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Ukrainian Labour Temple
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The Ukrainian Labour Temple was built in 1918 by the Ukrainian
Labour Temple Association (ULTA). Several meetings had
raised $5,600 and architect R. E. Davies designed a structure
containing an auditorium, print shop, and offices, as well
as classroom and library space. The hall’s main floor
and balcony capacity held 1,000 people.
Built at a cost of $72,000, of which workers had contributed
$50,000. The hall quickly became a center of trade unionism
and socialist politics. The country’s first Ukrainian
newspaper, Robochy Narod (Working People), was published
from this location by the ULTA, operating as an affiliate
of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party. Both the paper
and the party were banned by a Canadian government decision
in September, 1918 to ban radical or anti-war groups.
