Truth & Reconciliation
“The University of Manitoba is committed to helping the Truth and Reconciliation Commission achieve its objectives in whatever ways we can,” says president David Barnard. What is the University of Manitoba doing?
Water Rights
The right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human
rights.
- United Nations General Assembly, July 2010
Reproductive and Sexual Rights
Individuals should be able to exercise control over their bodies, including reproductive decision-making and sexual and reproductive security.
Documenting Human Rights
For centuries, artists, writers, filmmakers, archivists and curators have explored human rights struggles in ways that inspire future generations to never forget and to forge ahead.
Events
Events
- Genocide and Indigenous North America: Sept. 20-22
- Research planning symposium on water rights
- Thinking about an ideas museum: U of M leads human rights conversations
- Languages and Cultures of Conflicts and Atrocities
- Gender Equality: Fact or Fiction, April 11
- Charter Birthday Party
- Celebrating First Nations and Metis Research Partnerships
- Water: Too Much, Too Little: Feb. 15
Human Rights Expertise
Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms to which all human beings are entitled including civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights.
More than 150 researchers at the University of Manitoba focus on human rights related issues in their research and there are numerous human rights related research projects.
See our list of U of M human rights experts.
Researcher of the Week
| Dr. Shelley Sweeney |
Dr. Sweeney is the head of the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections. She helped found three archival organizations and is a charter member of the Academy of Certified Archivists. Sweeney wrote, with colleagues, the code of ethics for the Canadian archival profession. She is a key member of the committee that pulled together the University of Manitoba's proposal to house the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's archives. |
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