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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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December 2024

Human Rights Day 2024

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Cost: Free all day to everyone

Location: Locations throughout the Museum

Event details
A large crowd in a Museum gallery. Most people are looking at a display on the wall of the gallery. The display consists of a series of pictures and of long rectangular text panels placed horizontally.

Holiday wreathmaking workshops

December 7 and 8, 2024

Cost: $39.99 per kit/person, tax included

Location: Stuart Clark Garden of Contemplation

Event details
A close-up of two people making a wreath. One person is holding clippers and is about to cut some wire.

November 2024

Annual Public Meeting 2024

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Cost: Free; registration required in advance

Location: Online via Zoom

Event details
Four individuals follow the path toward the Canadian Museum for Human Rights on a fall day. Three are on foot and one is in a wheelchair.

One Land Two Hearts

Sunday, November 17, 2024

Cost: Free, registration required

Location: Stuart Clark Garden of Contemplation, Level 3

Event details
Tall spruce trees lean together against a night sky that is alive with greenish northern lights and stars.

Freezing Water Moon: Ni kiskinohamâson strength and hope

Saturday, November 16, 2024

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 close-up of a segment of the moon’s surface.

October 2024

Chasing wrongs, defending rights

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Cost: Free, registration required

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

Event details
In the Sri Lankan city Vavuniya in 2017, Elaine Pearson meets with Tamil mothers protesting the enforced disappearance of their children during Sri Lanka's civil war.

Too old, too young

Monday, October 28, 2024

Cost: Free

Location: This virtual dialogue will be held on Zoom.

Event details
A young woman who looks to be in her teen years smiles as she works at a computer alongside an older, white-haired woman who is also smiling.

Sharing the Migration Moon

Saturday, October 19, 2024

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 flock of geese fly in unison against a brilliant blue sky.

Culinary Night at the Museum

Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 6 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. seatings

Cost: $135 includes dinner, $170 includes dinner and signature drink at each stop

Location: Various locations in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Event details
An elegant long table with people dining in an architecturally striking space, featuring tall glass windows and a high ceiling supported by metal beams.

September 2024

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Monday, September 30, 2024

Cost: Admission is free to all on September 30

Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Event details
Hundreds of demonstrators in orange shirts, many also wearing traditional Indigenous articles such as a headdress or ribbon skirt and carrying signs, march down a wide paved street.

Nuit Blanche 2024

Saturday, September 28, 2024

Cost: Free and open to all

Location: Outside and inside on Level 1

Event details
The exterior of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is pictured at night. The building is lit up from the inside with vibrant deep blue lights.

The Mating Moon, thankfulness and honouring our passage into the fall equinox

Saturday, September 21, 2024

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 large tipi sits in a field of grass. Its poles rise into a misty sky.

DJ Shub presents War Club Live

Friday, September 20, 2024

Cost: Free; registration is required. Ticket includes complimentary admission to Beyond the Beat: Music of Resistance and Change.

Location: Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1

Event details
A bearded, dark-haired man, wearing sunglasses and a black t-shirt, is performing on stage using a computer and an electronic keyboard mixer.

The right to be known

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Cost: Free, registration encouraged

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

Event details
A painting, mostly in black and white with a few splashes of colour, is in the style of a mosaic so that different tiles contain various natural elements—a fish, flowers, mountains, fields. Together the tiles become a human face directly looking at the viewer with an intense expression.

August 2024

Gone too soon: Send your message on Overdose Awareness Day

August 31, 2024

Cost: Free

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

Event details
Three-petal flowers made of paper in various shades of purple are grouped together in a wall display. Names and messages are written on them.

The Flying Up Moon: When navigating change, mācī osihuw!

Saturday, August 24, 2024

Cost: Free, registration required

Location: The group will meet in Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1 and proceed together to Level 6

Event details
A duck flying up alongside a concrete block wall that bears the duck’s shadow.

Shad in Concert

Friday, August 2, 2024

Cost: Free; registration is required

Location: Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1

Event details
A blue-toned image of a black man wearing a cap and dark hoodie in front of a checkered backdrop with thick red lines.

Black History Manitoba presents Emancipation Celebration

Friday, August 2, 2024

Cost: Free; registration is required

Location: Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1

Event details
A group of six black performers standing on stage with colourful backlighting.

July 2024

July 1: Celebrating our Indigenous strength and Canadian connections

Monday, July 1, 2024

Cost: Free

Location: Stuart Clark Garden of Contemplation

Event details
Pieces of crafted Indigenous- style clothing, including an orange shirt, pair of pants and made from colourful fabric and ribbon is are laid against a piece of craft paper adorned with flowers and berries. The clothing is includes an orange shirt, a pair of pants with ribbons and a pink tunic decorated with colourful fabric, appliqués and ribbons. The tunic has with a feathered shawl on the shoulders.

June 2024

Ariane Moffatt in Concert

June 28, 2024

Cost: $30 per ticket. Ticket includes complimentary admission to Beyond the Beat: Music of Resistance and Change.

Location: Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1

Event details
A performer is sitting behind a keyboard on stage with beams of blue and white lights and a rainbow flag flying on a pole.

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