The Centre for Human Rights Research commemorates Human Rights Day (December 10) with a participant generated discussion on “Human Rights and Resistance in 2021.” Please register, and submit questions at https://bit.ly/3cBezG4 Join Dr. Idris El Bakri, Leah Gazan, Isha Khan, Breanne Lavallee Heckert and Louise Simbandumwe. The deadline forRead More →
Thank you for the overwhelming interest in the workshop “Spreading the word: statements, interviews and oral histories.” The workshop has been postponed to January 17, 2021. As you most likely know, the UM Faculty Association (UMFA) have been on strike since November 2nd. Negotiations between the UM Faculty Association (UMFA) andRead More →
September 30, 2021 is Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Since 2013 this day had been commemorated as “Orange Shirt Day” where people wore orange as a public display of solidarity for those who survived, or did not survive, Residential Schools as well as their descendants. The creationRead More →
On Earth Day 2021 (April 22), the Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) hosted a virtual screening of the first of three videos about LAND BACK that were produced by the David Suzuki Foundation. The video inspired a great conversation with our invited panelists, which involved examining questions suchRead More →
Watch this discussion online and read the summary below. On March 16, 2021, the Centre for Human Rights Research hosted a panel exploring themes of commemoration, reparation, and memory in light of the delayed Manitoba 150 celebrations. ***** 150 Seen Through the Lens of Treaty One After introducing her latestRead More →