HAMILTON BRANCH

Welcome to Hamilton

Hamilton, Ontario, is located at the head of Lake Ontario, between Niagara Falls and Toronto. According to the 2001 census, Hamilton=s population is 490,268 making it the eighth largest city in Canada. Demonstrating the city's diversity, nearly one-quarter of the metropolitan area population of Hamilton is foreign-born. This makes Hamilton the Canadian city with the third highest proportion of foreign-born citizens after Toronto (44%) and Vancouver (38%).

Hamilton Harbour was discovered by explorer Robert Cavelier De La Salle in 1669. First Nations Peoples who lived in villages scattered around the harbour named it Macassa Bay, meaning "beautiful water". The city was founded in 1816 and named after George Hamilton, a settler. Hamilton's proximity to both natural resources and retail markets, and the accessibility of various modes of transportation, have helped make Hamilton a main industrial centre for Canada. As such, the city has earned nicknames such as Steeltown, Lunch Bucket City and Hammertown. In 2000, Hamilton and five surrounding municipalities, Ancaster, Dundas, Flamborough, Glanbrook and Stoney Creek, merged to form a new amalgamated City of Hamilton. The city is governed by a mayor, Fred Eisenberger, and 15 full-time councillors.

Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at the Scottish Rite Club, located at 4 Queen Street South, Hamilton, ON, L8P 3R3, unless posted otherwise.

For each date, members meet with their professional peers at 5:30 pm, followed by dinner and meeting at 6:00 pm.

DINNER FEES:

$23 for members
$26 for non-members

RSVP to Heather Gronek, QAA
Email: hamilton-secretary@aaa.ca

For more information contact: hamilton-branch@aaa.ca

Click here for the Hamilton Pamphlet

Meeting Schedule:

Click here for the 2009/2010 Schedule

Upcoming Events

CURRENT NEWS

We recently inaugurated the new Greater|Grand Sudbury Branch. The National Executive along with the new Branch executive and invited guests were hosted at Canisius Hall with Dr. Pierre Zundel, President and Vice-Chancellor at Sudbury University, providing a wonderful speech on the value of an administrative assistant. The Branch's new executive gave the Association pledge and we are looking forward to seeing their meeting schedule and other information on the branch pages. Our next Annual General Meeting in early June 2010 will be held in Collingwood Ontario at the Blue Mountain Resort. We are also working towards more university-level courses available for the Qualified Administrative Assistant Program at more facilities across Canada.

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