International Women’s Day (IWD) is recognized by the United Nations (UN) and the international community to celebrate the collective efforts of women – acknowledging the work, the sacrifices, and the social, economic, cultural, linguistic, and political contributions of women to society. Celebrated annually, IWD has its roots in the labourRead More →
The Small Grants Program at the Centre for Human Rights Research supports faculty members interested in exploring new collaborative and interdisciplinary human rights research projects. For 2022-2023, the CHRR was able to support three faculty members, including Dr. Sean Carleton (History), Dr. Nancy Kang (Women’s and Gender Studies), and Dr.Read More →
The Centre for Human Rights Research’s Visiting Community Researcher Program seeks to strengthen the human rights research landscape by supporting community-based researchers, activists, practitioners, organizers, and artists. Visiting Community Researchers will have access to university resources, libraries, and administrative support to connect with community organizations, as well as university faculty,Read More →
In acknowledgement of Human Rights Day, the Centre for Human Rights Research together with the Centre for Social Science Research and Policy at the University of Manitoba hosted a virtual conversation with scholars, practitioners, activists, and people who identify as all three, entitled “Imagining the Peg as a Human RightsRead More →
On 1 December 2022, a Winnipeg man with a history of intimate partner violence and far-right racist, bigoted, and misogynistic views, including residential school denialism, was charged with first degree murder of four Indigenous women. We must begin with their names, and the communities they have been taken from: RebeccaRead More →
Human Rights Day is celebrated by the international community every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in 1948 that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In recognition of #HumanRightsDay, the CHRR alongside the Centre for Social Science Research and Policy at theRead More →