Topics: Human rights promotion
Events
New Moon Gathering: Young Leaders and Community Healing
Saturday, September 12, 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.
At the Knees of our Ancestors Exhibit Opening
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Cost: Free, registration required
Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Canadian Journeys Gallery, Level 2, and Stuart Clark Garden of Contemplation, Level 3
Reel Pride Screening: The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Cost: $12.06 CAD
Location: Bonnie & John Buhler Hall,
Level 1, Canadian Museum for Human Rights
The Mating Full Moon and Living in Thankfulness
Saturday, September 26, 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.
Canoes and Rapids: Navigating Indigenous Knowledge
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Cost: Free
Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Garden of Contemplation
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Drawing the truth: Eight meaningful graphic novels
By Stephen Carney
Eight graphic novels that tell compelling stories about injustice, activism and hope.
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.
Resource guides
Music and human rights
Learn more about the connection between music, activism, protest and human rights issues
