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The season is coming to a close this Saturday with a talk by George Holland entitled: Mechanics of Bird Migration.

The timing is perfect. I’m sure you’ve been seeing and hearing the burgeoning number of birds around Hamilton in the last few weeks. We take it for granted they will return every spring, though we don’t fully understand what essential forces trigger migration and guide birds on their long journeys. Mr. Holland, Director of the Bird Study Group of the Hamilton Naturalists’ Society and a former President of the Manitoba Naturalists, has been intrigued by these questions for many years. He will describe how birds come to our area and what natural and manmade perils they encounter. The talk will concentrate on raptors (hawks, peregrine falcons, bald eagles and similar birds of prey) and an extensive group of much smaller birds, the wood warblers. It will be enhanced by many of Mr. Holland’s own photographs.

The Hamilton Association for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art Hamilton, Established 1857, 42 Head Street, Hamilton, General inquiries:secretary@haalsa.org 905-527-0080. www.haalsa.org.

The McMaster community is invited to an open house led by Urban Strategies to review and provide comment on the final report of the campus capacity study steering committee.

For the past two years, McMaster University has undertaken a collaborative campus-wide study to determine the University’s physical space capacity and to gain a clearer understanding of how space is used and how activities are scheduled in relation to spatial concerns.

The study addresses needs and issues related to lecture and classroom spaces, spaces required for specific on-campus activities, and, more generally, the future of the University’s infrastructure demands.

The study’s steering committee is chaired by Karen Menard, McMaster’s associate vice-president of institutional research and analysis, and includes a variety of representatives from faculty and staff.

The open house will give members of the McMaster community an opportunity to review the committee’s final recommendations.

Earth Day Hamilton is holding a Truckload Rain Barrel sale to support their free environmental programs for students.

Also- please check out the rain Barrel auction, featuring a barrel painted by E. Robert Ross. http://rainbarrel.ca/barrel9/

About Earth Day Hamilton: Founded 15 years ago, Earth Day Hamilton provides free environmental education to students through an annual educational eco-festival. EDH also hosts an annual Earth Day Walk and a community tree planting event. Over 40,000 students have attended the eco-festival and more than 15,000 trees have been planted. For more information, please contact Laurel Harrison, Laurel@EarthDayHamilton.ca, call 905-973-3064 or visit www.EarthDayHamilton.ca .

Thanks for supporting this environmental initiative!

Please see attached poster for more details.

Questions can be submitted online at: http://www.msumcmaster.ca/federalelection/Debate.htm

For information you can post about getting to campus and parking, please see this link: http://www.mcmaster.ca/welcome/findus.cfm

Debate Standing Rules

Join family, friends and neighbours as we help restore urban green space. Planting guides from the Royal Botanical Gardens and the Bay Area Restoration Council will show you how and where to plant. So grab a shovel and dig in!

Please see http://earthdayhamilton.ca/2011/events/tree-planting/ for more details.

The Ainslie Wood/Westdale Community Association of Resident Homeowners Inc. is hosting its 10th annual spring cleanup of our residential streets, supporting the City of Hamilton’s Clean Up Hamilton Week. Please join us with your family and friends. The snow has melted, and the litter on our streets is an eyesore. The intent is to clean up our own streets and to do so as part of a visible group. Specially marked bags and work gloves will be provided. Just bring water, a hat, and paper and pencil to note addresses that need a property-standards wakeup.

There will be seven meeting locations:

1. MacNeill Baptist Church Lawn, 1145 King St. W. (corner of Cline and King)
2. Churchill Park, children’s playground
3. Sanders Blvd. and Norfolk near Cootes Drive crossing
4. Quaker Meeting House 7 Butty Place (off Lower Horning Road)
5. 49 Gary Ave. (north of Westwood Avenue)
6. 138 Westwood Ave.
7. Westside Baptist Church, 261 Whitney Ave.

Please indicate your intent to participate plus location choice by Wednesday, April 20 by e-mailing shelli.eisenberg@sympatico.ca SPREAD THE WORD!

Downloads for this event:

Cleanup 2011 Notice

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Oh Canada! With Guest Conductor, Gordon Adnams

We will celebrate Canada in music by Godfrey Ridout, Healey Willan, W. H. Anderson, Imant Raminsh, Stephen Chatman, R. Murray Schafer, Donald Patriquin, Oscar Peterson, Leonard Cohen, Ian Tyson, Stan Rogers, Wade Hemsworth and our very own Abigail Richardson. The program will span our cultural mosaic from classical anthems to Newfoundland jigs, with a foray into les chansons Québécoise and even some classic canadian folk. For this concert, Strata has invited guest conductor Gordon Adnams to join us.

Be a part of the conversation! Join us this May as Town & Gown communities across Ontario come TOGETHER to support and promote innovative community-university partnership models between post-secondary institutions and near-campus neighbourhoods.

LEARN how innovative ideas inspire collaboration, build bridges and enhance the urban lens through:

• Community and student engagement
• Community – University/College partnerships
• Safety and enforcement
• Best practices in a university/college community environment

Mark your calendars and watch for more program details to follow.

To share your ideas about a workshop, exhibit, partnership or sponsorship opportunities, please contact TGAO at info@tgao.ca or phone (905) 853-0628. More information can be found at www.tgao.ca.

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