School program: Museum Highlights Tour for Schools (Grades 9 to 12)

Program length: 75 minutes

Three youth looking at a phone together. Behind them are Museum exhibits including hanging red dresses and a grid of large photos of people’s faces. Partially obscured.

Photo: CMHR, Thomas Fricke

School program details

Our understanding of human rights in Canada continues to evolve and people living in Canada have a responsibility to advance and protect human rights.

Students will explore multiple Museum galleries and expand on their understanding of human rights in Canada. Students will be challenged to think critically about Canada’s human rights history and its ongoing impacts, reflecting on what role they can play in Canada’s evolving relationship to human rights.

Program messages:

  • Our understanding of human rights in Canada continues to evolve.
  • Human rights have not always been upheld in Canada.
  • People living in Canada have a responsibility to advance and protect human rights.