How to Participate

Upstander Showcase

Find out how you can participate in the Upstander Showcase, an event that empowers students to recognize injustice and use their strengths to create change.

In a museum gallery, students exhibit projects on easels. Two students speak with adults about their work. Partially obscured.

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The Showcase

The Upstander Showcase is an annual event which amplifies your voices as students, providing an opportunity to display your projects and share the work you’re doing for human rights with the public. Students are invited to share their work in public places within various cities and talk with visitors about how they are taking action and turning injustice into justice.

Share Your Project

Share your project on human rights alongside other students and present your work to members of the public.

Showcase projects should include the following elements:

  • A visual, artistic, musical or interactive element (past projects have included displays, works of art, infographics, interactive activities, short films, songwriting, or recorded podcasts);
  • Information to create awareness and engage the public about a current human rights topic;
  • Talking points about your work and human rights action for you to share with the public.

How to Participate

Alberta Showcases

Edmonton Catholic School Division: May 7, 2026

Submissions open March 2026.

Manitoba Showcase

Winnipeg: May 21, 2026 at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Submissions open February 2026.

Teacher Resources

In a museum gallery, a student talks to three people next to a life-size drawing of themself.
One student and two adults stand on opposite sides of a table with posters on it.
In a museum gallery, a student stands beside three paintings that they've created.
Three students hold copies of a book that they've created. The book cover has a title that says "Equality at JP" and has a drawing of the earth with students all around it.

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