WINNIPEG − This spring, the Manitoba Association for Rights and Liberties invites you to its First Annual March 21st: Human Rights Film Festival. During five days, members of the public will have the opportunity to discuss and learn more about human ...Celebrate human rights on March 21
Posted On Tuesday, March 15, 2011 By Cendrine Marrouat. Under Art and Culture, Movies Tags: First Annual March 21st: Human Rights Film Festival, human rights, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination .
WINNIPEG − This spring, the Manitoba Association for Rights and Liberties invites you to its First Annual March 21st: Human Rights Film Festival. During five days, members of the public will have the opportunity to discuss and learn more about human ...Exhibition review: ‘REDress Project’
Posted On Friday, March 11, 2011 By Cendrine Marrouat. Under Literary, Performing Arts, Reviews Tags: Aboriginal women, Canada, exhibition, human rights, Jaime Black, REDress project, review, University of Winnipeg .
As of March 2010, more than 580 Aboriginal women have either disappeared or been murdered in Canada. To raise awareness about this racialized and gender-based issue, local Métis artist Jaime Black partnered with the University of Winnipeg’s Institute for Women’s ...New approach against human trafficking in Ontario
Posted On Friday, February 18, 2011 By Cendrine Marrouat. Under Lifestyle, Lifestyle, News, World News Tags: human rights, human trafficking, human trafficking in Canada, Joy Smith, Ontario .
On February 17, 2011, the province of Ontario launched a new coordinated approach to fight human trafficking. With a three-year, $1.95 million budget, the multi-angled initiative will provide assistance to victims, help develop specialized human trafficking support for Crown attorneys, expand ...Interview with author Kay Alexander
Posted On Monday, February 14, 2011 By Cendrine Marrouat. Under Artist Spotlight, Arts and Culture, Lifestyle, Literary Tags: human rights, Independent Artists, interview, Kay Alexander, Voices of the Forgotten .
Kay Alexander is originally from Trinidad and Tobago and currently lives in Manitoba. The author has spent most of her life caring for others. As a teenager, she volunteered in orphanages and worked in a Senior citizens’ home. Most of ...REDress Project: Remembering 500 Aboriginal women
Posted On Wednesday, February 2, 2011 By Cendrine Marrouat. Under Art and Culture, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Tags: Aboriginal peoples of Canada, human rights, REDress project, University of Winnipeg, women rights .
"What Their Stories Tell Us: Research findings from the Sisters In Spirit initiative,” a report released in 2010, revealed that more than 500 Aboriginal women have disappeared or been murdered across Canada. Indigenous females are still the most at risk ...
