Who’s Involved

The Tackling Poverty in Hamilton initiative is built on bringing people from many different walks of life together to address Hamilton’s most pressing problem.

Hamilton has committed to a collaborative approach because no one sector has the solutions; no one group can tackle poverty alone.

Hamilton has also linked with the national Vibrant Communities initiative (includes Toronto, Niagara Region, Waterloo Region, Halifax, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Victoria and Winnipeg) to tap into a wealth of expertise and experience.

Funding to support the planning phase has been provided by Hamilton Community Foundation and the City of Hamilton, along with three donations from private sector members of the roundtable: Dofasco, Pictorvision and Turkstra Lumber. In kind resources have also been donated by the Social Planning and Research Council, Wesley Urban Ministries, City of Hamilton and Hamilton Community Foundation.

Poverty Roundtable Members

Susan Barberstock	Bishop Michael Bird	Ed Bradica
Darlene Burkett	Laura Cattari	Mark Chamberlain
Jim Commerford	Terry Cooke	Denise Doyle
Howard Elliott	Shamso Elmi	Mara Fortino
Eric Girt	Sarah Glen	Matt Goodman
Ashley Greenwood	Peter Hutton	Frances Jewell
Paul Johnson	Ashok Kumar	Sandy Leyland
Len Lifchus	Chris Mackie	John Malloy
Angela Mazza-Whelan	Brian McHattie	Bill Medeiros
Cynthia Meyer	Alex Moroz	Erika Morton
Evelyn Myrie	Jeff Neven	Frank Passaro
Daniel Peace	Deirdre Pike	Joe-Anne Priel
Pat Reid	Ines Rios	Leila Ryan
Ursula Samuels	John Schalkwyk	Dyanne Semogas
		Wanda St. Francois
		Judy Travis
Neil Turner	Hugh Tye	Jim Vanderveken
	Gary Warner	Liz Weaver
Jeff Wingard	Mia Wilkinson	Kathy Wolsey

Steering Committee Members

Mark Chamberlain, Past Chair
Howard Elliott, Chair
Tom Cooper
Laura Cattari
Terry Cooke
Matt Goodman
Sarah Glen
Peter Hutton
Paul Johnson
Chris Mackie
Brian McHattie
Deirdre Pike
Joe-Anne Priel
Ines Rios
Leila Ryan
Judy Travis
Gary Warner

Staff

Tom Cooper, Director
Jennifer Chivers, Administrative Coordinator