Hello, all: I understand if no one is reading email from this address for a while, but I thought I would pass on a written compliment from a non-academic participant to the conference. It is similar to others I have heard, and I am thinking here only of community people who are not academics. I think it was clear that the academics enjoyed it, but this is a little different. It suggests that we succeeded in making the event accessible. My contact wrote this: I thoroughly enjoyed the conference, the speakers and came away with a better understanding of the strike and how it was formed. julie
Julie Guard Professor, History and Labour Studies Office: 117 Isbister Building Mailing address: 218 Isbister Building University of Manitoba 183 Dafoe Road Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2 Phone: 204-474-7110 Email: julie.guard@umanitoba.camailto:julie.guard@umanitoba.ca
Thanks for sharing this Julie. I too heard nothing but positive feedback from many participants, and the bus tours were also a big hit with delegates.
Lastly, I wanted to thank each of you. This has been an interesting project and I enjoyed working with each of you.
Jim we were an unwieldy group at times and you did a very good job chairing and keeping us focussed.
Amber and Krishna, both of you did great things and deserve our warm thanks.
I suggest we start next winter plans for 2024..........just kidding.
All the best,
Paul
From: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of Julie Guard Sent: Monday, May 13, 2019 2:35 PM To: 1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: [1919-Conference] accolades from non-academics
Hello, all: I understand if no one is reading email from this address for a while, but I thought I would pass on a written compliment from a non-academic participant to the conference. It is similar to others I have heard, and I am thinking here only of community people who are not academics. I think it was clear that the academics enjoyed it, but this is a little different. It suggests that we succeeded in making the event accessible. My contact wrote this: I thoroughly enjoyed the conference, the speakers and came away with a better understanding of the strike and how it was formed. julie
Julie Guard Professor, History and Labour Studies Office: 117 Isbister Building Mailing address: 218 Isbister Building University of Manitoba 183 Dafoe Road Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2 Phone: 204-474-7110 Email: julie.guard@umanitoba.camailto:julie.guard@umanitoba.ca
Thanks for these messages, Paul and Julie! I, too, have been receiving a great spate of positive feedback from folks, which is wonderful, including this from Tanya La Rush (which is my favourite, because it speaks to the emotional response generated from our efforts): *"OMG. Best. Conference. EVER. Well done to you all!"*
Amber and I are preparing a general thank you card to all panel presenters and roundtable participants, which will feature our main branding on the front and the attached photo on in the inside, which I posted to social media a few days back. (Apologies if I wasn't able to tag everyone, but not everyone is on social media, hey?)
At length, what a great collective effort, which was received very, very well — this, not only by our delegates, panelists, roundtable participants and keynote, but by the larger, Winnipeg community (and beyond!) together with all major Manitoba press!
I imagine we ought to have a debrief soon-ish, but, until then, maybe I'll see some of you at this Wednesday's Winnipeg General Strike Centennial Dinner at the RBC Convention Centre? OR, better still, at the Friday, May 24 McNally release of Julie's book, "Radical Housewives: Price Wars and Food Politics in Mid-Twentieth-Century Canada" (see attached, also)!
All my best!
Krishna 204.899.8687
On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 3:16 PM Paul Moist pmoist@cupe.ca wrote:
Thanks for sharing this Julie. I too heard nothing but positive feedback from many participants, and the bus tours were also a big hit with delegates.
Lastly, I wanted to thank each of you. This has been an interesting project and I enjoyed working with each of you.
Jim we were an unwieldy group at times and you did a very good job chairing and keeping us focussed.
Amber and Krishna, both of you did great things and deserve our warm thanks.
I suggest we start next winter plans for 2024……….just kidding.
All the best,
Paul
*From:* 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca [mailto: 1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca] *On Behalf Of *Julie Guard *Sent:* Monday, May 13, 2019 2:35 PM *To:* 1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca *Subject:* [1919-Conference] accolades from non-academics
Hello, all:
I understand if no one is reading email from this address for a while, but I thought I would pass on a written compliment from a non-academic participant to the conference. It is similar to others I have heard, and I am thinking here only of community people who are not academics. I think it was clear that the academics enjoyed it, but this is a little different. It suggests that we succeeded in making the event accessible.
My contact wrote this:
I thoroughly enjoyed the conference, the speakers and came away with a better understanding of the strike and how it was formed.
julie
Julie Guard
Professor, History and Labour Studies
Office: 117 Isbister Building
Mailing address: 218 Isbister Building
University of Manitoba
183 Dafoe Road
Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2
Phone: 204-474-7110
Email: julie.guard@umanitoba.ca
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