Some of the information and content in this blog post may be difficult and/or triggering. If you or anyone you know is experiencing difficulty related to this topic or the information in this article, help is available 24 hours a day through the Indian Residential School Survivors Society Crisis Line,Read More →
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, how do we understand and engage with the shifting and contested conversation about residential schoolsRead More →
The two-story brick building at 795 Main Street in Winnipeg is for sale again, priced at $300,000 for a store front and a living quarter. This building has been many things since it was built in early 1894: a furniture store, a drug store, a grocery store on more thanRead More →
Apply now for INDIGENOUS SUMMER INTERNSHIP Are you an Indigenous student at U of M looking for a paid, full time opportunity to work with Indigenous/human rights this summer? Do you have web design skills, an interest in event planning and a desire to work with a variety of thinkers,Read 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 →
Manitobans can be proud of our role as leaders in Indigenous reconciliation. Winnipeg was home to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and now hosts the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. In 2019, the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law organized an international conference to explore how theRead More →