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The Workers Arts and Heritage Centre
is pleased to announce
the launch of the
An on-line website
honouring exceptional
people from the struggle for
workers' rights and social
justice in Canada.
Who is Included?
People from any part of the country who are 65 or older, alive or deceased, and who have
made exceptional lifetime contributions to the betterment of working-class life, for example, in
union work, politics, social movements, culture, or other activism.
Examples include:
- Milton Acorn, workers' poet
- Helen Armstrong, Winnipeg labour activist
- Frank Collontonio, union organizer
among Italian immigrants
- Ginger Goodwin, BC labour leader
- Stanley Grizzle, leader of African-Canadian
sleeping-car porters
- Grace Hartman, public-sector union leader
and feminist
- Leonard Hutchison, artist inspired by workers
and their struggles
- J.B. McLachlan, Nova Scotia miners' leader
- Madeleine Parent, Quebec labour leader
- Jean-Claude Parrot, postal workers' leader
- Harry Rankin, labour lawyer and
Winnipeg city councillor
- Saverio Vardaro, injured workers activist
- Bob White, auto-workers' leader
and CLC president
Who will decide?
A panel of labour activists and academics will review nominations and recommend who is to
be included. The first honourees will be announced in fall 2011.
Nomination Form
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Main Gallery:
The Spirit of Our Movement
[read more]
Entrance:
Custom House History & The Hall of Hamilton Labour
[view photos]
In our West Gallery:
Punching the Clock: Working in Canadian Factories from the 1840s to the 1980s
[view photos]
In our East Gallery:
Gateway to the Workers City & Made in Hamilton Industrial Trail
[view photos]
In our Second Floor Gallery:
Nine to Five: A History of Office Work
[view photos]
In our Community Gallery:
Immigrant Culture and Art Association (ICAA)
Students’ Exhibition
[read more]
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