Project Summary:
In October 2017, I served as one of the principal organizers of a community-engaged, union-supported conference entitled “Confronting Global Capital: Strengthening Labour Internationalism and Transnationalism Today,” for which I was awarded a SSHRC Connection Grant of $24, 973.
Project Description:
The conference included over 200 participants in events that included a public forum, a full day of joint union and academic panels on labour transnationalism, another full day of workshops and plenaries and an art exhibit at the Workers' Arts and Heritage Centre on International Labour Solidarity. The conference created a forum to take stock of the state of international labour solidarity in Canada today by bringing together trade unionists, as well as activists and academics involved in workers’ justice more generally to evaluate past practices and to debate and discuss strategies to strengthen this work.
Project Type:
Funded
Project Role:
Country 1:
Country 2:
Country 3:
Country 4:
Funder:
SSHRC
Year Project Started:
Collaborator:
Collaborator Institution:
McMaster University
Collaborator Role:
(e.g type 1000 for 1,000)