Social Democrats of the North: École Sociale Populaire
Learn about the unique Catholic roots of Quebec’s social democratic tradition.
Dave McGrane
Dave McGrane is an Associate Professor of Political Studies at St. Thomas More College and the University of Saskatchewan. He has written extensively on the NDP and Canadian social democracy.
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Social Democrats of the North: Ernest Winch and Harold Winch
Meet the radical father-son duo who became two of British Columbia’s left-wing pioneers.
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Social Democrats of the North: League for Social Reconstruction
The League for Social Reconstruction was a group of socialist thinkers, brought together by the crisis of the Great Depression, that laid the intellectual foundations for modern Canadian social democracy.
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Social Democrats of the North: Agnes Macphail
Rather than treating feminism and social democracy as separate projects, Agnes Macphail understood both as essential to building a more democratic and equal society.
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Social Democrats of the North: William Irvine
This Scottish-born preacher turned politician helped lay the foundation for early social democratic electoral success in Alberta and across Canada.
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Social Democrats of the North: E.A. Partridge
A pioneer of Canadian prairie socialism, E.A. Partridge was a radical farmer who organized Saskatchewan grain growers in the face of rampant price fixing.
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Social Democrats of the North: J.S. Woodsworth
From the Winnipeg General Strike to the birth of the CCF, J.S. Woodsworth became a pioneer of Canadian social democracy.
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Social Democrats of the North: Francis Marion Beynon, Feminist Firebrand
Francis Marion Beynon represented early Canadian feminism that fought for the right to vote for women, and laid the groundwork for elected political representation in Manitoba and across early 20th century Canada.
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Social Democrats of the North: Olivar Asselin, The Radical Journalist
Amidst working-class poverty and the upheaval around the First World War, Olivar Asselin emerged as one of Montreal’s most famous journalists who advocated for Quebec’s working poor.
