The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton
A Liberal Spiritual Community Since 1889
Jennifer WallaceThe Soaring Sisters Powwow will be held at Battlefield Historical Museum and Park at 77 King St W, Stoney Creek. It’s at the corner of Centennial Parkway and King St. . This free event will feature traditional Indigenous singers and musicians all weekend: Fri., June 21st, 6-9 pm Sat., June 22nd, 10 am-6 pm Sun., … Read more
You are welcome to join us! Like many of our teams and committees, the Affordable Housing Team will do some work this summer to prepare for fall events. We may host housing expert Caroline Whitzman again, whose important book, Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis, comes out in mid-October. We may partner with unions and … Read more
This is looks like a useful looking webinar: June 26, 1 p.m. Learn how you can mobilize your community to advocate for social housing, organized by Social Housing and Human Rights. Register here to get the link: https://mcmaster.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJErceytrzMpHNYZzz73zjdBLOHNilFc8YDu#/registration
Lori-Anne Gagne of Hamilton provided Parliamentarians with a history lesson recently—the history of housing policy and key lessons learned. Gagne is CEO of Victoria Park Homes, headquartered in Hamilton, the largest private non-profit housing provider in Ontario, and she’s had 40 years’ experience in this field. You can read her evidence here, (searching for her … Read more
This article was recently published in the Globe and Mail. It details the latest information about this man we should always honour for his work as Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the respect he shows for all peoples. His health is apparently failing but hopefully he will have time to get his … Read more