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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Revolution Songs: Class conflict and character depth in the Crowsnest Carissa Halton’s new novel Revolution Songs brings to life the ways in which the Great Depression of the 1930s destabilized… Read more »
A special time to Celebrate; a special time for Solidarity Please join us as we recognise and celebrate BLACK HISTORY MONTH now in its 30th year of recognition by the… Read more »
ALHI’S 2026 ALHI Calendar Provides Monthly Lessons on a Timely Subject My parents came to Canada in 1913, children of parents leaving Ukraine (Galicia) because of poverty and oppression under… Read more »
Thursday July 10 10-11:30 a.m. and Saturday July 12 10-11:30 a.m.Meet at the EPL Milner Library branch north plaza.Cancelled if air quality reaches 7 on the Environment Canada weather scale…. Read more »