Across Oceans of Law

March 14, 2022

Dr. Renisa Mawani

In 2022, the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Human Rights Research annual seminar series was held online, and ran in conjunction with a senior/honours course in the Department of History, Faculty of Arts. Our theme was “Historic Wrongs and Human Rights in Canada.” Leading scholars from across Canada discussed their research examining different moments of dispossession, unfreedom, incarceration, and expulsion, and how researchers and curators have navigated them.

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March 14, 2022

Across Oceans of Law

Event Date: March 14, 2022

Speakers:

Dr. Renisa Mawani, University of British Columbia

Series: Critical Conversations 2022

As part of CHRR’s Critical Conversations Series on ‘Human Rights and Historic Wrongs’ in 2022, Dr. Renisa Mawani from the University of British Columbia presented on ‘Across Oceans of Law.’ The presentation took place on March 14, 2022 and was moderated by CHRR Director, Dr. Adele Perry.

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Civilian Internment in Canada: Histories & Legacies

March 2022

Dr. Rhonda Hinther, Dr. Jim Mochoruk

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Working with Journalists: Human Rights, Research and the Realities of the Newsroom

March 10, 2022

Lenard Monkman, Helen Fallding

In this interactive workshop Lenard Monkman (CBC Indigenous) and Helen Fallding (former political reporter, Winnipeg Free Press) provide guidance on how students and researchers doing human rights work can appropriately and effectively disseminate their research to a broader audience and get their work “out there”.

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March 10, 2022

Working with Journalists: Human Rights, Research, and the Realities of the Newsroom

Event Date: March 10, 2022

Speakers:

Lenard Monkman, CBC Indigenous

Helen Fallding, former political reporter, Winnipeg Free Press

Series: Methods and Mediums in Human Rights

On March 10, 2022, the Centre for Human Rights Research hosted an this interactive workshop to provide guidance on how students and researchers doing human rights work can appropriately and effectively disseminate their research to a broader audience and get their work “out there”.

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Experiences of Enslaved Black People in Colonial Canada

April 7, 2022

Dr. Harvey Amani Whitfield

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March 07, 2022

Experiences of Enslaved Black People in Colonial Canada

Event Date: March 07, 2022

Speakers:

Dr. Harvey Amani Whitfield, University of Winnipeg

Series: Critical Conversations 2022

As part of the CHRR’s Critical Conversations Series on “Human Rights and Historic Wrongs”, on March 7, 2022, we welcomed Dr. Harvey Amani Whitfield from the University of Calgary to present on the ‘Experiences of Enslaved Black People in Colonial Canada.’The seminar was moderated by CHRR Director, Dr. Adele Perry.

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January 31, 2022

Questions that convey Indigenous Historical Perspectives

Event Date: January 31, 2022

Speakers:

Dr. Robert Alexander Innes, McMaster University

Series: Critical Conversations 2022

In this presentation, Dr. Robert Alexander Innes, McMaster, Cowesses First Nation, discusses his research on Indigenous veterans, national histories, and genocide. This lecture was presented on January 31, 2022 as part of the CHRR’s longstanding Critical Conversations Series, which in 2022 focused on “Human Rights and Historic Wrongs.” The seminar was moderated by CHRR Director, Dr. Adele Perry.

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Spreading the Word: Statements, Interviews, and Oral Histories

January 17, 2022

Kaila Johnston, Misha Falk, Dr. Shayna Plaut Dr. Chantal Fiola

As part of the “Methods and Mediums” workshop series, the Centre for Human Rights Research hosted “Spreading the Word”: Statements, Interviews and Oral Histories on January 17th, 2022. The presenters all shared their own experiences, techniques and challenges with different kinds of verbal based data gathering/creating.

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