Gilberto Fernandes

  • PCHP & CTASC: 15th anniversary reception at Scott Library

    Yesterday evening, I had the honour of hosting the Secretary of State for Portuguese Communities, José Cesário, the Ambassador of Portugal to Canada, António Leão Rocha, and the Consul-General of Portugal in Toronto, Ana Luísa Riquito, along with about forty other friends and partners at a reception held at Scott Library on York University’s Keele…

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  • Laborem Ex Machina featured in ActiveHistory.ca

    Edward Dunsworth interviewed me about my Laborem Ex Machina project and the relationship between my academic and public history work. You can read the interview here.

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  • Movimento Perpétuo nominated for Heritage Toronto award

    The Movimento Perpétuo: The Portuguese Diaspora in Canada exhibition and website is one of the nominees for this year’s Heritage Toronto Public History Awards. It’s a real honour to be among such a great roster of nominees. I encourage everyone to check out the featured projects here. Congratulations to all my fellow nominees and a special…

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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…