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Gandhi Peace Festival 2010

Written by  Rob Porter
Gandhi Peace Festival 2010

Coming up on Saturday October 2, 2010 is the 18th annual Gandhi Peace Festival in Hamilton, Ontario. This year's theme is "The Power of Nonviolence", and the guest speaker is Dr. Yaser M. Haddara.

As always, the festival is free (including lunch!), includes a fair of social justice and peace organizations, and a peace walk through downtown Hamilton.

Also happening around the time are two festival-sponsored events:

"The Fictional Basis of the War on Terror Wednesday" (speaker: Dr. Graeme MacQueen) September 29, 2010 7:00­-9:00pm McMaster Health Sciences Centre, Room HSC‐1A6

and

"Saving Green Spaces"A Workshop Moderated by Dr. Graeme MacQueen (with other particpants to be announced) Wednesday, October 6, 2010: 7:00-­9:00pm McMaster Health Sciences Centre, Room HSC‐1A3

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Rob Porter

Rob Porter

Rob joined Canadian Centres for Teaching Peace in 2002, after attending the first Annual Conference on Peace Education in Canada when he started his second university undergraduate degree.

Originally from a farm near Walkerton, Ontario, Rob resides in Hamilton, Ontario where he attended McMaster University for music, theatre & film studies, and peace studies.

Rob has assisted with the Annual Conferences on Peace Education in Canada over the years, first as a volunteer student and later as the facilitator and coordinator. He is now the director of the first community Peace Café, Hamilton Centre for Teaching Peace.

Rob also is a professional web programmer and designer, having designed and programmed dozens of sites since 1997. More recently he has incorporated a business partnership called CartaNova.

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