[Poster for public meeting with viewing of A Time to Rise, Abbotsford, 20 December 1981]
- MSC-102-0-1-7-0-20
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- 1981
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[Poster for public meeting with viewing of A Time to Rise, Abbotsford, 20 December 1981]
[Poster for public meeting with viewing of A Time to Rise, Abbotsford, 20 December 1981]
[Press conference photographs]
File consists of 4 photographic prints of a press conference which included Sukhwant Hundal, Hari Sharma, and Art Kube.
Press coverage of [Canadian Farmworkers Union ESL] Crusade
File consists of newspaper clippings and one photographic print.
[Press release regarding assessing daycare needs of farmworkers]
Programming and project records
Series consists of records relating to programs for farmworkers run by the Canadian Farmworkers Union, as well as external programs participated in by the union or its administrators, and various union projects. Records include ESL program planning and teaching materials, farmworker safety educational material, and documentary films and exhibits.
The series is arranged into four sub-series: English as a Second Language (ESL) training materials and photographs ([1965]-1987); General programming correspondence, photographs, and educational material ([198-]-1998); Project files and photographs ([1979]-Printed 2013 (originally created 1986)); and Meeting minutes, correspondence, photographs, and other records relating to collaboration with other organizations ([198--ca. 1997]).
Programming and project reports, correspondence, and photographs
Sub-series consists of records relating to projects undertaken by the Deol Society, including ESL classes, the Health Improvement Project (which entailed the production of the film Caught in a World of Pesticides, produced by Mae Burrows and Helena Cynamon), and the production of the film Kicking the Habit. Records include project-specific grant applications, project descriptions, progress reports, as well as photographs of the production of Caught in a World of Pesticides.
[Progress report and information package, possibly for potential donors]
File consists of records relating to a Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society study of worker legislation, workers’ rights, and farm labour contracting.
Project 5768BX0 [Canadian Farmworkers Union finances – Canada Works]
File consists of financial records relating to a Canada Works grant project.
Project criteria (Internal S-2 F)
Sub-series consists of proposals, reports, correspondence, and photographs relating to projects both internal and external, undertaken or contributed to by the Canadian Farmworkers Union and its members. These projects include cultural events, educational programs, photography projects and exhibits, and documentary videos, as well as research-based awareness projects. Records include production and event photographs, planning documents, and reports.
Records in this sub-series include material relating to the films A Time to Rise (Uthan da Vaila) (1981), produced and directed by Anand Patwardhan and Jim Munro with assistance from the National Film Board (NFB), which documented the history of the farmworkers’ struggle and the Canadian Farmworkers Union; Farmworkers Zindabad! (1985), written and directed by Craig Berggold and Sukhwant Hundal, which dramatized the Hoss Farming Company strike of 1984; and To Pick is Not to Choose (1985), directed by John Greyson for Tolpuddle Farm Labour Information Centre in Ontario. Also included are records relating to the photography exhibits “A Time to Change: South Asian Farmworkers of the Fraser Valley” (originally created in 1983 and exhibited numerous times) and “I would like to tell you a story… Health & Safety Regulations NOW!” (1986) by Craig Berggold. The sub-series also includes records of a health and safety campaign as well as the Technology Impact Program (TIP), a research project which gathered information about pesticide use on berry farms in BC.
Project proposal : March 1984-March 1987 – Legal services for farmworkers
File consists of 20 photographic negatives and 10 prints from the third public Farm Workers’ Organizing Committee meeting, held at David Thompson Secondary School, Vancouver, on June 9, 1979. Speakers included Raj Chouhan, International Woodworkers of America (IWA) Regional Council President Jack Munro, and Chairperson of the Labour Advocacy and Research Association Ujjal Dosanjh. Includes a paste-up of photographs for a Punjabi article on this meeting in The Farmworker Vol. 1, no. 1 (August 1979).
Public meeting, Abbotsford Aug 81
File consists of 33 photographic negatives and 30 prints of a Canadian Farmworkers Union meeting in Abbotsford, BC.
Public meeting, Mission 05/05/79
Public meeting, Mission 05/05/79
File consists of 19 photographic negatives from a Farm Workers’ Organizing Committee meeting in Mission, BC, on May 5, 1979.
Sub-series consists of editions of the Deol Society News, as well as an information brochure about the society.
Publications, publicity records, and ephemera
Sub-series consists of editions of the Canadian Farmworkers Union newspaper The Farmworker, newspaper clippings about the union and its activities, posters and leaflets on a variety of subjects, and press releases. Records also include a recording of a radio program about the Canadian Farmworkers Union, CFU logo lapel pins, and photographs of events.
[Publicity material from Montreal, November 1979]
[Publicity material from Toronto, November 1979]
File consists of 1 photographic print and an advertisement promoting women’s rights.
[Punjabi flyer for public meeting in Lake Cowichan, BC, September 2, 1979]
File consists of reference materials for learning Punjabi.
[Punjabi newspaper clippings about the Canadian Farmworkers Union and its actions]
File consists of newspaper clippings about the Farm Workers’ Organizing Committee and the Canadian Farmworkers Union, including subjects such as the Fraser Valley Farm Owners Association’s views, Raj Chouhan’s speech in response to the Social Credit government, and Cesar Chavez’s visit to Vancouver.