On Thursday, March 26, 2026, Cape Breton University will host the 26th Annual J.B. McLachlan Memorial Lecture from 11:30am to 1:00pm.
Dr. Kassandra Luciuk, Assistant Professor of History at Dalhousie University and the President of the Canadian Committee on Labour History will be leading the lecture titled “Soviet Asset Recruitment, Disinformation Campaigns, and Canada’s Uneven War on Subversion”.
The annual J.B. McLachlan Memorial Lecture honours the life and legacy of one of Cape Breton’s and Canada’s finest labour leaders. J.B. McLachlan was a Scottish immigrant and coal miner who arrived in Cape Breton in 1902 and helped lead District 26 of the United Mine Workers of America until he died in 1937.
This event will take place digitally on Microsoft Teams.