Hamilton Votes 2022: Community election panel with CBC Hamilton and the HPL
Schedule
Sat Oct 15 2022 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm
Location
Hamilton Room @ Hamilton Public Library - Central Library | Hamilton, ON
About this Event
Change is coming to Hamilton — but what will it look like?
Join our panel of community voices to discuss what's at stake this election, whose voices may be missing from policy promises or campaign discussions and what the next chapter of this city could look like, depending on the outcome of the vote on Oct. 24.
Speakers include some of CBC Hamilton's 2022 election columnists: Gavin Stephens, Anabelle Ragsag, Sonia Hill, Shayyan Husein and Mohamad Bsat.
When: Saturday Oct. 15, 2-4 p.m.
Where: Hamilton Public Library, Central library, 55 York Blvd, Hamilton Room
Note: The library space is fully accessible. Masks are highly encouraged. The panel is free but space is limited.
Panellists
Gavin Stephens is a standup comedian who been featured in Montreal and Toronto's Just For Laughs Festivals, as well as the Cape Town Comedy fest, and Austin's SXSW, has been named one of the "10 Funniest Canadians" by StarTV, chosen as Best Local Stand-up Comic in NOW Magazine's Readers Choice poll and hosts the Uncolonized podcast.
Anabelle Ragsag is co-founder of Filipinas of HamOnt, the 2022-2023 Stephen Lewis Social Policy PhD Fellow at McMaster University's School of Social Work, and studied previously at the University of the Philippines and Carleton University.
Sonia Hill is Mohawk, Lebanese and mixed European, with family ties to Six Nations. They were born and raised in the city and suburbs of Hamilton, are a proud non-binary, femme, two-spirit, urban Indigenous person, friend, partner, aunty, kitty mom, cousin, sibling, neighbour and more. Currently, they are completing a Masters degree in Sociology at McMaster University, are the director of the Indigenous Sustenance Reclamation Network (ISRN) and co-chair of the Indigenous Solidarity Working Group with CUPE3906.
Shayyan Husein is a Grade 12 student at Orchard Park Secondary School in Stoney Creek, a teen ambassador graduate from Canada Learning Code and an avid sports player.
Mohamad Bsat is a Filipino, Lebanese, and Palestinian first-generation Canadian. He is a staff lawyer practicing within housing and human rights at the Hamilton Community Legal Clinic (HCLC). Mohamad is also an avid runner and is the founder of the running crew Air Up There.
The panel will be moderated by Eva Salinas, executive producer of CBC Hamilton.
Where is it happening?
Hamilton Room @ Hamilton Public Library - Central Library, 55 York Boulevard, Hamilton, CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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