Learning to Remember / Resist / Redraw: Bringing the Graphic History Collective’s work to an elementary teacher education classroom by Casey Burkholder (@CM_Burkholder) I’m a teacher educator at a university in Eastern Canada, teaching in the Wabinaki Confederacy on the unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik peoples. I’m also a former history student and a graphic … Read More
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Announcement: We Are Continuing “Remember l Resist l Redraw”
In January 2017, we launched Remember / Resist / Redraw: A Radical History Poster Project as a year-long artistic intervention in the Canada 150 conversation. Our goal was to create a series of accessible radical history posters that can serve as a resource for activists to lean on and learn from as they struggle to … Read More
#resist150 July Sale – 20% off Drawn to Change
Between the Lines invites people to question and challenge the dominant narrative of Canada’s history and #resist150. During the month of July get 20% off select titles (see below) with promo code: resist150. First on their list is our award-winning collection of graphic labour histories, Drawn to Change. We are honoured to be included alongside … Read More
Fundraiser: Help Support “Remember l Resist l Redraw”
In January, the Graphic History Collective launched Remember l Resist l Redraw: A Radical History Poster Project to intervene in the Canada 150 conversation. Each alternative history poster (one per month) is being posted on our website, and the posters are free to download for personal, educational, and activist use. Thanks to Dr. Jarett Henderson … Read More
The Little Red Colouring Book – Haymarket Edition – Free Download
The Graphic History Collective is pleased to release Volume 2 of The Little Red Colouring Book, just in time for May Day 2017. The activist colouring book is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD. Volume 1, which focuses on labour activists, is also available for FREE DOWNLOAD. Volume 2 focuses on the Haymarket Martyrs. Many people … Read More
Drawn to Change Preview Series – The Tyee
Last week – in honor of Labour Day – The Tyee ran a week-long preview series showcasing some of the work in our new comics collection, Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle. We were overjoyed with people’s positive responses to the previews, and so was the Tyee, so they collected them in one … Read More
Activist Colouring Night
Last week we worked with Artspace and CUPE 3908 to host a free activist colouring night. A group of community activists came together to colour pages from The Little Red Colouring Book, the GHC’s free activist colouring book. It was a fun night of making art, eating snacks, and talking politics. We even created a … Read More
10% off May Day and Drawn to Change
Just in time for May Day 2016, Between the Lines Press is offering a special 10% discount on orders of our books May Day: A Graphic History of Protest and Drawn to Change: Graphic Histories of Working-Class Struggle. Order from BTL until May 6th and use the promo code: mayday. Get your dose of radical working-class … Read More
Colouring with the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre
Our friends at the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre (in Hamilton, Ontario) recently gave kids the opportunity to colour our Joe Hill commemorative poster as part of one of their great Professional Development Days. The kids did a great job and had a lot of fun. We are going to be donating a copy of … Read More
Activist Colouring Contest Winners
We are thrilled at the response to our Activist Colouring Contest, commemorating the life of union singer and organizer Joe Hill. It was great to see folks of all ages participate and learn a little bit about Joe Hill in the process of making activist art. In the end, we selected three winners: Abby Vassey … Read More