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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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Re: [1919-Conference] update on keuynote speaker with CCPA
by Janis Thiessen 25 Nov '17

25 Nov '17

It's this one! On Nov 25, 2017, at 4:35 PM, Sharon Reilly <reillysharonmarie(a)gmail.com<mailto:reillysharonmarie@gmail.com>> wrote: Huzzah? Is that Mennonite? ? Sharon Reilly On Nov 25, 2017 2:59 PM, "Janis Thiessen" <ja.thiessen(a)uwinnipeg.ca<mailto:ja.thiessen@uwinnipeg.ca>> wrote: Huzzah!! On Nov 25, 2017, at 1:29 PM, Julie Guard <Julie.Guard(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Julie.Guard@umanitoba.ca>> wrote: Good news on the keynote speaker activity. James has confirmed with Arundhati Roy's agent that she is available and he is undertaking to help arrange other speaking dates for her in Canada that would enable her to do our conference as part of a tour. He thinks that, with enough dates on her tour, we could get her for 15K plus a share of travel costs. Of course, we should continue thinking about a conference-only keynote speaker in case this doesn't work out, but it's good to know that progress is being made. julie Julie Guard Professor, History and Labour Studies University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Phone: 204-474-7110<tel:(204)%20474-7110> Email: julie.guard(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:julie.guard@umanitoba.ca> _______________________________________________ 1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca> http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference _______________________________________________ 1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca> http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference _______________________________________________ 1919-Conference mailing list 1919-Conference(a)lists.umanitoba.ca<mailto:1919-Conference@lists.umanitoba.ca> http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/1919-conference

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update on keuynote speaker with CCPA
by Julie Guard 25 Nov '17

25 Nov '17

Good news on the keynote speaker activity. James has confirmed with Arundhati Roy's agent that she is available and he is undertaking to help arrange other speaking dates for her in Canada that would enable her to do our conference as part of a tour. He thinks that, with enough dates on her tour, we could get her for 15K plus a share of travel costs. Of course, we should continue thinking about a conference-only keynote speaker in case this doesn't work out, but it's good to know that progress is being made. 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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question about a possible conference presentation
by David Camfield 24 Nov '17

24 Nov '17

Hi all, An academic librarian originally from Winnipeg contacted me about possibly presenting, with the draft abstract below, and wanted to know if we might be interested in receiving such a proposal. Any thoughts? Cheers, David Libraries, Labour, and the Strike. The library, whether public or academic, can be a site of public engagement, but only if it recognizes its position between the public and the institutions of the state. Embedded within municipalities, including the City of Winnipeg, and institutions of higher learning, like the Universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba, but in many ways independent of both, libraries have the power and capacity to provide access to historical content and the context in which to understand that content. But libraries can only be successful at this if they give up the myth of neutrality, and take a committed, principled stand on class, workers' history, and lived experience. This presentation will outline some of the opportunities and challenges to libraries in the specific context of the Winnipeg General Strike. 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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