Be an Upstander Student Showcase

Interact with students presenting their projects for human rights

May 23, 2024

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

Event details

Cost:
Free and open to the public
Location:
Buhler Hall, Level 2 (What Are Human Rights, Indigenous Perspectives, Canadian Journeys), Level 3 (Protecting Rights in Canada and Garden of Contemplation)
Schedule:

Students will be exhibiting their projects May 23, 2024 from 1:30–4:00 p.m. and 5:30–7:30 p.m.

Language and Accessibility:
Students are invited to share projects in both English and French.

Come be inspired by the music, artwork, stories and creativity of grade 5–12 students from across Winnipeg. 

The Be an Upstander Showcase is an annual event that gives students a platform to discuss and present the work they’re doing to promote and protect human rights in the galleries of the CMHR.

This year’s showcase takes place on May 23, 2024 and will encourage students to bring their human rights projects as well as music inspired by our current blockbuster exhibition, Beyond the Beat: Music of Resistance and Change.

Teachers and students: Want to participate?

For teachers and students who want to participate in the Be an Upstander Showcase, visit our How to Participate page for details and our Be an Upstander resource to learn more about what it means to be an upstander.

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Be an Upstander Showcase

Find out how you can participate in the Be an 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.