We would like to start off by saying a big THANK YOU to all of our delegation members who worked tirelessly in the planning of this event, the University of Manitoba Students Union who provided many services for us, the Rights and Democracy Network in Montreal who gave us direction and support, and all others [...]

The University of Manitoba Rights and Democracy Network Delegation is proud to present: the Panties for Peace Campaign Week 2010! The campaign will be taking place during the week of February 1 – 6, 2010 and all events will be taking place on the U of M campus. Our week looks like this:

Monday February 1, [...]

This session of the coffee series featured former Minister of Foreign Affairs Lloyd Axworthy, speaking on human rights and international justice.
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During this event in the coffee series, Jennifer Montebruno from the Canadian Red Cross spoke about cluster bombs, and the new international treaty, the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

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Fair trade bracelet sale
Human Rights Over Coffee Series
Fair trade coffeehouse and concert
Western Regional Event: Sports and Human Rights

7:30pm – 9:00pm
The Park Theatre Cafe- Upstairs Loft Area
698 Osborne Street
Winnipeg, MB
Our special guest speaker this month is Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is currently working as the President of the University of Winnipeg. Dr. Axworthy has extensive experience and knowledge in international human rights topics. He played a significant role [...]

Introduction
Human Rights and Sports? What’s the connection? Come out to the Rights and Democracy Network’s 2008 Western Regional Event on Human Rights and Sports from March 7-9, 2008 and find out. The event will be held on all three major Winnipeg university campuses: College universitaire de Saint-Boniface, the University of Manitoba and the University of [...]

This month is the fair-trade challenge month all over Manitoba. The challenge is to only consume fair-trade teas, coffees and hot chocolate for the entire month. Amnesty International and the Rights and Democracy Delegation at U of M are happy to be hosting a fair-trade coffeehouse and concert this Thursday. You will have an opportunity [...]

On Wednesday, February, 13, the U of M Rights and Democracy delegation hosted their second “Human Rights over Coffee” event, held at The Fyxx in the Exchange District, and featuring locally and internationally respected human rights lawyer, David Matas. Mr. Matas, who has been at the forefront of human rights advocacy internationally for many years, [...]

For the week of November 26-30, 2007, the Rights and Democracy delegation at the U of M sold bracelets made by a co-op of women in Peru. The women, who are living in poverty in Lima and who have mentally and physically handicapped children, formed a co-op called “Yancana Huasy” to support themselves. The women [...]