When the land hurts: Indigenous Feminism on Suicide, Environmental Violence, and the Struggle for Inhabitability
June 15, 2023
Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos
On June 15, 2023, CHRR was thrilled to host Dr. Jeffrey Ansloos for a seminar entitled “When the land hurts: Indigenous feminism on suicide, environmental violence, and the struggle for inhabitability.”
What Could Harm Reduction Look Like in Manitoba?
April 20, 2023
Dr. Marcia Anderson, Tristan Dreilich, Dr. Shawna Ferris, Levi Foy, Shohan Ilsley. Introductions from Elder Margaret Lavallee and facilitated by Kohkum Leslie Spillett
Harm reduction is founded in public health, community, and social justice. Health, safety, and freedom from discrimination are all rights enshrined in Canadian, Indigenous, and international laws and protocols. They have also become highly politicized points of policy here in Manitoba – with sharp distinctions between urban and rural realities. The focus on political calculation rather than health and wellness has led to an increasing amount of neglect, hospitalizations, and deaths of fellow Manitobans – particularly in the wake of the COVID pandemic.
On April 20th, 2023, we hosted a roundtable to learn from practitioners, scholars, and advocates (and those who identify as a combination of all three) involved in harm reduction throughout the province. The event was co-organized by the Centre for Social Science Research and Policy (UM), the Centre for Human Rights Research (UM), Ongomiizwin, and University of Winnipeg’s Global College.
Housing Discrimination and Human Rights
April 5, 2023
Dr. Megan Earle, Mary Burton, Azarias Butariho, Dr. Nancy Hansen, Ryan McKay
On Apr. 5, 2023, the Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) and the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR) co-hosted a virtual webinar to learn about the CCHR’s new discrimination audit report and engage with local advocates, community workers, and researchers in a discussion about housing discrimination in Winnipeg. Read the full CCHR report: “Sorry, it’s rented” at https://housingrightscanada.com/reports/sorry-its-rented-2022/
Resource Hub
Rethinking Borders: A panel on Transnational Movements, Resistance, Identity, and Gender
April 3, 2023
Dr. Lorena Fontaine, Dr. Shauna Labman, Dr. Rob Lorway, Dr. Shayna Plaut, Dr. Lori Wilkinson
In collaboration with Global College at the University of Winnipeg, our third critical conversation took place on Apr. 3, 2023 and featured Drs. Lorena Fontaine, Shauna Labman, Rob Lorway, Shayna Plaut, and Lori Wilkinson.
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.
Thinking in Pictures
March 15, 2023
Dr. Sean Carleton, Gord Hill, Kara Sievewright, Dr. Julia Smith
On March 15th, 2023, CHRR hosted a virtual workshop learning from activists, artists, writers, and researchers passionate about comics, history and social change.
Water and Borders - A Roundtable
February 28, 2023
Dr. Cary Miller, Dr. Teresa Montoya, Dr. Emma Norman, Dr. Nicole J. Wilson
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 welcomed Drs. Cary Miller, Teresa Montoya, Emma Norman, Adele Perry, and Nicole J. Wilson for an exploration of borders and the politics of water.
Resource Hub
Reflections: Fighting to have our Voices Heard: Moving Winnipeg Towards a Human Rights City
December 23, 2022
Carlie Kane
Human Rights Day is celebrated by the international community every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in 1948 that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.In recognition of Human Rights Day, the CHRR alongside the Centre for Social Science Research and Policy at the University of Manitoba will host a virtual conversation entitled ‘Imagining the ‘Peg as a Human Rights City.’
Imagining the Peg as a Human Rights City
October 12
Centre for Human Rights Research, Centre for Social Sciences Research and Policy, Erica Bota, ThinkLink Graphics
Human Rights Day is celebrated by the international community every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in 1948 that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.In recognition of Human Rights Day, the CHRR alongside the Centre for Social Science Research and Policy at the University of Manitoba will host a virtual conversation entitled ‘Imagining the ‘Peg as a Human Rights City.’
Imagining the Peg as a Human Rights City
December 9, 2022
Dr. Warren Clarke, Dr. Nathan Derejko, Reanna Merasty, Dr. Joel R. Pruce, Karen Sharma
Human Rights Day is celebrated by the international community every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in 1948 that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.In recognition of Human Rights Day, the CHRR alongside the Centre for Social Science Research and Policy at the University of Manitoba will host a virtual conversation entitled ‘Imagining the ‘Peg as a Human Rights City.’
Borders and Human Rights: A Resource Guide
2022
Sara Gibson
This is a short list of resources compiled by Research Assistant Sara Gibson, of books, articles, poems, videos etc. that provide a critical look at borders and human rights. It is only a starting point for “Questioning Borders” and we look forward to adding to it. Please email chrrman@umanitoba.ca if you have suggestions.
Contact Us
We’d love to hear from you.
442 Robson Hall
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 2N2 Canada
204-474-6453
Quick Links
Subscribe to our mailing list for periodic updates from the Centre for Human Rights Research, including human rights events listings and employment opportunities (Manitoba based and virtual).
Land Acknowledgement
The University of Manitoba campuses are located on original lands of Anishinaabeg, Ininew, Anisininew, Dakota and Dene peoples, and on the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.
