Events & Past Lectures · Page 5
From a Sojourner’s Life to Family Reunification: Reflections on the Experiences of Chinese Immigrants in Newfoundland, 1890s-1950s
Miriam Wright & Robert Hong
February 23, 2023
Between the 1890s and 1949, over 400 Chinese men came to the Dominion of Newfoundland, looking to escape economic and political conflict at home. Arriving without female family members, these men put down roots in Newfoundland, opening and working in laundries, cafes and restaurants to earn money to support themselves, and to send what they… Read More
From Collective Begging to Collective Bargaining: The Professionalization of Teachers and Their Influence on Reforming Newfoundland and Labrador’s Denominational Education System
Rebecca Ralph
January 26, 2023
This talk will examine how teachers were professionalized and regulated, beginning in 1876, and explore the development of the teaching organization that became the NLTA in the context of the political and social debates over the purpose of education and the place of churches in education. Teachers came to take on significant roles in government… Read More
Nitinikiau Innusi/Exactly What I Said: Tshaukuesh Penashue & Elizabeth Yeoman Talk About Their Books
November 24, 2022
Please join us online as Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue & Elizabeth Yeoman speak about their books, Nitinikiau Innusi: I Keep the Land Alive and Exactly What I Said: Translating Words and Worlds, and their experiences working together. Tshaukuesh was a leader of the Innu campaign against NATO low level flying and weapons-testing on Innu land in… Read More
Books for Sale
News · November 9, 2022
The Newfoundland and Labrador Historical Society has made a selection from its holdings of books that are being offered for sale to the public. A list of these books can be found under the “Books for Sale “ tab which is located under our Publications Page on the Society’s website.
Annual Gilbert Higgins Lecture – A Match to a Blasty Bough: How FFAW-Unifor Confronted Power and Shared the Wealth
Earle McCurdy
October 27, 2022
Please join us online as Earle McCurdy presents a history of Fish, Food, and Allied Workers (FFAW-Unifor). The historic sense of NL as a fishing society has been described as a focal point of our cultural identity. In the next Gilbert Higgins lecture for the Newfoundland and Labrador Historical Society, Earle McCurdy takes a look… Read More