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Over 200 students and educators from across Manitoba will showcase their creativity, voices and commitment to human rights on Thursday, May 21 at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ (CMHR) 6th annual Manitoba Upstander Showcase. The annual event will be the largest to date and gives students a platform to discuss and present the work they’re doing for human rights in the galleries of the Museum.
The Upstander Showcase is the culmination of the Museum’s national Be an Upstander program. Since the free education program’s launch in 2018, it has been expanding across Canadian classrooms from coast to coast to coast.
What’s an upstander? Someone who recognizes injustice, knows their personal strengths and uses those strengths to create change.
Highlights of this year’s showcase will include a powerful Grade 12 student‐written song titled “We Are One,” performed by talented band students from Lord Selkirk Regional Comprehensive Secondary School. Students from H. S. Paul School in grades 7 and 8 will present a compelling visual project — a creative depiction of a wedding cake that explores the issue of child marriage. And students from Onanole, Manitoba, will demonstrate the ways they supported their community in having access to clothing.
What:
When:
Thursday, May 21 — 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Musical performances between 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. in the Stuart Clark Garden of Contemplation on Level 3
Where:
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Cost:
Free with admission
Upstander Showcase in Edmonton
Can’t make it to Winnipeg? Check out the next Upstander Showcase in Edmonton, Alberta at the Royal Alberta Museum on Thursday, May 28.