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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Art "work" towards elimination of Poverty and Homelessness
Anyone who knows us know the John Humphrey Centre’s Global Youth Assembly usually incorporates urban arts as a form of free expression for at-risk youth. We throw a big hip-hop summit but also feature workshops on the urban arts–whether it’s … Continue reading
Storytelling Narratives: What's Yours?
How many people know this? The City of Edmonton has a rather nifty site called: “Edmonton Stories“. The purpose of the site, in its own words: To build awareness of our city, we’re uncovering the essence of Edmonton through the … Continue reading
Recap: Human Rights Cafe Dialogue #2
On Sunday February 07, we had our second Human Rights Cafe Dialogue at Three Bananas. We had a fairly good turn out and an even better discussion. The cafe was really supposed to be a discussion of the book Dead … Continue reading
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Aboriginal Rights gain traction in Red Deer
As a partner on the Common Ground Initiative led by the Alberta Native Friendship Centres’ Association, we are proud to see progress being made in Red Deer to signing a formal agreement between the muncipality and the Aboriginal Community. It’s the … Continue reading
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Human Rights Always: Not Just in the Past
First, the good news! Professor Gerald L Gall, president of the John Humphrey Centre, won an award! Professor Gall is the recipient of the 2010 Distinguished Service Awards for Legal Scholarship. Read the article here! The University of Alberta’s International … Continue reading
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Tagged i-week, indigenous rights, university of alberta
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Human Rights Cafe this Sunday!
Don’t forget there’s a Human Rights Cafe this Sunday at Three Bananas Cafe. We’re reading Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo (but you need not have read this book to still come for the discussion!) for February 7th because it’s International … Continue reading
General Updates
The John Humphrey Centre is embracing web 2.0 but it hasn’t been smooth sailing. If you’ve landed on this blog looking for our submission guidelines, you can temporarily find it at here. However, developing the content for this blog and … Continue reading
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