What are human rights and where do they come from? And how would a museum convey this kind of information to a visitor?
Critical Conversations: The Idea of a Human Rights Museum is a seminar series designed to discuss issues surrounding the Canadian Museum of Human Rights now under development in Winnipeg.
The next public event is […]

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A study published last week in The Lancet reveals, despite policies meant to curb child maltreatment, it has not decreased in two decades.
The international study used information from England, USA, Sweden, New Zealand, Western Australia, and Canada-specifically Manitoba. It found physical abuse, neglect, and violent deaths in children mostly remained stable across the six nations.
The […]

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The I.H. Asper School of Business is hosting two interactive public forums on economic inequality and business. In the backdrop of public debate on economic inequality, these forums will discuss the relationship between businesses and societal inequality, the basis for the “Occupy” movement. The public forums will feature panels of experts speaking on the issue, […]

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On Monday, November 28, 2011, Dr. Shirley Thompson of the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Manitoba will hold a workshop titled Women’s World Congress - 2011 Mobilization: Gender and Environmental Action Agenda in Winnipeg.
The workshop will examine the current status women’s issues related to environment and natural resources use within indigenous and other […]

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The University of Manitoba is hosting the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Governor General’s lecture: “We are all Treaty People: Accepting the Queen’s Hand,” by James R. Miller, Canada Research Chair in Native-Newcomer Relations, and professor of history at the University of Saskatchewan. The lecture is fourth in a series of six lectures presented across […]

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University of Manitoba president and vice-chancellor Dr. David Barnard has offered his support of the Selinger government’s commitment to post-secondary education in Manitoba.
“We welcome the commitment to post-secondary education and the commitment to research and innovation in today’s Throne Speech,” says Barnard. “These are the building blocks needed to grow the economy and strengthen our […]

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For 2011, the prestigious Robert and Elizabeth Knight Distinguished Visiting Lecture focuses on issues relating to the economic implications and consequences of human rights.
This year’s visiting lecturer is Diane Elson at the University of Essex in the UK, and a research affiliate of the Centre for Women’s Global Leadership at Rutgers University. Her current research […]

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