EventsHamilton Networking Social

We’re excited to officially launch OQCC’s first regional hub in Hamilton!

Connect with fellow 2SLGBTQIA+ professionals, business owners, and entrepreneurs, and help shape what the OQCC Hamilton hub will become!

 

What to expect

• Casual, welcoming networking in a relaxed setting
• Complimentary snacks and non-alcoholic beverages
• A featured performance and short talk from a local queer artist
• Time to meet other queer professionals and community members in Hamilton
• Food and drinks will be available for purchase

 

Itinerary 

6:45 PM - 7:15 PM | Registration & Welcome
7:15 - 8:00 PM | Networking & Mingling
8:00 PM | Artist Talk & Performance
8:45 PM – 9:00 PM | Wrap up & Closing Remarks

 

Featured Performer & Speaker

CHIMAERA (aka Matt Sbrissa) is a Hamiltonian born and raised drag performer, designer, and researcher whose work fuses high-fashion spectacle with academic inquiry and advocacy. As a TEDx speaker, Chimaera presented original research examining drag as legitimate labor through an Industrial–Organizational (I-O) psychology lens, reframing drag as skilled, emotionally demanding, and often precarious work within the modern gig economy.

Their talk explores themes of compensation, workplace safety, identity, emotional labor, and the importance of chosen family—challenging narrow definitions of what “work” looks like in creative and queer industries.