Gilberto Fernandes

  • Basta! A Success.

    Photos by William Paul. More photos here. The play “Basta! No More Fear! Remembering the Hoggs Hollow Disaster of 1960,” which I co-wrote with the distinguished labour historians Craig Heron and Franca Iacovetta, directed by Aida Jordao, and performed by the Toronto Workers’ Theatre Group (TWTG) was a great success! Part of this year’s Mayworks…

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  • Opening night for Basta! No More Fear!

    Great opening night for Basta! No More Fear! yesterday. The Toronto Workers’ Theatre Group did a wonderful job bringing to life this tragic story about a largely forgotten milestone episode in our city’s history. All shows are “sold out” – tickets are free – but come anyways if you don’t have a ticket and we…

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  • RTP interview on impact of Trump’s policies on Canadian universities

    I gave an interview to RTP’s correspondent Cândida Pinto on the impact of Donald Trump’s policies on Canadian universities’ student enrollement, faculty hiring, and cross-border research. You can watch it here: https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/mundo/canada-vai-a-votos-num-clima-de-alta-tensao-com-os-eua_v1650741

  • Wrote a play! BASTA! NO MORE FEAR!

    I co-wrote a play with my friends and fellow historians, Craig Heron and Franca Iacovetta, about the Hoggs Hollow tragedy of 1960, and the subsequent uprise of Italian construction workers in Toronto. The play, titled “BASTA! NO MORE FEAR!,” directed by Aida Jordão, will be performed by the Toronto Workers’ Theatre Group (part of the…

  • Museum of Toronto’s Black Diasporas’ Community Archiving Panel

    I will be one of the panelists at the Museum of Toronto’s “A Place for Community Archiving Panel,” together with June Chow and Dr. Cheryl Thompson. The event is happening on January 30, starting at 6pm, at 401 Richmond St. West, and is part of the Black Diasporas Tkaronto-Toronto exhibition program. Admission is free. See here for…

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  • Q&A after screening of the film “Salgueiro Maia: The Implicated”

    Last night, I was invited by the Consul-General of Portugal, Ana Luisa Riquito, to offer a Q&A session following the screening of Sérgio Graciano’s film Salgueiro Maia: The Implicated at Toronto’s Spadina Theatre, part of this year’s European Union Film Festival. It was a pleasure to share insights and some of my own family history…

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  • Convidado no podcast da RDPi “Apanhados na Rede”

    Tive o prazer de conversar com a jornalista da RDP Internacional Ana Jordão que me convidou a participar no seu podcast Apanhado na Rede, onde tive a oportunidade de falar sobre o Projeto de História Luso Canadiana, o Movimento Perpétuo e outras iniciativas de história pública. Pode ouvir o episódio aqui: https://www.rtp.pt/play/p6466/e809623/apanhados-na-rede Obrigado Ana pelo…

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  • Seeking young male actors to play Italian immigrant construction workers

    I am co-writing a play with Craig Heron and Franca Iacovetta about the Hogg’s Hollow tragedy of 1960, called Basta! No More Fear, which is being produced by the Toronto Workers History Project’s theatre group. We are currently seeking young male actors to play Italian immigrant construction workers. See flyer below for more.