Resources
A Basic Bibliography
- compiled by David Yorke, On to Ottawa Historical Society Director
The 1935 On To Ottawa Trek
Ben Swankey
Written in 1997 for the On to Ottawa Historical Society
his 32 page summary of the background to the trek, the relief camp strike, and the trek also outlines the later activities of many of the trek leaders, and the relevance of the trek
to the present. It is available on the On to Ottawa Historical Society web site.
On To Ottawa
Doug Smith
Published in Horizon Canada Vol. 9 Number 99, March 1987 (Centre for the Study of Teaching Canada Inc., Saint-Laurent Quebec.
This 7 page article by a Manitoba labour historian contains many historic photos.
British Columbia: Vanguard of Radical Protest - the On-To- Ottawa Treks - 1935 & 1985.
Judy Hamaliuk
1986 Unpublished
his paper, written by one of the organizers of the 1985 50th anniversary further Trek to Ottawa and a former Director of the On to Ottawa Society, links a summary of the earlier events
and the still-present problems of unemployment and poverty in 1985.
On to Ottawa!
Sean Griffin and Hal Griffin
Published as a 12 page supplement to the May 29 1985 issue of the Pacific Tribune Vol. 48 No. 20, Vancouver B.C.
This summary draws on both documents and a number of interviews with leaders and participants in the trek, and has a detailed description of the relief camp strike activities in Vancouver
which preceded the Trek.
Freight Trains & Memory Lanes - The On to Ottawa Trek
John Eleen
Published in Our Times magazine, Vol 14 No. 4, August 1995.
This is a brief summary of the events of the Trek, together with the author's recounting of the stories of depression conditions related by his parents.
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