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Human rights stories are all around us. We explore contemporary and historic human rights stories, from Canada and around the world.

Nursing and Indigenous peoples’ health: reconciliation in practice

By Maureen Fitzhenry

A group of Indigenous women nurses stand together outside. Partially obscured.

The people behind the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Covering the Holodomor: Memory Eternal

By Jeremy Maron

A statue of a girl holding stalks of wheat. Partially obscured.

Star Trek and human rights

By Alana Conway and Murray Leeder

A humanoid alien stands next to a wall. Partially obscured.

The murder of Elzéar Goulet and the struggle for Métis rights

By Karine Duhamel

Riders on horseback with arrows and lances drawn ride across a rolling prairie landscape towards a herd of buffalo. Partially obscured.

Remembering the Srebrenica Genocide

By Jeremy Maron

Two uniformed soldiers sit on a large vehicle, overlooking a densely packed crowd of people that stretches into the distance. Partially obscured.

From refugee to firefighter

By Maureen Fitzhenry

A smiling man stands in front of a fire truck. Partially obscured.

The fight for equal rights in Canada

By Rémi Courcelles

A Canadian flag flies atop a large tower. In the foreground stands a statue of a veiled woman carrying a sword. Partially obscured.

Picking Up the Pieces: The Making of the Witness Blanket

Large artwork consisting of objects set in cedar frames. Partially obscured.

Drawing the truth: Eight meaningful graphic novels

By Stephen Carney

The covers of many graphic novels. Partially obscured.

Us vs. Them: The process of othering

By Clint Curle

A group of men building a stone wall across a city street Partially obscured.

Dick Patrick: An Indigenous veteran’s fight for inclusion

By Steve McCullough and Jason Permanand

A snow-covered country road with mountains in the background. Partially obscured.

The Wilcox County integrated prom

By Matthew McRae

A smiling woman stands in front of a red prom dress and a black tuxedo mounted on mannequins. Both the dress and suit are on display behind a glass case. Partially obscured.

Claiming our rights as a transgender family

By Rowan Jetté Knox

A smiling family of six in a living room. Partially obscured.

Seven awesome accessibility features at the Museum

By Matthew McRae

A hand touches braille letters on a museum exhibit. Partially obscured.

The stain of antisemitism in Canada

By Jeremy Maron

A black-and-white photograph of a crowd of people, most of them standing, on a beach. Partially obscured.

The chaotic story of the right to vote in Canada

By Matthew McRae

An illustration of people in line waiting to vote. The man in front places his ballot in the box on the table. Partially obscured.

Language rights are human rights

By Rémi Courcelles

A stop sign and street sign in both English and French are seen in front of trees. Partially obscured.

Face the music: Canadian musicians and human rights

By Julia Peristerakis

Two women and a man stand on a stage while a group of people in white shirts stand on risers behind them. The woman in the centre is waving to someone off-camera, and the man on the right is holding a microphone. Partially obscured.

What led to the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda?

By Jeremy Maron

A large crowd of people of all ages carrying food and belongings walk toward the camera on a long dirt road through a bright green landscape of grass and bushes. The road and the crowd extend far into the distance. Partially obscured.

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.

A group of Indigenous women nurses stand together outside.

The people behind the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Discover the people of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Protection of human rights

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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.

A statue of a girl holding stalks of wheat.

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.

A humanoid alien stands next to a wall.

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.

Collective rights

Riders on horseback with arrows and lances drawn ride across a rolling prairie landscape towards a herd of buffalo.

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.

Human rights violations

Two uniformed soldiers sit on a large vehicle, overlooking a densely packed crowd of people that stretches into the distance.

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.

Human rights promotion

A smiling man stands in front of a fire truck.

The fight for equal rights in Canada

By Rémi Courcelles

Preserving a symbol of Canada’s human rights history

Protection of human rights

A Canadian flag flies atop a large tower. In the foreground stands a statue of a veiled woman carrying a sword.

Picking Up the Pieces: The Making of the Witness Blanket

Collective rights

Large artwork consisting of objects set in cedar frames.

Drawing the truth: Eight meaningful graphic novels

By Stephen Carney

Eight graphic novels that tell compelling stories about injustice, activism and hope.

Human rights promotion

The covers of many graphic novels.

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.

A group of men building a stone wall across a city street

Dick Patrick: An Indigenous veteran’s fight for inclusion

By Steve McCullough and Jason Permanand

Patrick was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the Second World War, but back in British Columbia he was refused restaurant service because he was Indigenous. That didn't stop him.

A snow-covered country road with mountains in the background.

The Wilcox County integrated prom

By Matthew McRae

In 2013, graduating students at a high school in Georgia, held their school’s first‐ever integrated prom, where Black and white students could attend together.

Collective rights

A smiling woman stands in front of a red prom dress and a black tuxedo mounted on mannequins. Both the dress and suit are on display behind a glass case.

Claiming our rights as a transgender family

By Rowan Jetté Knox

Names and pronouns may change but love stays constant.

A smiling family of six in a living room.

Seven awesome accessibility features at the Museum

By Matthew McRae

Collective rights

A hand touches braille letters on a museum exhibit.

The stain of antisemitism in Canada

By Jeremy Maron

Discrimination

A black-and-white photograph of a crowd of people, most of them standing, on a beach.

The chaotic story of the right to vote in Canada

By Matthew McRae

Civil and political rights

An illustration of people in line waiting to vote. The man in front places his ballot in the box on the table.

Language rights are human rights

By Rémi Courcelles

Exploring Canada’s official languages framework.

A stop sign and street sign in both English and French are seen in front of trees.

Face the music: Canadian musicians and human rights

By Julia Peristerakis

Music is a universal language that transcends geographic and cultural barriers. Music moves us in a way that words alone cannot. But it can do much more than evoke emotion.

Civil and political rights

Two women and a man stand on a stage while a group of people in white shirts stand on risers behind them. The woman in the centre is waving to someone off-camera, and the man on the right is holding a microphone.

What led to the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda?

By Jeremy Maron

Learn how division, dehumanization and incitement of hatred set the stage for genocide.

Human rights violations

A large crowd of people of all ages carrying food and belongings walk toward the camera on a long dirt road through a bright green landscape of grass and bushes. The road and the crowd extend far into the distance.