Joe Barrett

Joe Barrett worked as a researcher/writer for BC construction unions for over 20 years. He is the author of more than 50 features and news stories for Tradetalk Magazine, a quarterly of the BC Building Trades Council. Barrett’s Georgia Straight feature, “The Other War,” about Canadian volunteers in the Spanish Civil War (the Mac-Paps), was nominated for a Jack Webster Award of Distinction. Barrett's social justice activism ranges from New Democratic Party organizer, Central America Support Activist and Founding member of Metro Vancouver Alliance and Greater Victoria Acting Together. He was trained as a high school Spanish teacher and taught FSL and French Immersion in the Yukon and Prince Rupert, BC. He has lived in several Latin American countries including; Nicaragua, Cuba and Chile.

Ronsdale books by Joe Barrett

A Fight for Justice: The Compelling Story of Temporary Foreign Workers & Human Rights