Ron Verzuh

Ron Verzuh is a Canadian writer, historian and photographer. He is the author of three books, several booklets and many articles on subjects ranging from trade unions and politics to travel, literature, news media, film and food. His doctoral dissertation in history is on the labour and social relations that engulfed Trail, British Columbia, from 1935 to 1955. Before retiring in 2008, he was national director of communications at the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Canada’s largest union. Verzuh is also producer/director of the short documentary video "Joe Hill's Secret Canadian Hideout." He is on the executive board of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association, and holds several directorships with other history associations.