Nov 18, 2021 | Oral History Project, Video
Description – Bill Heffernan, a long-time teacher in the Catholic system in the Dufferin-Peel area, discusses his activism in the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association, as the organization transformed itself into a union. He highlights issues in teacher...
Nov 15, 2021 | Oral History Project, Video
Maret Sädem-Thompson was the president of the Federation of Women Teachers’ Associations of Ontario (FWTAO) during the 1997 two-week teachers’ strike. Her wide-ranging interview portrays the women teachers’ union as important to the feminist movement in Canada and...
Nov 15, 2021 | Oral History Project, Video
Judy Rebick, a leading Canadian feminist and founder of rabble.ca, discusses her involvement with the labour movement, particularly the push to put abortion rights on the agenda of the labour movement. Interviewed by Sara Tatelman and Elizabeth...
Oct 28, 2021 | Oral History Project, Video
Joan Westcott was the executive director of the Federation of Women Teachers Associations of Ontario (FWTAO) when the two elementary unions amalgamated. She had held that position since 1987. She was local president of the Waterloo women teachers during the one-day...
Oct 21, 2021 | Oral History Project, Video
Menno Vorster was a Toronto inner-city teacher who rose to become the Toronto Teacher Federation (TTF) president in the mid-1970s. He explains the unique structure of the Toronto local which originally included the Ontario Public School Men Teachers’ Federation...
