Gilberto Fernandes

  • 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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  • Interview for Witness to Yesterday podcast

    My interview for The Champlain Society’s Witness to Yesterday podcast, about my book This Pilgrim Nation, came out today. You can listen to it here.

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  • Interview for Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos

    I recently gave an interview to the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos’ blog about my research on the Portuguese diaspora. You can read it here.

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