Tara Goldstein
Writer, Playwright, Theatre Creator
Welcome to my website. I am the author and editor of books and plays that work to create dialogue around antisemitism, cis-heteronormativity, racism, and reconciliation work particularly in schooling.
I am also the Artistic Director of Gailey Road Productions, an independent, Toronto-based theatre company where research meets theatre and theatre meets research.
Raised in Montreal, I have lived in Toronto since 1985 where I work as a professor at the Ontario Institute of Studies for Education.
NEWS
The Léa Roback Biography Project
My biography of Auntie Léa – the first biography written about her life and legacy in either French or English –is now available from Lived Places Publishing. To access PDF or EPUB version of the Open Access title:
View a short digital story about the 1937 Midinettes Strike, in which Léa Roback led 5,000 dressmakers on strike to gain improved working conditions.
Goldstein, Tara and Jakobsen, Mia (2024). An Activist Heritage Moment from Quebec: Léa Roback and the 1937 Midinettes Strike. Gailey Road Productions.
To view the 1991 documentary film about Roback’s life and activism by Québec filmmaker Sophie Bissonette titled Des Lumières dans la Grande Noirceur click here ↓
Léa Roback Quebec Social Justice Activist: The Modern Book Shop.
This digital research story shares the history of the activist work Léa Roback achieved as the manager of the Modern Book Shop in 1930s Montreal.
Goldstein, Tara and Jakobsen, Mia (2024). An Activist Heritage Moment from Quebec: Léa Roback and the Modern Book Shop. Gailey Road Productions.
gaileyroad@gmail.com
Image credit: benjamin lee hicks (2019)