Gilberto Fernandes

  • 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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  • Gaspar Corte-Real statue controversy

    In the past few weeks I have been asked by various media outlets in Canada and Portugal to weigh in on the topic of statue toppling in what pertains to the monument to Gaspar Corte-Real outside the Confederation Building in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Here are the resulting newspaper articles, television and radio pieces: Andrew Hawthorn,…

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  • Media coverage on the launch of my book

    OMNI TV and RTPi covered the launch of my book This Pilgrim Nation. RTPi (starting at 0’47”): https://www.rtp.pt/play/p6641/e452469/hora-dos-portuguesesOMNI: https://www.facebook.com/FocusPortuguese/videos/769688670206345/

  • Thank you!

    A heartfelt thank you to everyone who came out to my book launch. I am honoured and delighted that I got to share this milestone with so many old and new friends. I look forward to hearing everyone’s thoughts on the book. Here are some photos taken by Gilberto Prioste. A couple of his photos…