The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) launched Dimensions in Testimony, an interactive experience that enables visitors to ask questions that prompt real-time responses from pre-recorded video interviews with Holocaust survivors. “We are honoured to bring this groundbreaking project to visitors in Winnipeg,” said Jeremy Maron, curator at the CMHR. “It not only preserves the voices of … Read more
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) is calling for submissions of community-led projects, artwork or visual presentations to be displayed in a newly designated space called the Community Corridor. “In all communities, there are many stories about what happens when rights are denied, and just as many examples of courage and commitment to the … Read more
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, in cooperation with the LGBT Purge Fund, has created a new advisory council for a major project to develop exhibitions, public and education programs and digital content on the LGBT Purge. The newly created advisory council, co-chaired by delegates from the CMHR and the LGBT Purge Fund, will help guide the … Read more
Sarah Adomako-Ansah, an Alberta teacher who co-founded the province’s first Black Teachers Association has become the new Educator in Residence with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. “My goal is to amplify the voices of those who are Black, Indigenous and people of colour from across Canada,” she said. “Growing up, I did not have any … Read more
A new exhibition opening July 23 at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights examines the power of female-run artisan cooperatives to further human rights in communities around the world. Empowering Women: Artisan Cooperatives that Transform Communities uses colourful folk art objects, images and video to make stories come alive from 11 countries. It includes objects … Read more
A major exhibition of work by some of the world’s most accomplished blind photographers opens Feb. 20 at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Sight Unseen: International Photography by Blind Artists explores how the blind can often see in ways that the sighted cannot. The show, which runs until Sept. 18, is being presented by … Read more
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ (CMHR) 2014-2015 annual report has been tabled in the House of Commons. Titled: The Conversation Begins, the report provides an overview of an important year when the CMHR first opened its doors to visitors as the country’s new national museum. The full report is available online.
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) will be alive with activity on International Human Rights Day (December 10) – celebrated with free public admission from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A citizenship ceremony, fun family programs – including colourful human rights boats sailing on the Museum’s indoor pond – and the Museum’s annual public … Read more
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights announced that an exhibit featuring one of the world’s most famous historic charters, the Magna Carta, will opened August 15. The exhibition also includes a page from Prime Minister John A. Macdonald’s original handwritten draft of the British North America Act of 1867. “Canada’s Magna Carta: Meaning and Misconceptions”, explores Canada’s … Read more
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights’ (CMHR) Board of Trustees welcomed the appointment of Dr. John Young, a respected academic, leader and educator, as the museum’s new president and CEO. Call 204-289-2113.
