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McMaster hosts second annual anti-bullying seminar

Last year, McMaster University in collaboration with Hamilton Police Service presented the largest anti-bullying rally in the world. This year, McMaster will present the second annual Bullying versus Basketball One on One on Monday, Oct. 25 at 10 a.m. at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton. More than 12,000 Grade 6, 7, and 8 students from Hamilton area schools will participate in a live play about bullying and a question and answer session. The sessions will be led by McMaster psychology professor and international bullying expert Tracy Vaillancourt and more than 400 McMaster University and Mohawk College trained student volunteers.

History enthusiasts welcome Viv Nelles to McMaster

Local Hamilton high school history teachers and other local history enthusiasts joined McMaster faculty and senior administrators yesterday to welcome Viv Nelles to McMaster University as the L.R. Wilson Professor in Canadian History. "I'm just adding some extra bubbles to some very good champagne," said Nelles, as he acknowledged McMaster's already strong history department where he plans to develop the L.R. Wilson Centre for Canadian History. He promised that he would be in touch with the teachers and local historians in the near future as ideas for the centre develop.