Good Old Cootes

Cootes Paradise – Lectures and Volunteer Events

Ancaster Creek Clean Up

We will be helping the Bay Area Restoration Council clean up the garbage and shopping carts that litter Ancaster Creek behind Metro at University Plaza. Food provided by Metro

Saturday October 22, 9:30 – 12 noon – meet at Railtrail bridge behind University Plaza

Cootes Paradise lecture: The Niagara Escarpment World Biosphere Reserve is in Your Backyard.

Learn more about the incredible ecosystem and natural area adjacent to McMaster University with Tys Theysmeyer, Head of Natural Lands for Royal Botanical Gardens

Nov 4 – 7-9pm

Location – JHE 376

Cootes Paradise - Native Shrub Planting and Invasive Species Clearing

We will clear out Invasive Species such as Honeysuckle and Buckthorn while we plant native species of plants to help this wonderful natural area rehabilitate itself

Nov 6 – 10am-2pm – Meet at Alpine Tower facility – McMaster University behind Ivor Wynne Centre

Cootes Paradise - Native Shrub Planting and Invasive Species Clearing

We will clear out Invasive Species such as Honeysuckle and Buckthorn while we plant native species of plants to help this wonderful natural area rehabilitate itself

Nov 12 – 9am-12 noon – Meet at Churchill Park in Westdale near Ravine Road trail, off of Marion Ave N.

FOR ALL EVENTS PLEASE RSVP IF POSSIBLE TO :

terryber@mcmaster.ca

For trail work and clean up days

• Dress for the weather and be prepared to get dirty.
• Gloves and equipment will be provided.
• Please wear closed toed shoes, bring a portable lunch and water bottle.
• Water and snacks will be provided.

These events will occur rain or shine, but please check our website for cancellation if adverse weather conditions occur.

OPIRG and MI Water Working Group team-tabling at Sustainability Day tomorrow!

Sustainability Day and

IT Collection, Reuse and Recycling

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

 Join us on October 19^th to take part in McMaster’s 4^th annual Campus Sustainability Day event and the 6^th round of our twice-annual IT Collection, Reuse and Recycle event.

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Campus Sustainability Day 2011

11:00am - 2:00pm
MUSC Marketplace 

The Office of Sustainability hosts the McMaster University Campus Sustainability Day event each October. The McMaster community is invited to come and celebrate the efforts and achievements made in continuing to evolve and enhance our culture of sustainability here at McMaster. 

Free apples and coffee will be available while supplies last.
Please remember to bring your reusable mug as single-use cups will not be provided.

Click here for full event details

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IT Collection, Reuse and Recycling

Various locations and times

If you have outdated or unwanted IT equipment, please take this opportunity

to champion sustainability in your area by taking it to one of four collection locations

on Wednesday, October 19th to be fully recycled.

Locations include:

1.  Main Campus Grassy Mall across from University Hall 
2.  Ewart Angus Centre located in the Health Sciences Centre 
3.  Downtown Centre in the underground parking lot 
4.  Ron Joyce Centre in the main lobby 

Click here for full event details.

buzzing about the beehive

Former OPIRG McMaster "Nonviolence Now!" volunteer Jeanette Eby in action!

(Following article from the Hamilton Spectator)

Jeanette Eby - co-ordinator Jeanette Eby is the

coordinator of McMaster University's new Discovery 

Program, which recuits people from the community 

for a non-credit course being taught at the 

Hamilton Public Library. 

The goal is to provide education for people 

who might not otherwise have access to it.

Cathie Coward/The Hamilton Spectator

Students set out to discover Hamilton

A select group of Hamiltonians are about to undergo a unique educational experience that may have been out of reach for them — until now.
Saturday is the first day of class for 22 students enrolled in Voicing Hamilton, a new and free, eight-week course through McMaster University’s Discovery Program at Hamilton’s Central Library.
Students range in age from their 20s to 70s, and many have faced barriers preventing them from furthering their education.
Program co-ordinator Jeanette Eby connected with neighbourhood hubs and community organizations across the city to create a diverse outreach initiative. About 35 people applied for the spots and 22 were chosen.
“It’s exciting, because everyone is coming from a different place, but the common ground is the love for learning,” said Eby.
She hopes that by taking the course, students will find their voice and build confidence that will keep them on a path to lifelong learning.
Some students never had the opportunity to go to university because they had to work, support their family, had health issues or couldn’t afford it. Some are not from Canada originally, and have never been to school here. Some of the students were drawn to the Hamilton-centric course content.
“It’s about different expressions of Hamilton through literature and history and art. It’s a mix of wanting to learn about the community and having a really good supportive learning experience that they hadn’t had access to before,” said Eby.
McMaster professor Daniel Coleman was hired to teach the class and he proposed the idea to base this year’s course on Hamilton.
“The idea is that together we’ll read history, poetry, photographs and cartoons, a whole bunch of things by artists from and in Hamilton,” said Coleman, who is with the English and cultural studies faculty.
He says the objectives are to provide students with university experience, and give McMaster a better idea of what Hamilton looks like from a broad, local perspective.
Students from McMaster’s arts and science program will act as the support team, helping the Voicing Hamilton students work on projects.
The first part of each class will be spent learning the materials, which include four textbooks donated by the Hamilton Public Library, all written by Hamiltonians. The second part includes a workshop session, where students will generate their own stories of Hamilton through essays, photographs, drawings or whatever they choose.
There will be mandatory attendance, assignments and a final project. Students will not be a given any academic credits, but they will receive a certificate after they complete the course.
The pilot program was funded by McMaster University, the Hamilton Community Foundation, City of Hamilton, Hamilton Public Library, the Adult Basic Education Association and Wesley Urban Ministries.

Baking with Water

Volunteers with OPIRG working group MI Water attend to the bake table in MUSC, raising money for a water project in Guatemala. An assortment of baked goods to tempt you to donate to a great cause, today only!

10 years EH?