Publications in the Labour Movement
1978. AWorker Education: Real Power@, District 6, United Steelworkers of America.
1986. "Facing Management: Social roots of a union course". Our Times, April.
1987. "With a little help from our friends: Union Culture combines street smarts and solidarity". Our Times, April.
1989. AA Worker-Driven Approach to Training@, submission to the Training Subcommittee, Ontario Premier=s Council.
1990. AHuman Resources Talk Back@, presentation to the Financial Post Conference on Training.
1991. APartnership or Social Bargaining@, presentation to the Institute for International Research.
1995. Two excerpts from the forthcoming book, Thinking Union, published in Our Times magazine.
1998.Excerpt from the forthcoming book Foundations of Adult Education in Canada, published in Our Times magazine.
1999. "Principles of Union Judo", published on web site www.thinkingunion.net.
1999."Preface", Making Our Mark: Labour arts and heritage in Ontario. Eds. Karl Beveridge and Jude Johnston. Toronto: Between the Lines.
2000."Creating a better world", book review in the 20th anniversary issue of Our Times magazine.
2002. Education for Changing Unions. Co-authored with Barb Thomas, Bev Burke, Jojo Geronimo and Carol Wall. Toronto: Between the Lines. (due out in October 2002).
Community Activity
Before joining the labour movement in 1978, he was one of the founders of the Development Education Centre, a non-profit collective committed to public education on the causes of underdevelopment in Canada and in the Third World. He remained on the board for fifteen years, during which time DEC spun off a publishing house, a film distribution service and a film and video theatre. He was an associate of the Doris Marshall Institute for Education and Action, a training and process consulting team for unions and community groups which he helped to found in 1986, and remained involved until it closed in 1997.
Since 1988, he has been involved in conceiving, building and sustaining the Ontario Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, serving on most of its committees and a term as co-chair. He stepped down from the board in November 2001, but remains active in labour outreach and fundraising. Through this, he has become involved in many community organizations in Hamilton, including the United Way, Green Venture and Family Services.
Since 2000, he has been secretary of a family history group, the Descendants of the Reverend Richard Martin, whose web site is at www.martinhistory.net.
Personal
Born June 3, 1947 in Hamilton, Ontario. Canadian citizen. Married to Barbara Thomas.
Shared custody of two daughters, Danielle and Nyranne, from a former marriage.
Fluent in French and Spanish, conversant in Portuguese.
Papers documenting my educational activity from 1975 to 2001 have been donated to the Archives of Ontario. Reference can be found at:http://server1.minisisinc.com/minisa.dll/10372/1/0?SEARCH
then type in name of D'Arcy Martin.
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1978. AWorker Education: Real Power@, District 6, United Steelworkers of America.
1986. "Facing Management: Social roots of a union course". Our Times, April.
1987. "With a little help from our friends: Union Culture combines street smarts and solidarity". Our Times, April.
1989. AA Worker-Driven Approach to Training@, submission to the Training Subcommittee, Ontario Premier=s Council.
1990. AHuman Resources Talk Back@, presentation to the Financial Post Conference on Training.
1991. APartnership or Social Bargaining@, presentation to the Institute for International Research.
1995. Two excerpts from the forthcoming book, Thinking Union, published in Our Times magazine.
1998.Excerpt from the forthcoming book Foundations of Adult Education in Canada, published in Our Times magazine.
1999. "Principles of Union Judo", published on web site www.thinkingunion.net.
1999."Preface", Making Our Mark: Labour arts and heritage in Ontario. Eds. Karl Beveridge and Jude Johnston. Toronto: Between the Lines.
2000."Creating a better world", book review in the 20th anniversary issue of Our Times magazine.
2002. Education for Changing Unions. Co-authored with Barb Thomas, Bev Burke, Jojo Geronimo and Carol Wall. Toronto: Between the Lines. (due out in October 2002).
Community Activity
Before joining the labour movement in 1978, he was one of the founders of the Development Education Centre, a non-profit collective committed to public education on the causes of underdevelopment in Canada and in the Third World. He remained on the board for fifteen years, during which time DEC spun off a publishing house, a film distribution service and a film and video theatre. He was an associate of the Doris Marshall Institute for Education and Action, a training and process consulting team for unions and community groups which he helped to found in 1986, and remained involved until it closed in 1997.
Since 1988, he has been involved in conceiving, building and sustaining the Ontario Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, serving on most of its committees and a term as co-chair. He stepped down from the board in November 2001, but remains active in labour outreach and fundraising. Through this, he has become involved in many community organizations in Hamilton, including the United Way, Green Venture and Family Services.
Since 2000, he has been secretary of a family history group, the Descendants of the Reverend Richard Martin, whose web site is at www.martinhistory.net.
Personal
Born June 3, 1947 in Hamilton, Ontario. Canadian citizen. Married to Barbara Thomas.
Shared custody of two daughters, Danielle and Nyranne, from a former marriage.
Fluent in French and Spanish, conversant in Portuguese.
Papers documenting my educational activity from 1975 to 2001 have been donated to the Archives of Ontario. Reference can be found at:http://server1.minisisinc.com/minisa.dll/10372/1/0?SEARCH
then type in name of D'Arcy Martin.
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