When Dr. Lorena Sekwan Fontaine was a child, her aunts and uncles would turn their backs or leave the room whenever they spoke Cree. She thought they were hiding something from her. They were: the language itself, learned the hard way in residential schools, where speaking it meant being hit. That memory sits at the centre of this conversation with Stuart Murray, a wide-ranging look at what Fontaine calls linguicide, the deliberate killing of a language, and what it means for

Here's what we know is coming up in human rights events in Winnipeg this week: All week African Movie Festival in Manitoba Tuesday, Sept 15 Poster & Button-Making for Miskwaagamiiwi-ziibi Water Walk with Jaimie Isaac Thursday, Sept 17 Sean Carleton & Niigaan Sinclair Book Launch: Truth Before Reconciliation Friday, Sept 18 "After 94" Webinar Weekly climate justice rally Black Canadians Summit Saturday, Sept 19 Crafting Community Care: Ready to Respond Opioid Poisoning Respons

Wednesday, Sept 9 Spence Repair Cafe Trans Together September Activity Event: DIY clothing! Thursday, Sept 10 2026 Alternative Municipal Budget Launch Friday, Sept 11 Weekly climate justice rally 'Wiidabimishin: Sit Beside Me' | Two-Spirit Group Exhibit - Opening Night Saturday, Sept 12 Breakfast Club: A Space for 2SLGBTQ+ parents and their kiddos Makers Market Saturdays Communist Party Flea Market Film Screening: Everything We Need Is Here Know an event we missed? Add it to

Winnipeg designer, artist, and storyteller Lennard Taylor joins Stuart Murray to talk about clothing as identity, not just fabric. Lennard traces his path from a soccer career cut short by injury to two decades of painting, sewing, and dressing people out of his studio and boutique on Sherbrooke Street. Lennard pushes back against fast fashion, arguing that most people have lost the basic skill and instinct of dressing themselves with intention. He talks about his "bloodline"

Here's what we know is going on in Winnipeg's human rights scene this week: Wednesday, Sept 2 Eco-Drinks (first Wednesday of the month) Thursday, Sept 3 Laachi: Musical Stories Remember the Innocents of Palestine silent vigil Friday, Sept 4 Weekly climate justice rally Saturday, Sept 5 Makers Market Saturdays Sunday, Sept 6 Free Admission at CMHR (First Sunday of the Month) Bike Bus Ride & Info Session Trans Together: Monthly Jackbox games event Monday, Sept 7 Labour Day Fami

International Overdose Awareness Day, held on August 31 every year, is the world's largest annual campaign to end overdose, remember without stigma those who have died and acknowledge the grief of family and friends left behind. Drug overdose deaths are at a crisis in Manitoba. In April 2026, Winnipeg's Fire and Paramedic Service responded to three times as many opioid-related calls as April the previous year. Front-line organizations including Main Street Project have called

It's a busy one! Here's what we know is going on in Winnipeg human rights events this week. International Overdose Awareness Day is August 31st. Related events are marked with a 💜 Tuesday, August 25 Workers collective discussion: Politicizing shop floor campaigns Ready to Respond: Community Drug Poisoning Training Thursday, August 27 💜 Overdose Awareness Day Rally Sign Making Friday, August 28 💜 Free Naloxone and Harm Reduction Training 💜 Overdose Awareness Week Grief and

Johise Namwira joins Stuart to talk about what it means to bring the National Black Canadian Summit to Winnipeg, and why she sees it as a movement rather than a moment. Namwira came to Winnipeg as a child after her family fled the Congo War, and later studied African studies at Oxford, a path that shapes how she talks about displacement, memory, and who gets left out of Canadian history. This is the furthest west the summit has ever travelled, and Namwira is direct about why:

Here's what we know is going on in Winnipeg human rights this week: Wednesday, Aug 19 Community Clothing Swap Thursday, Aug 20 "Hope in a Bag" Access to Education Fundraiser Friday, Aug 21 Weekly climate justice rally "Road to Kindness" Annual Anti-Bullying Walk Saturday, Aug 22 Makers Market Saturdays Know an event we missed? Add it to our calendar!

Here's what we know is going on this week in human rights in Winnipeg: Wednesday, August 12 Spence Repair Cafe Thursday Remember the Innocents of Palestine silent vigil Friday, August 14 Weekly Climate Justice Rally Saturday, August 15 Makers Market Saturdays Press Blanket: Collective Sewing Gathering Sunday, August 16 Fancy Women Bike Ride Monday, August 17 Grandmothers Bring Us Back Home – Community Street Party

Indigenous Tourism Manitoba's work runs in two directions at once: on one side, indigenous business owners who need support getting market ready, connected to funders, and connected to each other. On the other, a public that often can't name a single indigenous-owned business. As CEO, Holly Spence has spent her career building the links on both sides, work she ties directly to what reconciliation actually requires. We're talking: Holly's own experience learning to walk betwee

Here's what we know is going on in human rights events this week: Wednesday, August 5 Eco-Drinks (first Wednesday of the month) Thursday, August 6 "Lanterns for Peace" Hiroshima and Nagasaki vigil Friday, August 7 Weekly climate justice rally Saturday, August 8 Breakfast Club: A Space for 2SLGBTQ+ parents and their kiddos Makers Market Saturdays Sunday, August 9 Prisoner's Justice Day Community Walk

Here's what we know is coming up in Winnipeg's human rights scene this week: Wednesday, July 29 Full moon ceremony Friday, July 31 Weekly climate justice rally The legendary (free) film viewing: Paris is Burning Saturday, August 1 Makers Market Saturdays Sunday, August 2 Free Admission at CMHR (First Sunday of the Month)

Kate Sjoberg has been calling for more housing in Winnipeg since long before she became Executive Director of Resource Assistance for Youth (RaY). With over two decades in community development and nonprofit leadership, including prior roles at the Wrench, North Point Douglas Women's Centre, the Spence Neighbourhood Association, and Main Street Project, she's seen the city's homelessness response from nearly every angle. Her assessment of the city's encampment policy is blunt

Here's what we know is going on this week in human rights in Winnipeg: Thursday, July 23 Feed the Movement Dinner (rescheduled from July 16th) Laachi: Visual Stories Ready to Respond: Community Drug Poisoning Training Friday, July 24 Weekly climate justice rally "New Pride of Winnipeg" Meetup Sunday, July 26 Moncada Day Potluck Summer Clothing Swap Know an event we missed? Add it to our calendar!

Here's what we know is going on for human rights events in Winnipeg this week: Thursday, July 16 "Feed the Movement" community dinner "Remember the Innocents of Palestine" silent vigil Friday, July 17 Weekly climate justice rally Saturday, July 18 10th Anniversary Newcomer Welcome Fair Know an event we missed? Please add it to our calendar!

What does it mean to "age out" of a support system? For Manitobans with disabilities, it means renegotiating your entire life at 18, at 21, at 65 - arbitrary ages set by government departments that don't talk to each other. David Kron, executive director of the Cerebral Palsy Association of Manitoba, joins Stuart Murray to talk about “Equality, Dignity, and Belonging: Building a Better System for People with Disabilities in Manitoba” - the landmark report he helped steer thro

Here's what we know is going on this week: Tuesday, July 7 Canada Out of NATO Rally - 5:00 pm at Rivery & Osborne Zine and Screen-printing workshop - 7:00 pm at Art City Wednesday, July 8 Disability Matters Celebration - 10:00 am at The Lyric Theatre, Assiniboine Park Spence Repair Cafe - 6:30 pm at Spence Neighbourhood Association Friday, July 10 Weekly Climate Justice Rally - 5:00 pm at the North steps of the Leg Saturday, July 11 Breakfast Club: A Space for 2SLGBTQ+ parent

It's a bit of a quieter week! Here's what we know is going on in human rights in Winnipeg if you want to get out: Friday, July 3 Weekly climate justice rally Saturday, July 4 Community Conversations: Transformation in Action Darning Workshop Sunday, July 5 Free Admission at CMHR (First Sunday of the Month)

When Harvest Manitoba opened in 1985, it was meant to be temporary. A stopgap for a rough economic patch. Today they serve 1,200 families a day, and 30% of them have jobs. Stuart Murray sits down with Vince Barletta, President and CEO of Harvest Manitoba, to talk about what that shift means, and what it would actually take to build a Manitoba where the food bank isn't a permanent fixture. In this episode, Vince shares: Why 30% of people coming to food banks in Manitoba today