Working People Built BC

The BC Labour Heritage Centre Society preserves, documents and presents the rich history of working people in British Columbia. The Society engages in partnerships and projects that help define and express the role that work and workers have played in the evolution of social policy and its impact on the present and future shaping of the province.

We are a registered non-profit society.

: Listen to our new podcast, launched Labour Day 2020.

: Click above to order your copy of
“On the Line: A History of the British Columbia Labour Movement”
by Rod Mickleburgh, published 2018.

: Visit our Virtual Exhibit – Solidarity: The Largest Political Protest in BC’s History

: COVID Chronicles: BC Labour’s Story

BC Labour Heritage News

Read our latest BC labour history research

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“Grudge not the poor miner his food”: Rebecca Gibbs, Barkerville Laundress and Poet

Written and researched by Bailey Garden, BCLHC Project Manager Much of the colonial history of this province has centered the perspectives of white male settlers who came in search of gold and glory. While gold Read more…

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Pins and Needles

Dress Suits Conspicuous by Their Absence at ‘Pins and Needles’ Revue Written and researched by Donna Sacuta In September 1938, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) brought their theatrical musical hit “Pins and Needles” Read more…

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A socialist funeral for ‘Mrs Kavanagh’

Hilda Harvey Kavanagh died in second wave of 1919 Spanish Flu by Donna Sacuta, BCLHC Executive Director British Columbia experienced three waves of the “Spanish Flu” epidemic in 1918-19. As many as 1,000 people died Read more…