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HIST4530 course website
Just finished updating the HIST4530 The Development of Toronto public website. Besides showcasing our students’ work, this website is meant to be a useful arriving or jumping point for anyone interested in Toronto’s history. Check it out: The Development of Toronto.
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Our 1st Lusophone Youth Summer Program at York University: a success!
I had the privilege of co-organizing the York University’s Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Program’s 1st Youth Summer Program, which took place throughout the week of July 10-14. This free week-long program for high students in the ages of 10-14 years old, provided students with a range of educational activities that mixed learning with recreation, as well…
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Entrevista para o Diário de Notícias sobre Trudeau e os “150 anos” do Canadá
O artigo da jornalista Helena Tecedeiro, sobre Justin Trudeau e a celebração dos 150 anos do Canadá, para o qual fui entrevistado, foi publicado na edição de 1 de julho do Diário de Notícias. Pode lê-lo aqui.
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“Summer of ’77”: thank you note.
Thank you to everyone who came to our “Summer of ’77” Community Conversation at the Gallery of the Portuguese Pioneers last night. We had wonderful presentations that were both enlightening and moving. The discussion afterwards was stimulating, engaging, and generated a lot of positive energy, which will propel us forward, towards other events addressing important…
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Launch of Constança Saraiva’s book “A Little Country Across the Country”
Constança Saraiva’s book “A Little Country Across the Ocean,” for which I have contributed a brief introduction about the history of Portuguese-Americans, is being launched on June 4th in New York and June 5th in Lisbon. See link below for more. http://www.constancasaraiva.com/A-Little-Country-Across-the-Ocean
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Community Conversation: The Summer of ’77: How Emanuel Jaques’ Murder Changed Toronto
I have organized a York University Community Conversation on the murder of Emanuel Jaques in the summer of 1977, and the major impact it had in Toronto, particularly with Portuguese, LGBTQ, and sex worker communities. I will be one of the presenters in this public panel, alongside historians Daniel Ross and Tom Hooper, and sex…
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Digital map of Portuguese communities in Canada
For the 64th anniversary of the arrival of the first group of Portuguese “bulk order” migrant workers on Pier 21, in Halifax, I have created a digital map with the current location of and statistics about the largest Portuguese immigrant, ethnic, and speaking communities in Canada. You can find it here.
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Developing Free Youth Summer Program at York University, July 2017
Together with my York University colleagues Maria João Dodman and Inês Cardoso of the Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Studies program, and Abubacar Fofana León of the Centre for Research on Latin American and the Caribbean, I have been organizing the upcoming Youth Summer Program, in July 10-14, 2017, with the support of LA&PS’ Global and Community Engagement…
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Gilberto Fernandes 