Pat McGrath Scholarship Winner 2022
Sarah Kadach from Vernon, BC, is the recipient of the Workers’ History Museum Pat McGrath Scholarship for 2022. She is [...]
Kids reacting to typewriters
Enjoy the reactions of kids looking at old typewriters and trying them out. Hilarious. To all you former secretaries, [...]
Union of Taxation Employees (UTE) Presidents’ Conference
Barb Stewart and Linda McLaren had an exhibit table at the UTE Conference September 22 to 24, [...]
Minnie Bell 2
Devoted followers of the WHM website will recall the "Career of a Canal Tug" feature in our "What's New" [...]
The Career of a Rideau Canal Tug
By Paul Harrison Alva with barge in locks 1905; Workers' History Museum Image Collection PC0112 Among the [...]
What It Was Like Logging in Quebec in the 1940s
Before the age of chainsaws and logging trucks, farmers from Ontario—my father and I included—would travel to a logging [...]
Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of March 25, 1911
The Workers’ History Museum held a storytelling evening on the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New [...]
Lucky Us
We are very pleased to have Sam Derby-Wiman doing his placement term from January to April 2021 working [...]
Meet Our Summer Students from 2020
The Workers’ History Museum was very fortunate to receive funding from Young Canada Works for two students from June [...]
Justice and Dignity for All: Stories from the Struggle for Pay Equity
By Evert Hoogers, retired postal worker and former CUPW National Union Representative. This gripping labour documentary takes 34 minutes [...]