Building Tires in Waterloo Region

This article is part of the series The Trials and Jubilations of Working in the Rubber Industry: Rubber Worker Storiesand is supported by the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund.

In Between Worlds, Juliana’s grandfather and uncle worked in a factory that made tires from rubber. Like many aspects of the series, there is truth in the fiction: In the 19th and 20th centuries, Waterloo Region in Ontario, Canada, had a strong manufacturing industry, and rubber was turned into lots of different products in...