Public history
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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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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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Artigo sobre “Movimento Perpétuo” em Jornal das Comunidades
A plataforma online Jornal das Comunidades publicou um artigo sobre o projeto Movimento Perpétuo: The Portuguese Diaspora in Canada, da autoria da jornalista Andreia Saraiva, para o qual fui entrevistado. O artigo está disponível aqui.
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New position at York University
This month, April 2024, I have started a new position at York University’s Department of History, as the Research Lead for the Portuguese Canadian History Project. In this role, I will continue my academic research and public history work dedicated to Portuguese diaspora studies in Canada and around the world. Besides producing new research publications,…
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President Rebelo de Sousa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Mayor Olivia Chow unveil Movimento Perpétuo exhibition
It was a great honour to meet the President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, the Mayor of Toronto Olivia Chow, and the many other dignitaries who visited my Movimento Perpétuo exhibition. It was a memorable day. One of the most delightful outcomes was to be able to…
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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…
Gilberto Fernandes 