Adele Perry

Dr. Adele Perry is director of the Centre for Human Rights Research and distinguished professor of history and women’s and gender studies. She is a historian of colonialism, gender, race and western Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries. From 2003 to 2014, Perry held a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair and she is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and past president of the Canadian Historical Association.

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Marking NDTR and Reading the OSI Interim Report Like the rest of the University of Manitoba, the office of the Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) closed in recognition of the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation or Orange Shirt Day. Last week, the CHRR joined with others on campusRead More →

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Buttressing Borders in 2023   On 25 March 2023, changes were announced to expand the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) between Canada and the United States beyond formal ports of entry, to the entirety of the 6,416 KM Canada-US border, what historian Benjamin Hoy has called “a line of bloodRead More →

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Centre for Human Rights Research marks the second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation One of the Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) areas of focus is Indigenous peoples and human rights. As we approach Canada’s second official National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Friday, September 30th, 2022, howRead More →