Keeping Up With Your Local News Part 2!
By Chenchen Xu, OPIRG McMaster
Don’t want to read your local news online? No Worries! The OPIRG Resource Centre in MUSC 229 offers a variety of printed copies of Hamilton newspapers including:
- Anvil
- North End Breezes
- The Point
- Sherman Hub News
Now for the second part of the blog segment! (read part one here)Here are some more featured papers for this week:
Urbanicity
Urbanicity is a local magazine that publishes monthly and is available at the following locations throughout the Hamilton & Burlington area including the McMaster Library. It covers a wide variety of topics including personal experiences and stories from local residents in Hamilton. Urbanicity also brings up issues in the Hamilton community such as human right, mental health, women’s rights, etc.Current Issue explored topics including:
- “Can We Afford not to Have Traffic?”
- “Trans Rights are Human Rights – and a Women’s Issue”
- “Cycling Master Plan Needs More Teeth”
For more information on the newspaper or to read current issues, please visit: http://urbanicity.ca/
Unpack Magazine
Unpack Magazine is published by the Immigrants Working Centre in Hamilton. This magazine is dedicated to sharing the stories and experiences of local immigrants and refugees in Hamilton. Unpack Magazine hopes that by “unpacking” the stories and justice issues that immigrants face, we can have a better idea of what is needed to make Hamilton a better and more welcoming city.Current featured topics including:
- “Hamilton: get ready to meet a new cohort of welders”
- “[Dis]placment in Hamilton: Tools for Tenant Rights”
- “Immigrant Spotlight: Q & A with Artur Gnandt”
For more information on the newspaper or to read current issues, please visit:http://iwchamilton.ca/unpack/
The Anvil
The Anvil is a volunteer-run, quarterly newspaper. This newspaper explores popular issues in Hamilton and hopes to increase the diversity of voices taking part in discussion around the city.Current Issue explored topics including:
- “What Will The Arts Bring?”
- “To Fight Gentrification, We Need a Fighting Tenants’ Movement”
- “Community Food Centres and the Right to Food”
For more information on the newspaper or to read current issues, please visit:https://hamiltonanvil.wordpress.com/