Labour History - Video Interviews ➔ [Video interview with Jinny Sims conducted by Dr. Anushay Malik]
Item
Identifier:
2021_08_03_006
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://unionzindabad.pressbooks.com/
Date
August 27 2021;Date(s) of creation
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Contributor
Publisher
Extent
1 digital video [1 hr 11 min 15 seconds]
Format
moving image
Description
Jinny Sims arrived in Montreal in 1975 from England where she was educated as a teacher. Two years later she and her family moved to Nanaimo where she taught high school. She became active the local teachers’ union and was involved in the union’s first bargaining for maternity leave. In 2004 she was elected President of the BC Teachers’ Federation, the first South Asian woman to hold the highest position in a BC union. This is a full-length interview conducted by Dr. Anushay Malik on behalf of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's "Union Zindabad!" Project, 2021.
Location
British Columbia;Vancouver Island;Nanaimo Land District;Nanaimo
Language
Rights Statement
Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian women
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Teachers' unions [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85133046];Labor unions [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85136516];Labor unions--Canada [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008106524];Labor unions--Canada--History [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009128451]