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The Alberta Labour History Institute collects, preserves, and disseminates the stories of Alberta’s working people and their organizations.
https://albertalabourhistory.org/
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Visit ALHI’s information table this weekend at the Parkland Conference! #yeg
November 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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From Left: Paula Kirman, Alvin Finkel, and Donna Coombs-Montrose presenting about their work with ALHI at the Canadian Committee on Labour History conference, November 14th in Montreal. #yul #yeg #conference #labourhistory
November 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Ever wondered about FOM's 46 year history? Our friends at @ablabourhistory.bsky.social have dedicated their home page to us for the month of October!

Check it out to learn more about the history of medicare & FOM's work AB & see interviews with our activists over the years: albertalabourhistory.org
ALBERTA LABOUR HISTORY INSTITUTE (ALHI) - Alberta Labour History Institute (ALHI): Workers' History / Workers' Stories
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...
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October 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Book Launch:
The Art of Solidarity
Humanities Centre
Lecture Theatre L1-L2
University of Alberta
Wed. Sept. 24
6:30-8:30 p.m.

Featuring several of the book's contributors, including ALHI board members Alvin Finkel, Don Bouzek, and Donna Coombs-Montrose, as well as Maria Dunn.
September 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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#Book Sep 4! incl chapters on my Video Ballads w Don Bouzek + On The River w Asani + family & friends of the late Chief Dorothy McDonald-Hyde (Fort McKay First Nation) in tribute to her life/legacy.

The Art of Solidarity: #Labour #Arts and Heritage in Canada
Preorder:
The Art of Solidarity
Labour Arts and Heritage in Canada.
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September 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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#yeg #Booklaunch
The Art of Solidarity: #Labour #Arts & Heritage in Canada
Sep 24, 6:30 pm
Humanities Ctr L1-L2, UofA
Rob Kristofferson Co-editor + Contributors (incl yours truly!)
Books for sale by Audrey's Books
Hosts: Between The Lines, Parkland Institute
The Art of Solidarity
Labour Arts and Heritage in Canada.
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September 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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New blog post at our website: Immigrants in Alberta
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Immigrants in Alberta - Alberta Labour History Institute (ALHI): Workers' History / Workers' Stories
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...
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August 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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2026 ALHI Calendar: A History of Immigrant Workers in Alberta
More information and order form here: albertalabourhistory.org/2026-alhi-ca...
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August 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Another updated worker profile at our website: Mary Price: albertalabourhistory.org/moving-forwa...
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Mary Price - Alberta Labour History Institute (ALHI): Workers' History / Workers' Stories
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...
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August 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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New at our website:
Updated Worker Profile: Dave Werlin
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#yeg #labour #ablabour
Dave Werlin - Alberta Labour History Institute (ALHI): Workers' History / Workers' Stories
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...
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August 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Health care workers with @aupe.org and supporters held a picket outside the Misericordia earlier today, demanding better contracts and wages from Covenant Health.
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#yeg #labour #union #aupe #picket #photojournalism #yegphotographer
July 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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And here's a song I wrote about Edmonton’s 1919 General Strike, commissioned by @ablabourhistory.bsky.social for the 100th anniversary, inspired by the women who worked the telephone exchanges/walked out in #solidarity with their fellow workers in Winnipeg. #labourhistory
ALHI Maria Dunn Telephone Girls Song - Troublemakers Live
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...
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July 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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#InternationalWorkersDay #May1
Found this 2019 interview re: how I wrote #Telephone Girls for @ablabourhistory.bsky.social re Alberta #workers in #solidarity w Winnipeg workers during 1919 #WinnipegGeneralStrike
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#songwriting #history #socialjusticeart
ALHI 1919 - Maria Dunn
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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May 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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#ICYMI @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social Edmonton AM interview with artist, musician, community activist & #yeg 1st #BlackHistorian laureate Donna Coombs-Montrose who has dedicated decades to the stories of people of the African diaspora @ablabourhistory.bsky.social

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March 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Edmonton’s Historian Laureate, and ALHI board member, Donna Coombs-Montrose was interviewed on CBC’s Edmonton AM on March 6th. You can listen to the interview here.
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March 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S MONTH: IN ALBERTA, THE LOW-WAGE SCHOOL BOARD WORKERS ARE LEADING GOVERNMENT WORKERS IN A FIGHT FOR FAIR TREATMENT
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Alberta women and work: job action for fair wages and recognition - Alberta Labour History Institute (ALHI): Workers' History / Workers' Stories
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 »
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March 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Thx @ablabourhistory.bsky.social for this #InternationalWomensDay #IWD article highlighting the importance of supporting Alberta's CUPE Education Workers, currently on strike to achieve fair wages.
ALBERTA LABOUR HISTORY INSTITUTE (ALHI) - Alberta Labour History Institute (ALHI): Workers' History / Workers' Stories
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…
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March 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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A tribute to Ed Seymour, a labour giant who played a big role in the Gainers Strike of 1986. Rest in power, Ed Seymour.
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TRIBUTE TO ED SEYMOUR - Alberta Labour History Institute (ALHI): Workers' History / Workers' Stories
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 »
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March 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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The latest issue of SPANN is online (the community newspaper serving Stony Plain Road and area), featuring the Jasper Place History Project's article about the Jasper Place Rustlers women's hockey team. Download the PDF at www.stonyplainroad.com/spann/ #yeg
February 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Very sad news of recent passing of one our crucial #labour leaders Dave Werlin. My heartfelt condolences to all his loved ones and the countless workers that he advocated for in his long life. A beautiful tribute here from Alberta Labour #History Institute.
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Dave Werlin: a life in workers’ struggles - Alberta Labour History Institute (ALHI): Workers' History / Workers' Stories
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 »
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February 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Hello! Welcome to our new Bluesky account!
February 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM