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Lesson plan now available in English and French
First Economies | Les premières économies
Produced by the Labour History Curriculum Project, this lesson plan accompanies the Working People two-minute film that powerfully places in context the significant role that BC First Nations played in the establishment and prosperity of British Columbia. The film and lesson plan are suitable for Grades 9 and higher. The lesson plan is available in both English and French.
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Early Themes Emerging in COVID Chronicles Project
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Our COVID Chronicles Project continues to record and preserve a record of how BC workers and unions responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to recorded video interviews, we have also collected individual responses to an online survey. We have invited unions to send us items for an artifact archive. We have received branded face masks, union publications and some signage. We have also been digitally collecting news articles specific to unions and workers throughout the pandemic.
Some early themes of fear, anxiety, stress as well as resilience and innovation have emerged. Below are some of the stories we have collected from BC's labour leaders. This project has received a financial contribution from WorkSafeBC. It is scheduled to conclude December 31, 2020.
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Book Launch Planned
Gary Steeves, former staffer with the BC Government and Service Employees' Union, was on the frontlines in 1983 when workers at the Tranquille institution in Kamloops occupied their workplace to protect both their jobs and the vulnerable citizens with whom they worked.
"Tranquility Lost" can be purchased online through Harbour Publishing. Details on the BCGEU's book launch event are below.
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Tranquility Lost
Virtual Book Launch Hosted by the BCGEU
Wednesday, October 28, 2 pm
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Recent Great Non-Fiction Reads for Lefties
recommended by Ken Novakowski
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Finally a book on the Climate Crisis that doesn’t just focus on the doom if we don’t do something. Klein provides us with a clear roadmap of how to tackle the huge challenges before us and he effectively invokes the experience of Canada in prosecuting the war against Nazi Germany to do so. In that instance, we proved capable of making a contribution that far exceeded what anyone might have expected from a country our size. He argues convincingly that if could do it then, we can do it again; this time to do our part in taking on the climate emergency facing the entire globe. A very timely, well-researched and well-written book.
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Most of us know about Rosie the Riveter and the great work women did in the war industries during the Second World War. But I had never heard of the significant role of Canadian housewives until I read this book. A great story on the power of women when they organize. Guard, an associate professor of labour studies at the University of Manitoba tells the fascinating story of how Canadian housewives organized under the banner of the Housewives Consumer Association prior to, during and following the Second World War. Their extensive networks, effective lobbying of federal politicians and support from a wide swath of the public helped them win many battles to keep basic foodstuffs like milk, bread and butter affordable by all Canadians.
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