Toronto Agentic: Opening Social

Is your home climate resilient? Are you worried about your basement flooding? Or losing power after an extreme weather event? Are you interested in reducing your energy bill and your carbon footprint? Are you looking to find ways to help protect yourself, your home, and our planet? Join us as we examine the future of home resilience at the Home Resilience Hub. The Home Resilience Hub is a single, open marketplace where homeowners and residents can move from awareness to action in one visit, featuring 12 expert organizations and local businesses covering topics such as flood resilience, home energy efficiency, rebates, and climate-ready home improvements. Here's what you can expect: Drop in anytime between 11 AM – 4 PM Speaker Spotlight (12 – 1 PM): Hear from the experts, including Energy Neighbour, The Atmospheric Fund, Cut Your Home Carbon, Jouleia, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Sustainable Buildings Canada, AdaptTO, City of Toronto, Toronto Hydro, Toronto Home Energy Network, The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR), Windfall Ecology Centre, and RBC Get a free 15-minute one-on-one Deep Dive: Connect with an expert for advice tailored to your home. Sign-ups are first come, first served on the day, subject to availability and topic. Light refreshments will be available for registrants for this event. Whether you’re just getting started or thinking about a deep retrofit, the Home Resilience Hub will help you step confidently into the future. About the Centre for Social Innovation (CSI) For 20+ years, the Centre for Social Innovation has been Toronto's home for changemakers. We're values-aligned community, gathering place, workspace, and collaborative platform to co-create a more just, regenerative, and beautiful future. Thank you to our sponsor, RBC, for making the Home Resilience Hub possible. This event is part of CSI's We Create Our Futures festival from October 16-18, 2026.

AI safety is a broad field. Under the umbrella of "AI safety," there are people and groups with vastly different beliefs, priorities and worldviews, united by the vision of making the AI revolution go well for humanity. In this talk, Leo Zovic will give an overview of different philosophical frameworks within the broad field of AI safety.

CSI, Doughnut Economics Collective Toronto, & Kesaco invite you to rediscover the roots of ecological economics. We are excited to present a screening of the newly released documentary, Econoclast: Herman Daly and the Gospel of Growth. Find more information about the film on econoclast.film. 6pm - Doors open 6:30pm - Opening Remarks, David Miller, former mayor of Toronto, Managing Director of the C40 Centre 6:40pm - Econoclast: Herman Daly and the Gospel of Growth 7:30pm - Beyond the screen: reflections & conversations Econoclast is a documentary film about Herman Daly, often called the father of ecological economics, who recognized that the economy is a subsystem of the Earth’s biosphere, that eternal economic growth is not possible on a finite planet, and that the costs of growth ultimately exceed its benefits. Watch the trailer: This event is for anyone interested in viewing the world through a new lens, understanding emerging economic models, and exploring how ecological economics is shaping global movements to live within planetary boundaries This event is part of Global Doughnut Days (October 20-24, 2026) a multi-day, community-led festival, to be held online and in-person around the world, centred on Doughnut Economics and organized by the global community of Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL).