Histories of Environmental Coalition Building in British Columbia : Using History to Build Working-Class Environmentalism

On 3 February 1989, leaders of the British Columbia labour movement, members of the environmental movement, and representatives from the Nuu-chah-nulth-aht Tribal Council (ntc) gathered to meet at Tin Wis, the ntc meeting space, in Tofino, BC, to discuss an alliance around environmental issues on th...

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Published in:Labour / Le Travail
Main Author: Harter, John-Henry
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Published: Canadian Committee on Labour History 2022
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spelling fterudit:oai:erudit.org:1094780ar 2023-05-15T16:15:59+02:00 Histories of Environmental Coalition Building in British Columbia : Using History to Build Working-Class Environmentalism Harter, John-Henry 2022 http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1094780ar https://doi.org/10.52975/llt.2022v90.008 en eng Canadian Committee on Labour History Érudit Labour : Journal of Canadian Labour Studies vol. 90 (2022) http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1094780ar doi:10.52975/llt.2022v90.008 All Rights Reserved ©, 2022Canadian Committee on Labour History labour environment First Nations British Columbia new social movements alliances politics travail environnement Premiers peuples Colombie-Britannique nouveaux mouvements sociaux politique text 2022 fterudit https://doi.org/10.52975/llt.2022v90.008 2022-12-18T00:12:22Z On 3 February 1989, leaders of the British Columbia labour movement, members of the environmental movement, and representatives from the Nuu-chah-nulth-aht Tribal Council (ntc) gathered to meet at Tin Wis, the ntc meeting space, in Tofino, BC, to discuss an alliance around environmental issues on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. This article takes this meeting, and subsequent alliance, as a way to explore the impact, potential, and contested meanings of alliances forged among workers, environmentalists, and First Nations in British Columbia in the late 20th century and beyond. In this way, the article examines from a historical perspective what sociologists have framed as the period of new social movements. Le 3 février 1989, des dirigeants du mouvement syndical de la Colombie-Britannique, des membres du mouvement écologiste et des représentants du Nuu-chah-nulth-aht Tribal Council (ntc) se sont réunis pour se rencontrer à Tin Wis, l’espace de réunion du ntc, à Tofino, pour discuter d’une alliance autour des questions environnementales sur la côte ouest de l’Île de Vancouver. Cet article prend cette rencontre, et l’alliance subséquente, comme un moyen d’explorer l’impact, le potentiel et les significations contestées des alliances forgées entre les travailleurs, les écologistes et les Premières Nations en Colombie-Britannique à la fin du 20e siècle et au-delà. De cette manière, l’article examine d’un point de vue historique ce que les sociologues ont défini comme la période de nouveaux mouvements sociaux. Text First Nations Premières Nations Érudit.org (Université Montréal) Labour / Le Travail 90 203 222
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description On 3 February 1989, leaders of the British Columbia labour movement, members of the environmental movement, and representatives from the Nuu-chah-nulth-aht Tribal Council (ntc) gathered to meet at Tin Wis, the ntc meeting space, in Tofino, BC, to discuss an alliance around environmental issues on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. This article takes this meeting, and subsequent alliance, as a way to explore the impact, potential, and contested meanings of alliances forged among workers, environmentalists, and First Nations in British Columbia in the late 20th century and beyond. In this way, the article examines from a historical perspective what sociologists have framed as the period of new social movements. Le 3 février 1989, des dirigeants du mouvement syndical de la Colombie-Britannique, des membres du mouvement écologiste et des représentants du Nuu-chah-nulth-aht Tribal Council (ntc) se sont réunis pour se rencontrer à Tin Wis, l’espace de réunion du ntc, à Tofino, pour discuter d’une alliance autour des questions environnementales sur la côte ouest de l’Île de Vancouver. Cet article prend cette rencontre, et l’alliance subséquente, comme un moyen d’explorer l’impact, le potentiel et les significations contestées des alliances forgées entre les travailleurs, les écologistes et les Premières Nations en Colombie-Britannique à la fin du 20e siècle et au-delà. De cette manière, l’article examine d’un point de vue historique ce que les sociologues ont défini comme la période de nouveaux mouvements sociaux.
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