New Indigenous Labour Booklet
Great News! ALHI’s long awaited booklet on Indigenous labour is finally out and ready to be distributed across Alberta. The printing of thousands of copies of Our Work, Our Indigenous… Read more »
Category: Blog
Scraping the Sky
“Scraping the Sky” is a video that pays tribute to the Metis ironworkers who were responsible for the most dangerous work in the construction of the skyscrapers of downtown Edmonton… Read more »
Maria Dunn: Packingtown
Sunday, November 15, 2026Edmonton’s Ukrainian Centre (11018 97 Street)Doors: 6 p.m.Packingtown Video Ballad begins at 7 p.m., followed by a brief discussion of “People Power.”Entrance is free/donations accepted Ground Zero… Read more »
Free Walking Tour: Edmonton Working Class Heritage Buildings of Downtown Edmonton
What was it like to be a worker in boomtown Edmonton? A free, guided walking tour, about 2 km, looks at the economic and social conditions of the people who… Read more »
Booknotes: Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
Enshittification: Exploiting workers and consumers in the digital world Cory Doctorow’s Enshittification is a critical analysis of how the bosses of the internet, who have become the world’s richest people… Read more »
Alberta Labour History Institute: Walking Tour of Edmonton Working Class Heritage Buildings 2026
Sun, July 510:00am-11:30am Sun, July 1210:00am-11:30am This approx. 2 km tour looks at sites of significance in the history of Edmonton’s working people in the west end of downtown –… Read more »
Booknotes: A Fight for Justice: The compelling story of temporary foreign workers & human rights
A good thriller is fast-paced, with lots of tension, unpredictable twists, and memorable characters. While you might reach for authors like Stephen King, Dan Brown, or James Patterson for your… Read more »
Booknotes: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
Ducks: The human and environmental costs of ‘good jobs’ Kate Beaton’s 2022 graphic memoir Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands shines a light onto the human side of the… Read more »
Precarious Workers Webinar Video
The Alberta Labour History Institute’s webinar “Precarious Workers: Exploitation and Fightback” on February 23rd, 2026 had a large audience of people representing a variety of work and locations. The webinar… Read more »
International Women’s Day 2026
Activism to reshape workplaces to be fairer, safer, and more inclusive Across Alberta, on construction sites and in hospital rooms, women are advocating, organizing, and reshaping workplaces to be fairer,… Read more »