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 [...]
John Taylor (1939 – 2020)
A friend of the Workers’ History Museum recently passed away after a brief illness. He was a Professor Emeritus [...]
Travel Encounters
A SUGAR WORKER'S CEMETERY IN FAR-OFF KAUAI by Paul Harrison, WHM Photographer and Image Archivist In my travels, camera in [...]
2019 Pat McGrath Scholarship recipient
The Workers’ History Museum is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2019 Pat McGrath Scholarship. She is Katharine Clark [...]
CLIFF 2019
Friday, November 22, 2019, 7 PM – 9 PM PSAC HQ ,233 Gilmour Street, Ottawa, CLiFF issues important to working people [...]