Gilberto Fernandes
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New article “Part of the Solution? Indigenous Apprentices and the Unionized Building Trades” in Labour / Le Travail
My third article to come out of my research project Laborem Ex Machina: A History of Construction Machinery and Operating Engineers in Canada was published in the Spring issue of Labour / Le Travail. Find it here: “Part of the Solution? Indigenous Apprentices and the Unionized Building Trades: The Way of the International Union of Operating…
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Launching the Laborem Ex Machina podcast series
The Laborem Ex Machina podcast series explores the fascinating technological, business, labour, military, cultural, gender, racial, children and youth, and environmental history of modern construction machines and their operating engineers in Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This 8-episode series has a digital companion with photos, artwork, videos, interactive maps, infographics, historical records, and…
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We Are What We Eat: A Review of “The Human Cost of Food” Digital Exhibition
I was asked to write a review of the digital exhibition The Human Cost of Food, curated by Ed Dunsworth and a team of undergraduate and graduate students at McGill University. This is a great example of public/active history about Canada’s temporary migrant worker program, its built-in cruelty, and the lives of those most affected…
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Comemorações do 25 de Abril em Montreal
Tive a imensa honra e prazer de participar nas comemorações dos 50 anos do 25 de Abril junto da comunidade portuguesa de Montreal, pela qual fui convidado a dar palestras e entrevistas aos meios de comunicação comunitários. Agradeço a forma calorosa e atenção de todas as pessoas que me acolheram e com quem interagi, principalmente…
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Remembering Hogg’s Hollow
To remember and reflect on the Hogg’s Hollow tragedy of March 17, 1960, and its important legacy in the ongoing struggle for occupational health and safety, in Toronto’s Italian community, and in the overall building trades union movement in Ontario, the Toronto Workers’ History Project invited me and three other remarkable speakers to offer our…
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Artigo sobre “Movimento Perpétuo” em Jornal das Comunidades
A plataforma online Jornal das Comunidades publicou um artigo sobre o projeto Movimento Perpétuo: The Portuguese Diaspora in Canada, da autoria da jornalista Andreia Saraiva, para o qual fui entrevistado. O artigo está disponível aqui.
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New position at York University
This month, April 2024, I have started a new position at York University’s Department of History, as the Research Lead for the Portuguese Canadian History Project. In this role, I will continue my academic research and public history work dedicated to Portuguese diaspora studies in Canada and around the world. Besides producing new research publications,…
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New article “As Ceaseless as the Sea: How Modern Construction Machines Disrupted Canadian Senses and Sensibilities, 1870s–1940s” in Technology and Culture
My second article to come out of my research project Laborem Ex Machina: The History of Operating Engineers and Heavy Machinery in Canada’s Construction Industry was published in the January issue of Technology and Culture, the flagship journal in the field of history of technology. Find it here: “As Ceaseless as the Sea: How Modern…
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