Remembering Workers’ Struggles in Toronto
Join the Toronto Workers’ History Project for an interactive day of presentations and discussion about important workers’ struggles in Toronto featuring BTL authors!_
Co-sponsored by: Toronto Workers’ History Project Canadian Committee on Labour History Steelworkers Toronto Area Council
10:00am-12:00pm Walking Tours Craig Heron and David Kidd (starting outside Steelworkers’ Hall)
12:00-1:00 Workers’ History of Cecil St John Humphrey and Andy King (Steelworkers’ Toronto Area Council)
1:00-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:00 Black Activism Matters: 5 Films Akua Benjamin (Ryerson University)
2:00-4:00 Popular Struggles Ester Reiter – Women in the Jewish Left Tim McCaskell – Class in Toronto’s LGBT Struggles Gaétan Héroux – History of Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
4:00-4:15 Cash Bar opens
4:15-5:30 Workers’ Theatre The Eatons’ Strike
5:30-6:00 Cash Bar
Registration Fee: Employed $20 Students/Unemployed $10