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
November 2018
The Rescue: A Live Film‐Concerto
November 8, 2018
Cost: Free (Registration is closed. This event is sold out.)
Location: Manitoba Teachers' Society Classrooms, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, 85 Israel Asper Way
![A translucent historical image of a man in a suit layered over a contemporary photo showing the dark outline of two men walking in a triangular hallway.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-09/The-Rescue-Promo-Image---credit-Alvaro-and-Boris-Castellanos_2560x4551.jpg?itok=U8sE7CQC)
October 2018
Fighting for freedom in Russia
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Cost: $15 to $20
Location: CMHR, Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1
![A man speaking with his arms bent at the elbows and hands held up facing each other.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.52%2C0.23%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-10/vladimir-kara-murza-left-2560x4014.jpg?itok=q7vrcTFm)
2018 Sol Kanee Lecture on Peace and Justice
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Cost: Free
Location: CMHR, Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1
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Africville, After the Apology
October 24, 2018
Cost: Free. Registration is required. Please note there are limited spaces for this event.
Location: Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia 10 Cherry Brook Road Cherry Brook, Nova Scotia
![A black and white image of about a dozen houses on a hill. In the middle of the image, a dirt road travels up the hill between the houses.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.6%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-10/lg180174_3854x2560.jpg?itok=1NugQtns)
Teacher Appreciation Days
October 20 and 21, 2018
Cost: Free
Location: PCL Terrace on Level 5
![A large number of people in a gallery with a wall of colourful panels and photos showing a timeline of events.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-10/23328012655_88b656e3ee_o.jpg?itok=VyamtOK5)
Indigenous Perspectives on Reconciliation
October 10 to 24, 2018
Cost: $90 for members / $100 for non-members + textbook
Location: Manitoba Teachers' Society Classrooms, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, 85 Israel Asper Way
![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%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-09/Niigaan-Sinclair.png?itok=fj6nak6H)
Behind‐the‐scenes photo tours
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Cost: Free – registration required
Location: CMHR, Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1
![A person looks through the screen of a camera in the foreground while a person poses in the background.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-09/Flash%20Photography.jpg?itok=W7WHQQoR)
September 2018
Rohingya crisis: a dialogue for change
Saturday, September 29, 2018
Cost: Free. Registration is required.
Location: Manitoba Teachers' Society Classrooms, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, 85 Israel Asper Way
![Two people talking at a table.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-09/Rohingya_event_2560x3840.jpg?itok=Hjg8tpc2)
Night of the disappeared
Saturday, September 8, 2018
Cost: Free
Location: Manitoba Teachers' Society Classrooms, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, 85 Israel Asper Way
![Collage of grainy black and white photographs of people’s faces.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-08/night-of-the-disappeared_2560x3072.jpg?itok=Qm9cXNZl)
August 2018
Métis Beading Workshop
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Cost: Included with admission – Registration required
Location: Carolyn Sifton Foundation Terrace on Level 6
![A blue beaded flower on a black and red background.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-07/24854792459_e983050471_o.jpg?itok=2v-n7q5Y)
July 2018
Métis Beading Workshop
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Cost: Included with admission – Registration required
Location: Carolyn Sifton Foundation Terrace on Level 6
![A blue beaded flower on a black and red background.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-07/24854792459_e983050471_o.jpg?itok=2v-n7q5Y)
![Black and white portrait of Nelson Mandela](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.64%2C0.5%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-02/g15142-L2Z1-mt01-Karsh_Mandela_Nelson_05-DP-A_EDIT.jpg?itok=922ZxtiN)
Remember Srebrenica
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Cost: This program is free with Museum admission.
Location: Manitoba Teachers' Society Classrooms, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, 85 Israel Asper Way
![A bunch of knit white flowers with green pistils.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-06/Srebrenica_3413x2560.jpg?itok=q4GzNMJL)
Canada Day 2018!
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Cost: $5 admission
Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights
![A group of people watching a choir as they perform on the Museum’s exterior amphitheater.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-05/35497741970_93f74e595b_o.jpg?itok=sRUdzff5)
June 2018
Free summer solstice concert
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Cost: Free
Location: CMHR, Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1
![Three images of the performers.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.35%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-06/Event_webv4_edit.jpg?itok=N7magVSh)
Transforming the Ways We Lead
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Cost: Free
Location: CMHR, Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1
![People sitting in an audience.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.6%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-05/transformingtheways_3847x2560.jpg?itok=MwuPJP6s)
Canoes, Colonialism and Reconciliation
June 10, 2018
Cost: Free with admission
Location: Level 3 - Stuart Clark Garden of Contemplation
![A couple hundred people in 20 canoes.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-05/Canoes.jpg?itok=Q_fLhVkW)
Family Day
June 10 to August 26, 2018
Cost: Free with Admission
Location: CMHR, Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1
![Three young people leaning on a glowing alabaster ramp and looking up.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.47%2C0.31%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-02/_mg_9667_18048866020_o%20(week%204)%20(1).jpg?itok=LrcDWsOo)
Public opening for Mandela: Struggle for Freedom
Thursday, June 7, 2018
Cost: Free
Location: CMHR, Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1
![Nelson Mandela, an older dark-skinned man with short grey hair, stands in front of a podium and speaks into two microphones. He is wearing a grey suit with a tie. He is raising his right arm above his head and his hand is making a fist.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.39%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-05/lg170288_2560x3914.jpg?itok=DQY6iVvX)
May 2018
Pride Week Tour
May 28 to June 4, 2018
Cost: $5
Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights
![A person in brightly coloured wig and clothing swinging a hula hoop at an outdoor festival, with the Museum in the background.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.48%2C0.41%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-05/Pride_Week_Tour.jpg?itok=OCNYgaRR)