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...
Oct 15, 2021 | Oral History Project, Video
Aug 20, 2021 | Oral History Project, Video
This interview follows Phyllis Benedict’s (Lennox) career as a teachers’ union leader. As a classroom teacher, she was a member of the Federation of Women Teachers’ Associations of Ontario (FWTAO). She became a voluntary member of the Ontario Public School...
Jul 22, 2021 | Oral History Project, Video
If there was one teachers’ union president who created controversy during the 1997 two- week strike against the Mike Harris government, it was Earl Manners, president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF). Manners’ career path began as an early...
Jul 8, 2021 | Oral History Project, Video
British-born John Humphrey was an activist in the United Steelworkers, and was president of the large local at Ontario Store Fixtures, which grew to 1,500 members before the company shut down with two hours’ notice in 2003. In this interview, he focuses on his work in...
