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Part 04ECAMP

Edmonton City as Museum Project.

In 2025, ECAMP centred its storytelling on labour as heritage — and had its busiest summer to date.

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Heritage of Work

From drag performance to mainframe computing, from nursing advocacy to department store retail — work as a site of resistance, creativity, and belonging.

Shima and Elsa Robinson during the recording of their episode for the Clock-In Podcast
Shima and Elsa Robinson during the recording of their episode for the Clock-In Podcast
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04.1 — Labour Stories Published citymuseumedmonton.ca ↗

17 stories. 9 centre women's labour. All published in 2025.

Women's work & visibility · immigrant labour & advocacy · bodies & labour · community building as work.

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Clock In Podcast — launched 2025

Hosted by musician and postal worker Jay Gilday, exploring labour as heritage.

ECAMP launched Clock In, exploring labour as a form of heritage and a lens into Edmonton's social and cultural history. The series featured 6 episodes (165 minutes of audio) and brought together 14 storytellers in intergenerational conversations about work, identity, and belonging. The podcast reached audiences through both digital platforms and CJSR radio broadcast, generating 935 direct plays alongside an estimated 20,000 listeners through repeated on-air programming.

6
EPISODES · 165 MIN
935
DIRECT PLAYS
20,000+
CJSR LISTENERS
Storytellers
14
In intergenerational conversation with Jay Gilday about work, identity, and belonging — the voices that carry Clock In.
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04.2 — ECAMP Programming

Busiest season to date.

5,000+ EDMONTONIANS ENGAGED IN PERSON
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Curiosity Walking Tours — Labour history walking tour, August 2025
Curiosity Walking Tours SUMMER 2025
365
guests · nearly all tours sold out

ECAMP commissioned two walking tours from community heritage practitioners and provided two early-career heritage practitioners with full-time summer employment delivering them. The tours moved through Strathcona, McCauley, and the River Valley — and were covered by GlobalTV, CBC Radio, AUPE, and the Edmonton Journal. Abigail Struthers explored connections with the McCauley neighbourhood; her story will be published in Boyle McCauley News and ECAMP.

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K-Days Heritage Exhibit 2025 — work-themed display
K-Days Heritage Exhibit K-DAYS GROUNDS
4,000+
interactions · work-themed display

The K-Days heritage exhibit returned with a work-themed display tied to ECAMP's 2025 Heritage of Work focus — featuring reusable materials sourced from local builders and businesses, and staffed with volunteer support. The exhibit met Edmontonians where they already gather, threading labour heritage into the rhythm of the city's biggest summer festival.

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YEG Trivia Night at Canadian Brewhouse — Edmonton North
ECAMP YEG Trivia Night 2025
128+
participants · 4 events · 3+ venues

YEG Trivia Night brings Edmontonians together to explore the city's history through interactive, social learning. Hosted in informal community venues including Teddy's Pub and in collaboration with Taproot, themed trivia rounds span neighbourhood histories, elections, labour, and cultural heritage — with guest quizmasters including musicians, historians, and community storytellers.

Co-hosted by Stephanie Swensrude and Chris Chang-Yen Phillips at Canadian Brewhouse - Edmonton North.

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Momentary Museum — Senses exhibit
Momentary Museum 4 EPL BRANCHES
400+
participants · 6 partnerships

Momentary Museum transforms accessible public spaces — including Edmonton Public Library branches — into pop-up museums where Edmontonians contribute their own objects, stories, and perspectives to temporary, community-based exhibitions. Delivered in partnership with the Royal Alberta Museum, the Provincial Archives of Alberta, and EPL.

STANLEY MILNER · 136
MILL WOODS · 150+
LOIS HOLE · 76
CAPILANO · 46+
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