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“There is no room that you cannot walk in. There is no room that women do not belong in. If you can dream it, you can be it. Shine brightly.”

Desiree Scott, Manitoban Olympic Gold Medalist

A woman with curly hair speaks into a handheld microphone during a panel discussion, smiling warmly against a bright yellow backdrop. Partially obscured. — Photo: Douglas Little, CMHR

Reclaiming Power and Place: Indigenous Women and Their Rights to Safety and Justice

May 3, 2025 – April 5, 2030

Discover how two local Indigenous artists/matriarchs respond to the need for justice by creating awareness through art and action.

Exhibition details

Six red dresses and a white dress in the middle are suspended on wooden clothes hangers in front of a backdrop. A white star glows at the location of the heart on the central white dress. The backdrop features patterns on a birchbark texture. Some of the patterns are illuminated from behind to create glowing star-like features on the panels. Partially obscured.

Exhibitions

Love in a Dangerous Time: Canada’s LGBT Purge

January 31, 2025 to fall 2026

Exhibition details

A large group of protestors march through a city while two uniformed RCMP officers keep watch. In this black-and-white image, the protestors' signs and banners call for an end to discriminatory practices against members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community. Partially obscured.

Broken Promises: The Dispossession of Japanese Canadians

September 23, 2025 to April 2026

Exhibition details

Black-and-white image of women and children standing on a gravel road in front of a field. Partially obscured.

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Location

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Hours

Open Today:

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Admission

Adult General Admission:

$22

Events

Culinary Night at the Museum: Celebrating Women’s Voices

Friday, March 13, 2026

Cost: $145 includes dinner, $180 includes dinner and signature drink at each stop.

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A group of people sit at a long dining table, laughing and enjoying a meal together. The focus is on two people smiling brightly - one wearing a plaid shirt and the other in a black patterned top, with glasses and plates arranged neatly in front of them. Partially obscured.

Cree Teachings with Knowledge Keeper Marilyn Dykstra

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Cost: Free, registration required

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Snow-covered tree branches sit against the backdrop of a bright blue sky. The dark, bare branches are coated in fresh snow and are dotted with sparkling ice droplets, with a softly blurred background creating a crisp winter scene. Partially obscured.

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Stories

Five Women Who Should Be Household Names in Canada

By Matthew McRae

Six red dresses are suspended in air on hangers in front of a backdrop. The backdrop features an image of a birch wood forest with more red dresses hanging in it. Partially obscured.

Powered by love: Grandmothers fighting HIV/AIDS

By Matthew McRae

A head-and-shoulders portrait of Gogo Gladys Tyophol. She is wearing glasses and a blue patterned kerchief wrapped around her head. Her shirt says GAPA and a red AIDS ribbon is attached to her sweater. Partially obscured.

Online misogyny: the “manosphere”

By Steve McCullough

A white man with short hair sits alone at a brightly lit desk in a dark room, staring at a computer monitor. Partially obscured.

Gender‐based violence across Canada

By Julie S. Lalonde

A digital collage with a large drawing of an umbrella overlaid with images of large overlapping hands. Below it, two hands (one black, one pink) reach up and away from a stylized road leading to a distant house partially overlaid with a pixelated, cloudy stain of red colour. In the background is an image of a forest of white tree trunks and a faint yellow sun. Partially obscured.

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A smiling woman with light skin is filmed on a cell phone. She is wearing a lanyard with the words “Be inspired” and standing in front of an exhibit element made of horizontal strips of wood, some decorated with Indigenous art. Partially obscured. — Photo: CMHR, Scott Gillam