This year’s UALE Conference, which took place in Toronto from April 17 – 20, broke new ground in several ways.

With over 200 participants, it was the largest conference we have had in several years. One of the exciting features of this year’s gathering was the participation of over 50 Canadian labor educators. We also had attendees from Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Nepal and Trinidad & Tobago, which gave the conference a truly international feel.

See photos of the Conference in the Conference 2013 Photo Gallery. Download some of the papers and presentations here (More to come).

The conference theme, “Across Boundaries: What Are Workers Saying and Doing” was intended to make the optimal use of this coming together of colleagues from different countries, and the results were as hoped. Interactive plenary sessions gave all participants a chance to hear from and dialogue with colleagues from everywhere, and to see both the commonalities and the particularities of each country’s situation.