ABOUT NATHAN
Born and raised in Hamilton, I am the youngest of five siblings who are all proud to call Hamilton home.
I’ve had the pleasure of living in multiple neighbourhoods throughout the city, and am privileged to call Westdale home. I fell in love with Westdale during the five years at McMaster University completing my Honours Bachelor and Master of Arts in Sociology.
My father, a proud member of United Steelworkers Local 1005, worked for Stelco for over 30 years. My mother spent much of her life raising the five of us and later worked as a cook and cleaner at a retirement home in Dundas. They instilled within me a strong work ethic, a passion for justice, and a desire to give back to others.
Since 2012, I have worked at Compass Community Health Centre as a Mentor for youth and a Project Coordinator in the Pathways to Education program. In these roles, I’ve had the privilege of shaping the lives of hundreds of students while also learning from them. I take great pride in directly serving the community on the front lines and playing a role in shaping the next generation.
In addition to my work with the Pathways to Education program, I founded the Environmental Committee to address the growing environmental impact of the health centre. Since its inception, I have served as the chair of the committee and worked with an interdisciplinary team dedicated to reducing our environmental footprint.
In 2018, I began working an additional job as a part-time professor at Mohawk College teaching Sociology and Environmental Sustainability and have been doing so regularly since. I’m a proud member of Local 240.
I’m the most proud of cycling across Canada to raise over $26,000 for the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada.
In my free time, you will find me riding my bicycle or walking through the community. I also love to play board games, attend live music concerts, and go to the theatre.
Core Values
In practice, this means listening to residents’ voices to understand their concerns and priorities. It also means recognizing that good ideas come from a variety of places, including residents, community organizations, city staff, unions, and businesses.
In practice, this means being honest, reliable, and consistent in my efforts to pursue what is in the public’s best interest.
In practice, this means carefully weighing the impact of decisions that need to be made and staying focused on what is best for the community.
In practice, this means examining the short and long-term environmental, social, and financial consequences of any decisions we face. I believe to build a healthy, resilient, and affordable community we need to carefully balance meeting the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
In practice, this means remaining accessible for residents, being consistent, taking ownership and responsibility for actions and outcomes while ensuring transparency throughout the process.