National Day of Mourning, April 28
In 1991 the federal government officially recognized the National Day of Mourning, held annually on April 28, eight years [...]
ROGERS TV 2023 03 10 Interview of Arthur Carkner about the Workers’ History Museum
https://youtu.be/MMKjbYQBX2U Host: Welcome back to the show. I always love introducing things to our viewers on the show, and [...]
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 [...]