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Akin Koroma: Construction worker looks for work every day.
Akin Koroma: Construction worker looks for work every day.

Akin Koroma: Construction worker looks for work every day.

Date7/5/1991
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0129062F
Shared loss: Matthew (Al) Cripps reads a protest sheet as Mark Toljagic looks on at a self-help meeting for the relatives of workers killed on the job. We have no rights at all, Cripps says.
Shared loss: Matthew (Al) Cripps reads a protest sheet as Mark Toljagic looks on at a self-help meeting for the relatives of workers killed on the job. We have no rights at all, Cripps says.
4/24/1992
Past and present: Thomas Bouckley stands with an 1887 photo of the Oshawa Carriage Works in front of the building as it looks today.
Past and present: Thomas Bouckley stands with an 1887 photo of the Oshawa Carriage Works in front of the building as it looks today.
11/14/1983
At work: For a top executive of a multi-million dollar business Marty Silver looks sort of informal surrounded by huge rolls of material used in his furniture business
At work: For a top executive of a multi-million dollar business Marty Silver looks sort of informal surrounded by huge rolls of material used in his furniture business
8/14/1984
Heavy work: Fred Reinders, inset, looks at a map of Baffin Island where his firm built a reservoir in permafrost to serve the community of Pangnirtung
Heavy work: Fred Reinders, inset, looks at a map of Baffin Island where his firm built a reservoir in permafrost to serve the community of Pangnirtung
12/2/1988
It looks like junk but all the battered old pieces of furniture in Derek Maw's barn will, some day, be transformed into items that Canadians will want to buy to remind them of their heritage
It looks like junk but all the battered old pieces of furniture in Derek Maw's barn will, some day, be transformed into items that Canadians will want to buy to remind them of their heritage
3/9/1972
Surrounded: Buffalo Playboy Club co-owner Patrick Consentino, who wants to open a club in Toronto, is surrounded by bunnies every day he goes to work. Jennifer and Bubbles, front left and right, along with Maureen, left, Michelle, holding his arm, and Janice must observe strict club rules-and that includes no dating.
Surrounded: Buffalo Playboy Club co-owner Patrick Consentino, who wants to open a club in Toronto, is surrounded by bunnies every day he goes to work. Jennifer and Bubbles, front left and right, along with Maureen, left, Michelle, holding his arm, and Janice must observe strict club rules-and that includes no dating.
11/12/1981
Long-term factory workers are taken through the shock and pain of job loss, taught how to look for work, counselled as to career changes they canmake, or helped in choosing a retraining program
Long-term factory workers are taken through the shock and pain of job loss, taught how to look for work, counselled as to career changes they canmake, or helped in choosing a retraining program
8/13/1982
Freelance writer Judy Nyman, left, looks over the program with her husband, chartered accountant Harley Mintz, chairman of the board of the Reena Foundation, as Lisa Raphael looks on
Freelance writer Judy Nyman, left, looks over the program with her husband, chartered accountant Harley Mintz, chairman of the board of the Reena Foundation, as Lisa Raphael looks on
4/20/1989
On the job: Former construction worker Vito Giovannetti, right, who now runs his own company, talks with Ed Boone, one of his new employees who was hired under a program set up by the Workers' Compensation Board to find jobs for disabled workers
On the job: Former construction worker Vito Giovannetti, right, who now runs his own company, talks with Ed Boone, one of his new employees who was hired under a program set up by the Workers' Compensation Board to find jobs for disabled workers
6/5/1983
Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
2/12/1969
John Hogarth, a professor at Osgoode Hall law school, looks over his report on the methods and attitudes of lower court judges in sentencing offenders
John Hogarth, a professor at Osgoode Hall law school, looks over his report on the methods and attitudes of lower court judges in sentencing offenders
10/5/1971
Mild recession looks likely this yar, says Dr. Raymond Saulnier, an influential U.S. economist. The watch in his palm doesn't involve some strange piece of economic sysmbolism. He was merely timing his talk in Toronto today.
Mild recession looks likely this yar, says Dr. Raymond Saulnier, an influential U.S. economist. The watch in his palm doesn't involve some strange piece of economic sysmbolism. He was merely timing his talk in Toronto today.
5/1/1970