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Online Lecture: A Life On Wheels: Canadian Sleeping Car Porters During The Golden Age of Rail Travel, 1900-1940
February 16, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
A Life On Wheels: Canadian Sleeping Car Porters During The Golden Age of Rail Travel, 1900-1940
Thursday, February 16
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Join us for “A Life On Wheels: Canadian Sleeping Car Porters During The Golden Age of Rail Travel, 1900-1940”, an online lecture on February 16!
This lecture will examine the lives and labors of Canadian sleeping car porters who worked the rails during the first half of the twentieth century. Professor Sarah-Jane (Saje) Mathieu (University of Minnesota) will discuss how sleeping car porters and their families transformed Black life in Canada from Halifax to Vancouver. Particular attention will be paid to the cultural and political impact of sleeping car porters, particularly during their efforts to form what remains the largest Black union in the world–the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
Tickets for this event are free, although registration is required. Please note this event has a limited capacity.
Attendees will get access to our exclusive Zoom meeting room, where they can engage directly with the presenter and museum historians in a post-lecture Q&A. The event will begin at 7pm Eastern Standard Time, and will end at approximately 8:30pm EST.
ABOUT SAJE MATHIEU
Dr. Saje Mathieu is Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of North of the Color Line: Migration and Black Resistance in Canada, 1870-1955 and the forthcoming book The Glory of Their Deeds: A Global History of Black Soldiers and Civilians in the Great War. Professor Mathieu earned a joint PhD in History and African American Studies at Yale University. She specializes in 20th century American, African American, and Canadian history with an emphasis on immigration, war, race, globalization, social movements, and political resistance.
ABOUT THE TORONTO RAILWAY MUSEUM (TRM)
The Toronto Railway Museum (TRM) brings people together by telling stories of Toronto’s railway heritage. The Museum is located in the heart of downtown Toronto and is typically open year-round. TRM presents exhibits, tours, educational programs and publications that broaden the understanding and appreciation of Toronto’s rich railway history. TRM is committed to telling the stories of the railways, and welcoming conversations of its varied experiences through its lecture series, exhibits and integrated programming with a mission to learn from the past to make the future better.
