Human Rights News Archive
Faculty of Law
Law professors engage in cross-Canada collaboration on Law and Disability Case Book
October 21, 2021 —
The University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law professors frequently collaborate with scholars from other disciplines at other academic institutions, and this trend continues with the latest publication bearing the names of prolific legal researchers, Assistant Professor David Ireland and Professor Richard Jochelson, Dean of Law. Law and Disability in Canada: Cases and Materials is a comprehensive overview of – precisely what the title states. Ireland and Jochelson worked with four other academics and experts in the field, to develop this book which looks at the interactions of persons with disabilities with the law.
Human Resources
UM celebrates Black History Month
January 29, 2021 —
UM Black Alliance (UMBA) invited all students, faculty, staff, alumni and the community at large to attend the University of Manitoba’s Black History Month Forum
A Conversation with North Korean Refugees
January 27, 2021 —
On Thursday, Jan. 28, three North Korean refugees will share their stories about their life in North Korea and how they were able to leave.
Alumni
Panel discussion: The Persecution of Falun Gong and Canada-China Policy
December 1, 2020 —
UM Distinguished Alumni Award recipient David Matas joins panel discussion on human rights abuses
Faculty of Social Work
Addressing institutional & systemic oppression symposium series
November 26, 2020 —
The Faculty of Social Work in collaboration with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and the International Decade for People of African Descent present Addressing Institutional & Systemic Oppression symposium series.
Farming as a political act
March 9, 2020 —
Later this year, the Mauro Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice will be appointed to join other educators within the UM Master of Human Rights program at the Faculty of Law
White fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism
January 15, 2020 —
This year’s Robert and Elizabeth Knight Distinguished Visiting Lecturer is Dr. Robin DiAngelo
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Human Rights Day marked with on-campus letter-writing campaign
December 18, 2019 —
The Rady Faculty of Health Sciences and the U of M marked International Human Rights Day on Dec. 10 by participating in Write for Rights, Amnesty International’s global letter-writing campaign
Write for human rights
December 4, 2019 —
Join the global chorus at Amnesty International’s write-a-thon at U of M
Wpg Free Press: U.S. Holocaust museum, local universities join forces to explore connections between Nazi atrocities, residential school trauma
October 23, 2019 —
"There’s at least a case to be made that there’s something to be learned by putting these two things side by side," UM's Adam Muller says