Public Lecture: Revolt at the Lakehead, Stories of Resistance and Dissent during the "Long" 1968

Event Date: 
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Thunder Bay Museum (425 Donald Street East) and Online
Event Fee: 
Free. Everyone is welcome.

Join us on 25 February at 7:30pm for a presentation by graduate student Rachel Kakegamic and Dr. Steven Jobbit on "Revolt at the Lakehead: Stories of Resistance and Dissent during the "Long" 1968."

This presentation explores social and political resistance and dissent at the Lakehead between the mid 1960s and the mid 1970s, a tumultuous period in world history referred to by some scholars as the "long" 1968. Situating local movements and events within a national and global context, Rachel Kakegamic and Steve Jobbitt survey the breadth of activism at the Lakehead and across Northwestern Ontario more generally, and examine the extent to which local activists were informed by radical developments nationally and globally that reached a peak with the student and worker rebellions that broke out throughout the Global North in 1968.

This presentation will be in-person and online. Complete information and how to register can be found at https://thunderbaymuseum1.wildapricot.org/event-5874531

This presentation is part of the 2024-25 Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society’s Lecture Series sponsored by the Department of History. 

Since 1908, the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society has been regularly holding talks on a wide range of topics on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Thunder Bay Museum (425 Donald Street East) from September to April. All presentations are free and open to the public.