Water Justice is Menstruation Justice: A Conversation with Co-Resistors-- Graphic Recording
February 20, 2025
Roxanne Balan
In February 2025 Just Waters and the Centre for Human Rights Research hosted a panel on the topic, “Water Justice is Menstruation Justice: A Conversation with Co-Resistors.” We were honored to open the event with a Water & Tobacco Ceremony with Knowledge Keepers Ramona Milliea and Bill Milliea.
Following a presentation from Veronica Brown of Moon Time Connections, a panel discussion moderated by Chrstine Cyr (University of Manitoba) and Dr. Lisa Smith (Douglas College) explored the intersection of water justice and menstruation justice in Canada. Panelists included Emma Cowman (University of Manitoba), Alicia Horton (Douglas College), and Janessa Roy (MTC).
A graphic recording of the discussion was created by Roxanne Balan.
Pride in Health 2024: Two Spirit History and Health — Graphic Recording
Pride in Health 2024: Two Spirit History and Health -- Graphic Recording
October 25, 2024
Miranda Maslany, Drawing Change
As part of Pride and Health 2024, we were honoured to host a panel on Two Spirit History and Health with Elders Albert McLeod and Charlotte Nolin. Elders Nolin and McLeod shared the history of Two Spirit and how that identity intersects with the health and healthcare needs of Two Spirit people. This panel, moderated by Community Health Sciences graduate student Danielle Hart, provided an opportunity for Two Spirit teachings to be shared, and centers the Two Spirit experience with healthcare, which is fraught with homophobia/transphobia in addition to racism.
This panel was held on the land colonially called Winnipeg, where Two Spirit was gifted to Elder Myra Laramee in a dream, 34 years ago in 1990. The gift of Two Spirit was introduced in 1990 at the third annual international LGBT Native American gathering in Winnipeg.
This event is funded in part by 2SLGBTQIA+ History Month Canada, the University of Manitoba Office of Equity Transformation.
A graphic recording of the Conversation was created by Miranda Maslany from Drawing Change.
Pride in Health 2024 Drag Show – Graphic Recording
Pride in Health 2024 Drag Show - Graphic Recording
November 21, 2024
Miranda Maslany, Drawing Change
In October 2024, the Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) supported and co-coordinated the inaugural Pride in Health conference with the Queer and Trans Graduate Student Group (QTGSG). Pride in Health is an interdisciplinary health research conference focused on the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. This year, the conference was held on October 24 and 25. The first day of the conference was held on the Fort Garry Campus, and the second day was held on the Bannatyne campus.
On the second day of the conference, a drag show was held featuring Orion Sbelt, Special K, Skirt Browning, and Vida Lamour to celebrate the 2SLQBTQIA+ community in Manitoba and beyond. The drag show was coordinated with Synonym Art Consultation. A graphic recording of the drag show was created by Miranda Maslany from Drawing Change.
Innocents Behind Bars: Systemic Racism and Wrongful Convictions
Innocents Behind Bars: Systemic Racism and Wrongful Convictions
November 28, 2023
Kara Sievewright
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, the Centre for Human Rights Research (University of Manitoba), and the Faculty of Law (University of Manitoba) co-organized and sponsored a public event on November 28, 2023 “Innocents Behind Bars: Systemic Racism and Wrongful Convictions.” There were over 125 people in attendance, as well as 25 people joining online.
The panel brought together leaders of the police torture justice/reparations movement in Chicago, into conversation with those working on demanding justice for Indigenous and racialized peoples wrongly imprisoned here in Canada.This event is inspired by the July 2023 release of Allan Woodhouse and Brian Anderson who were wrongfully imprisoned for a murder they did not commit and spent almost fifty years fighting to clear their names. Brian Anderson and members of his family were in attendance and Allan Woodhouse was able to join virtually.
Artist Kara Sievewright, Maker of Nets captured highlights of the event with a graphic recording.
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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.’
Doing the Work: Graphic Recording
August 12, 2021
Kara Sievewright, Centre for Human Rights Research
On Thursday, August 12th 2021, the Centre for Human Rights Research hosted “Doing the Work: A virtual Q & A on what settlers need to know about the residential school system in Canada.”This was a virtual Q&A session where our panel answered submitted questions and suggested available resources to help increase awareness and education about residential schools and the impact of colonialism in Canada.
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