At the Forks: Virtual Launch
June 25, 2021
Dr. Adele Perry, Dr. Kiera Ladner, Amy Jackson, Kayla Lariviere
The Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) presents: At the Forks: A Virtual Launch. ‘At the Forks’ is a project led by Dr. Adele Perry, Director of the Centre for Human Rights Research alongside Dr. Kiera Ladner and the Mamawipawin Centre for Indigenous Governance and Community-Based Research at the University of Manitoba. ‘At the Forks’ will feature accessible, open access writing that deals with the intersection of Indigenous and human rights in and around the prairies.
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Three UM Researchers to Examine more Equitable and Sustainable Public Transport Opportunities
June 7, 2021
UM Today Staff
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A screening of the David Suzuki Foundation’s LAND BACK
April 22, 2021
Aimée Craft, Danielle Morrison, Taylor Galvin
On April 22, 2021, The Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) presents: A screening of the David Suzuki Foundation’s LAND BACK. Panel dscussion featured Aimée Craft – Co-Producer, LAND BACK video series, Author, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa; Danielle Morrison – Lawyer, Narrator, University of Manitoba alumna; and Taylor Galvin – President, Indigenous Concerns on the Environment (UMICE). The LAND BACK video series consists of three videos. We welcome you to watch videos two and three in the series (PRESENT and FUTURE, respectively) on the David Suzuki Website.
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Dammed: The Politics of Loss & Survival in Anishinaabe Territory
October 2020
Brittany Luby, Chief Loraine Cobiness
In October 2020, the Centre for Human Rights Research collaborated with UM Indigenous Studies Colloquium for the launch of the book Dammed: The Politics of Loss & Survival in Anishinaabe Territory featuring author Brittany Luby.
Watch a recording of the book launch here.
Understanding Canadian Aboriginal Law Brochure
2016
Centre for Human Rights Research; Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
Learn more about Treaties, Aboriginal land claims, Aboriginal rights, Métis rights, the Duty to Consult, Fiduciary Duty, and Self-Government.
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Understanding and Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: An Introductory Handbook
2011
Prof. Brenda Gunn
UNDRIP is an international human rights instrument that builds and elaborates on how basic human rights and standards apply to Indigenous peoples. This handbook is designed to assist Canadians learn about the United
Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted by the United Nations in 2007.
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