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
January 2021
Memories of the Warsaw Ghetto
January 27, 2021
Cost: Free
Location: Online program (Zoom)
![The silhouette of a soldier is shown inside the outline of a child’s profile, with barbed wire and a wall in the background.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.44%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-12/Warsaw-graphic-no-words.jpg?itok=aqQmcrOJ)
Annual public meeting
January 26, 2021
Cost: Free registration required
Location: Online program (Zoom)
![Exterior view of the Museum in Winter.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.58%2C0.35%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2021-01/Museum-exterior-winter_0.jpg?itok=Yrm3CtMQ)
Protecting human rights during COVID‐19
January 19, 2021
Cost: Free registration required
Location: Online program (Zoom)
![National flags fly side-by-side on tall flag poles.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.51%2C0.5%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-12/Nordic-flags1.jpg?itok=zXtyxY_V)
November 2020
The age of artificial intelligence
November 19, 2020
Cost: Free
Location: Online program (Zoom)
![A smiling woman with purple hair wearing a t-shirt.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.33%2C0.24%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-11/Rumman-event.jpg?itok=RgkqvfJJ)
Gala 2020: Raising Our Voices
November 18, 2020
Cost: Individual ticket: $50
Household ticket: $250
Student ticket: $25
Location: Online program
![An exterior view of the Museum.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.35%2C0.2%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-10/Exterior-Museum.jpg?itok=fc8RMQXD)
May 2020
‘The Rescue: A Live Film‐Concerto’ digital broadcast premiere
Monday, May 25, 2020
Cost: Free
Location: Online program (Zoom)
![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 hallway.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-05/The-Rescue-Castellano-hero.jpg?itok=0KM72TZ0)
NFB Short films, a live presentation
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Cost: Free
Location: Online program (Zoom)
![Graphic illustration of rows of people in colourful t-shirts looking at one another.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.29%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-05/International-Museum-Day_0.jpg?itok=91ToOWPi)
April 2020
Friday Night Rights: $5 after 5 p.m.
CANCELLED
Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.
Location: All spaces
![A man and woman stand looking at a double-sided video screen in a museum gallery. The man is pointing at the screen.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.49%2C0.29%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2018-01/turning-points-for-humanity_15785667733_o.jpg?itok=WRIwlwrO)
![Two people gaze out a tall glass window at a sunset over a cityscape.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.64%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-10/Tower%20of%20Hope%20two%20people%20evening%20_%20Aaron%20Cohen.jpg?itok=9Y9dHv_s)
Friday Night Rights: Enjoy Latin jazz
CANCELLED
Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.
Location: All spaces
![A man wearing a fedora plays a guitar while sitting outside on a bench. There are trees in the background.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-03/Rodrigo%20Munoz.jpg?itok=_CAuj497)
Free Friday night: Get your game on!
CANCELLED
Cost: Free after 5 p.m.
Location: All spaces
![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.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.35%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-03/Deskohraní_2012_-_6747.jpg?itok=K1WPOaTj)
March 2020
Spring Break 2020
CANCELLED
Cost: Museum admission is free for kids 12 and under.
Location: CMHR, Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1
![A group of children with playfully painted faces laughing and gesturing.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.52%2C0.36%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-02/spring-break.jpg?itok=ah3sM4Vb)
Members’ Book Club: March 2020
CANCELLED
Cost: Members-only event. Free ticket required.
Location: CMHR, Carte International Reference Centre, Level 5
![Brightly lit bookshelves.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-02/bookshelves-reference-centre.jpg?itok=bS-MBLCS)
Conversation Circle: Experiences of women and children
CANCELLED
Cost:
Location: Meet at Group Entrance
![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.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.6%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-08/ConversationCircle5.jpg?itok=RHNWqgoq)
Friday Night Rights: Women’s rights tours
CANCELLED
Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.
Location: All spaces
![Two smiling women drink wine in a large room full of people.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.71%2C0.62%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-02/women%20drinking%20wine.jpg?itok=WCInEYg9)
Friday Night Rights: Women’s rights tours
March 13, 2020
Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.
Location: All spaces
![A female tour guide stands with outstretched arms in a museum gallery. Several tour participants are visible in the foreground.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.59%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-02/CMHR%20guide%20Claire%20in%20Canadian%20Journeys.jpg?itok=tcer2GsI)
Free Friday night: Celebrate Women’s Day
March 6, 2020
Cost: Free after 5 p.m.
Location: All spaces
![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.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-02/Sarasvati%201.jpg?itok=DC5aXdlI)
Women’s rights tour
Daily, March 1 to March 7, 2020
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 2020
Friday Night Rights: Quiz challenge!
February 28, 2020
Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.
Location: All spaces
![A group of excited people gathered around a table where one man is writing on a piece of paper.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-02/Transit_Trivia_Night.jpg?itok=dFyFxVGU)
Friday Night Rights: Celebrate Black history
February 21, 2020
Cost: $5 after 5 p.m.
Location: All spaces
![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.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D256%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D171%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.39%2C0.6%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-01/Desmond%20niche%20with%20bills.jpg?itok=qARZr1YO)