The Alberta Labour History Institute collects, preserves, and disseminates the stories of Alberta’s working people and their organizations. This website includes full transcripts, podcasts, and…

Heart in Hand - from Maria Dunn album “Joyful Banner Blazing” (2021). http://www.mariadunn.com Heart in Hand © Maria Dunn, 2015 The 1986 Gainers Strike in northeast Edmonton’s meatpacking district…

Interviews with Precarious Workers in Alberta Webinar: Precarious Workers: Exploitation and Fightback Booknote: Gigs, Hustles, & Temps by Jason Foster Booknote: A Fight for Justice: The compelling sto...

A special time to Celebrate; a special time for Solidarity Please join us as we recognise and celebrate BLACK HISTORY MONTH now in its 30th year of recognition by the... Read more »

The Alberta Labour History Institute collects, preserves, and disseminates the stories of Alberta’s working people and their organizations. This website includes full transcripts, podcasts, and profil...

Labour Arts and Heritage in Canada.

Labour Arts and Heritage in Canada.

ALHI’S 2026 ALHI Calendar Provides Monthly Lessons on a Timely Subject  My parents came to Canada in 1913, children of parents leaving Ukraine (Galicia) because of poverty and oppression under... Read...

Year: 2003Location: CalgaryProfile: Mary Price, born in Winnipeg in 1912, grew up in a community that valued labour organizing and their Ukrainian heritage. Her father taught her to read Ukrainian fro...

Interviewee: Dave WerlinYear: 2003, 2005Location: EdmontonProfile: A giant of the Alberta labour movement, Dave Werlin was a blue-collar worker turned union official and four-decade Communist Party mi...

A song commissioned from Maria Dunn to tell the story of the Great Labour Revolt. This version was created for the Troublemakers live performance which toure...

Juno-award winning folk singer and labour activist, Maria Dunn, is a gifted songwriter and performer who draws audiences into the heart of the stories she te...

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International Women’s Day – March 2025 “We need a living wage!” says a sign carried on a picket line in Edmonton in January. Education support workers in various parts of... Read more »

The Alberta Labour History Institute collects, preserves, and disseminates the stories of Alberta’s working people and their organizations. This website includes full transcripts, podcasts, and…

Ed SeymourJuly 30, 1940 – February 22, 2025 The Canadian labour movement lost a dedicated, inspiring, and much loved union advocate and labour historian on February 22, 2025. Ed Seymour... Read more »

August 18, 1934 – February 6, 2025 “A working class hero is something to be” * A lifetime in pursuit of social justice for working people, peace, and socialism is... Read more »