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Preserving and Promoting the History of Toronto’s Working People
The Toronto Workers History Project (TWHP) is a large group of workers, unionists, professors, students, artists, teachers, librarians, educators, researchers, community activists, and retirees dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the history of working people in Toronto.
We are committed to bringing to light the experiences of working people and their contributions as individuals and collectively to the building of this city, in the home, in the paid workplace, and in the community.
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Oral History Project
Gindin, Sam
Interviewed by Jenny Carson and Duncan MacDonald, 17 April 2025 Sam grew up in the north end of Winnipeg, where socialism was still strong (00:49). He gives us an analysis of the history of the UAW becoming the CAW and its unique aspects (7:15). Sam reflects on the...
Toronto Workers' Theatre Group
BASTA! NO MORE FEAR! Remembering the Hoggs Hollow Disaster of 1960
A play about the deaths of five Italian immigrant construction labourers at Hoggs Hollow in Toronto and the impact of the tragedy About this event The Toronto Workers' Theatre Group presents an original play about the tragic deaths of five Italian immigrant labourers...
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