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 →
Fighting to have our Voices Heard: Moving Winnipeg Towards a Human Rights City 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 peopleRead More →
A Human Rights Crisis at Home: MMIWG2S+ The content in this blog post may be difficult and/or triggering. If you or someone you know needs emotional assistance related to this topic or the information in this article, help is available 24/7 through the MMIWG Support Line, 1-866-413-6649. On 1 DecemberRead 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 →
Learn more about the connections between uneven mobility and mobility justice from an intersectional feminist context in Western Canada, with a particular focus on Manitoba, in the new ‘Missing the Bus’ podcast. CHRR Director Adele Perry and CHRR Research Affiliates Jocelyn Thorpe and Karine Duhamel chat with host Olivia MacdonaldRead More →