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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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Bordering on Age Discrimination with Dr. Christina Clark- Kazak

The Centre for Human Rights Research and the Department of Sociology and Criminology (Faculty of Arts) at the University of Manitoba are pleased to host Dr. Christina Clark-Kazak for a lecture titled “Bordering on Age Discrimination: A Social Age Analysis…

November 20, 2025

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Universal Human Rights: The case for strengthened domestic implementation in Canada with Alex Neve

In collaboration with the Masters of Human Rights (MHR) program, the Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) will be hosting Alex Neve for a lecture titled Universal Human Rights: The case for strengthened domestic implementation in Canada. The event will…

November 04, 2025

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Refusing to Harness a River: A Study of Dryland Farmers Resisting Irrigation in mid-20th Century Saskatchewan

Join Just Waters on October 30, 2025 at 1:00 pm as we host Dr. Shannon Stunden Bower for a talk titled, “Refusing to Harness a River: A Study of Dryland Farmers Resisting Irrigation in mid-20th Century Saskatchewan.” This talk will…

October 30, 2025

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An Evening on Cuban-Canadian encounters through music, art, politics and more with Karen Dubinsky and Jorge Nállim

Join historians Karen Dubinsky and Jorge Nállim for an evening on Cuban-Canadian encounters through music, art, politics and more. This event will include a reading from Dubinsky’s latest book, Strangely, Friends: A History of Cuban-Canadian Encounters (Between the Lines Books) and a Q&A with the audience,…

October 24, 2025

Just Waters
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Water Challenges in the Anthropocene: Lessons from India

Join us for the next webinar in The Last Drop Water Researchers Speaker Series. Dr. Mihir Shah, Distinguished Professor at Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, will speak to “Water Challenges in the Anthropocene: Lessons from India.” The Anthropocene makes the need…

October 08, 2025

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