Plaques at the Vancouver Convention Centre
We Are All Workers
One of the first major projects of the BC Labour Heritage Centre was a series of educational plaques on the exterior and interior walls of the Vancouver Convention Centre West. This project was completed in 2010 and the exterior plaques were refurbished in 2016. They anchor many of our Vancouver Labour History Walking Tours which take place between May and September annually.
Exterior Plaques
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- Vancouver Convention Centre: The Team That Made It
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- Line of Work
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- Many Stories, One Story
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- We Are All Workers
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- First Nation, First Union
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- A Civilized Result
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- The Long Disgrace
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- Not Welcome
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- Saint Joe (Naylor)
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Another Kind of Murder
Ginger Goodwin
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- Taking it to Ottawa
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- The Battle of Ballantyne Pier
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- Rosie the Riveter
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- A Floating Bomb
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- Ironworkers Memorial Bridge
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- High Riggers
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- Fallers
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- Unsustainable Politics
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- The Rain People (Ocean Falls)
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- Trouble on Deadman’s Island
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- Spirit Diver
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- The Great Railway War
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- The Queen of the River
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- Pushing the Limits
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- Mattie’s Magic Machine
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- Master Boatbuilder
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- Marine Life – Restored
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- Hell for Salmon
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- The Drop
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- Frank Swannell
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- Trouble on Deadman’s Island
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- The Champagne Safari
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- Cataline’s Mules
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- Camels in the Cariboo
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- Boom Town (Barkerville)
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- The Big Bang
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- Beacons from Shore
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- The Accidental Airline
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- Mel Camilli
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- Mandeep Kaur Bassi
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- Paul Douglas
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- Josh Dueck
Interior Plaques
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- Unfair
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- The Politics of Fairness
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- Lest They Forget
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- A Radical Woman
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- Telling It Like It Was
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- Riches, for Some
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- A Revolution in a Wire
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- Sometimes You Win
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- Gentle and Invincible
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- And He Loved the Sea
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- Lloyd’s Ambulance
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- Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t
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- England’s Loss, BC’s Gain
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- A Much-loved Gentleman
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- A Human Paradox
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- As Far as the Eye Can See
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- Patron Saint of the Okanagan
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- The Will of a Fearless Man
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- A Most Singular Man
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- The Bishop’s Magical Machine
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- The Eye and the Compass
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- To See What’s Before You
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- Plowshares Into Swords
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- The Power of Water
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- The Long Ride Home
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- Spirits in Motion
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- His Remarkable Run
In this video, curator Clive Grout explains that the plaques and art installations at the Convention Centre were intended to allow visitors to reflect on the contributions made by work and workers to the building of the province. They also serve to highlight innovations that have built upon the labour of workers. The exterior plaques can be seen anytime. The interior plaques can be viewed when the Convention Centre is not occupied.