Canadian Human Rights Museum Initiative
Masons worldwide have always been held by, and proactively promote the ideal of human rights. The Canadian Museum Of Human Rights exemplifies this ideal.The Grand Lodge of Manitoba, along with other North American Grand Lodges, supports the CMHR.
The following exerpt is from the CMHR web site and is a worthwhile read. There are links located further down on the page that will take you to the website for further information.
Please take a moment to explore this site.We hope that you make a differece by contributing to the CMHR.
This is the place for our members to publish announcements, classified ads, service offers and more. See what others are offering:
PurposeA Centre for Learning: To Equip Canadian Youth
Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights believes Canada’s greatest legacy will be the ability of our country to uphold and strengthen human rights into the future. Our hope in creating this legacy rests upon the will and ability of our young people to do so.
Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights envision that the Museum will exist to equip the youth of Canada, in such a compelling way, they will become a powerful generation of human rights leaders. The Museum will promote the cause for human rights from coast to coast, educating Canadians on their responsibility to uphold the principles enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The Museum proposes sponsoring visits by tens of thousands of high school students each year, requiring them first to complete 18 hours of research and a brief essay describing why it’s important for them to make the trip. Their teachers will also be engaged as the museum program will disseminate teaching materials and experiences to educators across the country. It will further engage students in their communities by expecting them to invest themselves in their communities through volunteerism.
A Centre for Learning:To Train Police, Military and Other Peacekeepers
The current vision for the Museum is to provide training to Canadians who are empowered to guard human rights and freedoms such as police forces and peacekeepers working overseas.
Ensuring the national forces are properly educated is a federal responsibility. Coordinating and collaborating training initiatives through the Museum will ensure Canada’s dedication to human rights will be consistent and visible throughout the world. It will also enable consistency of training to provincial and civic police forces.
A Forum for Dialogue: Featuring the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
The Museum proposes to feature, explore and promote discussion on human rights legislation such as the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and other human rights legislation. Visitors will be challenged to incorporate human rights awareness into their daily lives. Through active dialogue and expert-led forums, visitors will discuss successes, failures and challenges of negotiating rights in our communities, our workplaces, our schools and throughout the world.
A Home for Our Stories: Chronicling Canada’s Human Rights Journey
Canada has both human rights triumphs and failures to examine, learn about and learn from. Our nation needs to understand Canada’s human rights journey – told in a compelling way – in order to plot the course for moving forward. The Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights envision that the Museum will feature Canada's social history and the human rights stories of other nations, from which visitors may learn and chart a personal course of action.
A Place for Heroes: Ordinary People Making Extraordinary Advances for Human Rights
Canadians lack a central home for the stories of the courageous people who led this nation to where it is on its human rights journey. We have so many inspiring examples of human rights heroes but, sadly, the stories of people like Tecumseh, Nellie McClung, John Peters Humphrey, Lester B. Pearson, Joseph Drybones, Viola Desmond (who, like Rosa Parks refused to sit in the back of the bus), L. General Roméo Dallaire - have no central home. The Museum proposes to tell these stories in dramatic ways, to inspire visitors to action.
A Catalyst for Action: Creating the Canadian Museum for Human Rights will enhance Canada’s national reputation and give greater legitimacy to Canada’s historic role as an honest power broker, peace keeper and defender of human rights. In a post–Cold War world, the global community seems directionless. Wars, genocides and ethnic cleansing are occurring at an alarming rate. There is a sense of drift as both terrorists and governments enter an endless spiral of retaliation, striking at innocent civilians.
The need for human rights and the need for action on behalf of all nations have never been greater. Through this Museum, it is envisioned that the federal government can begin to equip Canadians and others with the tools and information they need to be steadfast advocates for human rights not only at home but in other countries around the world. For many Canadians and international visitors, the Museum experience will be a call to action.
The following exerpt is from the CMHR web site and is a worthwhile read. There are links located further down on the page that will take you to the website for further information.
Please take a moment to explore this site.We hope that you make a differece by contributing to the CMHR.
This is the place for our members to publish announcements, classified ads, service offers and more. See what others are offering:
PurposeA Centre for Learning: To Equip Canadian Youth
Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights believes Canada’s greatest legacy will be the ability of our country to uphold and strengthen human rights into the future. Our hope in creating this legacy rests upon the will and ability of our young people to do so.
Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights envision that the Museum will exist to equip the youth of Canada, in such a compelling way, they will become a powerful generation of human rights leaders. The Museum will promote the cause for human rights from coast to coast, educating Canadians on their responsibility to uphold the principles enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The Museum proposes sponsoring visits by tens of thousands of high school students each year, requiring them first to complete 18 hours of research and a brief essay describing why it’s important for them to make the trip. Their teachers will also be engaged as the museum program will disseminate teaching materials and experiences to educators across the country. It will further engage students in their communities by expecting them to invest themselves in their communities through volunteerism.
A Centre for Learning:To Train Police, Military and Other Peacekeepers
The current vision for the Museum is to provide training to Canadians who are empowered to guard human rights and freedoms such as police forces and peacekeepers working overseas.
Ensuring the national forces are properly educated is a federal responsibility. Coordinating and collaborating training initiatives through the Museum will ensure Canada’s dedication to human rights will be consistent and visible throughout the world. It will also enable consistency of training to provincial and civic police forces.
A Forum for Dialogue: Featuring the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
The Museum proposes to feature, explore and promote discussion on human rights legislation such as the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and other human rights legislation. Visitors will be challenged to incorporate human rights awareness into their daily lives. Through active dialogue and expert-led forums, visitors will discuss successes, failures and challenges of negotiating rights in our communities, our workplaces, our schools and throughout the world.
A Home for Our Stories: Chronicling Canada’s Human Rights Journey
Canada has both human rights triumphs and failures to examine, learn about and learn from. Our nation needs to understand Canada’s human rights journey – told in a compelling way – in order to plot the course for moving forward. The Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights envision that the Museum will feature Canada's social history and the human rights stories of other nations, from which visitors may learn and chart a personal course of action.
A Place for Heroes: Ordinary People Making Extraordinary Advances for Human Rights
Canadians lack a central home for the stories of the courageous people who led this nation to where it is on its human rights journey. We have so many inspiring examples of human rights heroes but, sadly, the stories of people like Tecumseh, Nellie McClung, John Peters Humphrey, Lester B. Pearson, Joseph Drybones, Viola Desmond (who, like Rosa Parks refused to sit in the back of the bus), L. General Roméo Dallaire - have no central home. The Museum proposes to tell these stories in dramatic ways, to inspire visitors to action.
A Catalyst for Action: Creating the Canadian Museum for Human Rights will enhance Canada’s national reputation and give greater legitimacy to Canada’s historic role as an honest power broker, peace keeper and defender of human rights. In a post–Cold War world, the global community seems directionless. Wars, genocides and ethnic cleansing are occurring at an alarming rate. There is a sense of drift as both terrorists and governments enter an endless spiral of retaliation, striking at innocent civilians.
The need for human rights and the need for action on behalf of all nations have never been greater. Through this Museum, it is envisioned that the federal government can begin to equip Canadians and others with the tools and information they need to be steadfast advocates for human rights not only at home but in other countries around the world. For many Canadians and international visitors, the Museum experience will be a call to action.
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