Gilberto Fernandes
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Heritage Walk online companion and new PCHP website content
I have put together an online companion for the Heritage Toronto Walking Tour “Portuguese Toronto”, taking place on June 7 (see here for more). Participants will able to access the PCHP website through their mobile devices to look at photos related to the locations and themes discussed at each stop. There is also a summary…
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PCHP & Heritage Toronto walking tour, June 7
On June 7, starting at 10am, I’ll be leading a Heritage Toronto walking tour, together with my PCHP colleagues, dedicated to the history of Portuguese immigrants in the city. START POINT: Bellevue Square Park, 5 Bellevue Ave. Meet in NE corner of park, near Augusta Ave and Denison Sq FINISH POINT: Trinity Bellwoods Park, corner…
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Article in Living Toronto journal: “Portuguese Politics in the City”
My article on the online journal Living Toronto came out today. Check it out: “Portuguese Politics in the City: Toronto’s invisible cities and political participation”
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Chapter in edited volume “Identity Palimpsests” out this month
The book Identity Palimpsests: Archiving Ethnicity in the U.S. and Canada, edited by Dominique Daniel and Amalia Levi, was published this month by Litwin Press. This edited volume contains a chapter written by myself and the rest of the PCHP team (Raphael Costa, Emanuel da Silva, Susana Miranda, Anna St. Onge), titled “Archiving ‘From Below’:…
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Artigos no Post-Milénio e Correio da Manhã – Canadá
Aqui estão os artigos no Post-Milénio e Correio da Manhã – Canadá sobre a minha apresentação no escritório do deputado Jonah Schein sobre a história política dos emigrantes portugueses em Toronto: cmc_04mar_4
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Kicking the Sky
A pretty awesome endorsement from Anthony de Sa for our work at the Portuguese Canadian History Project.
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Thank you Jonah Schein!
Thank you to Jonah Schein and his team for inviting me to share my research on the history of Portuguese politics in Toronto with folks in his riding, and to all those who came out on that terribly cold evening. Also great to hear Dave Meslin’s wonderful ideas on how we can break the “fourth…
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2014 History Matters series is here!
The History Matters lecture series is back for its 4th season, this time dedicated to the theme of “Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: Past and Present.” The History Matters series is a collaboration between the Toronto Public Library (TPL), ActiveHistory.ca, a member of York University’s Graduate History Program (myself), and starting this year Heritage Toronto. The…
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