Hamilton Community Foundation

We're helping spread the word about the Mayoral candidates meeting on housing and homelessness, organized by the Hamilton is Home coalition, coming up on October 6 at The Westdale! Learn more and register here:

Mayoral Candidates Meeting on Housing & Homelessness Join Hamilton is Home for a mayoral candidates meeting focused on one of the most pressing issues facing our city: housing and homelessness

What matters to Hamilton in this coming election and beyond? Join us on October 7 for connection, conversation and community perspectives on the priority issues shaping our city’s future. Proudly presented in partnership with The Hamilton Spectator. Learn more and register here: https://hamiltoncommunityfoundation.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list/event?event_date_id=1099

Students of Hamilton -- less than a month to submit your applications for our Student Awards program! Application deadline is October 1.

Student Awards program The portal is now open. Submit your application for a Student Award here. NOTE: The Chaney-Ensign Bursary Fund program is now known as Student Awards

Rain or shine, it's been a busy summer! 🌦️☀️

We've joined community members at festivals, fundraisers, book launches, Indigenous celebrations, housing milestones and more. Each event offered an opportunity to listen, learn, and build stronger connections across Hamilton.

Catch up on our summer highlights: https://www.hamiltoncommunityfoundation.ca/community-engagement-summer-roundup/

Community engagement summer roundup Over the summer, our team connected with community through a variety of events and initiatives that reflect our commitment to building stronger, more

Students, mark your calendars! Our Student Awards application portal is open now and applications are due October 1. Read more here: https://www.hamiltoncommunityfoundation.ca/grants/scholarships-and-bursaries/

Proud to sponsor tonight's Keeping Six Open Mic event at Hamilton Fringe. See you tonight for this free event! 🎤

"Keeping Six Open Mic Night is an evening that provides members of the K6 community the platform to share their writings and lived experience to an audience."

Keeping Six Open Mic presented by Hamilton Community Foundation – Hamilton Festival Theatre Company We would like to acknowledge that the land on which we gather is situated upon the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Wyandot, the Haudenosaunee, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. 

We had a great time last month with Yvonne Maracle on Vital Signs, talking about urban Indigenous history in Hamilton. Check out the episode here to learn more and celebrate National Indigenous History Month!

Vital Signs: Indigenous history in Hamilton Indigenous Peoples have lived for time immemorial, in the area upon which Hamilton was established. Indigenous-led organizations have

Braved the rain today to join YWCA Hamilton at Walk a Mile in Their Shoes! We love connecting with community and supporting a great cause!

At a time when young people in Ontario are struggling to find stable work, families are stretching to pay tuition, and students face growing mental health challenges, the Ford government is removing one of the few independent bodies that tells us what is actually working in higher education.

Read our take on the dissolution of Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario.

Ford government ditches data for politics in post-secondary education decision-making If Ontario wants to strengthen productivity and competitiveness, it does not make economic sense to base workforce planning decisions on weaker evidence

Loving the new look on the updated C14community website. Our show page looks better than ever! Check it out:

Vital Signs - Video On Demand | CABLE 14 Vital Signs, hosted by Rudi Wallace, is produced by Hamilton Community Foundation to explore and engage citizens in multiple aspects of the city's quality of li…