Past Events: Past Events
We explore human rights from many different angles and perspectives. Check out our past events (since March 2018).
Past Events listing
April 2019
Yom HaShoah: Children of the Holocaust
April 27, 2019 and May 1, 2019
Cost:
Location: Museum galleries on Level 4
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Film screening: Angry Inuk
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Cost: Free ticket required
Location: CMHR, Manitoba Teachers Society Classrooms on Level 1
![A seated audience viewing three large screens in a dimly lit room.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-03/national-film-day_2.jpg?itok=SvL8zY_h)
Film screening: Picking Up the Pieces: The Making of The Witness Blanket
Friday, April 12, 2019
Cost: Free ticket required
Location: CMHR, Manitoba Teachers Society Classrooms on Level 1
![A large horizontal art installation with a wooden frame made up of multiple diamonds and rectangles to which many objects are mounted. There is a half-opened door in the middle of the work.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-04/witness_blanket.jpg?itok=OgIbqAUT)
The 180: Turning injustice toward justice
April 10, 2019
Cost: Student keynotes – free | Admission to the galleries – $5
Location: Various locations at the Museum
![A large number of people in a gallery examining a display comprised of several seemingly ordinary objects](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-03/the_180_1.jpg?itok=MNI5P50k)
Lisa Ndejuru on human rights atrocities and mental health
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Cost: Free
Location: CMHR, Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1
![Portrait of a woman looking into the camera.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-03/Lisa-NdeJuru_1.jpg?itok=_FGcU6Aa)
March 2019
Persecution, protection and resilience: Canada and the Bahá’ís of Iran
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Cost: Free
Location: CMHR, Manitoba Teachers Society Classrooms on Level 1
![Close-up of a smiling man at dusk. Behind him is a body of water and on the other side there are boats, lights and buildings.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-03/Maziar-Bahari-edit_0.jpg?itok=OWk3_kXB)
Festival of Rights
March 25 to March 28, 2019
Cost: Free
Location: CMHR, Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1
![Smiling children sitting cross-legged on the floor. One girl in the centre is looking into the camera.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-03/spring-break-festival.jpg?itok=X6Fsswtz)
Spring break at the Museum
March 23 to March 31, 2019
Cost: Children 12 and under receive free admission
Location: Multiple locations
![A woman, a man and a young boy are gathered around a circular table. Several photographs are scattered on the table, and the woman is pointing one out to the boy.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.37%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-03/spring-_break_hero_2019_0.jpg?itok=fAJAm1EA)
After 27 hours: In conversation with Derek Nepinak
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Cost: Free ticket required
Location: CMHR, Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1
![An Indigenous man wearing ceremonial regalia kneels inside a replica of a prison cell. He is presenting a textile banner with a graphic image of a bird and the words “bring our children home.”](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-03/nepinak.jpg?itok=PcWi2GnZ)
Here I Am – 2019 Cabaret of Monologues
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Cost: Free
Location: Museum galleries on Levels 2, 3 and 7
![Graphic image of a woman with butterflies in her hair.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-02/Here-I-am-graphic3_1.jpg?itok=Uh1rZ6NA)
Women’s Rights Tour
March 3 to March 10, 2019 (excluding March 4, when the Museum is closed)
Cost:
Location: CMHR, Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1
![People standing listening to a Museum guide.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-02/women's-rights.jpg?itok=R_uGv8Uq)
February 2019
Book launch with Cecil Foster
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Cost: Free with $5 admission
Location: Level 3 - Stuart Clark Garden of Contemplation
![A black and white photo of four men in train porter uniforms. All of the men are smiling, and the two men in the middle appear to be shaking hands.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.41%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-02/g00625-L2Z3-mt01-LAC-PA-212572-DP-A_0.jpg?itok=e5YXKQ04)
Annual Public Meeting
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Cost: Free
Location: CMHR, Manitoba Teachers Society Classrooms on Level 1
![Image of the CMHR in the winter with Winnipeg sign.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-01/39544868425_b0cc5fb632_o.jpg?itok=kWJbJrDm)
Louis Riel Day
Monday, February 18, 2019
Cost: Métis Rights Tours – Free with admission
Location: Various locations
![A guide speaks to a small group of people in a museum exhibit space. The space includes a wall featuring a Métis artwork and a text panel that reads “A Nation Reclaimed”.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.62%2C0.38%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-01/40654225132_e0b794df08_o_0.jpg?itok=wQcsNNGl)
Indigenous Perspectives on Reconciliation
Wednesdays, February 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2019
Cost: $90 for members / $100 for non-members + textbook
Location: CMHR, Manitoba Teachers Society Classrooms on Level 1
![A man wearing a blue vest with flower beadwork, seated with his hands resting on a table.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.44%2C0.55%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-09/Niigaan-Sinclair_2560x3848_0.jpg?itok=13jxB15K)
January 2019
Film screening: The Maestro
January 28, 2019
Cost: Free. Seating is first come, first served.
Location: Manitoba Teachers' Society Classrooms, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, 85 Israel Asper Way
![A person walking by a barbed-wire fence. Sheet music is caught in the wire.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-01/maestro_2560px_2_0.jpg?itok=Oicwcf2x)
Concert: Songs from the Ringelblum Archive
January 27, 2019
Cost: Free. Seating is limited and will be first come, first served.
Location: Eckhardt Gramatté Hall at the University of Winnipeg
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Brandon University New Music Ensemble performance
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Cost: Free with admission
Location: Level 3 - Stuart Clark Garden of Contemplation
![Eighteen people in a row, some seated, some standing, in front of a wall of odd-shaped windows.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-01/BUNME-promo-2560px_0.jpg?itok=Tq58N7aa)
eXperimental Improv Ensemble performance
Saturday, January 26, 2019
Cost: Free
Location: CMHR, Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1
![Four people around a table covered in computers and electronic music equipment. The photo has been altered so that the background is black and the elements of the photo are outlined in multi-coloured neon.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-01/XIE_2560px_2.jpg?itok=zbaTTixx)
Coffieman!
January 5, 2019
Cost: Free with admission. Free for youth 12 and under.
Location: Level 3 - Stuart Clark Garden of Contemplation
![A person leaps in the air above conga drums.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.32%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-12/conga_2560px.jpg?itok=bO__-mw3)