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Gilberto Fernandes

@gilbertofernandes.bsky.social

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Historian of diaspora, memory & heritage, anti-fascism, labour, building trades, technology, Portugal–Canada / Portugal–U.S. relations. gilbertofernandes.ca pchp-phlc.ca movimentoperpetuo.ca

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Gilberto Fernandes @gilbertofernandes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I am thrilled to announce that my book Militants, Mobsters and Mavericks: The Men Who Built Modern Toronto in the 1960s-70s, is out and available in every major bookstore, just in time for the Labour Day weekend. www.indigo.ca/products/mil... #canadianhistory #torontohistory #labourhistory

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Gilberto Fernandes @gilbertofernandes.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

How did construction machines become staples of boyhood culture? Why were they given female/male pronouns? How did they impact ideas of masculinity and whiteness? Answers in "Gendering 'Intelligent' Machines: How Operating Engineers Constructed their Masculinity" in the latest Technology and Culture

On top of a wooden kitchen table, a copy of the October 2025 issue of the journal Technology and Culture, with a painting by Frida Kahlo on its cover, showing her naked and bloodied on a Henry Ford Hospital bed after giving birth to her child. Underneath the journal copy is a pamphlet for the Laborem Ex Machina podcast series. On the upper right corner, a toy figurine of the Paw Patrol character Rubble.

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Gilberto Fernandes @gilbertofernandes.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Great opening night for Basta! No More Fear! The Toronto Workers' Theatre Group did a wonderful job bringing to life this tragic story about a mostly forgotten milestone episode in our city's past. All shows are "sold out," but come anyways if you don't have a ticket and we'll try to find you a seat

Actors on stage performing opening scene about the rescuing attempts at the Hoggs Hollow construction site. Left to right, crowd of onlookers in distress stand behind a police officer. Reporter Frank Drea takes notes while interviewing a distressed site superintendent Murray Frank. The backs of audience members can be seen at the bottom of the screen.

Actors on stage performing second scene about the coroner's inquest on the Hoggs Hollow tragedy. Left to right, the prosecutor interviews a witness, a former tunneler who sits alone at the centre of the stage. The other witnesses sit in a row on rhe right. The backs of audience members can be seen at the bottom of the screen.

Actors on stage performing fourth scene about a Brandon Union Group union rally. Union leader Charles Irvine speaks at the podium while resting his shillelagh on his right shoulder while Bruno Zanini, to his left, holds a picket sign over his head saying: "If not for yourself, fight for the future of your sons." The backs of audience members can be seen at the bottom of the screen.

Actors on stage performing last scene featuring ghostly apparitions of the five dead workers. Actors wearing black clothes and white phantom-like masks hold black and white portraits of the men who died while standing in a row facing the crowd. The backs of audience members can be seen at the bottom of the screen.

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Gilberto Fernandes @gilbertofernandes.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Looking forward to being part of this panel on January 30, 6pm, at @museumoftoronto.bsky.social. See here for more: www.museumoftoronto.com/collection/b...

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Gilberto Fernandes @gilbertofernandes.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

This Nov. 26, 8.30 p.m., I will be participating in the Q&A session following the screening of Sérgio Graciano's film about the revolutionary April Captain, Salgueiro Maia, showing at the Spadina Theatre, as part of the EU Film Festival. See link for details. euffto.com/singlefilmpa...

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