Stuart Murray, president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, and Dr. Hayk Demoyan, director of the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute of the National Academy of Sciences, signed a memorandum of understanding that will facilitate collaboration for the promotion of human rights through joint projects and education. Call 204-289-2114.
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights will open its doors to the world on Sept. 20, 2014, its president and CEO announced at a briefing with industry partners. More information is available online. Call 204-289-2114.
Aboriginal youth from every province and territory in Canada are contributing their human rights visions to artistic "spirit panels" being created for an Indigenous Perspectives gallery in the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR). The National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) signed a partnership agreement with the CMHR to host youth workshops with First … Read more
One of the last living survivors of military sexual slavery in the Second World War spoke to more than a thousand Toronto high school students as part of a visit to Canada organized by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and the Toronto Association for Learning and the Preserving of History of WWII in Asia … Read more
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights has organized a visit to Canada by one of the last living survivors of military sexual slavery during the Second World War. Lola Fidencia David, 86, has been accompanied from The Philippines by Cristina Lope Rosello, a Filipina therapist who helps former comfort women deal with the trauma of … Read more
An agreement signed between Manitoba Education and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) has created the only official partnership in Canada between a provincial education department and a national museum. CMHR president and CEO Stuart Murray said the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is a signal to educators in Manitoba and beyond that the Museum … Read more
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) and The Manitoba Museum (TMM) signed an important agreement to collaborate in areas such as marketing, educational programs, collections, exhibits and knowledge. The collections-based expertise of TMM complements and enhances the ideas-based approach of the CMHR. The two museums will share artifacts and expertise, develop programs and exhibits … Read more
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) released the official reports of archaeological excavations conducted on its building site, revealing important new evidence about the role of The Forks among early inhabitants. "These new findings may lead archaeologists to rethink current theories about how The Forks has been used over thousands of years," CMHR president … Read more
President and CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) Stuart Murray announced that Gail Stephens will become the Museum's chief operating officer. Stephens will begin her new role at the CMHR in August, relocating from Victoria where she has held the position of city manager since 2009. More information is available online. Call … Read more
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights signed an agreement with a Guatemalan network of human rights defenders working to unearth the truth about thousands of "disappeared people" and Indigenous victims of mass atrocity. Under the agreement, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and the Memorial Para la Concordia project will collaborate to enhance public understanding … Read more
