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Human rights stories are often ones of struggle, tenacity, courage and resilience. These are the experiences we need to share. Engage with human rights stories, wherever you are.

Women and the fight for human rights

Discover the stories from women on the forefront of the fight for universal human rights and dignity.

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A head-and-shoulder portrait of Viola Desmond framed by a vertical purple rectangle. Viola is wearing a white top. Partially obscured.

Photo: Courtesy of Joe and Wanda Robson

Freedom from want

By Leslie Vryenhoek

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A line-up of people wait outside a building. There are signs indicating it is a Food Bank. A Canadian flag flies above them. Partially obscured.

Persecution of queer Canadian soldiers in wartime

By Sarah Worthman

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A man stands in dark shadows in a stark stone cell, gazing upward at bright sunlight streaming in through a barred window. Partially obscured.

The Impact of War on Children Worldwide

By Shelly Whitman Ph. D.

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White paint peeling off a brown wall. Partially obscured.

What Is Two‐Spirit? Part One: Origins

By Scott de Groot

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A poster featuring large artwork depicting two faces in dramatic colours and patterns, with background imagery including hands, standing figures and geometric shapes. A large title at the top reads “The 10th Annual International Two Spirit Gathering” and text at the bottom reads “August 27-31, 1997. Onamia, Minnesota.” Partially obscured.

Indigenous history and human rights

Discover the stories of Indigenous people and communities. Learn about Canada's history of colonialism and genocide. Reflect on how we can collectively work towards reconciliation.

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A carved wooden box, showing the carved face of a person with a painted red hand over their mouth. Partially obscured.

Photo: CMHR, Aaron Cohen

Black Lives Matter and the struggle for racial justice in Canada

By Debra Thompson

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A large group of people holding signs with slogans such as “Black Lives Matter,” “Enough is Enough” and “Your Silence is Betrayal.” Partially obscured.

“My future children will never get to experience the home I knew”

By Damhat Zagros

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Watercolour painting of a group of adults and children, their faces obscured, standing in a field. All the women’s heads are covered and most people are carrying backpacks and have things in their hands. Partially obscured.

Online misogyny: the “manosphere”

By Steve McCullough

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A white man with short hair sits alone at a brightly lit desk in a dark room, staring at a computer monitor. Partially obscured.

Gender‐based violence across Canada

By Julie S. Lalonde

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A digital collage with a large drawing of an umbrella overlaid with images of large overlapping hands. Below it, two hands (one black, one pink) reach up and away from a stylized road leading to a distant house partially overlaid with a pixelated, cloudy stain of red colour. In the background is an image of a forest of white tree trunks and a faint yellow sun. Partially obscured.

Antisemitism and human rights

Antisemitism, often described as “the oldest hatred,” has been used to justify violence, oppression and genocide against the Jewish people in Canada and around the world. Learn about antisemitism in the past to help confront antisemitism today.

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Two people play hockey in front of a synagogue with several swastikas painted on it. Partially obscured.

Photo: Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives, file no. PC 01-03-074F

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