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“Red is our colour, red is our resistance, red is part of nature. Red is our strength.”

Elisapie, Inuk singer-songwriter, on the symbolism of the red dress and MMIWG+

An Inuk woman sings with conviction into a microphone on stage. She wears a sequined cardigan and light purple top. Partially obscured.

Beyond the Beat: Music of Resistance and Change

Open until September 2024 — Ground‐breaking and history‐making moments when music made a difference.

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A digital illustration showing a crowd clapping and raising their hands. The background shows a pixelated green soundwave shape and blue and black graffiti-like designs with neon-coloured diagonal lines radiating out from the center. Partially obscured.

Resource Guide: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ People

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Cinq robes rouges de tailles et de modèles différents sont exposées sur des mannequins. Partially obscured.

Be an Upstander Student Showcase

May 23, 2024

Cost: Free and open to the public

Des projets d’élèves sont exposés sur des chevalets dans une galerie de musée. Deux élèves parlent de leur travail avec des adultes. 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:

$18

Events

Anikis Pisim (Frog Moon): Saying Kisâkihitin

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Cost: Free, registration required

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A stylized image shows a human hand gently holding a glass orb of the earth. The background is a night sky with stars and bright green northern lights. Partially obscured.

Celebrating Pride: Kendall Gender presents KENAISSANCE

May 24, 2024

Cost: $20

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A glamourous drag queen with long blonde hair and dramatic makeup is wearing a bejeweled red bikini top with long silver fringe. With their right hand to their head, a tattoo is revealed on the inner arm that reads “life is blind.” Partially obscured.

Beyond the Rainbow Storytime

May 26, 2024

Cost: Free event; registration appreciated

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Three drag artists holding books are standing in front of a rainbow-themed circle arch. Partially obscured.

Beyond the Rainbow Brunch

May 26, 2024

Cost: $20 (does not include food). Brunch items offered at varying prices. Registration is required.

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A person is sitting at a table with a glass of orange juice and a plate of eggs benedict and hash browns. Partially obscured.

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Stories

What Is Two‐Spirit? Part One: Origins

By Scott de Groot

Des personnes, des oiseaux et d’autres animaux multicolores marchent sur une colline rouge au centre de l’image, s’approchant par la gauche et par la droite, et regardant vers une grande figure ressemblant à un oiseau dans une arche. Des arbres stylisés poussent vers le haut remplissent une grande partie du ciel jaune. Un ours descend du bord gauche et de grands oiseaux volent depuis le coin droit. Dans la zone rouge em dessous, se trouve des formes animales. Sous cette colline, encore plus de créatures. 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.

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.

Nursing and Indigenous peoples’ health: reconciliation in practice

By Maureen Fitzhenry

A group of Indigenous women nurses stand together outside. Partially obscured.

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Exhibitions

Ododo Wa: Stories of Girls in War

October 2019 to March 2025

Exhibition details

Un groupe de jeunes femmes et d’adolescentes debout sur la véranda d’un bâtiment. La plupart portent des blouses blanches et des jupes bleues, et deux filles portent aussi des chandails bleus. À droite, une porte mène vers une classe remplie d’élèves assises à des pupitres de bois et écrivant dans des carnets. Partially obscured.

Climate Justice

June 2022 to June 2024

Exhibition details

Une foule de jeunes tient des pancartes de protestation et se tient derrière une grande bannière sur laquelle on peut lire « La Terre Mère » en français. 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