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The Museum is open Tuesday to Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

The Museum is accessible to all

We explore human rights from many different angles and perspectives. Check out our past events (since March 2018).

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January 2022

Courage and defiance: The story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes

January 27, 2022

Cost: Free

Location: Online program – Zoom

Event details
A black and white image of a man, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, superimposed over an old passport.

December 2021

Photos from immigrant and refugee youth on display at CMHR

December 10, 2021 to June 13, 2022

Cost: This space is free to access.

Location: The Forks North Portage Partnership Classroom Lobby

Event details
Close-up of a small plant growing through cracks in a concrete surface.

November 2021

Gala 2021: Raising Our Voices

November 28, 2021

Cost:

Location: Online program with a limited tickets available for in-person reception.

Event details
A large, free-standing art installation contains hundreds of objects. It is framed in cedar and there is an open door in the middle that people can walk through.

Honouring our veterans

November 9, 2021 to November 13, 2021

Cost: Free admission for veterans and serving members.

Location:

Event details
A huge building with a rounded glass façade is topped by a glowing red tower.

Is Facebook a threat to democracy?

November 9, 2021, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m (CDT)

Cost: Free

Location: Online program – Zoom

Event details
An image of transparent hands hovering over a keyboard.

September 2021

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 30, 2021

Cost:

Location:

Event details
People wearing orange T-shirts stand in front of a row of trees. There is long grass in the foreground. The T-shirts bear images of small hand prints grouped in a heart shape with the number 215+ above them.

Art is action

September 28, 2021 at 1 p.m. (CDT)

Cost: Free

Location: Online program (Zoom)

Event details
Portion of a large artwork consisting of objects set in cedar frames.

July 2021

Festival of rights: video fun for kids!

July 13 to September 6, 2021

Cost: Free

Location:

Event details
A performer wearing a tuxedo stands in front of a display of multi-coloured balloons.

June 2021

Indigenous films and filmmakers

June 1 to 30, 2021

Cost: Free

Location: Streaming online in June

Event details
A person with long grey hair stands outdoors, with a rolling grassy landscape and cloudy sky in the distance.

May 2021

Combatting anti‐Asian racism in the workplace

May 19, 2021 at 1 p.m (CDT)

Cost: Free

Location: Online program (Zoom)

Event details
A man wearing a cloth mask and holding a sign, walking with a group of protestors carrying signs about ending racist violence and anti-Asian racism.

April 2021

The Uyghur Genocide in China

April 22, 2021 at 1 p.m. (CDT)

Cost: Free

Location: Zoom

Event details
A young child being carried by an adult looks back over the adult’s shoulder.

March 2021

Discovering Acadia and other places

Rendez‐vous de la francophonie 2021

Cost: Free

Location:

Event details
A man with a painted face juggles outdoors, as smiling children watch. A city skyline appears behind him at a distance.

Plus haut que les flammes (Higher Than Flames Will Go)

Rendez‐vous de la francophonie 2021

Cost: Free

Location:

Event details
Several people and one dog sitting and standing in a landfill. A tree sits in the centre of the image and garbage is strewn on the ground.

Explorations (L’envol)

Rendez‐vous de la francophonie 2021

Cost: Free

Location:

Event details
A wooden block painted with the image of a child, stands on top of a round block. Blocks of varying shapes, colours and sizes appear in the background.

January 2021

Memories of the Warsaw Ghetto

January 27, 2021

Cost: Free

Location: Online program (Zoom)

Event details
The silhouette of a soldier is shown inside the outline of a child’s profile, with barbed wire and a wall in the background.

Annual public meeting

January 26, 2021

Cost: Free registration required

Location: Online program (Zoom)

Event details
Exterior view of the Museum in Winter.

Protecting human rights during COVID‐19

January 19, 2021

Cost: Free registration required

Location: Online program (Zoom)

Event details
National flags fly side-by-side on tall flag poles.

November 2020

The age of artificial intelligence

November 19, 2020

Cost: Free

Location: Online program (Zoom)

Event details
A smiling woman with purple hair wearing a t-shirt.

Gala 2020: Raising Our Voices 

November 18, 2020

Cost: Individual ticket: $50
Household ticket: $250
Student ticket: $25

Location: Online program

Event details
An exterior view of the Museum.

May 2020

‘The Rescue: A Live Film‐Concerto’ digital broadcast premiere

Monday, May 25, 2020

Cost: Free

Location: Online program (Zoom)

Event details
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.

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