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A grant to McMaster University’s Let’s Talk Science! partnership supported students from at four Hamilton elementary schools to care for and hatch Atlantic salmon eggs in their classrooms over the winter, and then to re-introduce the fish into the Lake Ontario watershed.  Once a keystone species, these fish were eradicated from the lake in the late 1800s.  This program enables children to learn about the vital role they can play in protecting the environment.

 

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David Davis Memorial Fund

David Davis 1951-2006

David Davis was born in Nova Scotia and educated at Dalhousie and McGill Universities. He came to Hamilton in 1984 as Organist and Choir Master at Christ's Church Cathedral and Artistic Director of the Hamilton Children's Choir. David led this highly acclaimed Choral group for 17 years and then in 2002 took on a different challenge as Music Director of the Canadian Orpheus Male Choir. At the same time he was Organist and Choir Master at St Luke's Anglican Church in Burlington and Artistic Director of the Ars Antiqua Chamber Choir in Burlington.

In addition to his musical abilities David will be remembered with fondness for his eccentricities, his zest for life and his wonderful quirky sense of humor. His youthful enthusiasm was infectious.

David Davis was passionate about promoting the value of music in our lives and encouraging the development of musical talent.
To honour David's memory and to celebrate his life, a Fund with Hamilton Community Foundation has been established by the Canadian Orpheus Male Choir and the Hamilton Children's Choir.

The purpose of the Fund is to help provide access to musical education for individuals in financial need. For example the fund may be used to:

  1. provide a bursary to a talented student in financial need so that he or she may study music at a post secondary level;

  2. assist with the payment of fees associated with a music program, such as the Hamilton Children's Choir, for a young person who requires financial support.

For the Bursary, preference will be given to a student who meets one or more of the following criteria:

A student who is a current or former member or is affiliated with one or more of the following organizations:
i) Hamilton Children's Choir
ii) Canadian Orpheus Male Choir
iii) Christ's Church Cathedral Choir (Hamilton)
iv) St. Luke's Anglican Church Choir (Burlington)
v) Ars Antiqua Chamber Choir (Burlington)