THE WINNIPEG GENERAL STRIKE OF 1919: THREE PERSPECTIVES: THREE WEEKS
Registration is now open for the Fall 2019 mini-session of the Seniors’ Alumni Learning for Life Program! This exciting program of three sessions is for seniors 60-plus and is open to alumni and friends of the University of Manitoba.
Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Runs November 6 until November 27
NOVEMBER 6
TOPIC: Winnipeg General Strike of 1919
Presenter: Dr. Julie Guard, Professor, History and Labour Studies
NOVEMBER 20
School of Art Gallery Visit: Robert Kell’s Winnipeg General Strike, 1919/ Bloody Saturday: The Making of a Monument| Noam Gonick and Bernie Miller
Presenter: Dr. Shep Steiner
** please note that this session will begin at 2:30 p.m.
NOVEMBER 27
Spies and Secret Codes of the Winnipeg General Strike
Presenter: Wayne Chan, Research Computer Analyst, Centre for Earth and Observation Science
When David Ambrose [BMROT/00] was 10 years old, growing up in Teulon, Man., the first seeds of his career were planted while he watched the Calgary Flames make a run for the Stanley Cup in 1989. It wasn’t hockey legends like Lanny McDonald who caught his attention. Instead, he noticed Bearcat Murray, the team’s athletic trainer, tending to injured players on the ice.