Queer Calendar – July

July 14 is International Non Binary People’s day International Non-Binary People’s Day is observed each year on July 14. Non-binary, also known as genderqueer, is a spectrum of gender identities that are not exclusively masculine or feminine‍ —‌ identities that are outside the gender binary. Non-binary people may identify as having two or more genders, … Read more

Volunteer with Habitat Restoration

Do you know a student who is looking for volunteer hours?   Maybe you’d like to contribute your time and energy. Working on Habitat Restoration is a positive way to address both the mitigation of and adaptation to Climate Change. The following are organizations that focus on Habitat Restoration in need of volunteers.  Habitat Restoration – … Read more

One Easy Thing You Can Do…

is write the Ontario government to fix rent deregulation. The Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) has launched the Say Yes to Fair Rents! Campaign, in the face of soaring rents. Through the campaign, you can send a letter to Premier Doug Ford, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and your local MPP to … Read more

Read a Transcript of our Scaling Up Affordable Housing Event

You can now read a transcript of our June 6/23 housing event, Scaling Up Affordable Housing, or watch the video of the event. Event Transcript:  click here Video Recording of Event: https://uuhamilton.ca/affordable-housing/ Presentation Slides: click here Dr. Carolyn Whitzman provides a crash course on housing need and challenges and a series of key solutions that include: Re-focusing … Read more