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Topics: Human rights promotion

Events

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.

Composite image comparing greayscale (left) and natural color (right) views of the same lunar hemisphere.

Nuit Blanche Winnipeg 2026

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Cost: Free and open to all.

Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights, outside and inside on Level 1

A concept image of the artist’s mannequin-like sculptures adorned in colourful patterns outside the Museum on a starry night.

The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Reconciliation 

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Cost: Free, registration required

Location: Virtual

Three people in a gallery examining the Witness Blanket, a large free-standing blanket made of cedar panels holding objects related to the residential school experience.

Canoes and Rapids: Navigating Indigenous Knowledge

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Cost: Free

Location: Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Garden of Contemplation

Kayakers paddling colourful kayaks (yellow, orange and blue) on a calm river, with a forested hillside of pine and oak trees under a clear blue sky in the background.

For classrooms: Queer History Month Tour

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Cost: Free

Location: Virtual

A small group of people walk by a large sign on a wall, made up of thick black horizontal lines with the English and French words “Love in a Dangerous Time: Canada’s LGBT Purge” and “Amours cachés : La purge LGBT au Canada” distributed within the lines. The top and bottom lines are a mix of black and rainbow colours. Rainbow colours cover the left edge of the wall.

For classrooms: Human Rights Day Tour 

Thursday, December 10, 2026

Cost: Free

Location: Virtual

Students walking on ramps that connect various levels of museum galleries.

For classrooms: I Love to Read and Black History Month Tour

Tuesday, February 2, 2027

Cost: Free

Location: Virtual

An adult sitting on the floor reading a book to three children sitting in front of them.

For classrooms: Be an Upstander Kickoff Event

Tuesday, February 23, 2027

Cost: Free

Location: Virtual

A group of students stand around a diorama displayed on a table in a museum gallery.

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.

A snow-covered country road with mountains in the background.

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

An antique chrome-plated microphone in the centre of the image is encircled by multicoloured rays over a mottled blue and green background.

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