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Topics: Human rights promotion

Events

The Molting Moon, Kinship and Land Acknowledgements

Saturday, August 1, 2026

Cost: Free, registration required

Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The group will meet in Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1 and proceed together to Level 6.

A vivid arc of pinkish-red and green aurora curves across a starry night sky alongside the Milky Way's core, above a dark tree-lined lake that mirrors the lights on its calm surface.

Emancipation Celebration

Saturday, August 1, 2026

Cost: Free, registration required

Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Bonnie & John Buhler Hall

A group of six black performers standing on stage with colourful backlighting.

A Conversation with Autumn Peltier

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Cost: Free, registration required

Location: Bonnie & John Buhler Hall

An Indigenous girl is wearing traditional regalia and beaded earrings and her hair is in braids. She is speaking at a podium featuring a logo of the United Nations.

Peacebuilding Through Truth and Reconciliation

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 to Sunday, August 16, 2026

Cost: CAN $125–CAN $550.

Location: All daytime conference events will take place at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

Exterior photo of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ glass windows and tower, taken against a prairie sky at dusk. The Winnipeg sign at the Forks is situated on the right side of the image. Multiple office towers and downtown lights are on the left-hand side of image.

Ohpahowi‐Pîsim – Flying Up Moon

Saturday, August 29, 2026

Cost: Free, registration required

Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The group will meet in Bonnie & John Buhler Hall, Level 1 and proceed together to Level 6.

A Canada goose stands on green grass with its neck twisted backward, head turned to face the camera directly. The goose has a black head and neck, white cheek patch, tan-brown body feathers, and a white belly, set against a plain blue sky.

Stories

What Is Two‐Spirit? Part One: Origins

By Scott de Groot

Discover the history and meaning of Two‐Spirit. The term speaks to community self‐determination, rejects colonial gender norms and celebrates Indigenous sexual and gender diversity.

A poster featuring large artwork depicting two faces in dramatic colours and patterns, with background imagery including hands, standing figures and geometric shapes. A large title at the top reads “The 10th Annual International Two Spirit Gathering” and text at the bottom reads “August 27-31, 1997. Onamia, Minnesota.”

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.

A large group of people holding signs with slogans such as “Black Lives Matter,” “Enough is Enough” and “Your Silence is Betrayal.”

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.

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.

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.

A smiling man stands in front of a fire truck.

Drawing the truth: Eight meaningful graphic novels

By Stephen Carney

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

The covers of many graphic novels.

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.

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Jody Williams and the campaign to ban landmines

By Julia Peristerakis

A woman sitting on a chair with hands clasped looks thoughtfully ahead, as if answering a question.

Resource guides

Music and human rights

Learn more about the connection between music, activism, protest and human rights issues

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