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Black Lives Matter and the struggle for racial justice in Canada
By Debra Thompson
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Online misogyny: the “manosphere”
By Steve McCullough
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Caring for the Witness Blanket
By Skylar Wall, Cindy Colford, Carolyn Sirett, Stephanie Chipilski and Carey Newman
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Pass the Mic: Let’s Talk About Racism
By Sarah Adomako-Ansah
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The Doctrine of Discovery
By Travis Tomchuk
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The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
By Karine Duhamel
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Manitoba’s Mincome experiment
By Travis Tomchuk
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Justice after genocide: Rwandan Canadian community activism
By Jeremy Maron
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Canada, antisemitism and the Holocaust
By Jeremy Maron
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Nursing and Indigenous peoples’ health: reconciliation in practice
By Maureen Fitzhenry
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Covering the Holodomor: Memory Eternal
By Jeremy Maron
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Star Trek and human rights
By Alana Conway and Murray Leeder
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The murder of Elzéar Goulet and the struggle for Métis rights
By Karine Duhamel
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Remembering the Srebrenica Genocide
By Jeremy Maron
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From refugee to firefighter
By Maureen Fitzhenry
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A Canadian flag for equality
By Rémi Courcelles
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Picking Up the Pieces: The Making of the Witness Blanket
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Us vs. Them: The process of othering
By Clint Curle
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Dick Patrick: An Indigenous veteran’s fight for inclusion
By Steve McCullough and Jason Permanand
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Black Lives Matter and the struggle for racial justice in Canada
By Debra Thompson
Protest movements reveal and resist the injustice of systemic racism in Canada. Black community activism includes public protest, policy change and collective care.

Online misogyny: the “manosphere”
By Steve McCullough
Digital misogyny is on the rise. Why do some men and boys get drawn into – and even seek out – extremist influencers and groups?

Caring for the Witness Blanket
By Skylar Wall, Cindy Colford, Carolyn Sirett, Stephanie Chipilski and Carey Newman
Discover the collaborative, decolonizing approach taken to preserving the Witness Blanket as a monument commemorating Canada’s residential schools.

Pass the Mic: Let’s Talk About Racism
By Sarah Adomako-Ansah
When it comes to racism, there is a lot to learn and unlearn. Listening to those with lived experiences is an important first step in taking a stand against discrimination.

The Doctrine of Discovery
By Travis Tomchuk
Learn about this 500‐year‐old colonial idea that still affects Canada’s treatment of Indigenous peoples.

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
By Karine Duhamel
What is the UNDRIP and why is it important? What does Canada’s commitment to enact UNDRIP mean? How will it impact treaty rights, land, resources and cultural rights in Canada?

Manitoba’s Mincome experiment
By Travis Tomchuk
A landmark study performed in Manitoba in the 1970s showed that guaranteed annual income could improve the lives of people in poverty.

Justice after genocide: Rwandan Canadian community activism
By Jeremy Maron
Explore how members of the Rwandan Canadian community mobilized to pursue justice, within Canada, for the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

Canada, antisemitism and the Holocaust
By Jeremy Maron
Widespread antisemitism in Canada in the 1930s and 1940s kept the nation’s borders closed to Jews trying to escape the Holocaust.

Nursing and Indigenous peoples’ health: reconciliation in practice
By Maureen Fitzhenry
Nurses’ long‐time partnership shows that decolonizing our health care systems is necessary for enhancing respect, fairness and social justice for First Nations, Inuit and Métis.

Covering the Holodomor: Memory Eternal
By Jeremy Maron
Explore the role of journalists and the media in hiding and revealing the story of the genocidal famine in Ukraine engineered by Josef Stalin.

Star Trek and human rights
By Alana Conway and Murray Leeder
Star Trek has offered an intelligent, socially conscious approach to science fiction since it debuted in 1966. Current Star Trek series feature complex, nuanced perspectives on important human rights matters such as genocide, migrancy and refugees.

The murder of Elzéar Goulet and the struggle for Métis rights
By Karine Duhamel
Elzéar was raised in the Métis trapping and trading tradition and was killed for his role in the Red River Resistance. His story reflects the long struggle for Métis rights that includes the founding of Manitoba.

Remembering the Srebrenica Genocide
By Jeremy Maron
Kerim Bajramovic and Aida Šehović are both Bosniaks touched by the Srebrenica Genocide in different ways. Their perspectives offer distinct personal lenses through which we can learn about Srebrenica and its legacy.

From refugee to firefighter
By Maureen Fitzhenry
In 1991, Ali and his wife fled a brutal civil war in Somalia, ending up in a Kenyan refugee camp with their 3 children. After a long process, they immigrate to Canada.
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A Canadian flag for equality
By Rémi Courcelles
Preserving a symbol of Canada’s human rights history

Picking Up the Pieces: The Making of the Witness Blanket

Graphic truths
By Stephen Carney
Eight graphic novels that tell compelling stories about injustice, activism and hope.

Us vs. Them: The process of othering
By Clint Curle
Explore the relationship between othering, human rights violations and the process of genocide through the lenses of the Holocaust and the Rohingya genocide.

Dick Patrick: An Indigenous veteran’s fight for inclusion
By Steve McCullough and Jason Permanand
