CBC Hamilton's community election panel at the Hamilton Public Library, Saturday, Oct. 15

Change is coming to Hamilton — but what will it look like? Join our panel of community voices — the CBC Hamilton election columnists — 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. 

Your participation in this discussion will also help inform election coverage — we hope you consider joining us!

When: Saturday Oct. 15, 2-4 p.m. (Doors open at 2 p.m., discussion begins at 2:30 p.m.)
Where: Hamilton Public Library, Central Branch, Hamilton Room, 55 York Blvd. + online (here!)
What: A free, moderated discussion on the 2022 municipal election in Hamilton 

Note: 
The library space is fully accessible. Masks are highly encouraged.
The panel is free but space is limited in the Hamilton room. 
The discussion/livestream begins at 2:30 p.m. 

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, and livestreamed here on cbc.ca/hamilton.

All of CBC Hamilton's election coverage can be found here.