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Human Rights Education Program Wind Up
Youth Tackle Human Rights Issues - 8 schools, 8 projects, 1 goal: better communities!
On May 12, 2010 high school students from Winnipeg showed us all how to become more aware and active in our communities. A workshop series in youth leadership in Human Rights provided 65 students with a forum to create projects to improve their communities. They targeted pressing issues such as the homeless, refugee integration and food security. These youth presented their projects to invited guests at the University of Winnipeg earlier this month, showing what can be accomplished and sharing their vision of a more just society.
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.
2009 Sybil Shack Human Rights Youth Award
The recipient for the 2009 Sybil Shack Human Rights Youth Award is Anna-Celestrya Carr. She is creative youth leader who has focused her energy and dedication on her Aboriginal roots, and on advancing the rights of Aboriginal Woman. Anna-Celestrya has worked with many organizations and institutions to promote the rights of Aboriginal women, including the University of Manitoba when she was vice president of the University’s Aboriginal Students Association.
Unity Group at Maples Collegiate
"It's important that students are speaking up, because adults do that all the time, but when people see young people speaking out, it makes a difference."
The Organization –
The Unity Group has been a feature of Maples Collegiate for 13 years. It was initiated, according to teacher Chuck Duboff, when a federal politician made racist remarks about East Indian people. Many students at Maples Collegiate were upset by this and wrote letters about it. The responses they received were “generic”. When they spoke to Mr. Duboff about this he suggested, “If this were the ‘60’s we’d be out there with signs demonstrating.” Thus, the Unity Group was born.
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.
Under 18 Handbook Online
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Funded by Department of Justice Canada and The Manitoba Law Foundation.
PDF versions of the full handbook and each chapter are available for download.
Dr. Sybil Shack Memorial Human Rights Youth Award
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.
Human Rights and Holocaust Studies Program
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.