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Season IV: Episode XVI: August 6th, 2011

Thank you for more than two years of talk and thought about Hamilton's politics, economy, and community, and our city's relationship with the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Scott and Norman will host their final episode of The Forum this Saturday, August 6th at 11am. They've enjoyed listening to the stories and ideas of guests from all walks of life, and we hope you've enjoyed listening, too. Tune in for some of the hosts' favourite interviews and their farewell.

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Season IV: Episode XII: June 4th, 2011

In spite of more than a decade of efforts, hunger around the world is on the rise. From June 11th to 14th, McMaster University will host a conference on food security, hunger, and health with Dr. Swaminathan, the former Indian minister of agriculture who helped lift millions of people out of hunger. Dr. Rama Singh tells us about the conference. Then our panel discusses gender and justice: should parents keep their children's genders a secret, and should chain gangs line Ontario's highways? But first, blaming the victim: after a Toronto cop warned women fearing sexual violence not to dress "like sluts," outraged people across the world are reclaiming the word "slut." We speak with two planners who are organizing SlutWalk Hamilton.

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Heritage Guests

OHS – Rob Leverty, Executive Director
Ancaster – Jim Green
Dundas – Stan Nowak, President
HHB – Bill Manson, Chair
Mountain – Robert Bernhardt
Head-of-the-Lake – Margaret Houghton, President
MacNab – January Will, President
HWHA – Susan Ramsay, President
Stoney Creek – Bill Mitchell, President
Waterdown – Don Woods

Panellists

Economy Policy Community Special
Dan Cumerlato Simon Geoghegan Jay Adams Jan. 29th Poverty Policy
TBA (Vacant) Julia Kollek Jessica Brennan Mar. 5th Myths & Rep.
Peter Ormond Judy Marsales Hussein Hamdani April 2nd TBA

Highlights from Previous shows

Professor Atif Kubursi
Department of Economics, McMaster University

"Bread in Egypt is called life...these people feel that they've been denied political voice; they've been denied opportunities; they've been denied even bread! And in many respects, these people have come to say 'enough is enough, we want bread with dignity, we want participation, we want an openness of the system – the dictator must go.' And they voted with their lives, and their childrens' lives"

Fred Eisenberger
Former mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

"I said right from the very beginning that it should not have been all about the Tiger Cats. There was more to this – for the City – than just the football team. I understand the emotion and share the emotion in terms of the longevity of the team. I think in real terms that they're not an economic engine for the City of Hamilton by any stretch, but they are an emotional tie that can't be and shouldn't be denied...but it has to be a two-way street."

Elizabeth May
Leader, Green Party of Canada

"I thought it was fascinating that at a time when the people of Afghanistan are actually in a situation where their local security issues are of immediate concern…there had been the time and the interest [by the Pentagon] to devote resources to figuring out what the mineral resources are in the country."