Nov 4, 2022 | Events & Presentations
Courage, Advocacy, Belonging & Grassroot Activism TWHP proudly presents Wanda MacNevin to speak about her new book, By Us! For Us! (With help from Sharon Simpson and Bill Worrell) By Us! For Us! counters the mainstream narrative about the community of Jane-Finch...
Sep 23, 2022 | Events & Presentations
For 40 years, Our Times has been the heartbeat of the Canadian labour movement, publishing workers’ stories and celebrating the movement’s victories, while challenging us to think about doing things in different ways.Lorraine Endicott worked at Our Times for 38 years,...
Oct 13, 2021 | Theatre Group
ARE YOU:• a social justice activist?• a labour/union supporter?• a lover of community theatre? and• Indigenous, Black, or a Person of Colour? Then the Toronto Workers’ Theatre Group WANTS YOU!!! It’s been a long wait to get back on the boards and the theatre group of...
Oct 5, 2021 | Events & Presentations
Tuesday 12 October 7 pm on ZOOM A new federally sponsored child-care program is unfolding across Canada. This initiative didn’t fall from the sky – it’s the result of decades of agitation by child-care activists in Toronto and the rest of the country. We are bringing...
Jun 4, 2021 | Events & Presentations
This presentation features the stories of Black women teachers in 20th century Ontario. Considering that labour and employment were important markers in Black women’s lives, this presentation will rethink access to employment and uncover the ways Black women teachers...
May 31, 2021 | Events & Presentations
It was a year-long strike and a bitter strike at the prestigious Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto. Many of the workers were immigrants, people of colour and mostly, they were women. Join us for this fascinating presentation as race, gender and class play...
May 23, 2021 | Events & Presentations
Gathering the Memories – An Oral History of Toronto Labour The TWHP is launching a new 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...
May 5, 2021 | Events & Presentations
The Second People’s Summit of the Americas took place from 17-21 April, 2001 in Quebec City. Activists from all over Canada – and the world (60,000 or more) went to Quebec City and voiced their opposition to the “Summit of the Americas”. Toronto was...
