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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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Past events 1 – 20 of 344

February 2026

The Great Moon and Kistêyihtamowin – Respect

Saturday, February 28, 2026

Cost: Free, registration required

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

Event details
A moose’s head with large antlers is shown prominently against a lightly clouded blue sky with leafless birch trees throughout the background.

Honouring Métis Culture Through Dance and Beading

Sunday, February 15, 2026

Cost: Free

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

Event details
Close-up of a beaded floral design on dark fabric, featuring a pink four petal flower with red and white details, a yellow and green beaded center, and surrounding beadwork resembling leaves and stems.

Culinary Night at the Museum: Love Through the Ages

Saturday, February 14, 2026

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

Location: Various locations in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Event details
A man and woman sit together at a dinner table, smiling warmly as they listen to other guests. The man wears a salmon shirt with a gray vest, and there are small candles and drinks on the table, creating a cozy intimate atmosphere.

The Great New Moon and Great Medicine

Saturday February 14, 2026

Cost: Free, registration required

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

Event details
Smudging items arranged on a round table covered with a floral cloth, including an abalone shell holding dried sage, a feather, braided sweetgrass, cedar branches, and a small box of matches.

January 2026

The Frost Moon and the Natural Laws That Come Before All Else

Saturday, January 31, 2026

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.

Event details
A snow-covered tipi sits in a hilly landscape dotted with trees and bushes against a blue sky.

Screening of Gego Mawikak: A Story of Reconciliation

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Cost: Free, registration required.

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

Event details
A church interior with a long red-carpeted aisle between wooden pews. Sunlight filters through stained-glass windows as several children run toward the bright entrance at the far end while an Indigenous woman sits alone in a pew to the left.

The Pitch: Women, Sport and the Fight for Equity

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Cost: Free, registration required.

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

Event details
People stand on a stadium field during a pre-game ceremony as large Canadian flags are held behind them, filling the background with red and white.

Be an Upstander Educator Workshop

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Cost: Free, registration required.

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

Event details
Students in a museum gallery display their work on easels. The focus is on one student talking with an adult who is smiling and taking a photograph with their phone of the student’s work.

Voices of Memory: Holocaust Testimony and Education

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 to Saturday, January 31, 2026

Cost:

Location:

Event details
Audience members view a large projection screen displaying an elderly woman in a purple top and blue pants sitting in a white armchair, alongside an interactive message interface. The presentation takes place in a modern space with geometric glass architecture, and a presenter stands to the right of the screen.

The New Frost Moon: Create Your Own Sacred Bundle

Saturday, January 10, 2026

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.

Event details
View of earth rising above the lunar horizon, showing the blue and white planet against the dark backdrop of space as seen from the moon’s surface.

December 2025

Hope and Light: Honouring the Winter Solstice with a Pipe and Potluck

Saturday, December 20, 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.

Event details
View of earth rising above the lunar horizon, showing the blue and white planet against the dark backdrop of space as seen from the moon’s surface.

International Human Rights Day at the Museum 

December 10, 2025

Cost:

Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Event details
A tall, illuminated glass-and-steel spire rises above the curved patterned roof of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, glowing in blue and white light against a soft grey sky.

Nurturing Under the Frozen Moon with Guest Artist Activity

Saturday, December 6, 2025

Cost: Registration required. Teaching: Free Art activity: $25.00, to be paid upon registration.

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

Event details
A full moon glows brightly in the night sky, framed by the arching tip of a green conifer branch with a few dried brown leaves hanging from it.

November 2025

Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 6:30 p.m. — 9:00 p.m.

Cost: Free event; registration required

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

Event details
A white-haired white man with glasses and wearing a blazer is speaking and holding a microphone. Around him is a crowd of people holding cameras, protest signs and a banner.

Freezing Water Moon – Ni Kiskinohamâson – I’m Learning 

Saturday, November 1, 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.

Event details
A snow-covered tipi sits in a hilly landscape dotted with trees and bushes against a blue sky.

October 2025

The matchup between human rights and sports

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Cost: Free, Zoom registration required.

Location: This virtual dialogue will be held on Zoom.

Event details
A smiling man in a crowd of people holding a large yellow flag with a blue and white, “W” in the centre. The man is wearing a blue Winnipeg Blue Bombers jacket as he stands in front of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

Finding balance and connection through painting

Saturday, October 11, 2025

Cost: $25 per person

Location: MTS Classrooms

Event details
Various sizes of paint brushes standing in a paint-brush holder against a blurred green backdrop.

Broken Promises

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Cost: Free event, registration required.

Location: The Stuart Clark Garden of Contemplation and the Level 6 Expressions gallery at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

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

The Love Notes Campaign

Sunday October 5, 2025

Cost: Free

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

Event details
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.

Ruby Sachs Symposium on Global 2SLGBTQI+ Legal Advocacy

October 5 – 7, 2025

Cost: $50 – $250

Location: All events take place at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Event details
Pride flag pedestrian crosswalk across from the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

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