Exhibitions and Events: Expand your views on human rights.
Through our galleries and programs, you will encounter thousands of stories featuring people, events and ideas from all over the world. We explore moments of human rights advancement and others of setback. These stories encourage us all to consider how our choices affect others, from our neighbours to people across the globe.
Gone too soon
From 2016 to 2023, 42,494 individuals are known to have died from opioid toxicity deaths in Canada. Their rights to life and security of person were not protected. This work honours those gone too soon from a poisoned drug supply. Until December 2024.
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CMHR, Linsday Affleck
Beyond the Beat: Music of Resistance and Change
February to September 29, 2024
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![A digital illustration showing a crowd clapping and raising their hands. The background shows a pixelated green soundwave shape and blue and black graffiti-like designs with neon-coloured diagonal lines radiating out from the center. Partially obscured.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D384%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D494%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.59%26crop%5Bfp_area%5D%3D0.01%2C0.27%2C1%2C0.88%26crop%5Bmask%5D%5Btype%5D%3Dbottom%26crop%5Bmask%5D%5Bamount%5D%3D0.4%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2023-10/people-at-a-music-concert-beyond-the-beat.jpg?itok=9LDT2qwy)
![A group of young women and girls in their teens stand together on the front porch of a building. Most are dressed in white blouses and blue skirts, with two girls also wearing blue sweaters. To the right, a doorway reveals a roomful of students sitting at wooden desks and writing on notepads. Partially obscured.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D384%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D494%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.5%2C0.25%26crop%5Bmask%5D%5Btype%5D%3Dbottom%26crop%5Bmask%5D%5Bamount%5D%3D0.4%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2019-08/OdodoWa-EXH.jpg?itok=T3ohrJxw)
![A crowd of youth hold protest signs and stand behind a large banner that reads “La Terre Mère,” or “mother earth” in English. Partially obscured.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D384%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D494%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.51%2C0.34%26crop%5Bmask%5D%5Btype%5D%3Dbottom%26crop%5Bmask%5D%5Bamount%5D%3D0.4%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2022-05/lg220073.jpg?itok=8rRxUoOo)
Strength in Numbers: The Polish Solidarity Movement
January 2020 to August 2026
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![A woman wearing a dress cups her hand to a megaphone placed at her mouth. She is standing elevated above a crowd of people at a gate, with two flags waving nearby. Partially obscured.](/sites/prod/files/styles/crop%5Bwidth%5D%3D384%26crop%5Bheight%5D%3D494%26crop%5Bfp%5D%3D0.62%2C0.37%26crop%5Bmask%5D%5Btype%5D%3Dbottom%26crop%5Bmask%5D%5Bamount%5D%3D0.4%26convert%5Bextension%5D%3Djpeg/public/2020-01/Solidarity-Hero.jpg?itok=2-EgCijb)