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Youth Leadership in Human Rights Project

The 2010 MARL Youth Leadership in Human Rights Project had a very successful launch on November 4 at the Collège Universitaire de Saint-Boniface. There are nine schools participating in this year’s program. They are : Collège Jeanne Sauvé, Kildonan East Collegiate, Munroe Junior High, Pinawa Secondary School, Collège Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau, Gimli High School, Garden City Collegiate, St.Norbert Collegiate and Argyle Alternative School.

Feb 28, 2010 :: 

MARL’s Human Rights Education Program introduces new staff

MARL is welcoming Nadine McCaughan as the new Program Developer for the Human Rights Education Program. Nadine has a bachelors of Education from the University of Manitoba. She also holds a degree in International Relations from the University of British Columbia. Currently Nadine is studying for a Master’s degree in Library Sciences and is also working part-time for the Winnipeg Public Libraries.

Nov 26, 2009 :: 

Zane on the Zine

A WYREZ Feature
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"...how about our humanity? What was it like living before we thought of human rights? What was it like before we thought of responsibilities, and moral function and compassion?" - Zane Zalis, music teacher and internationally recognized composer, discusses the background to his "I Believe" concert and demonstrates the power of music in teaching for human rights.

The Bio –

Zane Zalis is an internationally recognized composer and producer, as well as the music teacher at Miles Macdonell Collegiate. Zane graduated from Murdoch MacKay Collegiate and completed a Bachelor of Education at the University of Manitoba, majoring in music and history. Zane is the founder of the music production program at Miles Mac, and has been involved in the development of music education curriculum in Manitoba. Zane also developed the Prodigy vocal program, which has had radio and television performances with CBC and extensive radio play with recording stations in both Canada and Mexico. The students in Prodigy have performed in Austria, the US, Mexico and Scotland, and were guest performers along with Loreena McKennitt, Tom Jackson and others in a gala co-conducted by Zane as part of The Queen’s Jubilee tour.

Mar 12, 2009 :: 

Lloyd Kornelsen of Global College

A WYREZ Feature

"...when I think of a global citizen, it's someone who appreciates the significant challenges we are facing as a planetary society; in the area of human rights, environmental degradation, issues of community and social development, globally as well as locally."

The Organization –

Global College is an action-oriented, multi-disciplinary forum for Canadian and International students which brings students and community members together with local faculty, visiting scholars and speakers from around the world and engages them in sharing their diverse perspectives about issues of global citizenship, human rights, and issues affecting the planet. The goal of this dialogue is for people to discover their role within the local and global community, and to better recognize and understand the rights and responsibilities of individuals in a changing world.

Mar 12, 2009 :: 

Education Committee Update

From the Newsletter
Estelle Lamoureux - Chair

One of MARL’s raison d’être is to educate. The power of education is to provide our citizens with the necessary tools and information to enter into critical dialogue on issues that impact on our rights and liberties. One of our roles is to educate the youth of today to be the future human rights guardians of tomorrow. G.K. Chesterton expressed it so well – “Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.” MARL has taken this to heart.

Feb 06, 2009 :: 

New Program Developer

From the Newsletter

In February, Debra Chorney joined MARL as the Program Developer for the new Human Rights Education Program. Debra brings with her a wealth of valuable experience.

Sep 04, 2008 :: 

Education Committee Update

From the Newsletter
Estelle Lamoureux, Chair

The mandate of the Education Committee is obvious – it is to educate. As a committee we needed to answer who, how and what in order to give direction and substance to our goal. We are very fortunate to have received funding from the Winnipeg Foundation to support the development of a program and resources for senior high school students. Due to their commitment to educating youth, MARL has had the good fortune of hiring Debra Chorney, a qualified teacher, as our program developer.

Sep 04, 2008 :: 

Youth Against Hate

From the Newsletter

Over the past few years, MARL has offered a workshop called Hate - What Have I Got to Do With It? which has been offered to hundreds of students in Winnipeg high schools. In response to requests from students and teachers, we have developed a companion workshop called Responding to Hate. Following successful field testing of the new workshop, we are launching both workshops as the Youth Against Hate human rights education program.

Aug 06, 2008 :: 

Youth Against Hate

The program consists of workshops designed to help students deal with an increasingly intolerant school environment: the racial, homophobic and sexist jokes, hate graffiti and casual put-downs that have become a part of their daily experience. The Manitoba Association for Rights and Liberties (MARL) believes students can take a leading role in responding to hate. It is the everyday actions of students that will prevent hate from flourishing. These workshops focus on empowering students to be responsive bystanders.

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Dr. Sybil Shack Memorial Human Rights Youth Award

From the Newsletter

At a luncheon on December 9, 2005, the inaugural Dr. Sybil Shack Memorial Human Rights Youth Award was presented to the Maples Collegiate Unity Group.

In 2004, we were saddened by the passing of Dr. Sybil Shack, a woman who won national recognition as an educator, writer, and broadcaster and was active in the promotion of human rights all her life.

A remarkable and committed educator, Dr. Shack never confined her interests to the school system. The boards and committees she has served on are too numerous to list here. The Manitoba Association for Rights and Liberties is fortunate that she devoted so much of her time to its activities, having served as a board member, a vice-president and co-convenor of the Legislative Review Committee. We are fortunate, too, that her commitment to the organization took the form of a bequest upon her passing.

In order to honour the life of Dr. Sybil Shack and her commitment to educating youth and to human rights, the Board of Directors of MARL decided to use her generous gift to recognize the work of young people that has had an impact on the advancement of rights and freedoms in Manitoba. With our partners, the Manitoba Human Rights Commission and the Canadian Human Rights Commission, we agreed to rename the Manitoba Human Rights Youth Award as the Dr. Sybil Shack Memorial Human Rights Youth Award.

The Maples Collegiate Unity Group has been recognized for its long term commitment to human rights and equality both in their school and in the community. Formed in 1994 by students who wanted to respond to racist comments they heard around them. Since then the group has grown from 11 to 50 members. They have played a key role in bringing diverse groups of students together in their school and they continue to bring the community's attention to human rights issues through their annual Unity March and presentations at conferences with community leaders.

Nov 06, 2005 ::