Dan Radford Interview: Nanaimo Coal Miner, BC Federation of Labour President, CLC

William Fitzclarence “Fitz” St. John’s long, remarkable life began in Barbados, stretched from the age of sail to man walking on the moon, before coming to an end at the ripe old age of 94 in 1...

In 1983, Operation Solidarity and the Solidarity Coalition came together in response to a series of proposed bills by the Social Credit government to stage the largest protest in the province’s histor...

David Yorke began collecting union buttons at the age of 11, when his mother brought home membership pins from her work at the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union (UFAWU). Little did Yorke know ...

A fiery Irish-Catholic who lost both parents before he turned 12, Jack Kavanagh came to Vancouver in 1908 after serving in the British Army in South Africa during the Boer War. Upon arriving in BC, Ka...

At the time of this interview, Audrey Keely was over 100 years of age. She spent her early life with her family in the Cariboo and shares some of those experiences and personal tragedies. This intervi...

We are exploring the history of Chinese-Canadian market gardeners in Armstrong, BC, a community once known as “The Celery Capital of Canada.” Moving beyond traditional union stories, this episode of o...