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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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April 2020

Friday Night Rights: Jazz it up!

CANCELLED

Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

Event details
Two people gaze out a tall glass window at a sunset over a cityscape.

Friday Night Rights: Enjoy Latin jazz

CANCELLED

Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

Event details
A man wearing a fedora plays a guitar while sitting outside on a bench. There are trees in the background.

Free Friday night: Get your game on!

CANCELLED

Cost: Free after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

Event details
Three young women and two young men sit around a table playing a board game. There are other people playing board games at tables in the background.

March 2020

Spring Break 2020

CANCELLED

Cost: Museum admission is free for kids 12 and under.

Location: CMHR, Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1

Event details
A group of children with playfully painted faces laughing and gesturing.

Friday Night Rights: The Mariachi Ghost

CANCELLED

Cost: $5 after 5 p.m. for gallery admission
$15 for performance ($12 for members)

Location: All spaces

Event details
A band of five musicians wearing black-and-white mariachi outfits performs with various instruments. They have skull designs painted on their faces. The stage is floodlit red

Members’ Book Club: March 2020

CANCELLED

Cost: Members-only event. Free ticket required.

Location: CMHR, Carte International Reference Centre, Level 5

Event details
Brightly lit bookshelves.

Conversation Circle: Experiences of women and children

CANCELLED

Cost:

Location: Meet at Group Entrance

Event details
A woman points to a wall that says “Time to Act, Rohingya Voices” in both English and French while a small group of people stand and watch.

Friday Night Rights: Women’s rights tours

CANCELLED

Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

Event details
Two smiling women drink wine in a large room full of people.

Friday Night Rights: Women’s rights tours

March 13, 2020

Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

Event details
A female tour guide stands with outstretched arms in a museum gallery. Several tour participants are visible in the foreground.

Free Friday night: Celebrate Women’s Day

March 6, 2020

Cost: Free after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

Event details
A young woman talks in front of a black wall that says, in large white letters, “Tous les êtres humains naissent libres et égaux en dignité et en droits.” (All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.) There is a circular theatre in the background that resembles a large woven basket.

Women’s rights tour

Daily, March 1 to March 7, 2020

Cost:

Location: CMHR, Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1

Event details
People standing listening to a Museum guide.

February 2020

Friday Night Rights: Quiz challenge!

February 28, 2020

Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

Event details
A group of excited people gathered around a table where one man is writing on a piece of paper.

Friday Night Rights: Celebrate Black history

February 21, 2020

Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

Event details
A museum exhibit that resembles an old-fashioned movie theatre. On one side are large representations of a $10 Canadian banknote featuring a woman’s face.

Black Canadian history

Friday, February 21, 2020

Cost: Free with admission

Location: Galleries

Event details
A portrait of a Black woman with long hair wearing a plum-coloured jacket.

Friday Night Rights 

February 14, 2020

Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

Event details
A man and woman in silhouette face each other in front of a dark wall illuminated by purple light.

Conversation Circle: Protection of rights for stateless people

February 14, 2020

Cost: Free ticket required

Location: Meet at Group Entrance

Event details
A small group of people stand in front of large screens displaying photographs and look at a woman who is speaking to them.

Member shopping days

February 13 to 15, 2020

Cost: Member exclusive

Location: CMHR, Boutique, Level 1

Event details
Two women look at a piece of jewellery. They are standing in a store full of colourful merchandise.

Free Friday night at the Museum!

February 7, 2020

Cost: Free after 5 p.m.

Location: All spaces

Event details
A man and woman dressed in formal attire pose with an accordion.

January 2020

La Nuit des idées (Night of Ideas)

Friday, January 31, 2020

Cost: Free programs, $5 gallery admission

Location: CMHR, various locations

Event details
A crowd of people watches a band play on a brightly lit stage.

New Music Festival immersive soundscapes

Friday, January 31, 2020

Cost: Free (does not include gallery admission)

Location: Level 3, Stuart Clark Garden of Contemplation

Event details
A group of geese standing on ice and snow bordered by prairie grasses. The image has been digitally altered: from left to right it becomes increasingly blurred and abstract.