Media coverage
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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/
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Entrevista para OMNI TV’s Focus Portuguese
Fui entrevistado pelo programa Focus Portuguese da OMNI TV sobre o meu livro This Pilgrim Nation. A entrevista está disponível online: Parte 1: https://www.omnitv.ca/on/en/videos/this-pilgrim-nation-part-1/ Parte 2: https://www.omnitv.ca/on/en/videos/this-pilgrim-nation-part-2/
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City Builders & Myseum of Toronto exhibit at the Columbus Centre
The City Builders’ exhibit at the Columbus Centre, part of this year’s Myseum of Toronto Intersections festival, was launched on March 24 with a reception held in that Italian-Canadian community space. About 50 guests attended the event, which started out with a series of brief speeches from Emanuele Lepri (Villa Charities/ Columbus Centre), Jeremy Diamond…
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City Builders featured in RTPi’s “Hora dos Portugueses”
My City Builders project was featured in an episode of the show “Hora dos Portugueses” on Portugal’s international public TV broadcaster RTPi. You can watch it here (starting at 9’15”). O meu projeto City Builders foi foco de uma reportagem no programa “Hora dos Portugueses” na RTPi. Pode ver o episódio aqui (início ao minuto 9’15”).
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TV interview about the Carnations Revolution’s impact on Portuguese-Canadians
The Toronto-based, Portuguese-language TV channel Correio da Manhã TV – Canadá interviewed me recently about the impact of the Carnations Revolution on the Portuguese in Canada. You can watch it below:
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My new research/ public history project: City Builders: An Oral History of Immigrant Construction Workers in Postwar Toronto
Last September, I started a new research and public history project called City Builders: An Oral History of Immigrant Construction Workers in Postwar Toronto, associated with York University’s Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies and the Laborers International Union of North America Local 183. This project will record, examine, and divulge the history of Toronto’s immigrant construction workers…
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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.
Gilberto Fernandes 