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Robert Karrass, pianist and musicologist, was born in Los Angeles in 1984.  At the age of five he started formal piano studies with Alla Zacarelli at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.  Robert received a bachelor’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music in piano performance and a master’s degree in music history with emphasis in performance practice from the University of Hartford.  Robert has successfully participated in national and international music festivals and competitions.  His scholarly pursuits include analyses of Mozart’s piano concerti and the opera Die Zauberflöte.  He will perform works by Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin.

McMaster professor Henry Giroux – Global TV Network Chair in the Department of English and Cultural Studies – will deliver a free lecture titled “Youth and the Politics of Disposability in Dark Times.”  Refreshments will be served. E-mailmartakdp@mcmaster.ca for more information.

Professor Giroux has been honoured with a prestigious Choice Outstanding Academic Title award for his non-fiction book,Education and the Crisis of Public Values.  Published in 2011, Education and the Crisis of Public Values addresses a shift in American culture away from democratic public values, market-driven modes of education and growing social disinvestment among youth.

This list of award-winning books is highly selective. Only 10 per cent of roughly 7,000 books reviewed by Choice each year are chosen for an Outstanding Academic Title award. Selections are based on overall excellence in presentation and scholarship; importance relative to other literature in the field; originality or uniqueness of treatment; value to undergrads; and several other categories.

The Hamilton Jewish Federation Holocaust Education Committee cordially invites you to a special program honouring Raoul Wallenberg. On Jan. 16 Hamilton will join communities across the world to celebrate Raoul Wallenberg Day with a moving program in recognition of his life and hunanitarian achievements. The program will feature personal testimony, a short film, poetry, music, and a preview of the new Wallenberg stamp.

Raoul Wallenberg Day was designated by the Government of Canada in 2001 to honour him, Canada’s first honorary citizen, who is credited with saving the lives of more than 100,000 Hungarian Jews. Wallenberg disappeared on Jan. 17, 1945.

Special guest speaker: Hamiltonian Ernie Mason, personally rescued by Wallenberg.

Presented in partnership with Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Hamilton Spectator, the Consulate of Sweden, and Adas Israel Congregation. For information: Elaine Levine, elevine@jewishhamilton.org or 905-627-9922, ext. 24.

UNU-INWEH’s January Another Drop lecture will feature Dr. Brent Wolfe, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University . Brent will be discussing: Addressing water quality and quantity concerns in the Peace-Athabasca Delta, northern Alberta, from perspectives of the past. The lecture will be held on Tuesday January 8^th at 7:00pm in room 1C/D at McMaster Innovation Park.

The event is free and refreshments will be served. For more information see the flyer attached or www.inweh.unu.edu/seminars.htm. RSVP to contact.inweh@unu.edu. Please circulate within your networks. Hope to see you there.

The Special Planning Committee meeting to hear public delegations on the proposed Rental Housing Licensing By-Law is scheduled for December 11, 2012 starting at 1 pm.  The meeting will tentatively continue into the evening if there are a sufficient number of speakers who wish to comment on the proposed regulation.

The report – PED10049(k) and PED10049(j) is now available on the city website at http://www.hamilton.ca/CityDepartments/CorporateServices/Clerks/AgendaMinutes/Planning/2012/December11PlanningCommitteeSpecialAgenda.htm

If you wish to speak at this meeting, please pre-register as a delegation by no later than 12:00 noon on December 10, 2012 by contacting:

Vanessa Robicheau
City Clerk’s Office, 1st Floor, 71 Main Street West, Hamilton ON, L8P 4Y5
905-546-2424 ext 2729
Vanessa.Robicheau@hamilton.ca

Note that presentations are limited to 5 minutes.

If you prefer, you are welcome to submit written comments for inclusion in the meeting agenda by email or mail at the above address, or by fax to (905) 546-2095, until 12:00 noon on December 10, 2012.

The Dundas Concert Band will hold its annual Christmas Concert at Binkley United Church on Friday, December 7 at 7:30pm.

There will be a free offering and a reception will follow the concert.

On September 12, Council approved a motion to establish a Ward 1, Ward 2 and Ward 3  One-Way to Two-Way Street Study Group.  The motion was moved by Councillor McHattie and seconded by Councillor Farr at the September 6^th GIC meeting.

See http://www.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/C68F1C81-3E15-4AB7-990B-A5796BE07882/0/Sep06EDRMS_n345288_v1_9_1__Motion___McHattie___Establishment.pdf.

Councillors Farr and McHattie invite you to a public meeting to introduce the concept of the one-way to two-way/complete street study group and invite Hamiltonians to participate.  They are looking for a broad group of community stakeholders to help study the conversion of Cannon Street and Queen Street into complete streets.

The meeting will by emceed by Councillor Jason Farr and include presentations by the following speakers:

• Ryan McGreal, editor of Raise the Hammer, will introduce complete two-way streets.
• Peter Topalovic, project manager, transportation demand management with the City of Hamilton, will talk about balanced transportation.
• Sharon Mackinnon, public health nurse with the City of Hamilton, will explain the public health benefits of complete streets.
• Steve Molloy, project manager, Transportation Master Plan implementation with the City of Hamilton, will discuss the Transportation Master Plan and EA process.
• Councillor Brian McHattie, will introduce the community stakeholder study group and explain how it fits into the process of converting an existing one-way street into a complete street.

The session will include an hour of Q and A with the panel of speakers.  Attendees will also have the opportunity to sign up for more information or to join the study group of Queen and/or Cannon.

The Good Food Box is a non-profit distribution program that makes healthy fresh fruit and vegetables affordable and accessible to everyone.  For only $15 you receive a box of quality produce worth $25 or more, purchased at wholesale prices with a preference for Ontario farmers.  The sessions are led by a different chef for each session, who will plan a menu and have two assistants.  Start at 5:30 p.m., cooking together till 6:30 p.m., and end with a communal meal.  Eight participants maximum.  Free.  To register:  Beatrice at 905-549-0900 or bekoko@fatih-commongood.net.