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Members’ Book Club: March 2020
March 27, 2020
Cost: Members-only event. Free ticket required.
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Events
Members’ Book Club: March 2020
March 27, 2020
Cost: Members-only event. Free ticket required.
Location: CMHR, Carte International Reference Centre, Level 5
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Exhibitions
Time to Act: Rohingya Voices
June 16, 2019 to April 5, 2020
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Exhibitions
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Stories
Us vs. Them: The process of othering
By Clint Curle
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Rohingya women call for justice
By Paula Kelly
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![A group of Rohingya women and men carry young children and belongings as they walk in a line over an earthen dike over a stretch of water.](/sites/prod/files/styles/7_9_bottom__cmhr_small__100/public/2019-06/rohingya-story-hero.jpg?h=0eab4116&itok=6Sy_3gm4)
![A group of boys wearing pyjamas kneels on single beds with heads bowed and hands clasped as if in prayer. A woman stands in the room with her hands clasped in a similar manner.](/sites/prod/files/styles/7_9_bottom__cmhr_small__100/public/2018-09/g03241%20L2Z3-03-mt01%20Yukon%20Archives%2086_61_678-DP-A.jpg?h=7fffb271&itok=tYhef3p1)
The story of slavery in Canadian history
By Matthew McRae
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What would you risk to share evidence of injustice?
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“A cauldron of hell”: The story of Canada’s Hong Kong veterans
By Matthew McRae
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Stories
Us vs. Them: The process of othering
By Clint Curle
Explore the relationship between othering, human rights violations and the process of genocide through the lenses of the Holocaust and the Rohingya genocide.
![A group of men building a stone wall across a city street](/sites/prod/files/styles/3_2__cmhr_small__100/public/2020-01/othering-hero.jpg?itok=EajRe48v)
![A group of Rohingya women and men carry young children and belongings as they walk in a line over an earthen dike over a stretch of water.](/sites/prod/files/styles/3_2__cmhr_small__100/public/2019-06/rohingya-story-hero.jpg?itok=tMucoe9k)
![A group of boys wearing pyjamas kneels on single beds with heads bowed and hands clasped as if in prayer. A woman stands in the room with her hands clasped in a similar manner.](/sites/prod/files/styles/3_2__cmhr_small__100/public/2018-09/g03241%20L2Z3-03-mt01%20Yukon%20Archives%2086_61_678-DP-A.jpg?itok=6SmoO9MB)
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What would you risk to share evidence of injustice?
What does it mean to stand up for human rights? Read the story of a medic who risked his own safety to document the evidence of atrocity.
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“A cauldron of hell”: The story of Canada’s Hong Kong veterans
By Matthew McRae
On December 8, 1941, the Japanese army launched an attack on the then-British colony of Hong Kong, located in Southern China.
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Resource guides
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Resource guides
Rohingya
We invite you to explore this guide as a starting point in learning more about the Rohingya people.
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