Red Dress Day

In Memory of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S) On Sunday, May 5th, Red Dress Day was acknowledged by Rev. Jamie and Janice Webster during our Sunday morning service.  On this day, also known as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit … Read more

GV Clean Air Day + Repair Cafe

Save the date! Green Venture’s second annual Clean Air Day will be held on June 5th from 4-7:00pm at the fourth floor of Hamilton Central Public Library. Come visit our engaging booths, cycle for a smoothie, participate in activities, view Hamilton students’ video projects and bring your damaged clothing or items to our repair cafe to … Read more

Climate Litigation Brought by Youth 

Litigation is an important act of climate advocacy with mixed results in Canada and elsewhere.  Youth legal action over Ontario government’s climate targets A group of young Canadians is challenging Ontario’s roll back of relatively progressive climate targets.  https://environmentjournal.ca/nextgen-perspectives-youth-legal-action-over-ontario-governments-climate-inaction/ A successful litigation by American youth A group of 16 American youth won a climate case … Read more

Food Sovereignty and Sustenance at Six Nations 

Consider attending this event on Mothers’ Day weekend – May 11 & 12, co-hosted by Six Nations of the Grand River and Waterloo University.  Chiefswood Park is in Oshweken on the Reserve and is a lovely spot to visit.  McMaster Indigenous Professor Kitty Lickers will be speaking on May 12 about food sovereignty and seed … Read more

Well Attended and Well-Received

Nothing captured the spirit of the May 6/24 Housing Solutions Now! event more than Graham Cubitt’s proposed schedule for ground breaking ceremonies. If federal money was approved for Hamilton non-profit housing projects tomorrow (Tuesday May 7), he said, an Indwell project could start by Friday. Another ground breaking could be held in June and a third … Read more