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April 03, 2023

Rethinking Borders: Transnational Movements, Resistance, Identity, and Gender

Event Date: April 03, 2023

Speakers:

Dr. Lorena Fontaine, University of Winnipeg

Dr. Shauna Labman, Univeresity of Winnipeg

Dr. Rob Lorway, University of Manitoba

Dr. Shayna Plaut, Centre for Social Sciences Research and Policy, University of Manitoba

Dr. Lori Wilkinson, University of Manitoba

Series: Critical Conversations 2023

In collaboration with Global College at the University of Winnipeg, our third critical conversation took place on Apr. 3, 2023.

The conversation was wide-ranging and touched on a variety of topics. Panelists identified – based on their research and expertise – the borders that matter, how they matter, who made them and why, as well as what they cross, both literally and metaphorically. They also discussed the limits and power of borders, the ways in which their research (or the subjects of their research) cross borders, the research and/or activism that has most guided or inspired them, and the kind of research that is most needed to meet the challenges of the present. The virtual panel was chaired by CHRR Director, Dr. Adele Perry. ASL interpretation provided by Tania MacNeil and Brenda Rutherford.

Pacific-centred map. DEMIS Mapserver/Wikimedia
Pacific-centred map, Available at: DEMIS Mapserver/Wikimedia

Resources

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE7SY7I5rb8&list=PLmq6CUaUQOLr29XFBQNU7PQoN4fTcIAYQ&index=2&t=4s

Pacific-centred map. DEMIS Mapserver/Wikimedia

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March 15, 2023

Thinking in Pictures

Event Date: March 15, 2023

Speakers:

Dr. Sean Carleton, University of Manitoba

Gord Hill, artist and writer

Kara Sievewright, artist and graphic designer

Dr. Julia Smith, Labour Studies, University of Manitoba

Series: Methods and Mediums in Human Rights

On Wednesday, March 15th, 2023, CHRR hosted a virtual workshop learning from activists, artists, writers, and researchers passionate about using comics, history, and art in human rights research and for social change. This workshop was facilitated by Dr. Adele Perry.

Resources

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqZx0_rDtLM&list=PLmq6CUaUQOLp-FoDRO6aGF0Jz_Wy4bM-P

A collage of graphic novels from Graphic History Collective

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February 28, 2023

Water and Borders: A Roundtable

Event Date: February 28, 2023

Speakers:

Dr. Cary Miller, University of Manitoba

Dr. Teresa Montoya, University of Chicago

Dr. Emma Norman, Northwest Indian College

Dr. Adele Perry, University of Manitoba

Dr. Nicole J. Wilson, University of Manitoba

Series: Critical Conversations 2023

Does water have a border? When do the politics of water cut across borders, and when are they shaped, or even determined, by them? How does water challenge our conventional understanding of borders, including geopolitical ones, and how does it alert us to histories that pre-date the power of the colonial state? Can struggles around water – whether for decent drinking water, or against mega-projects and their impact on Indigenous communities – on different sides of North America’s settler borders be understood in common, or as discrete and different?

In collaboration with the University of Manitoba’s United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 (Water and Sanitation) Group, on Feb. 28, 2023 the CHRR hosted a virtual panel for an exploration of borders and the politics of water.

Resources

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbos0CHCPeI&list=PLmq6CUaUQOLr29XFBQNU7PQoN4fTcIAYQ&index=1&t=9s

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February 17, 2023

Talking Borders, Colonialism, Resistance, and Human Rights

Event Date: February 17, 2023

Speakers:

Harsha Walia, Author, Activist, and Organizer

Dr. Alex Wilson (Opaskwayak Cree Nation), Department of Educational Foundations, University of Saskatchewan

On June 25, 2021, the Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) hosted At the Forks: A Virtual Launch.

Series: Critical Conversations 2023

On Feb. 17, 2023, CHRR welcomed Harsha Walia and Dr. Alex Wilson for a conversation entitled Talking Borders, Colonialism, Resistance, and Human Rights.

Walia and Wilson shared their perspectives on diverse issues. These included: The most meaningful and powerful forms of resistance to colonial, radicalized, or gendered borders that they have witnessed or participated in, the people and communities that are most effected by radicalized, colonial and gendered borders and who is crucial to resisting them, the impact and legacy of Idle No More, the ways in which the logic of borders works through gendered and sexualized logics, as well as imperial and radicalized ones, and the relationship between resistance, research, teaching, and writing.

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December 09, 2022

Imagining the Peg as a Human Rights City

Event Date: December 09, 2022

Speakers:

Dr. Warren Clarke, Anthropology, University of Manitoba

Dr. Nathan Derejko, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba

Reanna Merasty, Artist, Author, and Chair of the Welcoming Winnipeg Committee

Dr. Joel R. Pruce, University of Dayton Human Rights Centre,

Karen Sharma, Manitoba Human Rights Commission

Erica Bota, an illustrator, ThinkLink Graphics

Introductory remarks were from Leah Gazan, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg Centre

The Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR), in partnership with the Centre for Social Sciences Research and Policy acknowledged Human Rights Day (December 10th) with a conversation with scholars, practitioners, activists, and people who identify as all three on ‘Imagining the Peg as a Human Rights City,’ on Dec. 9, 2022. The panel was chaired by Dr. Shayna Plaut.

Resources

Download the Graphic Recording: https://chrr.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/The-PEG-as-a-Human-Rights-City-FINAL1-2-scaled.jpg

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/SRKgrethkCE

Check out the Resource Guide on Human Rights Cities: https://chrr.info/other-resources/human-rights-cities-resource-list/

Read the article in UM Today: https://news.umanitoba.ca/exploring-winnipeg-as-a-human-rights-city/

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September 21, 2022

Research in the Age of COVID

Event Date: September 21, 2022

Speakers:

Michelle Driedger, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

Stewart Hill, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc.

Kiera Ladner, Political Science and Mamawipawin, University of Manitoba

Shirley Thompson, Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba

Lori Wilkinson, Sociology, University of Manitoba

Series: Methods and Mediums in Human Rights

Recognizing this time of immense change and its impact on the research landscape, on September 21, 2022, the Centre for Human Rights Research at the University of Manitoba focused its Methods and Mediums workshop series on “Research in the Age of COVID.”

Resources

Read the Resource Guide at: https://chrr.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Research-in-Age-of-COVID-Reference-List.pdf

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July 13, 2022

Fighting for Reproductive Rights in 2022

Event Date: July 13, 2022

Speakers:

Karen Sharma, Manitoba Human Rights Commission

Nahanni Fontaine, MLA for St. John’s

Kemlin Nembhard, Women’s Health Clinic

Dr. Sarah Elvins, History, University of Manitoba

Dr. Lindsay Larios, Social Work, University of Manitoba

On July 13, 2022 the Centre for Human Rights Research at the University of Manitoba hosted an informative, webinar roundtable discussion “Fighting for Reproductive Rights in 2022.”

This discussion brought together a variety of scholars and advocates – and those who identify as both – to provide context, information and solidarity as we move forward. The panel was chaired by Dr. Adele Perry, Director of the CHRR.

Resources

Watch the Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q11WOQQvs0

Resource Guide: https://chrr.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DoingTheWork_Resource-Guide.pdf

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May 06, 2022

From Empty Spaces to Collective Creations: Dreaming of a Human Rights Mosaic

Event Date: May 06, 2022

Speakers:

Bruno de Oliveira Jayme, Arts Educator, University of Manitoba

Series: Methods and Mediums in Human Rights

The Centre for Human Rights Research organized an in-person interactive workshop to engage with artistic methods of human rights research and social action on May 6, 2022. Hosted at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, the event featured live music, food, and art as attendees collaborated in the creation of a human rights themed mosaic.

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March 28, 2022

The Patients Who Never Came Home: ‘Indian’ Tuberculosis and Indigenous Health Care in Manitoba, 19

Event Date: March 28, 2022

Speakers:

Dr. Erin Millions, University of Winnipeg

Dr. Anne Lindsay

Series: Critical Conversations 2022

As part of the CHRR’s Critical Conversations Series on ‘Human Rights and Historic Wrongs’, Drs. Anne Lindsay and Erin Millions presented on “The Patients who never came home: ‘Indian’ Tuberculosis and Indigenous Health Care in Manitoba, 1930s-1970s.” The presentation took place on March 28, 2022.

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March 21, 2022

Civilian Internment in Canada: Histories & Legacies

Event Date: March 21, 2022

Speakers:

Dr. Rhonda L. Hinther, Brandon University

Dr. Jim Mochoruk, University of North Dakoka

Series: Critical Conversations 2022

As part of CHRR’s 2012 Critical Conversations Series on “Human Rights and Historic Wrongs”, Dr. Rhonda L. Hinther, History, Brandon University, & Dr. Jim Mochoruk, History, University of North Dakota presented on ‘Civilian Internment in Canada: Histories & Legacies.’ The virtual presentation was moderated by CHRR Director Dr. Adele Perry.

Resources

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/JM1j881qmcM

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