What’s Happening
CLIFF 2019
Friday, November 22, 2019, 7 PM – 9 PM PSAC HQ ,233 Gilmour Street, Ottawa, CLiFF issues important to working people from Canada and around the world.
Exciting News!
Two exciting announcements were made at the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity's annual gala in Toronto on May 17th Two exciting announcements were made at the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity's annual gala in Toronto on May 17th. They announced that they would open the world's [...]
Galer Book Review
Written for an academic audience, Dustin Galer’s Working Towards Equity: Disability Rights and Employment in Late Twentieth-Century Canada Book Review: Working Towards Equity: Disability Rights and Employment in Late Twentieth-Century Canada --- by Kathleen Ogilvie, volunteer with Workers’ History Museum Written for an academic audience, Dustin Galer’s Working Towards Equity: [...]
Mayworks Ottawa Event
Mayworks is a festival of working class culture that is rooted in an understanding that workers share a common struggle Mayworks is a festival of working class culture that is rooted in an understanding that workers share a common struggle for justice and the arts are an important means of [...]
Images of the Month
The WHM image archivist has been assembling a collection of images not available elsewhere to become a unique record of the lives and workplaces of workers. While yet to be officially launched, we are featuring here a Gallery of some of the more interesting ones, and the stories behind them. [...]
2018 Pat McGrath Scholarship Recipient
Melissa Sinfield is attending Saint Paul University in Ottawa working on her Masters in Conflict Studies. She has her Bachelor of Social Science, Honours in International Development and Globalization from the University of Ottawa. Melissa Sinfield is attending Saint Paul University in Ottawa working on her Masters in Conflict Studies. [...]
The Eddy Papermill Collection
Historians and other researchers are invited to apply to the Workers' History Museum to gain access to a unique visual documentary collection recording in detail the former E B Eddy / Domtar Pulp and Paper Mill complex in Ottawa, Canada. While Ottawa is popularly perceived as a government town, it [...]
Trivia Night!
Think you know it all? Prove it!!! Monday, October 29, 2018, 7:00 PM Colonnade Restaurant (Corner of Metcalfe & Gilmour Streets), Ottawa $10 per person /4-6 players per team Reserve your table: call Barb at 613-837-8743 or email treasurer@workershistorymuseum.ca
Doors Open Ottawa June 2 and 3, 2018
The Workers’ History Museum and the Public Service Alliance of Canada National Capital Regional office hosted Doors Open at the PSAC Headquarters building at 233 Gilmour Street in Ottawa with over 260 visitors coming in to check out the building’s architecture. The volunteers were kept busy talking about the PSAC [...]
Public Service Alliance of Canada Wall Exhibit
Check out our latest permanent wall exhibit located at 233 Gilmour Street in Ottawa. This was a collaboration with the PSAC, Chapter One Studio for the design and the Workers’ History Museum. The exhibit is made up of 100 photos showing a variety of the jobs carried out over the [...]
You Can’t Do That on Television!
Notable for its sketch comedy, and the career launching of many young Canadian artists, the theme of the popular 80's Ottawa TV show called "You Can't Do That on Television" is a featured track on our National Press and Allied Workers' Jazz Band CD. The band was brought to the [...]
Comic Book Launch: The Wong Brothers Make Their Mark
Come join the Workers' History Museum and partners as we celebrate the launch of our newest project, Capital History Comics, The Wong Brothers Make Their Mark, a comic book highlighting an Ottawa history story. Meet the illustrator and descendants of the Wong brothers, learn more about the project and purchase your own copy [...]