As part of our labor day programming we examined the herstory of labour day with particular focus on the treatment of racialized womyn in the context of unions and employment equity. We also talked about the vital role that sex workers and sexual labour plays in our communities and sampled the work of acclaimed Canadian musician Tiki Mercury-Clarke.
In recognition of both the history of exclusion that has marked Canada’s policies on migrants and the treatment of migrants as well as in acknowledgment of the role- often under-appreciated and devalued, played by migrant workers in the economy; we turned our attention to the 490 refugees whoarrived in early August aboard the MV Sun Sea.
Throughout the program we heard music from Nina Simone and Billie Holiday.
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