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Lighting the Flame
By Rhea Yates, Manager, Digital Outreach
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Exploring women’s rights and gender equality
By Chloe Rew, Program Interpreter
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Four Freedoms: The Power of Objects
By Jeremy Maron, Researcher-Curator
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The Chinese Head Tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act
By Matthew McRae, Communications Advisor
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Japanese Canadian internment and the struggle for redress
By Matthew McRae, Communications Advisor
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The Story of the Komagata Maru
By Matthew McRae, Communications Advisor
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Human Rights and the Charter
By Armando Perla, Researcher-Curator
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The Story of Africville
By Matthew McRae, Communications Advisor
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Approaching the Human Rights Stories of Indigenous Peoples
By Karine Duhamel, Researcher-Curator, Indigenous Content
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The Nuts and Bolts of Reconciliation
By Karine Duhamel, Researcher-Curator, Indigenous Content
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Lighting the Flame
By Rhea Yates, Manager, Digital Outreach
Fifty years ago, 10 young Indigenous athletes ran an 800-kilometre relay from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Winnipeg, Manitoba, carrying the torch that would open the 1967 Pan American Games.
Exploring women’s rights and gender equality
By Chloe Rew, Program Interpreter
If I were alive in Canada before 1929, I would not have been considered a person. “Persons” under the British North America Act referred only to men.
Four Freedoms: The Power of Objects
By Jeremy Maron, Researcher-Curator
In his January 1941 State of the Union address, American President Franklin D. Roosevelt articulated four fundamental freedoms that everyone in the world ought to be able to enjoy – freedom of speech, freedom of belief, freedom from fear and freedom from want.
The Chinese Head Tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act
By Matthew McRae, Communications Advisor
When he was a little boy growing up in Vancouver, Dr. Henry Yu didn’t understand why his grandfather frequently took him on long walks to visit Chinatown.
Japanese Canadian internment and the struggle for redress
By Matthew McRae, Communications Advisor
Before the outbreak of the Second World War, Lena Hayakawa lived what she describes as a very idyllic life.
The Story of the Komagata Maru
By Matthew McRae, Communications Advisor
When Nimrat Randhawa and her family immigrated to Canada in the summer of 2003, they arrived completely in the dark – literally.
Human Rights and the Charter
By Armando Perla, Researcher-Curator
The cornerstone of human rights protection in Canada is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Charter forms part of Canada’s Constitution and came into being on April 17, 1982.
The Story of Africville
By Matthew McRae, Communications Advisor
If you’ve never heard of Africville, you’re not alone; the tragic story of this small Black community in Nova Scotia is not as well known as it should be.
Approaching the Human Rights Stories of Indigenous Peoples
By Karine Duhamel, Researcher-Curator, Indigenous Content
This article focuses on the creation and development of exhibition content exploring the human rights stories of Indigenous people in this country. To tell these stories, the Museum engaged with communities and individuals in a process of truth-telling.
The Nuts and Bolts of Reconciliation
By Karine Duhamel, Researcher-Curator, Indigenous Content
As a child, I often visited museums. I was lucky to be able to travel with my family, and to visit interpretive spaces across the country.
