Food Dignity is a guaranteed right under the UNCRPD. The members of the Self Advocacy Federation are proud to present their work regarding how people living with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by inflation and what they are experiencing in trying to meet their basic needs.
Read MoreDuring these three days, there will be options for both workshops open to the public and a hands on applied advocate training series.
Read MoreWe are committed to finding more ways to engage deeply and listen intentionally to the needs of those we support, and creating impactful ways to advocate for and build capacity in our communities.
Read MoreThe Action Alberta - Edmonton group, faciliated by a team of community-based facilitators trained by the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights, held a series of dialogue to action sessions with Edmonton school stakeholders to discuss the state of racism and discrimination in Edmonton schools and propose actions to address them. As a result, a final report was created that is intended to be shared with community to call them into action to address racism in Edmonton schools.
Read MoreDuring this session, we will work with graffiti artist AJA Louden to reflect on the high level themes and calls to action for the city on youth rights and create art that speaks to these issues.
Read MoreRoundtable on building strategies and relationships to grow collective capacity to support victims of human rights violations to access complaint and remedy mechanisms.
Read MoreIn honour of Canada’s National Victims and Survivors of Crime Week, the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights (JHC) hosted a virtual roundtable discussion and network gathering on November 20, 2021, to address how to best support victims and survivors of hate crimes within Alberta by strengthening a community of legal practice and advocacy.
Here are our findings.
Read MoreThis series of 6 workshops is designed using methods and processes informed by popular education and community-based research.
Read MoreRoxanne discusses International day of persons with disabilities with CBC News. Roxanne Ulanicki is the lead facilitator of the Radical Inclusion report that was submitted to the United Nations in September 2021. Radical Inclusion, the group behind the report, was facilitated by the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights. Funding support came from the Edmonton Community Foundation.
Read MoreWhen seniors don’t have family members close by, some concerns can become particularly challenging. Friends and neighbors often feel called to help but aren’t always sure how. Here you will find some tips on how to help them.
Read MoreSocial Stride, an initiative led by youth will present their research findings and share their experiences addressing hate and discrimination online The public event will take place online on April 02, 2020.
Read MoreDear Staff, Board and Volunteers of John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights,
Firstly, I want to thank you all for all the hard work and effort this year. JHC continued to help hold the community as we transitioned out of the COVID response efforts. So much has been accomplished, and we have had, and continue to have, an incredible impact on our community as we strive to build a human rights city; a place where all belong, are valued and participate.
Read MoreThe first shoot for the documentary Journey For Justice was an introduction to Mahamad Accord. I haven’t seen Mahamad since 2017 so there was a lot of catching up to do. Our team developed some questions for him to answer, with questions highlighting Mahamad’s advocacy work and his experience asking for Justice on unsolved murders from 2007-2014. The location to meet Mahamad was at GUUTO Somali restaurant. GUUTO is also a coffee shop and Mahamad had a coffee ready. I also shot an exterior shot of Mahamad walking into GUUTO Restaurant.
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