Canadian Museum for Human Rights
85 Israel Asper Way, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 0L5
85 Israel Asper Way, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 0L5
204-289-2001
Off season Tues to Sun 10 am - 5 pm, Wed till 9 pm
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Artivism
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Final report of an independent review into complaints at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg finds pattern of gendered racism.
Jun 28, 2021
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Northern Lights at Canadian Museum for Human Rights
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Dec 23, 2020
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Human Rights Museum Releases Plan to Address Complaints
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg has released its plan for addressing staff complaints about systemic racism and discrimination at the institution.
Nov 5, 2020
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Isha Khan to Head Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Winnipeg human rights lawyer and advocate Isha Khan will be the new president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
Aug 10, 2020
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Independent Review Finds Systemic Racism at Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Canadian Museum for Human Rights announces immediate action on training, reporting and hiring practices, as well as a new corporate focus on diversity and inclusion.
Aug 5, 2020
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Winnipeg Exhibit Explores Fight for Rights on the Job
A new exhibit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights shows how organized workers fought for workplace rights.
Nov 17, 2019
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Artist Describes Quest for Witness Blanket
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights will host the national launch for a book that explores an artist's quest to gather items from the sites of more than 130 Indian residential schools.
Nov 17, 2019
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Human Rights Museum Plans New Events
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg has launched Friday Night Rights, a new initiative that offers reduced admissions and special programs.
Nov 3, 2019
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Indigenous Oral Ceremony Finalizes Historic Agreement
A historic agreement between Kwakwaka’wakw artist Carey Newman (Hayalthkin’geme) and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights has been finalized in a traditional ceremony at Kumugwe, the K'ómoks First Nation Bighouse on Vancouver Island.
Oct 18, 2019
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Augmented Reality at Human Rights Museum
Augmented reality shows the importance of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in a whole new way.
Aug 21, 2019
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Rohingya Photographs on Display in Winnipeg
Kevin Frayer's images are on view at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg until April.
Jun 17, 2019
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Unusual Agreement Protects The Witness Blanket
An agreement with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights covers the use of The Witness Blanket, made from items collected from the sites and survivors of residential schools.
Apr 12, 2019
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Human Rights Museum Wins Global Award
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights has won a top award at a prestigious celebration of innovative digital projects by cultural institutions.
Apr 8, 2019
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Métis App Launched for Louis Riel Day
Digital tour helps mark 150th anniversary of Red River Resistance.
Feb 14, 2019
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Poisoned Putin Opponent at Human Rights Museum
One of Russia's most outspoken advocates for democracy and human rights, Vladimir Kara-Murza, will speak at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg on Oct. 30.
Oct 23, 2018
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First Nations Elders, Advisers Co-create Exhibit on Indian Act
Elijah Harper’s eagle feather, a wampum belt made by a Haudenosaunee faith keeper, and a Cree artist’s cradleboard are displayed with handwritten excerpts from the Indian Act in a new exhibit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg.
Sep 17, 2018
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Latin America's Political Art
An exhibit about freedom of expression in Latin America at Winnipeg’s Canadian Museum for Human Rights shows how art is used as a tool of protest.
Jan 2, 2017
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"Sight Unseen," to Sept. 18 at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg
An exhibition by some of the world’s most accomplished blind photographers, "Sight Unseen," explores how the blind can see in ways the sighted cannot.
Apr 29, 2016
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Museum adds exhibit on Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg has a new exhibit about the work of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Sep 22, 2015
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CMHR works with Canadian War Museum to present "Peace" as first temporary exhibit
Two national Canadian museums are working together to present "Peace - The Exhibition" as the first exhibit to be shown in the Canadian Museum for Human Rights' (CMHR) Expressions gallery, a space for temporary exhibits, when it opens in September.
Aug 7, 2014
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Rebecca Belmore to create major piece for CMHR
One of Canada's most celebrated contemporary artists, Rebecca Belmore, will create a large and prominent work of original art for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), its president and CEO Stuart Murray announced January 24, 2014.
Jan 24, 2014
