Theme: Momentum

Hamilton is on a surge on revitalization and renewal, the momentum is gathering and local speakers will be sharing the impact they are having in the city and beyond.

95 King St East
Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 1A9
Canada

Erin Dunham

Erin Dunham believes that great cities can be viewed through the vibrancy of their culinary scene. As the CEO of The Other Bird, Erin is one half of the creative team behind a group of Hamilton restaurants designed to enthral diners who seek interesting food experiences. This has resulted at a young age to be co-founder of six restaurants, the latest being crowdfunded, raising $100,000 in less than a month. She was recently named young entrepreneur of the year by the city’s chamber of commerce. Her passion does not end at food and love of city but, more frivolously, she does enjoy an old red wine and a freshly cut cigar.

Madeline Wilson

Madeline Wilson was born into the music industry which provided her with the chance to watch closely how her idols, the likes of Denise Donlon and Bernie Finklestein, orchestrate and develop the business of music in this country. She was introduced to Alanis Morissette when she was just 8 years old and witnessed the development of great songs right in her kitchen. Over the course of 15 years Madeline has gone from selling merchandise on the road to establishing a successful entertainment company, Front Room Entertainment, which specializes in artist management, special event production, and concert promotion. Madeline will soon be launching Revival, a project that aims put the health of the Hamilton music community on centre stage.

Poe Liberado

Poe Liberado likes to consider themselves the gooey middle of a social justice hard candy. Hir style is a unique combination that keeps audiences gliued to hir message and performance. Hir work as an anti-racist activist, community organizer, and artist is based on a practice of working hard and laughing harder. Poe’s award-winning performances and community organizing has taken hir on a performance and lecture tour across Western Europe, and has blossomed into community-based organizations from Chandigarh, India to Hamilton, Ontario. Poe is a Part-Time Professor at Mohawk College in Human Service Foundations, Equity Consultant, and Chair of Space Between: Troubling Narratives of Belonging, a community-based organization in Hamilton committed to developing community-led, sustainable solutions to social justice issues faced by LGBTQ-identified people. www.space-between.ca.

Rochelle Martin

Rochelle Martin is a Registered Nurse with specialty certification in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. She holds a Master of Divinity degree from the University of Toronto, and has experience in emergency and acute psychiatry, palliative care, and spiritual care. Certified as a Death Midwife and Home Funeral-Care Guide, Rochelle teaches individuals, families, and professional and community groups, about death-related care. In her work as a crisis-care RN, she supports families immediately following the sudden death of a loved one in ER.

Sarah Kupferschmidt

Sarah Kupferschmidt is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) who knows the fear that can strike a parent when their child goes missing. She has worked with hundreds of children and youth with autism and their families across Ontario. Clinically supervising and training staff on how to implement treatment strategies based on Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Sarah is a Part-Time Professor at Mohawk College and McMaster University in the ABA certificate in Social Sciences. She is Co-Founder of Special Appucations, a company that develops innovative solutions for children with autism and his/her family that are based on ABA. Her mission is to empower parents and educators who work with children with special needs with skills that will improve his/her quality of life.