BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Workers Arts and Heritage Centre - ECPv6.6.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Workers Arts and Heritage Centre X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://wahc-museum.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Workers Arts and Heritage Centre REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20280312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20281105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251219 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20281218 DTSTAMP:20261015T192433 CREATED:20251112T032712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260214T045539Z UID:10000351-1766102400-1860710399@wahc-museum.ca SUMMARY:Work In Progress: Fightbacks! DESCRIPTION:For centuries\, working people have found ways of pushing back against injustice on the job\, and in society. \nThe labour “fightbacks” explored in this first instalment of Work In Progress include collective actions like strikes\, challenging racism and colonialism\, and using art to make statements that push back against those in power. They illustrate how groups have challenged the status quo and organized for change across Canada\, and across time. \nWork In Progress: Fightbacks! includes contributions from Community Curators Shawn Clarke and Stephanie Cormier of OPSEU Local 535\, Mohawk land defender\, musician\, filmmaker and educator Layla Staats\, and Vancouver-based artist Marlene Yuen.  \nAbout Work In Progress:\nWork in Progress — a multi-phase redesign of the Workers Arts & Heritage Centre’s heritage exhibits unfolding until 2027 – reimagines how working people’s stories are told\, and who gets to tell them. \nExperiences of labour and work are changing at a pace not seen in decades. This project positions our exhibits as an evolving process\, and a long-term collaboration between WAHC and community members across the country. \nThrough Work In Progress\, 30 snapshots in labour and people’s history will be honoured with the help of a group of Community Curators– workers\, activists\, artists and organizers from Hamilton and beyond. From land defenders to care work\, tenant activism and mutual aid to unions of unemployed workers\, Work In Progress honours and uplifts the many ways people have worked for a more just future across space and time. \nTo use the words of one Community Curator: “So much of working-class history is left out of textbooks\,” she says. “These are stories of resistance\, of wins worth remembering. They help people see what’s possible.” \n \n \n About the Community Curators \nLayla Staats is Mohawk Turtle Clan from the Six Nations of Grand River. Her work stems from her Red Road to reclaim her Mohawk identity as a generational survivor of residential schools. Layla is a Filmmaker and Storyteller who premiered her second documentary “Boil Alert” at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023. She recently launched her musical career with her first single “White Pine” which tells the story of her work as a land defender and water protector\, bringing awareness to Indigenous issues across Turtle Island.  \nMarlene Yuen (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works on the unceded and ancestral home territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Her current focus is on illustrations\, prints\, comics\, zines and handmade books. Marlene’s books and zines have been retained in special collections archives nationally and internationally. She has also created artworks about Vancouver’s historic Chinatown and Chinese Canadian workers for museums\, galleries and public art programs. Her mural\, The Journeys Here\, is currently part of a traveling exhibition\, Odysseys and Migration\, at the Royal BC Museum. \nShawn Clarke is an arts worker\, singer-songwriter and amateur photographer living in Toronto.  As a musician\, he writes reflective\, honest and often humorous songs about personal relationships and the human condition. Singing and performing with the people he loves and respects has become a simple but essential joy in life. In March of 2024\, Clarke joined his co-workers and friends on the picket line at the Art Gallery of Ontario to document their month locked out of the gallery. For him\, taking photos gave him purpose\, and a unique way to participate in the strike.  \nStephanie Cormier is a Toronto-based artist\, teacher and arts worker. Her art practice spans sculpture\, textiles\, and photography. With a passion for housing justice and activism\, her artwork also aims to question hierarchical organization and capitalist value systems\, leaning towards systems of compassion\, strength\, and a wilding of modernist idealism. Cormier holds a BFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design (2005) and an MFA from the University of Guelph (2014)\, has exhibited across Canada and participated in exhibitions and residencies in the US\, the Caribbean\, and the UK. She was born in Montreal but came of age in rural parts of the Caribbean\, returning to Canada as an adult. \nWork In Progress is a multi-phase project that has been in development since 2018. As such\, many staff and committee members past and present have played a part in shaping it. WAHC acknowledges the following people who impacted this project in ways great and small since its inception:  \nSiobhan Angus\, Florencia Berinstein\, Ada Bierling\, Tara Bursey\, Kento Cady\, Dan Hill\, Arun Jacob\, Rob Kristofferson\, Alec Latham\, Meredith Leonard\, Chantal Mancini\, Sonali Menezes\, Sylvia Nickerson\, Simon Orpana\, John Summers and Vinh Thach. \nWork In Progress is made possible through the Alfred & Joan Robertshaw Memorial Fund of the Hamilton Community Foundation\, the Atkinson Foundation\, and supporters of WAHC’s Legacy Fund. URL:https://wahc-museum.ca/event/work-in-progress-fightbacks/ LOCATION:CBTU/SMCC Hall of Labour CATEGORIES:Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wahc-museum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Website-Image-Template-Events-20.png ORGANIZER;CN="WAHC":MAILTO:sam18@wahc-museum.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260307 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270102 DTSTAMP:20261015T192433 CREATED:20260130T220133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T192103Z UID:10000359-1772841600-1798847999@wahc-museum.ca SUMMARY:Solidarity Forever: Workers' Sounds and Songs DESCRIPTION:Labour music histories from WAHC’s permanent collection\nCurated by Ada Bierling \nThroughout labour history\, music has been a tool to inspire\, educate\, and mobilize workers. Solidarity Forever: Workers’ Sounds and Songs delves into histories of labour songs by showcasing musical moments from WAHC’s permanent collection. \nFrom traditional labour songs set to Gospel tunes and contemporary tracks about workers’ issues to powerful chants on picket lines\, labour songs inspire solidarity through auditory engagement. Throughout time and space\, music and protest sounds continue to encourage workers to build community and fight for a better world. \nVisit the exhibition to explore artifacts ranging from vinyl records and song lyrics to archival video footage from WAHC’s permanent collection. \n \nFor more information\, please contact Ada Bierling\, Interim Programming and Exhibitions Specialist\, at (905) 522-3003 ex. 29 or ada@wahc-museum.ca \n  \nTop image: D.O.A. performs in Vancouver’s MAYWORKS FESTIVAL Celebrating Working People & Culture (video still) (1989). Digitized video. Directed by Craig Berggold and Teresa Marshall. \nBottom image: Katari Taiko performs inVancouver’s MAYWORKS FESTIVAL Celebrating Working People & Culture (video still) (1989). Digitized video. Directed by Craig Berggold and Teresa Marshall. \nWAHC acknowledges the Ontario Arts Council\, the City of Hamilton\, the Province of Ontario\, the Canada Council for the Arts\, CUPE National\, Canada’s Building Trades Unions\, OPSEU/SEFPO\, the Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario\, and Teamsters Local Union 879 for their support of our exhibitions and ancillary programs. URL:https://wahc-museum.ca/event/solidarity-forever-workers-sounds-and-songs/ LOCATION:Ontario Building Trades Gallery CATEGORIES:Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wahc-museum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Website-Image-Template-Events-5.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="WAHC":MAILTO:sam18@wahc-museum.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260402 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261219 DTSTAMP:20261015T192433 CREATED:20250317T143715Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260604T173737Z UID:10000326-1775088000-1797638399@wahc-museum.ca SUMMARY:Off The Beaten Path: Mapping Labour and Race in Hamilton DESCRIPTION:We are excited to unveil the second edition of the interactive mapping project\, Off the Beaten Path\, crafted by the students from the School of Labour Studies at McMaster University. \nBy collecting the personal stories and historical events of everyday Hamiltonians the students are able to explore social issues through the lens of labour and race. Their projects are creative interpretations of these diverse and dynamic stories. \nThis is an ongoing project and you can catch up on last year’s projects by heading to their interactive map here. Or come by WAHC to see the stories for yourself! \nAn opening reception and presentations of this year’s works will take place Thursday\, April 2nd from 12-1:30pm at WAHC. This event is open to the public as well as those affiliated with McMaster. You can save your spot by filling out the form below. URL:https://wahc-museum.ca/event/off-the-beaten-path-mapping-labour-and-race-in-hamilton/ LOCATION:Workers Arts & Heritage Centre CATEGORIES:Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wahc-museum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Off-The-Beaten-Path-website-1000-x-750-px.png ORGANIZER;CN="WAHC":MAILTO:sam18@wahc-museum.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260407 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261225 DTSTAMP:20261015T192433 CREATED:20250808T160434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T153845Z UID:10000342-1775520000-1798156799@wahc-museum.ca SUMMARY:Solidari-TEES: T-Shirts of the Labour Movement DESCRIPTION:As articles of clothing associated with the working class\, t-shirts are vehicles of political and cultural communication through design\, image\, and text. Within the labour movement\, t-shirts help working people spread awareness about campaigns\, strikes\, and issues of concern. On a picket line or in a parade\, workers wearing t-shirts are a powerful symbol of solidarity and unity. \nThis exhibition of t-shirts from our collection illustrates the preoccupations of workers\, their unions\, and allies. \nFor more information\, please contact Ada Bierling\, Interim Programming and Exhibitions Specialist\, at (905) 522-3003 ex. 29 or ada@wahc-museum.ca. \nWAHC wishes to acknowledge the Ontario Arts Council\, the City of Hamilton\, the Province of Ontario\, the Canada Council for the Arts\, CUPE National\, Canada’s Building Trades Unions\, OPSEU/SEFPO\, the Provincial Building and  Construction Trades Council of Ontario\, and Teamsters Local Union 879 for their support of our exhibitions and ancillary programs. URL:https://wahc-museum.ca/event/solidari-tees-t-shirts-of-the-labour-movement/ LOCATION:Teamsters Local Union 879 Hub CATEGORIES:Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wahc-museum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Website-Image-Template-Events-14.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="WAHC":MAILTO:sam18@wahc-museum.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260701 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261202 DTSTAMP:20261015T192433 CREATED:20260708T172433Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T144911Z UID:10000374-1782864000-1796169599@wahc-museum.ca SUMMARY:Artists-In-Residence: Anahí González and Katie Lawson DESCRIPTION:Anahí Gonzalez and Katie Lawson\, in their capacity as members of the Creative Food Research Collaboratory (CFRC)\, are WAHC’s 2026 Artists-in-Residence. With help from local community partners\, their arts-based residency research will explore food security\, food justice\, food sovereignty\, and migrant labour in the Hamilton region\, from July—November 2026. \nFollow us on Instagram and Facebook for updates on their residency. \nTimeline\nFrom July—September\, Anahí and Katie will connect with local community partners to learn about contemporary issues of food justice and migrant labour in the Hamilton region. \nOn October 8\, 2026\, they will integrate their findings into a public program\, “Local” Food\, Migrant Labour: Residency Reflections. Details below. \nTheir residency will accumulate into a piece of printed ephemera exploring the conversations and art emerging from their research. \n\n \n \n \n About the Artists \nThe Creative Food Research Collaboratory (CFRC) germinates collaborations at the intersection of art and food studies\, exploring how the arts can imagine—and therefore help to achieve—food security\, food sovereignty\, and food justice in Canada. Our work includes academic research\, public events\, teaching and workshops\, as well as fundraising for community food initiatives. Initiated in 2022\, the collective is comprised of Amanda White\, Zoë Heyn Jones\, Anahí Gonzalez\, and Katie Lawson.  \nAnahí González is a Mexican photographer and artist based in London\, Ontario. Through photography\, installation\, and participatory practices\, she explores migration\, labour\, identity\, and everyday systems of exchange\, with a focus on Mexican labour for/within Canada. She holds a Doctorate in Art and Visual Culture from Western University\, with previous studies in Canada\, Mexico\, and Spain. In 2021\, she received Mexico’s Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte grant\, Jóvenes Creadores program. Her work has been exhibited and screened across Canada\, Mexico\, the United States\, Norway\, Spain\, and France. \nKatie Lawson is a curator and writer based in Toronto. She is currently a SSHRC-funded PhD candidate at Western University\, where she works with the Centre for Sustainable Curating. She has curated exhibitions for a wide range of institutions\, including the Toronto Biennial of Art\, regional galleries\, municipalities\, and artist-run-centres in Canada. She contributes to a range of print and online publications. She has recently written for Esse\, BlackFlash\, Momus\, and CBC Arts. \n \n \n Ancillary Program \nOctober 8\, 2026 | 6:30-8:30PM | “Local” Food\, Migrant Labour: Residency Reflections \nRegistration required. Register through the event page linked above. \nAnahí González and Katie Lawson have spent the summer months conducting research together at the intersection of migrant workers’ rights and food systems. This program will feature reflections from their residency and invite attendees into conversation shared over tamales provided by Mexican Kitchen. A new special edition produced by designer Laura Rojas will also be available!  \nFor more information\, please contact Ada Bierling\, Interim Programming and Exhibitions Specialist\, at (905) 522-3003 ex. 29 or ada@wahc-museum.ca. \nImage credits: \nMain image: Workshop led by Katie Lawson and Maria Simmons as part of Bread\, Butter\, Tea\, Soup (2024) at ArtLAB\, London ON\, curated by the Creative Food Research Collaboratory. Photo: Dickson Bou.  \nHeadshots: Anahí Gonzalez (left); Katie Lawson (right)\, photo: Jordan Huffman. URL:https://wahc-museum.ca/event/artists-in-residence-anahi-gonzalez-and-katie-lawson/ LOCATION:Hamilton\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wahc-museum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Website-Image-Template-Events-15.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="WAHC":MAILTO:sam18@wahc-museum.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260805 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271218 DTSTAMP:20261015T192433 CREATED:20260514T203952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260721T182719Z UID:10000371-1785888000-1829087999@wahc-museum.ca SUMMARY:Work In Progress: Survival and Dignity DESCRIPTION:How do working people obtain the necessities of life while doing work essential to the functioning of society? \nThese labour and activist histories capture how workers have organized to create dignified lives in their communities. They include building thriving working-class neighbourhoods\, sex workers nurturing community care\, and organizing movements to support racialized and migrant workers. \nThe following examples demonstrate how communities have strived to innovate unique solutions and achieve better quality of life for working people. \nAbout Work In Progress:\nWork in Progress — a multi-phase redesign of the Workers Arts & Heritage Centre’s heritage exhibits unfolding until 2027 – reimagines how working people’s stories are told\, and who gets to tell them. \nExperiences of labour and work are changing at a pace not seen in decades. This project positions our exhibits as an evolving process\, and a long-term collaboration between WAHC and community members across the country. \nThrough Work In Progress\, 30 snapshots in labour and people’s history will be honoured with the help of a group of Community Curators– workers\, activists\, artists and organizers from Hamilton and beyond. From land defenders to care work\, tenant activism and mutual aid to unions of unemployed workers\, Work In Progress honours and uplifts the many ways people have worked for a more just future across space and time. \nTo use the words of one Community Curator: “So much of working-class history is left out of textbooks\,” she says. “These are stories of resistance\, of wins worth remembering. They help people see what’s possible.” \nAbout the Community Curators \nHuckleberry Point Collective (Nancy Bouchier\, Matt McInnes and Simon Orpana) pursues place-based creative projects that draw attention to the relationships\, legacies\, cultures\, and potentials that — despite histories of violence\, trauma and forgetting — continue to sustain us. A city\, region or home is\, at root\, a collection of relationships despite the tendencies of settler culture to disguise such interdependencies as privatized\, purchasable commodities. Started by Simon Orpana\, Matt McInnes\, Nancy Bouchier and Rob Kristofferson\, the Huckleberry Point Collective seeks to nurture projects that can recognize and strengthen community relationships based on principles of equity\, sharing and sustainability. \nKwentong Bayan Collective (KBC) is a Toronto-based artist collective. Our artistic mandate is to explore a critical and intersectional approach to community-based art\, labour\, and education. In the Filipino language\, “kwentong bayan” is the literal translation of “community stories.” A major part of KBC’s work is in collaboration with Filipino migrant care workers\, who support Canadian families to care for children\, elders\, and those with complex medical needs. \nFor 2025-2026\, Kwentong Bayan Collective are participating in the Eastern Comma Artists-in-Residence Program\, an initiative of the Musagetes Foundation that has its roots in a long-time programming relationship with the rare Charitable Research Reserve. KBC’s comic on the history of the Live-in Caregiver Program was published in the award-winning book\, Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working Class Struggle. KBC created a Visual Timeline of Caregiving Work in Canada poster that examines the 150+ year history of care work by indigenous and racialized women. Subsequently\, this work has been published in textbooks\, taught in high schools\, colleges and universities\, and presented at galleries in Toronto\, Mississauga\, Hamilton\, and Noisel\, France. \nEmily Power is president of Caroline Co-op\, a housing co-op in Hamilton. In 2024\, she led her tenant association in fundraising to purchase the apartment building from their landlord\, the first example of a tenant-led\, co-op conversion in the city’s history. She received the 2025 Co-op Housing Champion award from the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada for her efforts. Emily is a past tenant organizer with the Hamilton Tenants Solidarity Network and co-director of Trainwreck\, a documentary about light rail transit\, gentrification\, and resistance. She holds a master’s in urban planning from the University of Toronto and works at Flourish\, an affordable housing development consulting non-profit based in Hamilton. \nJelena Vermilion a.k.a Scarlett Gillespie is an interdisciplinary artist\, researcher\, and sex workers’ rights advocate based in Hamilton\, Ontario. Through mixed media\, theatre performances\, archival research\, and public history\, her work explores themes of labour\, survival\, stigma\, and resistance. Vermilion is the Executive Director of the Sex Workers’ Action Program (SWAP) Hamilton and has spent years documenting the hidden histories of sex workers in Canada. Her practice bridges academia\, activism\, and art\, while centering lived experience\, collective memory\, and the voices of those too often erased from institutional narratives. Her work is a love letter to those who come before us and to those who remain. \nWork In Progress is a multi-phase project that has been in development since 2018. As such\, many staff and committee members past and present have played a part in shaping it. WAHC acknowledges the following people who impacted this project in ways great and small since its inception:Siobhan Angus\, Florencia Berinstein\, Ada Bierling\, Tara Bursey\, Kento Cady\, Dan Hill\, Arun Jacob\, Rob Kristofferson\, Alec Latham\, Meredith Leonard\, Chantal Mancini\, Sonali Menezes\, Sylvia Nickerson\, Simon Orpana\, John Summers and Vinh Thach.\n\nWork In Progress is made possible through the Alfred & Joan Robertshaw Memorial Fund of the Hamilton Community Foundation\, the Atkinson Foundation\, and supporters of WAHC’s Legacy Fund.\nImage credit: Care Work Makes All Other Work Possible\, © 2025 Kwentong Bayan Collective.  Image courtesy the artists. URL:https://wahc-museum.ca/event/work-in-progress-survival-and-dignity/ LOCATION:OPSEU/SEFPO Gallery CATEGORIES:Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wahc-museum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Website-Image-Template-Events-26.png ORGANIZER;CN="WAHC":MAILTO:sam18@wahc-museum.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260911 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261212 DTSTAMP:20261015T192433 CREATED:20260731T134309Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T142231Z UID:10000375-1789084800-1797033599@wahc-museum.ca SUMMARY:Para Ayer/Due Yesterday DESCRIPTION:A solo exhibition by Anahí González\nPara Ayer/Due Yesterday explores the urgency that shapes labour within trade and production networks connecting Mexico and Canada. The title comes from a common expression in Mexican workplaces: para ayer (“due yesterday”)\, a phrase used when something is expected immediately—as if it should have been finished yesterday.  \nThrough photography\, installation\, and participatory works\, González examines how trade agreements\, supply chains\, and cross-border industries shape the conditions that make urgency part of everyday work. The exhibition traces these conditions through the demands for speed\, mobility of goods and people\, and the continuous availability of labour that keeps systems of production running.  \n \n \n \n About the Artist \nAnahí González is a Mexican photographer and artist based in London\, Ontario. Through photography\, installation\, and participatory practices\, she explores migration\, labour\, identity\, and everyday systems of exchange\, with a focus on Mexican labour for/within Canada. She holds a Doctorate in Art and Visual Culture from Western University\, with previous studies in Canada\, Mexico\, and Spain. In 2021\, she received Mexico’s Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte grant\, Jóvenes Creadores program. Her work has been exhibited and screened across Canada\, Mexico\, the United States\, Norway\, Spain\, and France. \n \n \n Ancillary programming \nFriday September 18\, 6:30-9:00 PM | Opening Reception and performance Join us in celebrating the opening of Para Ayer (Due Yesterday)\, and WAHC’s heritage exhibition WIP: Survival and Dignity!  \nSaturday November 28\, 1-4 PM | Natural Pigment Making with Michelle Peraza Participants will learn how to make pigments with soil and have the opportunity to paint with the natural pigments on fabric patches. Registration required. \n \n \n Exhibition Essay \nClick on the link to read the exhibition essay written by Sonali Menezes: Para Ayer/Due Yesterday Exhibition Essay  \nImage credits:\n1: Carritos Hechos En Saltillo Para Canadians (2023)\, Anahí González. Image courtesy the artist. \n2: The Employee of the Month\, and The Next One\, and The Next One… (2024)\, Artcite\, Window\, Windsor\, ON. Photo documentation by Jel Media. \nWAHC acknowledges the Ontario Arts Council\, the City of Hamilton\, the Province of Ontario\, the Canada Council for the Arts\, CUPE National\, Canada’s Building Trades Unions\, OPSEU/SEFPO\, the Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario\, and Teamsters Local Union 879 for their support of our exhibitions and ancillary programs. URL:https://wahc-museum.ca/event/para-ayer-due-yesterday/ LOCATION:CUPE/SCFP Gallery CATEGORIES:Exhibitions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wahc-museum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Website-Image-Template-Events-17.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="WAHC":MAILTO:sam18@wahc-museum.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261106T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261106T190000 DTSTAMP:20261015T192433 CREATED:20260922T164635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260922T164641Z UID:10000382-1793988000-1793991600@wahc-museum.ca SUMMARY:WAHC Youth Council Information Session DESCRIPTION:Are you between the ages of 16-29 and interested in workers’ rights\, social justice\, and labour arts & heritage? Looking to get involved in your local community? Join WAHC’s 2026-27 Youth Council! \nYouth Council members shape WAHC programming & learn hands-on skills by developing a youth-led project throughout the year. There’s opportunities to connect with like-minded workers\, and learn about contemporary issues in labour arts & heritage from professionals in the field. \nPotential project inspiration includes creating a workshop on how to organize your barista job\, host wheat-paste poster-making sessions\, collect oral histories from multigenerational activists\, curate an exhibit about Labour Futurisms\, and more! Here are a few examples of past Youth Council projects. \nThe typical time commitment for this group is two meetings per month. Members can be local and non-local to Hamilton\, ON. \n  URL:https://wahc-museum.ca/event/wahc-youth-council-information-session/ LOCATION:WAHC\, 51 Stuart Street\, Hamilton\, Ontario\, L8L 1B5\, Canada CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wahc-museum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Website-Image-Template-Events.png ORGANIZER;CN="WAHC":MAILTO:sam18@wahc-museum.ca GEO:43.2664775;-79.8673578 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=WAHC 51 Stuart Street Hamilton Ontario L8L 1B5 Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=51 Stuart Street:geo:-79.8673578,43.2664775 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261113T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261113T220000 DTSTAMP:20261015T192433 CREATED:20260915T212405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260921T161241Z UID:10000381-1794592800-1794607200@wahc-museum.ca SUMMARY:31st Annual Sam Lawrence Dinner DESCRIPTION:Tickets are now on sale for WAHC’s biggest event of the year! Join us for an evening celebrating art\, heritage and community in support of the Workers Arts & Heritage Centre.\nCan you help us reach our goal of $12\,000.00? Your support means that we can continue to offer free and accessible programming for all. \nHead over to the event’s official page to purchase tickets today.  \nFull details of the evening’s festivities will be released in the coming weeks. In the meantime if you have any questions regarding the event (whether about tickets\, advertising or sponsorship) please reach out to Cayley James\, Outreach and Development Specialist\, at cayley@wahc-museum.ca.  URL:https://wahc-museum.ca/event/31st-annual-sam-lawrence-dinner/ LOCATION:King George Ballroom\, LiUNA Station\, 360 James St N\, Hamilton\, ON\, L8L 1H4\, Canada CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wahc-museum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Website-Image-Template-Events-28.png ORGANIZER;CN="WAHC":MAILTO:sam18@wahc-museum.ca END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261128T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261128T160000 DTSTAMP:20261015T192433 CREATED:20260731T143028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260912T004043Z UID:10000377-1795870800-1795881600@wahc-museum.ca SUMMARY:Natural Pigment Making with Michelle Peraza DESCRIPTION:Learn about pigment making with artist Michelle Peraza. Michelle will show participants how to make pigments with soil as a way to make sustainable paints\, connect with land\, and reflect on experiences of work\, migration\, and rest.  \nParticipants will learn about the pigment making process and have the opportunity to paint with soil-based pigments on fabric patches. \nThis program activates Anahí González’ solo exhibition Para Ayer/Due Yesterday. Registration required. \n   \n \n \n \n About the Artist \nMichelle Peraza (b. 1991\, Windsor) is a cross disciplinary artist of Cuban and Costa Rican descent. She holds a BA from Western University\, a BFA from OCAD University and an MFA from York University. Her practice is cross disciplinary\, working across painting\, drawing\, textile\, gilding\, natural dyeing\, pigment making\, site-specific installation and self limpias (cleansings)\, taking inspiration from Mesoamerican metaphysics and her education in Classical Studies to create new mythos that invokes interconnectedness with the cosmos\, devotion and reverence to existence\, self-healing and transformation.  \nShe has exhibited in public and artist-run galleries including Maison de la Culture Claude-Léveillée\, Niagara Artists Centre\, Cambridge Art Galleries\, Sur Gallery\, TAP Centre for Creativity\, Guelph Civic Museum and upcoming at Tom Thomson Gallery and Neutral Ground. She teaches in the Faculty of Art at OCAD University and works/lives in Toronto/Tkaronto. \nFor more information\, please contact Sylvia Nickerson\, Programming and Exhibitions Specialist\, at (905) 522-3003 ex. 29 or sylvia@wahc-museum.ca. \nImage credits: \n1: Pigment making process detail. Image courtesy of Michelle Peraza. \n2: Michelle leads a participant through the pigment making process. Image courtesy of Michelle Peraza. \nWAHC wishes to acknowledge the Ontario Arts Council\, the City of Hamilton\, the Province of Ontario\, the Canada Council for the Arts\, CUPE National\, Canada’s Building Trades Unions\, OPSEU/SEFPO\, the Provincial Building and  Construction Trades Council of Ontario\, and Teamsters Local Union 879 for their support of our exhibitions and ancillary programs. URL:https://wahc-museum.ca/event/natural-pigment-making-with-michelle-peraza/ LOCATION:CUPE/SCFP Gallery CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wahc-museum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Website-Image-Template-Events-19.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR