Toronto Workers' History Project

Workers Make History

Events

10th Anniversary Celebration!

LABOUR’S ANTIQUES ROAD SHOW Do you or your union have old objects from labour’s past kicking around your basement, attic, closet, or union office? They could be labour banners, charters, pictures, books, pamphlets, newspapers, buttons, pins, mugs, T-shirts – anything...

Sisters of ’78

Join John Cartwright for a viewing of Sisters of '78 Event Details “Last month, a dozen of us labour veterans experienced an amazing play about the women who organized at Fleck Manufacturing in 1978 and went on strike, facing off against over 500 OPP officers sent to...

Honouring the Life & Legacy of Patronella Verna Johnston

Honouring Patronella Verna Johnston Elder and mentor to hundreds of Aboriginal youth in Toronto and her home community of Neyaashiinigmiing at Cape Croker, Ontario. Verna was a core volunteer in the building of many Indigenous NGOs in Toronto, including the Native...

Book Club: Where Histories Meet

Zoom Invite The Toronto Workers’ History Project is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Book Club: Where Histories Meet Time: May 6, 2026 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting...

About Us

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.

TWHP-Banner-2022

TWHP Banner: Created by Carole Conde and Karl Beveridge

Toronto Workers' Theatre Group (TWTG)

The Toronto Workers’ Theatre Group is a component of the Toronto Workers’ History Project.

It is dedicated to producing short, original plays on the history of working people in Toronto.

Gathering the Memories – An Oral History Project

TWHP has launched a project to gather the memories of the old-timers in Toronto’s labour movement.

So much of the history of the struggles of the city’s workers is available only in the stories that these women and men can tell.

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