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WEBSITE UPDATE RE: NEW CFP DEADLINE OF FEBRUARY 28, 2018.
by Krishna Lalbiharie 15 Jan '18

15 Jan '18

My apologies, once again, re: missing Saturday's meeting, UGH! Please note that I have updated the website, such that new CFP deadline is published as FEBRUARY 28, 2018 and that all CFP materials say the same (see attached). Website as follows: http://1919-2019.com KL 204.899.8687

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FW: 1919/2019 conference roundtable and keynote names proposed to date
by David Camfield 13 Jan '18

13 Jan '18

Jim asked me to re-send this file to the listserv. It unintentionally omitted one name: Baldemar Velasquez (FLOC) as a possible keynote speaker. David David Camfield Associate Professor of Labour Studies & Sociology 116 Isbister Building 183 Dafoe Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 2N2 phone: 204-474-9117 fax: 204-474-7869 -----Original Message----- From: David Camfield Sent: November-20-17 11:34 AM To: Paul Moist; Paul Jenkins Cc: Yaza Shapata; vdobchuk(a)mts.net; timgordie(a)mymts.net; Shannon Winters; krishna.lalbiharie(a)gmail.com; pricescott91(a)gmail.com; HintherR(a)brandonu.ca; james_mochoruk(a)und.nodak.edu; Jodi.Giesbrecht(a)humanrights.ca; Jeff Taylor; ja.thiessen(a)uwinnipeg.ca; naylor(a)brandonu.ca; Esyllt Jones; reillysharonmarie(a)gmail.com; Julie Guard; sfreilly(a)gmail.com; wendybsol(a)gmail.com; gordon(a)mhs.mb.ca; George Buri; krishna.lalbihaire(a)gmail.com Subject: 1919/2019 conference roundtable and keynote names proposed to date Hi all, Here is the list of names proposed thus far that I agreed to compile. Apologies for any omissions. Some people listed under one roundtable might be suitable for another roundtable too. For those who weren't at Saturday's meeting: we have until Dec. 31 to propose other names for consideration. Cheers, David David Camfield Associate Professor of Labour Studies & Sociology 116 Isbister Building 183 Dafoe Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 2N2 telephone: 204-474-9117 ________________________________________ From: Paul Moist [pmoist(a)cupe.ca] Sent: November 20, 2017 10:48 AM To: Paul Jenkins; David Camfield Cc: Yaza Shapata; vdobchuk(a)mts.net; timgordie(a)mymts.net; Shannon Winters; krishna.lalbiharie(a)gmail.com; pricescott91(a)gmail.com; HintherR(a)brandonu.ca; james_mochoruk(a)und.nodak.edu; Jodi.Giesbrecht(a)humanrights.ca; Jeff Taylor; ja.thiessen(a)uwinnipeg.ca; naylor(a)brandonu.ca; Esyllt Jones; reillysharonmarie(a)gmail.com; Julie Guard; David Camfield; sfreilly(a)gmail.com; wendybsol(a)gmail.com; gordon(a)mhs.mb.ca; George Buri; krishna.lalbihaire(a)gmail.com Subject: RE: 1919 Listserv Hi everyone. Enclosed please find a bio for Phillip Jennings, the General Secretary of the global union, UNI, I mentioned him briefly on Saturday. I have met him but do not know him well, I have seen him speak and believe he would do a great job as a keynote speaker for our conference. Regards, Paul From: Paul Jenkins [mailto:Paul.Jenkins@umanitoba.ca] Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 10:36 AM To: David Camfield <David.Camfield(a)umanitoba.ca> Cc: Yaza Shapata <shapatay(a)myumanitoba.ca>; vdobchuk(a)mts.net; timgordie(a)mymts.net; Shannon Winters <Shannon.Winters(a)chimb.ca>; krishna.lalbiharie(a)gmail.com; pricescott91(a)gmail.com; HintherR(a)brandonu.ca; Paul Moist <pmoist(a)cupe.ca>; Paul Jenkins <Paul.Jenkins(a)umanitoba.ca>; james_mochoruk(a)und.nodak.edu; Jodi.Giesbrecht(a)humanrights.ca; Jeff Taylor <Jeff.Taylor(a)umanitoba.ca>; ja.thiessen(a)uwinnipeg.ca; naylor(a)brandonu.ca; Esyllt Jones <Esyllt.Jones(a)umanitoba.ca>; reillysharonmarie(a)gmail.com; Julie Guard <Julie.Guard(a)umanitoba.ca>; David Camfield <David.Camfield(a)umanitoba.ca>; sfreilly(a)gmail.com; wendybsol(a)gmail.com; gordon(a)mhs.mb.ca; George Buri <George.Buri(a)umanitoba.ca>; krishna.lalbihaire(a)gmail.com Subject: Re: 1919 Listserv Hi again. Apologies for the confusion. To be clear, the formal listserv is being created. However, I got the impression on Saturday that some people wanted to move on things, so I decided to forward the most up-to-date list I have. Paul Jenkins, PhD Instructor, Department of History, & Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities, University of Manitoba ________________________________ From: David Camfield Sent: 20 November 2017 10:08 To: Paul Jenkins Cc: naylor(a)brandonu.ca<mailto:naylor@brandonu.ca> Subject: RE: 1919 Listserv Hi Paul, I've received your e-mails but I don't see a listserv address (e.g. 1919conference-l(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919conference-l@umanitoba.ca>) In my view, we need a real listserv on the U of M system, not a string of addresses. Cheers, David David Camfield Associate Professor of Labour Studies & Sociology 116 Isbister Building 183 Dafoe Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 2N2 telephone: 204-474-9117 ________________________________________ From: Paul Jenkins Sent: November 20, 2017 10:02 AM To: Paul Jenkins Cc: Yaza Shapata; vdobchuk(a)mts.net<mailto:vdobchuk@mts.net>; timgordie(a)mymts.net<mailto:timgordie@mymts.net>; Shannon Winters; krishna.lalbiharie(a)gmail.com<mailto:krishna.lalbiharie@gmail.com>; pricescott91(a)gmail.com<mailto:pricescott91@gmail.com>; HintherR(a)brandonu.ca<mailto:HintherR@brandonu.ca>; pmoist(a)cupe.ca<mailto:pmoist@cupe.ca>; Paul Jenkins; james_mochoruk(a)und.nodak.edu<mailto:james_mochoruk@und.nodak.edu>; Jodi.Giesbrecht(a)humanrights.ca<mailto:Jodi.Giesbrecht@humanrights.ca>; Jeff Taylor; ja.thiessen(a)uwinnipeg.ca<mailto:ja.thiessen@uwinnipeg.ca>; Naylor(a)brandonu.ca<mailto:Naylor@brandonu.ca>; Esyllt Jones; reillysharonmarie(a)gmail.com<mailto:reillysharonmarie@gmail.com>; Julie Guard; David Camfield; sfreilly(a)gmail.com<mailto:sfreilly@gmail.com>; wendybsol(a)gmail.com<mailto:wendybsol@gmail.com>; gordon(a)mhs.mb.ca<mailto:gordon@mhs.mb.ca>; George Buri; krishna.lalbihaire(a)gmail.com<mailto:krishna.lalbihaire@gmail.com> Subject: 1919 Listserv Hi all. You may already have received a version of this morning, but I was having trouble with Krishna's email. Things are looking pretty tidy on my end, but there are a range of email account types (e.g. mts, gmail, cupe), so there may be some variance in encryption, etc. Paul Jenkins, PhD Instructor, Department of History, & Program Developer/Coordinator & Assistant to the Director Institute for the Humanities, University of Manitoba

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WEBSITE CHANGES AND FINANCIAL APPEAL PIECE (IN ADVANCE OF TODAY'S MEETING: JANUARY, 13, 2018)
by Krishna Lalbiharie 13 Jan '18

13 Jan '18

Hi, all! So, I have updated (slightly) our website, which I will further improve upon this weekend. Some unexpected difficulties persist owing to our choice of website name and via our host site, wordpress.com. I will explain all today when we meet. What I have discovered is that using numerals in one's website name presents some complications. It is what it is... In advance of our meeting today, please visit our current webpage as such: http://1919-2019.com What's more, please see our Financial Sub-Committee's draft appeal package (attached), which is soon-to-be ready for release on our website and elsewhere! The attached is a compressed version for email purposes. All my best! See you in a few hours! Krishna 204.899.8687

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another person interested in joining committee
by David Camfield 03 Jan '18

03 Jan '18

Hi all, Jobb Arnold, who teaches at Menno Simons College, is interested and I've invited him to come to the next meeting. Can someone please tell me the building and room number of our regular meeting room? I know how to find it but I don't remember that information. Cheers, David David Camfield Associate Professor of Labour Studies & Sociology 116 Isbister Building 183 Dafoe Road University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 2N2 phone: 204-474-9117 fax: 204-474-7869

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Re: [1919-Conference] FW: Conference in Winnipeg in May
by Jodi Giesbrecht 12 Dec '17

12 Dec '17

Hi- will respond to the inquiry, thanks, Jodi From: <1919-conference-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-conference-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca>> on behalf of Brandon University 1919strikeconference <1919strikeconference(a)BrandonU.CA<mailto:1919strikeconference@BrandonU.CA>> Reply-To: 1919 conference organizing committee <1919-conference(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca>> Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 2:32 PM To: "1919-conference(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca>" <1919-conference(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-conference@lists.umanitoba.ca>> Subject: [1919-Conference] FW: Conference in Winnipeg in May FYI - Request from Canadian Museum for Human Rights ________________________________ From: Amber Parker [Amber.Parker(a)humanrights.ca<mailto:Amber.Parker@humanrights.ca>] Sent: December 8, 2017 1:46 PM To: Brandon University 1919strikeconference Subject: Conference in Winnipeg in May Hello, I have just recently found out about this conference taking place in Winnipeg in May to commemorate the centennial of the Winnipeg General Strike. I am wondering—do you have to be an academic or scholar affiliated with a post-secondary institution to present at the conference? I develop public programming for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, and would be interested in presenting on the experiences of women during the Strike. Thank you, Amber Parker Interpretive Program Developer| Conceptrice des programmes d’interprétation Canadian Museum for Human Rights | Musée canadien pour les droits de la personne 85 Israel Asper Way Winnipeg, MB R3C 0L5 T: 204.289.2250 F: 204.289.2001 TTY | ATS: 204.289.2050 Toll Free | Sans frais: 1.877.877.6037

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FW: Conference in Winnipeg in May
by Brandon University 1919strikeconference 12 Dec '17

12 Dec '17

FYI - Request from Canadian Museum for Human Rights ________________________________ From: Amber Parker [Amber.Parker(a)humanrights.ca] Sent: December 8, 2017 1:46 PM To: Brandon University 1919strikeconference Subject: Conference in Winnipeg in May Hello, I have just recently found out about this conference taking place in Winnipeg in May to commemorate the centennial of the Winnipeg General Strike. I am wondering—do you have to be an academic or scholar affiliated with a post-secondary institution to present at the conference? I develop public programming for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, and would be interested in presenting on the experiences of women during the Strike. Thank you, Amber Parker Interpretive Program Developer| Conceptrice des programmes d’interprétation Canadian Museum for Human Rights | Musée canadien pour les droits de la personne 85 Israel Asper Way Winnipeg, MB R3C 0L5 T: 204.289.2250 F: 204.289.2001 TTY | ATS: 204.289.2050 Toll Free | Sans frais: 1.877.877.6037

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Keynote Speaker ideas
by James Naylor 07 Dec '17

07 Dec '17

Adding to David's list (as everyone should be).... A couple of other names for Keynote speakers which have I think been mentioned (although maybe only in my imagination) but could be added are: Selina Todd Owen Jones China Miéville I'll get back to thinking about the roundtables soon, Jim James Naylor Professor Department of History Brandon University 270 18th Street Brandon, MB R7A 6A9 Canada Office: 204 727 9664 Cell: 204 720 2117 Naylor(a)BrandonU.ca<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca> people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/<https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/> [cid:image001.png@01D1CCA7.E31D2D80]

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PROPOSED LIST OF ROUNDTABLE SPEAKERS AND KEYNOTES (CURRENT AS OF DECEMBER 6, 2017)
by Krishna Lalbiharie 06 Dec '17

06 Dec '17

Hi, friends! My apologies for being a bit silent these last many days. (Got busy, then ill, but I'm back!) In any case, I've taken the liberty of adding Jim Naylor and Julie Guard's recent proposals for keynotes to David's full list. (Thanks for compiling all of this, David, and keeping us on track as we approach our December 31 deadline for submissions! Please carry on, friend!) I'd like to add one more name to our set of prospective ROUNDTABLE speakers: MAXIMILIANO NAGL GARCEZ Max, who resides in Ottawa, but spends a good bit of time is Brazil, is: • a lawyer and legislative consultant for labour unions in Brasília, Brazil • Director for Legislative Affairs of ALAL – Associación Latino-Americana de Abogados Laboralistas • Former Legal Adviser and Coordinator of the Advisory Body of the Workers’ Party caucus in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies • Former Legal Adviser for the President of the National Parliament of East Timor, through UNDP • Former Visiting Fellow at the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School, recipient of a Fulbright scholarship • MSc in Law of Social Relations, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil Max is a friend, and has expressed a solid "YES!" in wanting to attend, FYI. In any case, I hope all are well! I have a number of pieces on the way, including: • website skins • sponsorship packages (following a meeting next week with our grant/fundraising folks) • some logo/branding proposals All my best for now! Krishna 204.899.8687 ++++++++++ *ROUNDTABLES:* *Poverty and the Fight for a Material Existence*• Deena Ladd (Workers’ Action Centre) • John Clarke (Ontario Coalition Against Poverty) • Jenny Carson (Ryerson U) • Victor Elkins (HEU) • someone from UFCW on migrant farm worker organizing • Sean Smith (Toronto airport workers’ council) *Building an Inclusive Labour Movement*• Winnie Ng (former labour staffer & Sam Gindin Chair at Ryerson) • Fred Hahn (CUPE Ontario) • Basia Sokal (Winnipeg Labour Council) • Chris Ramsaroop (Justice for Migrant Workers) • Gil McGowan (AFL) • Chris Mulhall (indigenous SEIU activist) • Tony Head (Metis CUPE staff rep) • Don Moran (formerly CUPE’s staffer responsible for indigenous issues) • Desmond Cole (journalist) • Jesse Wente (journalist) • Hayden King (Ryerson U) • Erica Violet Lee (writer/activist) • Pam Palmater (Ryerson U) *Making Labour a Social Force and Political Leader*• Suzanne MacNeil (Halifax Labour Council) • someone from Lutte Commune (Quebec labour activist network) • Myles Magner (OPSEU activist) • Cindy McCallum Miller (CUPW activist) • Stephanie Ross (McMaster U) • John Cartwright (Toronto Labour Council) • Ausma Malik (school trustee in Toronto) • Maximiliano Nagl Garcez (activist, lawyer and legislative consultant for labour unions in Brasília, Brazil) *KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:*• Philip Jennings (UNI) • Mike Davis (author) • Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Princeton U) • Jane McAlevey (organizer and writer) • Bill Fletcher Jr. (author, activist & cofounder of Centre for Labour Renewal) • Selina Todd (Historian and writer; Oxford) • Owen Jones (UK columnist – Guardian, New Statesman -- and activist) • China Miéville (English sci fi author, activist and academic) *KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (JOINTLY WITH CCPA-MB)*• Arundhati Roy (Indian author and political activist)

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FYI: Sources on Winnipeg Strike
by Brandon University 1919strikeconference 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

Hi, This came to the Conference email address. Use or share it as you wish! Best, Jim James Naylor Professor Department of History Brandon University 270 18th Street Brandon, MB R7A 6A9 Canada Office: 204 727 9664 Cell: 204 720 2117 Naylor(a)BrandonU.ca<mailto:Naylor@BrandonU.ca> people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/<https://people.brandonu.ca/naylorj/> [cid:image001.png@01D1CCA7.E31D2D80] From: Marc Lendler [mailto:mlendler@smith.edu] Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2017 11:17 AM To: Brandon University 1919strikeconference <1919strikeconference(a)BrandonU.CA> Subject: Fwd: Undeliverable: Sources on Winnipeg Strike A few years ago, I was doing research on a different topic and came across some eyewitness accounts of the Winnipeg general strike that might not be known to people who have researched it. My subject was the Criminal Anarchy trials of five leaders of the Communist Labor Party in New York City in 1920. In each of the four trials, there was extensive testimony from a participant in the Winnipeg strike. In the first trial of Ben Gitlow, the testimony was given by Major Furry Ferguson Montague, who was part of a veteran's committee doing police work during the strike. In the other three trials, the testimony was from George Robert Lovatt, who represented the policeman's union on the strike committee. The most extensive Winnipeg testimony was given in the last of the trials , of Charles Ruthenberg and Isaac E. Ferguson. I know that in recreating the circumstances of those New York trials, I was always excited to find some new source, especially a contemporaneous one. So I decided to convey the existence of these possibly unexplored accounts of the Winnipeg strike to people doing historical work on it. Please forward this to anyone who might find it useful. Marc Lendler Government Dept. Smith College

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website question
by Julie Guard 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

Hi All: I hope I do not sound like a nag, but I am a bit concerned about the sorry state of the conference website. Now that the CFP has been sent to many organizations, people will be accessing the website and its' frankly a bit embarrassing. It does have the CFP, which is beautiful, but there's literally nothing else on the page. I suspect that's not going to inspire much enthusiasm, or even confidence in the overall organization of the conference, and is unlikely to encourage people to submit proposals or consider attending. I checked with Krishna, and it turns out he still does not have access to the website. I'm pretty sure that when he does, he will work wonders. But he will need access. I understand he does not yet have a contract. Might that be the problem? I think there are some details that are not quite clear to me; perhaps others know more? Best, julie Julie Guard Professor, History and Labour Studies University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Phone: 204-474-7110 Email: julie.guard(a)umanitoba.ca

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