Acknowledgements

The second and latest revisions to Workers' City could not have happened without the work of:

Rob Kristofferson, PhD, project writer and historian
Florencia Berinstein, WAHC Executive Director, project development
Simon Orpana, PhD, research support
Katherine Roy, project coordination
Kat Williams, research and website development
Sonali Menezes, interviews and story writing

Workers Arts and Heritage Centre would like to thank all those who have supported this project.

This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The project was also funded by the Government of Ontario and Wilfrid Laurier University. Finally, our sincere thanks to the following people and organizations for their time, talents and contributions.

For the latest iteration of Workers’ City, WAHC is particularly grateful to the works of historian Adrienne Shadd, educational specialist and teacher Natasha L. Henry, and author Dionne Brand. Their published historical research forms a narrative backbone for remembering, celebrating, and sharing the lives and experiences of Black Hamiltonians.

We’re also thankful to all who contributed to the  "...and still I rise!" A History of African-Canadian Workers in Ontario, 1900 to Present exhibition which was produced by the cooperative efforts of a number of organizations and individuals at WAHC in 2007, including Adrienne Shadd as Curator, Michelle Myrie as Project and Youth Coordinator, Renée Wetselaar as Project Director.

Research and Archival Support

Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives Department
McMaster University, Labour Studies Department
McMaster University, Ready House
The Hamilton Spectator, Archives
Carol Anderson, copy editing

Image Research and Support
Hamilton Public Library, Local History and Archives
McMaster University, Labour Studies
Cees Van Gemerden
Multicultural History Society of Ontario
Stan and Francis Ellis
Anthony Butler Architect
Judy Philip
City of Hamilton, Planning Department & Department of Culture and Recreation
Harry Johnston
Anne Nyhof
Toronto Reference Library, Canadian History Historical Picture Collection
Hamilton Spectator

Acknowledgements for the original iteration of Workers’ City

Ann Gillespie
Benni Ferri
Bert McClure
Bill Scandlan
Bill Walsh
Bob Mann
Bob Sutton
Brain Henley
Canadian Autoworkers (now Unifor)
Canadian Museums Association – Reading the Museum Program
Carol J. Anderson
Carolyn Gray
CAW Local 504
Charles Bulmer
Charles Olds
City of Hamilton, Mayor’s Office, Department of Culture and Recreation, Public Works & Traffic and Planning Department
Craig Heron
Cultural Strategic Development Fund, Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation
CUPE Local 5 & Local 167 (now CUPE Local 5167)
Dennis Missett
Dofasco Inc.
Ed Fisher
Ed Thomas
Edna Chadwick
Electromart Ltd.
Ezio Settimi
Florence Fisher
Florry Knapp
Floyd Reid
Frank Moroz
Fred Purser
G.S. Dunn Limited
Gary Beemer
Gene Yachetti
George Krekorian
Hamilton Advisory Committee, OWAHC
Hamilton and District Labour Council
Hamilton Harbour Commissioners
Hamilton Public Library, Special Collections
Hamilton Street Railway Co.
IBEW Local 105
Inventory of Existing Historic Industrial Sites Project
Inventory of Existing Industrial Sites Project
Jack Watts
Jackie Jones
Jake Isbister
John Dolbec
John Weaver
Joyce Yakmalian
June Wenner
Ken Hendry
Ken O’Neill
Ken Withers
Labour Studies, McMaster University
Lil Seager
Louis Fiori
Lynda Knapp
Mae Padley
Marg Campbell
Margaret Houghton
Mary Breen
Mary Fiori
Mike Cosentino and the sign crew
Nancy Hindmarsh
Nick Salayko
Nina Chapple
Norma Bertie
Ontario Trillium Foundation
Ontario Workplace Heritage Program, Ontario Heritage Foundation
Pat Smith
Procter and Gamble
Ready Archives, McMaster University
Renée Wetselaar
Robert Storey
Ron Wallace
Ronald Moote
Roy O’Grady
Ruby Yeomans
Sandy Carnduff
Sean Selway
Seenie Loftman
Seldon Griffin Graphics Inc.
Seldon Printing Limited
Sheldon Keith
Stelco Inc., Lake Erie & Hilton Works
Tharme Design
The Government of Canada’s Millennium Partnership Program
The Hamilton Community Foundation
The Hamilton Spectator
Tony Butler
Toronto Labour Studies Group
United Steelworkers of America (now USW)
United Steelworkers of America Hamilton Area Council
Vilnis Design
Wally Mack
Walter Jaszek
Wayne Marston (MP)