Gilberto Fernandes

Gilberto Fernandes

  • New article “Reshaping the Ways of Commerce and Civilization” in the Journal of History

    My first 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 December issue of Journal of History. Find it here: “Reshaping the Ways of Commerce and Civilization: Modern Construction Machines and the Building of Canada’s Mobility Infrastructure, 1860s–1920s,” Journal of History 58: 2–3 (December…

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  • President Rebelo de Sousa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Mayor Olivia Chow unveil Movimento Perpétuo exhibition

    It was a great honour to meet the President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, the Mayor of Toronto Olivia Chow, and the many other dignitaries who visited my Movimento Perpétuo exhibition. It was a memorable day. One of the most delightful outcomes was to be able to…

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  • Movimento Perpétuo exhibition at Metro Hall, Sep. 11 to 22

    My public history and art exhibition Movimento Perpétuo: The Portuguese Diaspora in Canada is at the Toronto Metro Hall from September 11 to 22. It consists of 12 thematic panels; 6 display cases with multiples artifacts crowdsourced from community partners; 3 television sets screening films and archival footage; multiple QR-activated digital content; and artwork from…

  • Lusophone Studies Association visit to PCHP archives

    On June 30, during the Lusophone Studies Association’s international conference held at York University, a group of attendees visited the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections at Scott Library, where they learned about the Portuguese Canadian History Project and looked at a sample of its collections.

  • Movimento Perpétuo website launch and reception

    The Movimento Perpétuo: The Portuguese Diaspora in Canada website was launched online on June 1st. This is an initiative of the Embassy of Portugal in Canada, in partnership with the Camões Institute and the Labourers International Union of North America Local 793, to commemorate the 70th anniversaries of Portugal-Canada diplomatic relations (1952-2022) and the beginning…

  • IUOE Local 793’s Heritage Plaque unveiled

    I had the honour of submitting the application for a Heritage Toronto plaque commemorating the history of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 793, which was unveilled on November 4. The plaque is located on the Southeast intersection of Church and Shuter streets, where the Elliot House Hotel was once located and eleven steam…

  • Collaboration with Vhils in mural honouring Cleaners’ Action

    The internationally renowned street artist Vhils (Alexandre Farto) has created a mural in Toronto’s Little Portugal neighbourhood – on 1628 Dundas St. West (just west of Brock Ave.) – honouring Portuguese “cleaning ladies” and their labour activism through the Cleaners’ Action movement in the 1970s-80s. The Embassy of Portugal in Canada, the Little Portugal BIA,…

  • Webinar at the Center for Portuguese Studies, UMass Dartmouth

    The Center for Portuguese Studies | Tagus Press, and the Ferreira Mendes Portuguese-American Achives at UMass Dartmouth invited me to deliver a webinar on June 10. My lecture will be titled “Breaking the News: Portuguese Lusotropicalist Public Relations and Lobbying in the United States, 1961-4,” and will count with the special participation of Prof. Glória de Sá. Here…

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