Summaries of Talks and Field Trips - 2024
Glimpses of the Past through description, related books and internet connections
Women’s Labour History in Vancouver: a Virtual Walking Tour
January 23, 2025 MoV Natasha Fairweather
Natasha Fairweather was our tour guide, showing us the historic sites where women’s work built communities, challenged authorities, supported families, and — sometimes quietly, sometimes loudly — made history. Unlike most walking tours, this one was vividly illustrated with videos and historic audio and photos. We heard stories of cannery workers desegregating their own workplaces, a switchboard operator who saved a labour leader from being thrown off a ledge, the small feminist union that changed the rules for everyone, and much more.