Sandra Ratnasingham

Teaching Materials on South Asian Feminist Activism in Canada and Abroad

 The Rise Up! Feminist Digital Archive is pleased to announce new teaching materials inspired by Diva, a journal of South Asian feminism.

Filed under: education, immigration, racialized & women of colour

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Undated button of the Food and Service Workers of Canada (FASWOC). FASWOC represented the cleaners, almost all Portuguese immigrant women, who went on strike at the First Canadian Place in Toronto in 1984. After six weeks, the strike ended in victory.

Honouring Portuguese Immigrant Cleaners’ Activism on Labour Day

 Rise Up is pleased to encourage and facilitate the growing interest among current researchers, educators, and activists in the rich...

Filed under: immigration, racialized & women of colour, work & labour

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