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We explore human rights from many different angles and perspectives. Check out our past events (since March 2018).

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October 2025

The Love Notes Campaign

Sunday October 5, 2025

Cost: Free

Location: Garden of Contemplation, Level 3, Canadian Museum for Human Rights

A young woman sitting at a table paints a design on a tile while a tin tray with various paints sits in front of her. An open bottle of red paint sits on the table.

Sharing the Migration Moon with a Fan Down Ceremony and Potluck Feast 

October 4, 2025

Cost: Free, registration required.

Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The group will meet in Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1 and proceed together to Level 6.

A flock of Canadian geese fly in a V formation against a clear blue sky.

September 2025

Comfort and Reconcili‐ACTION: What is your plan? 

September 30, 2025

Cost: Free

Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Garden of Contemplation

A colourful textile art piece that includes embroidered flowers, branches and greenery mixed with layers of pink, blue and white fabrics.

Illuminate the Night: Nuit Blanche 2025

September 27, 2025

Cost: Free and open to all.

Location: Outside and inside on Level one.

The silhouette of a person standing in the dark in front of red and green clothed box structures lit from the inside and containing shadowed figures.

Pride vs. Prejudice: The Delwin Vriend Story

September 21, 2025

Cost: $10 per ticket; ticket includes free access to Love in a Dangerous Time: Canada’s LGBT Purge

Location: The Manitoba Teachers’ Society Classrooms, Level 1, Canadian Museum for Human Rights

A man wearing a light blue shirt sits at a long table in front of a cluster of microphones, smiling. Seated on both sides of him are other people dressed in suits and facing microphones, also smiling. The name placards along the front of the table read, from left to right, “Murray Billet”, “Robinson Koilpillai”, and “Dr George Rodgers”, with too-blurry-to-read affiliations below the names. Another placard, knocked on its side, reads “Delwin Vriend” without an affiliation.

The Mating Moon, thankfulness, and the fall equinox with potluck 

Saturday, September 20, 2025 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Cost: Free, registration required. As space is limited for these workshops, only those who pre-register can attend.

Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The group will meet in Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1 and proceed together to Level 6.

A foggy autumn morning in a forest with full trees and fall foliage. There is a narrow gravel path winding through the trees.

August 2025

The Flying Up Moon: let’s keep it clean

August 9, 2025

Cost: Free, registration required. As space is limited for these workshops, only those who pre-register can attend.

Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The group will meet in Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1 and proceed together to Level 6.

A Canada goose flying low across a lake.

July 2025

The Molting Moon and our plant kinship

July 19, 2025

Cost: Free, registration required. As space is limited for these workshops, only those who pre-register can attend.

Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The group will meet in Bonnie & John Buhler Hall on Level 1 and proceed together to Level 6.

A bundle of sage, tied at the stalk, sits in a small wooden bowl.

June 2025

Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Cost: Free event; registration required

Location: Bonnie & John Buhler Hall Level 1, Canadian Museum for Human Rights

A group of people march down a city street. At the front of the group, on the left side of the image, two people hold a sign over their heads that reads “Love thy neighbour.” Slightly behind them is a sign that reads “Many of u are gay too!”

The Egg‐Laying Moon, Faith and Fiddleheads

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Cost: Free, registration required. As space is limited for these workshops, only those who pre-register can attend.

Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The group will check in at box office on Level 1 and proceed together to Level 6.

Fiddleheads, or fern shoots, grow in a sunny wood.

A Canada Where We All Belong

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Cost: Free event; registration requested

Location: Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1

Dozens of people are gathered on a stage, most smiling and wearing the colour purple. Many are wearing hijabs. A banner hangs at the back of the stage that reads "Take Initiative. End Islamophobia. #OurLondonFamily."

The Spirit of My Quilts: Strength, Comfort and Healing in Artistic Expression

Sunday, June 1, 2025

Cost: Free event

Location: Level 6 gallery

Close-up of a flower on a quilt. Each of the petals is a different flowery fabric, while at the centre of the flower is fabric onto which is printed the face of an Indigenous woman in profile.

May 2025

Beyond the Rainbow Brunch

Sunday, May 25, 2025

Cost: SOLD OUT

Location: Boreal Bistro, Level 1

A drag performer with purple hair and a silver and black dress speaks in front of a group having brunch.

Beyond the Rainbow Storytime 2025

Sunday, May 25, 2025

Cost: Free event; registration appreciated

Location: Stuart Clark Garden of Contemplation, Level 3

A table with a black tablecloth and colourful books relating to 2SLGBTQI+

Upstander Showcase

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Cost: Free

Location: Museum galleries and Stuart Clark Garden of Contemplation

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

Glass Fusing: Medicine for Mental Health

Sunday, May 18, 2025

Cost: $15 per person; price includes all supplies. Space is limited.

Location: Manitoba Teachers’ Society Classrooms, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Level 1

Two fused glass ornaments depicting yellow flowers sit in a flower pot outside.

The Frog Moon and the Love Song

Saturday, May 10, 2025

Cost: Free, registration required. As space is limited for these workshops, only those who pre-register can attend.

Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The group will meet in Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1 and proceed together to Level 6.

A frog pokes it’s head up out of the water in a pond amid blooming white flowers.

April 2025

Return to the Falls: Film screening and conversation

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Cost: SOLD OUT

Location: Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Canadian Museum for Human Rights

A girl with long dark hair wearing a knee-length white dress faces away, standing ankle deep in a calm lake, with the setting sun casting a warm yellow glow across the water.

The Goose Moon returns with love

Saturday, April 12, 2025

Cost: Free, registration required

Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The group will meet in Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1 and proceed together to Level 6.

Two Canada geese together on a body of water.

Day of Pink: Re‐Emergence Tour

Saturday, April 5, 2025

Cost: Free, registration required

Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Bonnie & John Buhler Hall

An artistic drawing of four narrow, multicoloured evergreens that flow into fluid line drawings of humans.

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