Gathering the Memories – An Oral History Project
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 that these women and men can tell.
Who should be on the list to be interviewed? Anyone who made an important contribution to the struggles of working people in this city. They don’t have to have been president of their union. We want to cast the net widely.
Send us names and contact information, with ages and health condition of these people, along with some information on what they contributed to labour’s cause. We’ll follow up and contact them.
Better yet, please fill out this online form with as much information as you have.
Interviews
Vivian McCaffrey, May 25, 2022
Vivian McCaffrey began her career as the Government Relations staff member for the Ontario...
Maret Sadem-Thompson, Interviewed by Harry & Andy – 2021-11-15
Maret Sädem-Thompson was the president of the Federation of Women Teachers’ Associations of...
Menno Vorster, Interviewed by Harry & Andy – October 21, 2021
Menno Vorster was a Toronto inner-city teacher who rose to become the Toronto Teacher...
Joan Westcott, Interviewed by Andy and Harry – 2021/10/28
Joan Westcott was the executive director of the Federation of Women Teachers Associations of...
Phyllis Benedict (ETFO), Interviewed by Harry & Andy
This interview follows Lennox’s career as a teachers’ union leader. As a classroom teacher,...
Earl Manners
If there was one teachers’ union president who created controversy during the 1997 two- week...
Eileen Lennon, Interview Part #1 – 2021-06-30
Eileen Lennon was the president of the Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF) during the...