The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton
A Liberal Spiritual Community Since 1889
Jennifer WallaceSaturday afternoon, October 18, Climate Café presented by the Climate Action Team and Green Venture. Join us at the church for a Climate Café, an open, welcoming space to reflect and connect with others over our experiences with the climate crisis. Free and open to all. Guest speaker, discussions, snacks and live music. Volunteers will be … Read more
Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing would be delighted to see lots of Unitarians out this Monday at 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 for the groundbreaking ceremony for their newest and largest affordable housing project—at 204 Gage Avenue North, just north of Barton. Please wear an orange shirt in honour of National Day of Truth and Reconciliation the following … Read more
– A Day of Action, Gore Park, 2:00 p.m. Climate Action Groups like ours at UU Hamilton and other environmental groups from across the country are collaborating on this action. Learn more about this event by Hamilton 350 & Draw the Line.
Hamilton has been shut out, so far, in the announcements made by Prime Minister Carney as he launched Build Canada Homes this week. The federal agency that will lead federal affordable housing efforts will start by building 4,000 housing units on six federally-owned sites, none in Hamilton. And Carney announced that the Canada Lands Company … Read more
Allowing for-profit developers to dominate the housing market. We need lots of new housing, rental and owned, but for-profit developers won’t (or can’t) build durable, comfortable and affordable housing for the bottom third or even the bottom half of the population. Even if they could do it and make the same rate of profit that … Read more