Events

This is where we list upcoming events and let you know what we’ve been up to in the past! You can also check out the home page for posts of upcoming and past events. If you would like to get involved with our event planning and fundraising teams, please contact Kartiga at jhrmcgill@gmail.com. If you are part of another human rights group and would like to collaborate with JHR, please contact Sarina at jhrmcgill@gmail.com.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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November 4 – Come check us out at the crossroads for Speak Silence!

November 12 – jhr’s founder Ben Peterson will be in town for the SSUNS conference.  Even if you can’t make it out to the conference, be sure to join Ben and the jhr exec for a casual pub night mix & mingle that evening!  Look for details coming in our next email!

Coming in 2010!

jhr’s annual “Rights in Black & White” at Altitude 737!

A concert at La Sala Rossa, speaker panels, film screenings and so much more!

Details to follow in the New Year!

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Check out some pics from JHR McGill Rights in Black & White, Speak Silence, and our two Train the Trainer conferences below. Do you have pics to add? Email them to jhrmcgill@gmail.com!

PAST EVENTS
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JHR McGill Executive Elections

September 29th, 2009

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!

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JHR McGill Train-the-Trainer Conference 2009

September 25-27th, 2009

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.

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SSMU Awards
JHR was shortlisted for Club of the Year!

While we ultimately lost out to the McGill Cancer Society, this just goes to show what an amazing year JHR McGill has had. Thanks to everyone who helped make this year so fantastic!

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JHR McGill Film Screening
Tuesday March 24, 7-8pm
Lev Bukhman Room (2nd floor of SSMU)
Picking Up the Pieces (7:00pm)
Deadly Catch:  Lake Victoria’s AIDS Crisis (7:30pm)
Snacks will be served.

Picking up the Pieces
Deadly Catch:  Lake Victoria’s AIDS Crisis

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JHR Executive Elections
Tuesday March 24th, 8-9pm
Lev Bukhman Room (2nd floor of SSMU)
Thanks to everyone who came out and voted in our annual executive elections! Congratulations to Mary, Manisha, Maggie, and Laura for staying for another year, and welcome and congrats to Sarina, Tyler, Megan, and Kartiga! Thanks to Roshni and Sarah for all their hard work this year – we will miss you!
You can see the profiles of our new executive on the Meet the Exec page.

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JHR McGill Pub Night at Brutopia
Brutopia Brew Pub, 1219 Rue Crescent
Thursday March 12th, 10pm-3am
Live Music & Drink Specials

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!

There’s no better way to kick off paper season than with a raspberry blonde (or several…)

Confirm your attendance and invite your friends at http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=53743667878&success=#/event.php?eid=53743667878.

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JHR McGill Train-the-Trainer Conference
March 7th & 8th in the SSMU building.

What a busy and inspirational weekend!

On March 7th and 8th the McGill Journalists for Human Rights chapter hosted a Train the Trainer Conference providing training in workshop facilitation, human rights charters, communications strategies, and the power of the media to create social change, drawing on the curriculum developed by JHR and on strengths within the McGill community.

The event garnered a great deal of interest from the student and broader Montreal community, with over 130 applicants for 30 spots. To make the training as accessible as possible, we increased the capacity of the training to 55 students, kept the registration fee to $5, and are committed to holding another training conference in September or September 2009 (also providing opportunities for March participants to complete their accreditation, over two-thirds of whom have committed to being involved). Significant planning went into making the March conference more environmentally friendly: training manuals were printed on recycled paper, composting facilities were provided, and participants were requested to bring their own reusable water bottles and nametags. More details on the two-day conference can be found below:

Saturday, March 7th
Ben Peterson, Co-Founder and Executive Director of JHR, opened the conference at 10a.m. with an inspiring speech and answered questions from participants. Afterwards, the Train the Trainer curriculum began. The participants were divided into groups based on their interests and completed activities focusing on applying human rights media training to these interests, as well as designing media campaigns. A law student gave a presentation on The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as well as many other legal documents. The day wrapped up around 5:30p.m.

Sunday, March 8th
Sunday began at 10a.m. and the day’s activities focused on continuing to create media campaigns in interest groups. The groups were further divided based on even more specific interests and these smaller groups presented their ideas for an effective human rights media campaign to the larger ones.
The day ended around 1p.m.

We had a great time organizing the conference and can’t wait until the next one on September 25th, 26th and 27th!

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Rights in Black and White - Friday January 23rd, 2009.

This was a fantastic event! We raised $1590 – pretty impressive since we were competing with Watercan’s White Party! This event should be back next year for sure.

Rights in Black & White

Altitude Club 737

Dress up in your classiest black and white attire and join us for the fanciest night of the year!
All proceeds go towards Journalists for Human Rights. By mobilizing the media to spread human rights awareness, JHR informs people about human rights, empowering marginalized communities to stand up, speak out and protect themselves.

VIP TREATMENT FOR LADIES BEFORE 11:30 pm

$99 BOTTLES BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

Tickets: $10 or $15 at the door.
For tickets call:

514-4671293
514-9933047
514-9729730
514-8153771

Tickets go on sale THURSDAY, JAN 15th.

*DRESS TO IMPRESS IN BLACK AND WHITE

Let us know you’re coming at http://www.facebook.com/wall.php?id=509078993&banter_id=504257876&show_all#/event.php?eid=44204448306.

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On November 13th, JHR McGill Takes Speak Silence to the Streets!

SPEAK SILENCE challenges people to a vow of silence in recognition of victims of human rights abuses around the world.

On November 13, from 11am to 4pm, join together with JHR McGill to create soundless, yet resounding support to raise funds and help promote awareness about human rights abuses.

SPEAK SILENCE brings JHR members and supporters together to experience what it is like not to have a voice. For five hours of collective action, SPEAK SILENCE participants act in solidarity with those around the world who are silenced by human rights abuses.

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JHR Train-the-Trainer
Sept 19th-21st, 2008
McGill University

Students from Journalists for Human Rights University Chapters at Carleton (Ottawa), Queen’s (Kingston), King’s College (Halifax), University of Alberta (Edmonton), UQAM (Montreal), and McGill (Montreal) gathered on McGill campus for the three-day, Train-the-Trainer conference presented by JHR staff, Carissa MacLennan and Bill Killorn. Education in workshop facilitation, human rights charters, and how the power of media brings about change prepared the participants to teach the skills they learned to others. These students will now lead other training sessions for people who wish to present workshops concerning human rights and the media.

Train-the-Trainer conferences develop many skills, including: resolving group conflict; building consensus; facilitating participatory learning; interpreting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.  They furthermore teach students how to apply these documents to human rights violations in the Canadian context.  The sessions also provide training in conducting effective media campaigns (e.g. writing press releases, targeting an audience, etc.); analyzing human rights reporting; and facilitating action planning.

Participants and members of the Montreal community gathered on the first evening of the weekend to hear JHR’s Executive Director, Ben Peterson, speak about how the organization was founded, its mandate, his experiences witnessing the power of journalism in Africa, and the importance of young people following their passions to improve the world. Ben speaks from experience – he was only 24 when he co-founded JHR six years ago!

If you are interested in participating in future training sessions at McGill, please email jhrmcgill@gmail.com. Or, if you would like information about upcoming Train-the-Trainer conferences at other universities, please contact Bill Killorn, the University Chapter Program Coordinator, at bill@jhr.ca. Lastly, for general information about JHR, you can always check out www.jhr.ca.

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