A day-in-the-life of Clandestine Women War Workers at Casa Loma

In this article, we discuss the learning processes of our historical feminist fiction-based research which makes visible the often forgotten and essentialized stories of Toronto-based women World War II workers. We describe this gendered war work through the lenses of intersectional feminism and feminist antimilitarism. We detail the power of fiction-based research as feminist methodology and pedagogy, situating it within the sphere of feminist adult education scholarship. We explain our fiction-based research study which resulted in thematic vignettes from a day-in-the-life short story about women war workers involved in a clandestine project at Casa Loma. We conclude with implications of fiction-based research for feminist adult education.

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Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education
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2025-10-09
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https://doi.org/10.56105/cjsae.v37i01.5825
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Labor Movements and Unions
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A day-in-the-life of Clandestine Women War Workers at Casa Loma

Nancy Taber, A H Kitchin
Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education
Labor Movements and Unions
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A day-in-the-life of Clandestine Women War Workers at Casa Loma

Nancy Taber, A H Kitchin
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Abstract

In this article, we discuss the learning processes of our historical feminist fiction-based research which makes visible the often forgotten and essentialized stories of Toronto-based women World War II workers. We describe this gendered war work through the lenses of intersectional feminism and feminist antimilitarism. We detail the power of fiction-based research as feminist methodology and pedagogy, situating it within the sphere of feminist adult education scholarship. We explain our fiction-based research study which resulted in thematic vignettes from a day-in-the-life short story about women war workers involved in a clandestine project at Casa Loma. We conclude with implications of fiction-based research for feminist adult education.

Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult EducationVol. 37(01)
Brock University (CA)
Openalex Percentile: Top 65%
Labor Movements and Unions
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