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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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Faces of Palestine, 1972: From a Document in ‘The Manitoban’ to the Current Crisis

with UM Alum, Rachad Antonius [MSc/1973] In collaboration with the Faculty of Arts and the Institute for the Humanities, the Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) is pleased to support UM Alum Rachad Antonius for a lecture titled Faces of…

January 22, 2026

Critical Conversations 2026

Abortion in Manitoba: A Feminist Community-Based Approach to Abortion Access Research with Dr. Lindsay Larios and Emma Cowman

In collaboration with the Faculty of Arts, the Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) is hosting Dr. Lindsay Larios and Emma Cowman for a lecture titled ‘Abortion in Manitoba: A feminist community-based approach to abortion access research’. The lecture will…

January 28, 2026

The Resurgence of Traditional Media and Acts of “Doing” in Contemporary Indigenous Art

with Sherry Farrell Racette (Métis, Anishinaabe-Algonquin, and Irish) Professor, Department of Visual Arts, Faculty of Media, Art and Performance, University of Regina In Learning Together (2013) Keith Goulet unpacks Nehiyawak concepts of knowledge as a merger of doing, being, becoming…

March 04, 2026

Critical Conversations 2026

Stitching Histories: A Scholar-Artist in Archives and Museums

In collaboration with the Faculty of Arts, the Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) is hosting Dr. Sherry Farrell Racette for a lecture titled ‘Stitching Histories: A Scholar-Artist in Archives and Museums’. The lecture will be held on Wednesday, March…

March 11, 2026

Critical Conversations 2026

Pushed Out, Worn Down: Urban Displacement and the Crises of Social Reproduction in Delhi

In collaboration with the Faculty of Arts, the Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) is hosting Dr. Arpita Biswas for a lecture titled “Pushed Out, Worn Down: Urban Displacement and the Crises of Social Reproduction in Delhi.” The lecture will…

April 01, 2026

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