You can check out announcements for upcoming radio shows, newspaper publications, awareness events, fundraisers, trainings, and just-for-fun events right here on the home page!
For the details on upcoming meeting times, or to find out more about the individual portfolios, please look at the Events, Newspaper, and Radio pages. Check out the Opportunities page for info on international internships and calls for submissions to national publications.
Email us any time at jhrmcgill@gmail.com and stay in touch with the goings on by joining our Facebook group: Journalists for Human Rights.
Swing by our table at the crossroads on campus next week! We’re conducting an on-campus awareness campaign called Speak Silence, seeking to bring voice to the voiceless. In doing so, we’re calling attention to various human rights issues both here and abroad, while increasing JHR’s campus presence.
There are also cool videos about Journalists for Human Rights on YouTube! Here’s one of them:
If you see yourself doing what JHR’s interns have done, check out our Opportunities page for more information on JHR’s Media Internship in Ghana Summer 2010!
JHR McGill held an election for its two open executive positions, VP Finance and VP Radio. Congratulations and welcome to Marc, our new VP Radio, and Umair, our new VP Finance! Contact us at jhrmcgill@gmail.com if you’d like to volunteer for our Radio team on CKUT 90.3FM!
JHR’s third Train-the-Trainer conference at McGill was a huge success! The three-day conference gave students the opportunity to learn more about human rights and media education in order to plan their own workshops and human rights media campaigns. On Friday September 25th, conference participants went to one of three student-led workshops on human rights issues: Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Freedom of Expression and Access to Medicine. Friday’s workshops culminated with a guest lecture by Associate Professor Carrie Rentschler of the Communication Studies Department at McGill.
On Saturday September 26th, the day began with a discussion with the co-founder of Journalists for Human Rights, Ben Peterson. Conference participants learned about the process of starting up an NGO and the challenges and rewards of JHR’s expansion around the world. The rest of the day was dedicated to learning about different human rights legislation in Canada including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. We also had a fantastic lunch provided by the Midnight Kitchen! The final activity was planning a workshop proposal to be presented to the rest of the group on Sunday.
On Sunday September 27th, conference participants presented a workshop proposal to the rest of the group on one of the topics discussed in the Friday workshops. Participants also learned about different aspects of human rights media, and did media analysis on existing media campaigns for human rights issues. Participants also analyzed human rights stories from prominent media outlets, and pitched their own ideas for human rights stories using specific media models.
With a core group of dedicated students, the conference ran smoothly and was a great learning experience for both the facilitators and participants. The next phase of the Train-the-Trainer program is for the conference participants to organize a smaller workshop at the high school level using the tools from the conference at McGill. After this phase is completed, the participants will receive full human rights training accreditation from JHR Canada. Thanks to everyone who came to the conference and made it such a great weekend!
If you are interested in organizing a Train-the-Trainer conference at the university or high school level, please email jhrmcgill@gmail.com.
We hope summer has treated you well, but we’re back! With a new exec who will lead the chapter with more fun-filled events, programming and publishing, we hope you’re excited for this new semester. Here’s the important news:
Activities Night - Drop by the JHR table at SSMU’s annual volunteering event, the only time where all University clubs join forces under one roof. Come learn about what we do and what we have planned for this year. Even if you’re a seasoned JHR volunteer, stop by for a chat!
September 14th and 15th, 3-7 pm, SSMU Building.
General Meeting – Come meet the entire exec and the volunteers that you’ll be working with this year! You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions, present new ideas and learn about the different aspects of JHR McGill, including our human rights newspaper Speak!, JHR Radio, and Events.
September 22nd, 6-7:30 pm, SSMU Clubs’ Lounge (4th fl. of the SSMU Building, take the back stairs or the elevator).
VP Radio Position – JHR McGill is looking for a new VP Radio to head our Radio team! The VP Radio coordinates member training at CKUT (90.3FM) and leads the Radio team’s efforts in putting together shows on human rights issues in Montreal and abroad. Some experience with recording and production is preferable, but not necessary! If you are interested in this position, please email jhrmcgill@gmail.com with a brief explanation of why you think you would be a great VP Radio!
And don’t forget, Train the Trainer is from September 25th-27th this year. Any inquiries should be directed to mcgillttt2009@gmail.com.
If you have any questions, email us at jhrmcgill@gmail.com.
Back by popular demand, we bring you the third Train-the-Trainer Conference, providing McGill students with Human Rights Trainer accreditation. At the conference, participants receive training in workshop facilitation, human rights charters, communications strategies, and the power of the media to create social change. The goal of the conference is to equip students with the tools they will need to train others in the same way. In addition to this training, there will be workshops and guest speakers on a variety of human rights issues.
Please send an email to mcgillttt2009@gmail.com with ‘train the trainer’ in the subject line if you are interested in attending this conference. You will receive links to our registration survey and paypal account. REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY and it is first come, first serve so register early! Demand for spaces is high (the last conference had 130 people register for 30 spots)! The registration fee is a $20 deposit, $10 of which will be refunded on the last day of the conference. If this is a barrier to your participation in the conference, please let us know in your email.
The last issue of the year is finally here! Pick up a copy from the stands in Leacock or Redpath, or download the PDF from our Newspaper page. This issue includes stories on everything from the Barriere Lake Blockade and BC’s Highway of Tears to the fight against the 2010 Olympics on First Nations land and outrage over the Australian government’s “Intervention”.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to Speak! this year. If you are going to have interesting, thought-provoking, human-rights-related experiences this summer, please jot your thoughts down, take some photos, and send your story idea to Manisha at jhrmcgill@gmail.com.
Tuesday March 24th, 8-9pm
Lev Bukhman Room (2nd floor of SSMU)
(right after the Film Screening)
We hope to expand next year’s executive to include two more positions. All members are welcome to run for any executive position. Candidates’ pen sketches will be sent out via the listserv and posted here closer to the date.
The positions are:
President
VP Finance
VP Internal
VP External
VP Newspaper
VP Radio
VP Communications
VP Layout (new)
VP Events (new)
If you would like to run for a position, please send a short outline (under 200 words) of why you would like to run and why you think you would do a good job to jhrmcgill@gmail.com by Sunday, March 15th with the subject line “Candidate: [position]“, e.g. “Candidate: VP Finance”.
You can check out http://jhrmcgill.wordpress.com/meet-the-exec/ to see profiles of the current exec members. If you have any questions about any of the portfolios, or did not receive the position descriptions by email, please feel welcome to email jhrmcgill@gmail.com.
JHR is hosting our annual Brutopia fundraiser this year on March 12th! As other years, with a $5 donation you can enjoy happy hour prices all night long. There will be live music and a great crowd so bring all your friends!
Brutopia Brew Pub, 1219 Rue Crescent, 10pm-3am
There’s no better way to kick off paper season than with a raspberry blonde (or several..)
Lev Bukhman Room (2nd floor of SSMU)
Part of JHR’s role is to build awareness of human rights issues around the world. So come out and learn together from two short, poignant documentaries. Chips and salsa will be served. Stick around for the Exec Elections right afterwards!
Picking up the Pieces (7:00pm) After two decades of war and displacement, ongoing talks between the government and rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) could finally bring peace to the people of northern Uganda. But how will people settle the past – with forgiveness or retribution? And what challenges does the future hold? In keeping with its long-standing commitment to address the humanitarian crises of northern Uganda, IRIN Films’ production, Picking up the Pieces, explores these issues. Should the rebels be tried before the International Criminal Court in The Hague, or face a system of local justice? How will the issue of land ownership be addressed now that hundreds of thousands of the displaced are returning home? How will communities restore traditional values eroded by more than a decade of camp life?
Deadly Catch: Lake Victoria’s AIDS Crisis (7:30pm)
More than 20 years since the discovery of the AIDS virus, and despite huge advances in the prevention and treatment of the disease, AIDS is still decimating communities across Africa. This is the story of one such community. Winner of the United Nations Documentary Film Festival award for best feature for feature documentaries over 15 minutes in 2006.
You can check out announcements for upcoming radio shows, newspaper publications, awareness events, fundraisers, trainings, and just-for-fun events right here on the home page!
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