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The Centre for Human Rights Research hosts a variety of events, including workshops, interviews, roundtables, and seminar series open to the students, scholars, practitioners, and the public.

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Poster & Button-Making for Miskwaagamiiwi-ziibi Water Walk with Jaimie Isaac
All are welcome to come make posters for Miskwaagamiiwi-ziibi Water Walk! We’ll have stencils created by Jaimie Isaac, pastels and paper for posters. If you’d like something smaller, you can use our button-making machine to create a custom button. If…

September 15, 2026

Funded Research Project: Just Waters

Miskwaagamiiwi-ziibi Water Walk
The Miskwaagamiiwi-ziibi Water Walk will take place on September 23, 2026. The walk will begin at sunrise (7:15 am) with an opening ceremony at the Southwood Circle Dock. We will walk approximately 30 km to the Main Street Boat Launch. Please see the map…

September 23, 2026

CHRR Event

Kenton Storey & Chief Charlie Bear Book Launch
Join us for the launch of The Lost Reserve: The Taking and Remaking of the Chacachas Treaty Nation (University of Regina Press), co-authored by historian Kenton Storey and the Chacachas Treaty Nation. Storey will be joined by Chief Charlie Bear of the Chacachas Treaty Nation in a…

September 25, 2026

CHRR Event

Unlocking Local Solutions: Using Participatory Systems Science to Understand and Address Societal Changes with Dr. Brita Roy
The Centre for Human Rights Research, Creative Community Change Research, and the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Manitoba are pleased to host Dr. Brita Roy (New York University) for a lecture titled “Unlocking Local Solutions: Using Participatory…

October 05, 2026

An Indigenous Land-based Water Walk Around Campus

An Indigenous Land-Based Water Walk Around Campus
Come take a walk with Dr. Brian Rice and learn about Indigenous histories and significant locations along waterways on the University of Manitoba’s Fort Garry campus. Dress for the weather and wear your walking shoes! All are welcome– no registration…

October 06, 2026

Community Event

Resource Assistance for Youth (RaY) Book Club: The Bylaw State
This October, join authors Dr Alexandra Flynn and Dr Joe Hermer at RaY – 125 Sherbrook to dive into their new publication The Bylaw State – Fernwood Publishing. The book club will meet at 7:30 pm on October 6, October 13,…

October 06, 2026

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