Public Lectures

Panel Discussion: Labour Education and History Panel, January 12, 2015: Panelists: Gene Vrana, visiting labour educator, union archivist; Dave Lomas, retired longshoreman and former president of ILWU Canada; Robin Folvik, archivist, historian, BC Labour Heritage Centre; and Dr. Kendra Strauss, professor of Labour Studies, SFU. The event was co-sponsored with BC Labour Heritage Centre and SFU Labour Studies Program

To see the entire Playlist, click here.
Part 1 - Introduction, click here.
Part 2 - Gene Vrana, click here.
Part 3 - Dave Lomas, click here.
Part 4 - Robin Folvik, click here.
Part 5 - Kendra Strauss, click here

 

Other presentations:

Paris a Port City?,  February 26, 2015: Presenter: Prof. Jean Debrie - visiting academic collaborator, in conjunction with the project partner New Westminster Museum and Archives 

PechaKucha presentation, December 5, 2014: Presenter: Dr. Peter Hall (PI) Waterfront Work and Perceptions of the River - lessons from oral histories of waterfront workers of New Westminster

Three Myths about the Fraser River September 28, 2014: Presenter: Dr. Peter Hall (PI) For RiverFest and World Rivers Day, in collaboration with Fraser River Discovery Centre

Toronto Island Airport conflict over expansion, 8 April 2014: Presenter: Dr. Gene Desfor, visiting academic collaborator, in conjunction with New West Environmental Partners

Port governance in Canada, opportunities for citizen intervention, 26 Nov 2013: Dr. Peter Hall (PI), in conjunction with New West Environmental Partners

Gentrification and the Waterfront, November 7, 2013: Presenter: Dr. Jasper Rubin - visiting academic collaborator, in conjunction with Douglas College

Ports and Urban Transformation, September 28, 2013: Presenter: Dr. Peter Brown - visiting academic collaborator and planning practitioner, For RiverFest and World Rivers Day, in collaboration with Fraser River Discovery Centre