Topics: Human rights promotion
Events
Annual Public Meeting
March 21, 2024
Cost: Free; registration required
Location: Manitoba Teachers’ Society Classrooms, Level 1
The Mikisiw-Eagle Moon: Tapahtamisowin (humility)
March 23, 2024
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.
Woman, Life, Freedom
September 16, 2023 to March 31, 2024
Cost: This space is free to access
Location: The Forks North Portage Partnership Classroom Lobby
Sarah Harmer in Concert
April 5, 2024
Cost: $30
Location: Bonnie & John Buhler Hall
Hate goes viral
April 11, 2024
Cost: The event is free to attend but registration is required.
Location: Buhler Hall, Level 1
Stories
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.
Graphic truths
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
Resource guides
Music and human rights
Learn more about the connection between music, activism, protest and human rights issues