Workers and Sport in Toronto | Jan. 8, 7pm

Tuesday, January 8, 7:00 p.m. Steelworkers’ Hall, 25 Cecil St. Sports have long been a crucial expression of working-class cultures and experiences. Many workers played sports as a leisure activity after a long week on the job, and sports clubs and teams were...

Revisiting the 1981 CUPW Strike for Maternity Leave

Mikhail Bjorge and Kassandra Luciuk [Reposted from ActiveHistory.ca] As co-instructors, we are currently teaching a course on the history of women and work. Our primary concern in this course is to have students think historically about women’s lived experiences under...
Author: robertmurdoch