Topics: Discrimination
Exhibitions
Climate Justice
June 2022 to December 2024
This new exhibit explores the connections between human rights and climate change.
Stories
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.
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.
The Sharpeville Massacre
By Matthew McRae
Discover how the South African government’s murderous response to peaceful protest inspired local and international action against apartheid.
Viola Desmond: One woman’s resistance
Viola Desmond helped inspire Canada’s civil rights movement by refusing to give up her seat in a movie theatre. Now, she is on the $10 bill.
The story of Africville
By Matthew McRae
If you’ve never heard of Africville, you’re not alone. This small Black community was demolished by the City of Halifax in the 1960s. Its residents have been fighting for justice ever since.
Black sleeping car porters
By Travis Tomchuk
Black men employed as sleeping car porters in Canada from the late nineteenth century until the mid‐1950s experienced racial discrimination and exploitation on the job.
Resource guides
Wrongful convictions and systemic racism
In this guide, you will find links to resources related to wrongful convictions and the impact of systemic racism and discrimination on the justice systems in settler colonial contexts such as Canada, the United States and other countries around the world.
