-called Toronto is still home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work and host this event in this territory. \nAbout Threading Change:\nThe 6F’s: a Feminist\, Fossil-Fuel Free Fashion Future. \nThreading Change is a youth-led\, justice-oriented global organization created to address the systemic injustices and inequities that persist in the global fashion industry today. \nWe address the fashion industry holistically\, which includes everything from the way we communicate sustainable fashion to how to invite global communities affected by the industry at the table. Fashion can be a hugely wasteful industry\, using excessive resources like water and textiles and over-producing clothes through trends. \nAbout Oxfam Canada:\nOxfam Canada is an affiliate of the international Oxfam Confederation networked in 87 countries as part of a global movement for change. \nOur mission is to build lasting solutions to poverty and injustice\, focusing on improving lives and promoting the rights of women and girls. \nWe work directly with communities\, partners and women’s rights organizations to challenge the systems perpetuating inequality and keeping people poor. \nOur flagship\, What She Makes campaign\, advocates for Canadian fashion brands to pay a living wage to the women that make our clothes \nTogether we seek to influence those in power to ensure that women trapped in poverty have a say in the critical decisions that affect them\, their families and entire communities. \nBecause ending global poverty begins with women’s rights.
URL:https://whatshemakes.ca/event/fair-fashion-festival-toronto/
LOCATION:Bevy\, 738 Dundas Street East\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5A 2C3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Tour of the Stores
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a tour of Aritzia stores in Toronto to learn truth about Aritzia’s supply chain practices and what this means for garment workers in sourcing countries. \nThis event is open to everyone and is part of our ongoing Aritzia: Reveal the Chain campaign calling on Aritzia to take action on two critical areas: supply chain transparency and fair wages. \nTogether with our partners Re/Make we will be live vlogging from our tour of Aritzia stores to raise awareness of the importance of supply chain transparency. \nBy participating in this event\, you are joining a movement of changemakers who are taking a stand for fair fashion. Don’t forget to bring comfortable walking shoes\, water to stay refreshed\, and a great spirit ready to make a difference.We can’t wait to see you there! RSVP – Erin smithe20@mcmaster.ca
URL:https://whatshemakes.ca/event/tour-of-the-stores/
LOCATION:Aritzia\, 50 Bloor Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Could Empowering Garment Workers Help Solve Fashion's Climate Crisis?
DESCRIPTION:As part of the WEAR Conference\, Oxfam Canada’s Nirvana Mujtaba will be facilitation a session that will address the intersection of human rights and environmental due diligence. It will raise important questions about how improved labour conditions can help transform the fashion industry\, which continues to fall short on addressing human rights\, environmental action and climate targets. \nWith an increased focus on strengthening social protection and empowerment of rights’ holders\, Oxfam Canada and Quizrr will discuss how some brands will be more prepared for Canada’s forthcoming robust corporate accountability legislation and others brands are far from ready to be held accountable. \nThis event is happening as part of the WEAR Conference. To learn more\, visit: wear.fashiontakesaction.com.
URL:https://whatshemakes.ca/event/could-empowering-garment-workers-help-solve-fashions-climate-crisis/
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SUMMARY:Vancouver Fashion Justice Fall Clothing Swap!
DESCRIPTION:Threading Change is hosting a clothing swap for all genders and bodies in Vancouver in support of our What She Makes campaign. \nReeling off the success of their clothing swaps in multiple cities and continents across the world in 2022 and 2023\, Threading Change is hosting a fall edition fashion justice clothing swap with unique speakers\, in addition to hosting several mending workshops at the event to help you on your sustainable fashion journey. \nJoin us for a collaborative clothing swap in collaboration with Threading Change\, Velvet Underground\, Remake\, and Stand.Earth to support Garment Worker’s rights. \nThe venue has limited capacity. Please R.S.V.P and learn more about what to bring here.
URL:https://whatshemakes.ca/event/clothing-swap/
LOCATION:UBC Robson Square\, 800 Robson Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z3B7\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Stitch4Change Challenge
DESCRIPTION:What to be part of the change we’re stitching together? Join us on Friday\, 29 September from 3-5pm in Vancouver for the Stitch4Change Challenge! \nThis live campaign action event will take place outside Aritzia’s flagship store and aims to bring attention to the stark disparities in the fashion industry. We will invite the public to participate in a one-minute sewing challenge and encourage them to reflect on the contrast between the lives and compensation of Cambodian garment workers vs. the wages earned by fashion brand CEOs.  \nBut we need YOU to help make this event a success! Will you join us and bring a friend\, or two … or a hundred? \nWe’ll be joined by our dynamic allies Re/Make\, Threading Change\, and Stand.Earth.   \nHelp us spotlight Aritzia’s supply chain transparency issues and catalyze conversations about the treatment and wages of garment workers in the fashion industry. \nSee you there!
URL:https://whatshemakes.ca/event/stitch4change-challenge/
LOCATION:Aritzia Flagship Store\, 1100 Robson Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Beyond Decarbonization
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Stand.earth\, in partnership with Oxfam Canada. This is a virtual\, online event. \nHuman rights abuses and dangerous environmental harm within the global fashion industry are two sides of the same coin\, but discussions about these issues can often remain siloed. Climate advocacy organization Stand.earth\, with support from Oxfam Canada\, is hosting a virtual panel discussion at New York Climate Week 2023.    \nFacilitator: Nirvana Mujtaba\, Women’s Rights Policy and Advocacy Specialist\, Oxfam Canada  \nPanelists: Seema Joshi\, Fashion and IT Campaign Director\, Stand.earth; Dr Hakan Karaosman\,  University of Cardiff\, sustainable supply chain researcher focusing on environmental and social sustainability issues in complex fashion supply chains; Beyrra Triasdian\, Program Manager\, Trend Asia Spokesperson from the UN Fashion Charter for Climate Action  \nJoin us for a panel and Q&A on Sep 20 at 10am EST on how the fashion industry can equitably and rapidly transition off of fossil fuels. Register here. \n 
URL:https://whatshemakes.ca/event/beyond-decarbonization/
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SUMMARY:Webinar on Oxfam’s Supplier Gender Toolkit
DESCRIPTION:Oxfam’s Behind the Barcodes campaign aimed to push supermarkets to respect the rights of workers in their global supply chains. Tesco became a front-runner on gender equality\, one of the scorecard’s four focus areas. As part of its gender strategy\, Tesco set a target of having at least 30% of supervisor and management positions occupied by women in all of its Tier 1 suppliers by 2025. Oxfam Business Advisory Service worked with Tesco to develop this Gender Toolkit for supplier companies to use\, helping them to understand how to take steps towards increasing women’s representation at different levels and meet this target. You can read more about the project in this blog by Jiselle Steele\, one of Oxfam’s private sector gender advisors.   \nThe Gender Toolkit\, which was developed in consultation with Tesco’s Tier 1 suppliers and workers\, offers practical guidance on approaches and activities to help companies increase the representation of women in management and supervisory positions. The toolkit highlights challenges\, opportunities and recommended actions that businesses can take across the stages of recruitment\, progression and retention to support women in the workplace. Tesco has agreed to make the toolkit available to others to learn from and implement – you can download the toolkit here.   \nTo learn more\, you are warmly invited to a webinar where you will hear from Jiselle\, who led the project\, Tania Moodley\, responsible sourcing manager at Tesco\, and Rokhsana Bilkis Lucky\, deputy general manager at Aman Knittings Ltd\, a garment company in Bangladesh who supported the development of the toolkit.   \nRegister here. \nTo receive a recording of the event\, please reach out!
URL:https://whatshemakes.ca/event/webinar-on-oxfams-supplier-gender-toolkit/
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SUMMARY:Raising the bar: Regulating to end corporate abuse
DESCRIPTION:This year’s Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) Mary Robinson Speaker Series\, titled “Raising the bar: Regulating corporate abuse\,” will explore the new wave of regulation that seeks to end corporate impunity while empowering communities and workers in global supply chains. Kalpona Akter\, an internationally recognized labour rights advocate\, will be the keynote speaker.  \nKalpona Akter is an internationally recognized labour rights advocate who has spent her life fighting for fair wages\, safe workplaces\, freedom of association\, and collective bargaining rights. She serves as the executive director of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity\, one of Bangladesh’s key labour rights advocacy organizations. Oxfam has been partnering with Kalpona Akter since the early days of the ‘What She Makes’ campaign and hopes you will participate to hear her inspiring message.  \nIf you are interested in hearing about the current labour rights situation from Kalpona \, please register here.
URL:https://whatshemakes.ca/event/930/
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