1874 – 1951 Generations of Queen’s students are familiar with the name “Alfie,” but few are aware of the story behind the legendary man. Accounts of Alfred Pierce’s life
Category: People’s History Project
1979 – 1982 Summary: In August 1979, a commercial harvester arrived at Mud Lake, the land of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nations and shared with neighboring residents, to harvest manòmin,
1992 – 1996 In the years between 1992 and 1996, there was a neo-Nazi presence at Queen’s. Leaflets with the logo of the Heritage Front, notorious Toronto based hate group,
2000 The P4W Memorial Collective (P4WMC) “is a group of women ex-prisoners from P4W, Indigenous activists, and prison justice activists who are working towards obtaining a permanent memorial garden on
1998 Founded as an offshoot of the People’s Community Union in 1998, Yellow Bike Action (YBA) is dedicated to breaking down social barriers and fighting for environmental justice [1]. This
1994 The Marriott-Queen’s Food Strike was a six-month long strike at Queen’s University, organized by Marriott food service workers in 1994. Marriott, after they purchased Saga Foods in 1986, was
1993 The People’s Parking Ticket Service In the summer of 1999, parking attendants in downtown Kingston were rendered incapable of doing their jobs by a few youths following them on
1985 August 9th, 1985, marked the 40th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings that claimed nearly two hundred thousand lives [1]. Kingstonians joined people all around the
2021 For over 10 days in June 2021, a sacred fire burned in City Park [1]. Ignited by the unearthing of the bodies of children at the sites of former
1989-1990 One of the most contentious Canadian environmental protests in the 1990s revolved around the expansion of the Red Squirrel Logging Road into the Temagami region, which was home