University of Winnipeg

Course Description

• The Human Rights program examines human rights in global contexts, as mechanisms to address issues of human dignity, social justice, and global citizenship
• This program explores the origins and rise of human rights concepts and the continuing evolution of human rights definitions and debates
• The program aims to equip students for education and advocacy in human rights and to understand ways to respond to human rights abuses
• A guiding premise of the program is that “human rights” are understood in multiple ways and contexts
• The program includes courses from diverse fields such as anthropology, business, conflict resolution, criminal justice, international development, history, philosophy, religious and cultural studies, and women’s and gender studies