Rights and Liberties, Spring 2005, Volume 10, No. 1

We are pleased to report that MARL has completed the fifth year of participation in an outstanding human rights education program. Titled The Asper Foundation Human Rights and Holocaust Studies Program, this educational project is funded by both The Winnipeg Foundation and the Asper Foundation. Working together with the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada (JHC) as program administrators, MARL is the home base for the program coordinator for grade nine students who enroll in the program through their schools.

The Manitoba Associations for Rights and Liberties notes, with sadness, the passing of its Honourary President Sybil Shack. Miss Shack won national recognition as an educator, writer and broadcaster. She was active in the promotion of human rights all her life.

As we approach the Annual General Meeting, things at the MARL office could not be busier. In February, with the help of a facilitator, your board had a day-long planning session setting the future course for MARL. We have many of the same challenges facing all non-profit groups, but given the specialized and unique nature of the work we do, we have tough choices to make too, deciding which issues we will focus on and which issues we need to pass on.