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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.
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Covering the Holodomor: Memory Eternal
By Jeremy Maron
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Star Trek and human rights
By Murray Leeder and Alana Conway
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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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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 Jason Permanand and Steve McCullough
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The Wilcox County integrated prom
By Matthew McRae
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Claiming our rights as a transgender family
By Amanda Jetté Knox
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Seven awesome accessibility features at the Museum
By Matthew McRae
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The stain of antisemitism in Canada
By Jeremy Maron
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The chaotic story of the right to vote in Canada
By Matthew McRae
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Language rights are human rights
By Rémi Courcelles
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Face the music: Canadian musicians and human rights
By Julia Peristerakis
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What led to the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda?
By Jeremy Maron
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Voices of women and girls in war
By Isabelle Masson
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Rohingya women call for justice
By Paula Kelly
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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.
Star Trek and human rights
By Murray Leeder and Alana Conway
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.
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 Jason Permanand and Steve McCullough
Voices of women and girls in war
By Isabelle Masson
Grace Acan and Evelyn Amony were abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda when they were just girls. They were enslaved and spent years in captivity, away from their families. They managed to find their way back to freedom but have faced many new struggles since they returned home.
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