Thursday, October 29, 2026 – April 2027
Photo: Annie Kierans, CMHR
Available during Museum operating hours.
The Community Corridor is a space where community members share their human rights‐inspired work and lead meaningful dialogue on human rights.
This edition of the Community Corridor features Nadine Williams. Through her quilt, The Fabric of Our Being, and a selection of illustrated poems, she explores the complex relationship between migration, identity, resilience and the enduring search for belonging.
Through poetic and visual expression, Nadine Williams chronicles part of the migrant experience in The Migrant's Story, an educational exhibition inspired by her own journey.
As a commemorative artist, Williams draws on personal experience, historical reflection and collective memory to explore migration, identity, belonging and resilience. With creative support from Carole Brisebois, Michel Boisvert, Megan Douglas and Alejandra Alfonso, she brings significant moments in history and national commemorations into dialogue with migrants' lived experiences.
The exhibition reflects important milestones, including the First and Second International Decades for People of African Descent.
The journey begins with Williams's experience as an immigrant child, travelling from St. Mary, Jamaica, to Canada forty‐one years ago. From this personal starting point, her story expands into a broader exploration of migration and the histories that shape it.
The Migrant's Story invites audiences to reflect, learn and engage with stories of displacement, perseverance, cultural identity and belonging. It honours the past while encouraging dialogue about migrants' experiences and contributions today.
With immense gratitude to the Hon. Dr. Jean Augustine; the Black Manitobans Chamber of Commerce; Phyllis Reid‐Jarvis, MPH, PCC; the Canadian Museum for Human Rights; and the Manitoba Museum, who made this exhibition possible.
Nadine Williams is a Jamaican Canadian poet, author, cultural advocate and commemorative artist dedicated to celebrating Black heritage and amplifying marginalized voices.
She has published five poetry collections, three children's books and more than thirty Black History Month posters that are widely used in Canadian schools. A sought‐after speaker, she has opened for global icons including Michelle Obama, former First Lady of the United States; the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, 27th Governor General of Canada; the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, former Prime Minister of Canada; and the Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, former Prime Minister of Jamaica.
Visit the Museum from October 2026 through April 2027 to experience this poetic Community Corridor feature by Nadine Williams.