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Human rights stories are all around us. We explore contemporary and historic human rights stories, from Canada and around the world.
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Resource Guides. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is...
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Black history and human rights. Discover Black stories,...
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Resource Guides. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is located on Indigenous ancestral lands on Treaty One Territory. The Red River Valley is also the birthplace of the Métis. We acknowledge that the water in the Museum comes from Shoal Lake and are grateful to the First Nations that care for that water.
Black history and human rights. Discover Black stories, voices, struggles and triumphs. Learn about personal and collective acts of resistance and the ongoing fight for equality. Reflect on how we can work to end colonial and racist systems of repression.
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) is the first museum solely dedicated to the evolution, celebration and future of human rights. Our aim is to build not only a national hub for human rights learning and discovery, but a new era of global human rights leadership.
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The museum was originally conceived by media magnate Israel (Izzy) Asper, who established a foundation in 2003 to create the museum, and was brought to fruition through the efforts of members of the Asper family along with many other involved individuals. The central concept of the museum is the idea of an institution that will promote human rights...
The Canadian Museum of Human Rights contains 11 galleries that cover a wide array of issues surrounding human rights: (1) What are Human Rights, (2) Indigenous Perspectives, (3) Canadian Journeys, (4) Protecting Rights in Canada, (5) Examining the Holocaust, (6) Turning Points for Humanity, (7) Breaking the Silence, (8) Actions Count, (9) Rights To...
The museum has been beset by controversy from two directions. Between 2008 and 2012, Quaternary Consultants archaeologist Sid Kroker and Stantec Consulting archaeologist David McLeod excavated the building site of the museum and recovered some 400,000 Indigenous artifacts, some dating back as far as 1100 C.E. It has been suggested that this makes t...
Designed by American architect Antoine Predock, The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is Canada's fifth national museum and the first to be created since 1967. In addition, it is the first national museum in Canada's history to be located outside the National Capital Region. An important component of the development of the CMHR was the establishment...
Giving human rights a home. In 2000, Israel Asper began to imagine a world‐class human rights centre for Canada. A few short years later, in April 2003, plans for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights were announced by Asper and his supporters.
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