“The Spotlight” by Local 196
As community nurses we are seldom stationary. We spend numerous hours on the road listening to music, audiobooks, and podcasts. Our local Advocacy and Engagement committee created this podcast to bring important (and hopefully entertaining) information to our members.
“The Spotlight” by Local 196
The history of the labour movement for nurses in Alberta
The second episode of the Spotlight features Winston Gereluk. Winston was invited to discuss the history of Nursing in Alberta.
*Interview was conducted on video and the audio extracted. Attempts were made to clean up the audio but listeners may have to adjust the volume, especially where the audio is poor. Our apologies*
Winston Gereluk is the Vice-President at Alberta Labour History Institute (ALHI). An organization founded in 1996 to collect, preserve and disseminate Canadian & Albertan labour history. Winston has worked for ALHI since its inception in 1996. Oral history, mainly via videos, has always been major form of research that ALHI undertakes. ALHI provides advice to unions about re-archiving and re-educational materials.
Links to source material used in the research of this podcast:
https://www.una.ca/document/unahistory
https://www.una.ca/document/historytimeline
https://albertalabourhistory.org/publications/working-people-in-alberta-a-history/
If you would like to join with ALHI in carrying out their mission to tell the history of Alberta’s working people, please e-mail alhioffice@gmail.com.
You can also contact ALHI at:
ALHI
Suite 603, 12323 Stony Plain Rd NW
Edmonton, AB T5N 3Y5
Ph: (780) 732-0320
Please note, the information, opinions, and recommendations expressed by guests and hosts in this Podcast are their own those don’t necessarily reflect the views of Local 196 or United Nurses of Alberta.
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