Steveston's Legacy Sculpture
A bronze sculpture of three figures by Norm Williams, unveiled in 2009, representing men and women of different ethnicities and ages working in the fishing industry.(full page)Plaque courtesy...
Vancouver Sex Workers Memorial
Memorial honouring sex workers driven from the neighbourhood in the 1980s, forcing them into unsafe areas.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques Around the...
CASAW 1976 Wildcat Strike
This plaque dedicated by the BC Labour Heritage Centre with Unifor Local 2302 and the Kitimat, Terrace & District Labour Council documents the 1976 wildcat strike by members of CASAW, as a protest...
Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don't (Operation Solidarity)
"In 2010 the BC Labour Heritage Centre partnered with the Vancouver Convention Centre on a series of plaques telling stories of working peoples' history in the province.This plaque describes...
Charles Howard Webb
BC Labour Heritage Centre plaque honouring Charles Howard Webb, a founder of the International Woodworkers of America in Prince George.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's...
Let Us Move Forward United!
BC Labour Heritage Centre and BC Government and Service Employees' Union plaque commemorating the creation of the Union and its path to collective bargaining rights.(full page)Plaque courtesy...
Deas Island Cannery
A plaque commemorating the location of the Deas Island Cannery, established by John Sullivan Deas in 1873. Deas was a tinsmith by trade, part of the migration of blacks who arrived in...
Gentle and Invincible (T Buck Suzuki)
T Buck Suzuki was a leader among Japanese Canadian fishers who forged an alliance with unionized fishers on the Coast.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project...
A Revolution in a Wire
History of British Columbia's telecommunications industry and the highly paid unionized workforce it supported.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques...
Langley Teachers Association Connie Jervis Plaque
Installed in 2017 by the Langley Teachers' Association and the BC Labour Heritage Centre, this plaque documents the fight by Connie Jervis and 40 other teachers in 1939-40 with their school board...
Charles Painter Gravestone
Gravesite marker of 34-year old Charles Painter, a special constable with the BC Electric Railway who was killed during a robbery in 1915. The gravestone was only installed in 2017 thanks to...
Canada's First Teachers' Strike, Victoria 1919
This plaque was installed by the Greater Victoria Teachers' Association and the BC Labour Heritage Centre in 2017 to commemorate the February 1919 teachers' strike. The job action, the first of...
Blair Rifle Range Plaque
This plaque was produced by the BC Labour Heritage Centre and the Deep Cove Heritage Society in 2017 to recognize the location of one of the 83 unemployed relief camps established in BC...
Dusty Greenwell Park
Park in East Vancouver named after community activist Donald "Dusty" Greenwell. Greenwell, his father and grandfather were all coal miners from Vancouver Island. His grandfather was...
100 Years of Coal, Nanaimo
A reminder of Nanaimo's coal mining past, this monument symbolizes the 1849-1949 period. At its base is a small plaque placed in 1987 by the United Mine Workers, possibly to recognize the 1887...
BC Teachers' Federation 100 Years
Located at the former site of the King Edward High School, this plaque commemorates the location where the BC Teachers' Federation was established in 1917.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the...
Mickey O'Rourke Gravesite
Mickey O'Rourke, war hero and Victoria Cross winner in World War One is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Burnaby. O'Rourke led union longshoremen on their march to Ballantyne Pier...
Federico Garcia Lorca
Federico Garcia Lorca(1898-1936) Poet, dramatist and political activist whose heroic opposition to totalitarianism resulted in his murder by Fascists during the Spanish Civil War. Submitted...
Jane Addams
Jane Addams (1860-1935) Pioneering social reformer, activist for women's rights and world peace, public philosopher, author, first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Submitted by...
James Baldwin
James Baldwin (1924-1987) Eloquent novelist, essayist, poet, social critic, civil rights leader and passionate advocate for racial equality and human rights for gays. Submitted by Darren Platt