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The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) is a proposed national museum to be built in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at the historic Forks.

The Site

The location of the museum was primarily chosen for four reasons:

The Forks being the junction of the Red and Assiniboine rivers has been a meeting place for thousands of years and is the place where First Nations peoples first assembled to settle disputes peacefully through negotiation will have once again serve as a meeting place—this time for learning, reflection and fostering positive change in a global sense.

Winnipeg's has a rich history of human rights struggles including labour rights through the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, French language and Métis rights through Louis Riel, and Women's rights through suffragette Nellie McClung.

Winnipeg is located in the geographic centre of North America and has historically seen as the Gateway to the Westwhich is ideal for the student travel program and accessible to people from around the world.

Winnipeg is a city of immigrants with dozens of ethnic and cultural communities - each of which has been touched by the issues that animate the field of human rights.

Another reason for locating in Winnipeg is that it is hometown of Izzy Asper and Gail Asper as well as the Asper Foundation, who spearheaded the museum in its early stages and continue to do so.

Features

The museum will have educational and interactive components that chronicle Canada’s human rights journey, and feature compelling stories and inspirational peoples and individuals from around the world. The Museum's content will include both human rights triumphs and failures, as both are necessary to provide an honest and balanced account of the state of human rights through the ages.

The museum will also be a forum for dialogue where legislation such as the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms will be explained and discussed.

Historical events such as the Residential Schools will be told through unique storytelling techniques employed by Aboriginal Canadian elders.

The museum will serve as an education facility for peacekeepers where they will learn about the culture of other nations before they are deployed.

Also, there will be an observatory with current i.e real-time information on human rights issues and situations from embedded journalists and activists situated around the world. Visitors will be able to access information about international rights groups and can immediately register to be advocates of these groups if they choose.

The Push and The Funding

The project began with the vision of the late Izzy Asper, the Canadian media magnate, who wanted to create a world-renowned museum in Western Canada; indeed, it would be the first Canadian national museum beyond the area of Canada's capital city, Ottawa. The museum is also seen as an opportunity to further revitalize the downtown core of Winnipeg and the city's tourism industry.

The museum's design has been completed by architect Antoine Predock, and features a "glass sculpture" stylization. The project has been primarily promoted by Asper's daughter, Gail Asper, and the Asper Foundation, which has committed C$20 million in funding.

These parties envision the museum as a public-private partnership, in which the Canadian federal government would commit to a share of the development costs, estimated at C$311 million, and the operational costs, estimated at C$22 million annually. Ten percent of the total development costs will come from the Province of Manitoba, C$20 million from the City of Winnipeg, and the remaining C$160 million from the private sector.

Depending on funding, construction will being in fall of 2007 and the Museum is targeted to open in 2011.

Funding Announcements Timeline

April 17, 2003 Premier Gary Doer, on behalf of the Province of Manitoba announced a provincial commitment of $6 million as part of a broader commitment that could result in up to 10% of the capital project – or $20 million.

April 17, 2003 The Forks North Portage Partnership announced its support in areas of design and planning and, together with the City of Winnipeg, a donation of an 8.0 acre site at The Forks.

April 15th, 2005, the Government of Canada confirmed a total investment of up to $100 million. The announcement was made by then President of the Treasury Board and Member of Parliament Reg Alcock, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister Responsible for Status of Women Liza Frulla, and Minister of Western Economic Diversification and Minister of State Stephen Owen. The $100 million includes the previously announced $30 million investment in the Museum.

January, 2006, The Asper Foundation announced a total donation to the Museum of $20 million.

June 28, 2006, Winnipeg City Council, led by Mayor Sam Katz, unanimously approved a $20 million contribution to the Museum in cash and in-kind donation in the form of land, infrastructure, and forgiveness of property taxes.

February 1, 2007, the Museum had raised $72 million from private donors leaving approximately $89 million to go.

April 20, 2007, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that the Canadian federal government would pay for building (price unknown) and the operating costs of the museum, which are estimated to be $22 million/year. This will make the Human Rights museum the first national museum outside of the National Capital Region and marks the first time that three levels of government and private donors have joined to create a national museum.

The Operation

In terms of economic impact, it is estimated that the museum will generate a minimum of C$171 million in direct expenditures and an estimated C$122.7 million in spin-off expenditures into the Canadian economy. 1,710 jobs will be created during construction and 495 direct and indirect jobs annually by the third year of operations. An expected 250,000 tourists will visit the museum in the first year.

Half of the operational budget requested from the federal government will be allocated to fund a national student human rights education and travel program. This program, unique to the CMHR, will bring 20,000 Grade 9 students from across Canada by the second year of operations to participate in a special human rights educational trip.

The program is intended to make students aware of human rights issues,instill values of respect and tolerance and inspire them to become advocates for human rights in their respective communities and throughout their lives.

References

CBC News, 'Ottawa will pay human rights museum's operating costs,' http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2007/04/20/museum-costs.html
Colin Campbell, "Building Izzy's dream: does Canada need to fund a national museum of human rights—located in Winnipeg?". Maclean's; March 27, 2006.

External links

Canadian Museum for Human Rights web site
Predock Wins Canadian Museum for Human Rights Architectural Design Competition, with illustrations
Government of Canada funding announcement - April 17, 2003
An address by The Honourable Stephen Owen, Minister of Western Economic Diversification and Minister of State (Sport) Winnipeg, Manitoba April 15, 2005
CBC News photo gallery
Canadian Museum for Human Rights One Step Closer to Reality (Canadian Heritage Media Release)
Charles Coffey, "Creating a Canadian brand for human rights leadership"
Princess Auto is Proud to Support the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Canad Inns donates $1million to museum

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 [[Image:Canadian Museum 2.jpg|thumb|300px|Artist's impression of the proposed museum]]
-The '''Canadian Museum for Human Rights''' ('''CMHR''') is a proposed [[national museum]] to be built in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], [[Canada]], at the historic [[The Forks, Winnipeg, Manitoba|Forks]]. This location was primarily chosen for two reasons.
+The '''Canadian Museum for Human Rights''' ('''CMHR''') is a proposed [[national museum]] to be built in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], [[Canada]], at the historic [[The Forks, Winnipeg, Manitoba|Forks]].
+===The Site===
-First, [[The Forks]] served as a meeting place thousands of years ago where Aboriginal people would get together to engage in peaceful neogation.  It is the intent that this historic meeting place will once again serve it's purpose as such, but this time it would be a meeting place for the world.
+The location of the museum was primarily chosen for four reasons:
-The second reason that this location was chosen is due to the fact that [[Manitoba]] is the home of many human rights victories for [[women's rights]], [[French language]] rights and [[labour rights]].
+*[[The Forks]] being the junction of the [[Red River of the North|Red]] and [[Assiniboine River|Assiniboine]] rivers has been a meeting place for thousands of years and is the place where First Nations peoples first assembled to settle disputes peacefully through negotiation will have once again serve as a meeting place—this time for learning, reflection and fostering positive change in a global sense.
-A third reason for choosing this site is that Winnipeg is the hometown of [[Izzy Asper]] and the Asper Foundation, the main driving force behind the museum in its early stages.
+*Winnipeg's has a rich history of human rights struggles including [[labour rights]] through the [[Winnipeg General Strike]] of 1919, [[French language]] and [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis rights]] through [[Louis Riel]], and [[Women's rights]] through suffragette [[Nellie McClung]].
-The museum will have educational and interactive components that chronicle Canada’s [[human rights]] journey, and feature compelling stories and inspirational heroes from around the world. The Museum's content will include both human rights triumphs and failures, as both are necessary to provide an honest and balanced account of the state of human rights through the ages.
+*Winnipeg is located in the geographic centre of [[North America]] and has historically seen as the ''Gateway to the West''which is ideal for the student travel program and accessible to people from around the world.
-The museum is planned to be unlike anything that exists today.  It will be a forum for dialogue where legislation such as the [[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]] will be explained and discussed.
+*Winnipeg is a city of [[immigrants]] with dozens of ethnic and cultural communities - each of which has been touched by the issues that animate the field of human rights.
+Another reason for locating in Winnipeg is that it is hometown of [[Izzy Asper]] and [[Gail Asper]] as well as the [[Asper Foundation]], who spearheaded the museum in its early stages and continue to do so.
+===Features===
+The museum will have educational and interactive components that chronicle Canada’s [[human rights]] journey, and feature compelling stories and inspirational peoples and individuals from around the world. The Museum's content will include both human rights triumphs and failures, as both are necessary to provide an honest and balanced account of the state of human rights through the ages.
+The museum will also be a forum for dialogue where legislation such as the [[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]] will be explained and discussed.
 Historical events such as the [[Residential Schools]] will be told through unique storytelling techniques employed by [[Aboriginal Canadian]] elders.
-The museum will serve as an education facility for peacekeepers where they will learn about the culture of other nations before they are deployed.
+The museum will serve as an education facility for [[Peacekeeping|peacekeepers]] where they will learn about the culture of other nations before they are deployed.
-Also, there will be an observatory with current i.e real-time information on human rights issues and situations from embedded journalists and activists situated around the world.  Visitors will be able to access information about international rights groups and can immediately register to be advocates of these groups if they choose.
+Also, there will be an observatory with current i.e real-time information on human rights issues and situations from embedded journalists and activists situated around the world.  Visitors will be able to access information about international rights groups and can immediately register to be [[Advocate|advocates]] of these groups if they choose.
+===The Push and The Funding===
-The project began with the vision of the late [[Izzy Asper]], the Canadian media [[magnate]], who wanted to create a world-renowned museum in Western Canada; indeed, it would be the first Canadian national museum beyond the area of Canada's capital city, [[Ottawa]].
-The proposed museum is also seen as an opportunity to revitalize the downtown core of Winnipeg and the city's tourism industry.
+The project began with the vision of the late [[Izzy Asper]], the Canadian media [[magnate]], who wanted to create a world-renowned museum in Western Canada; indeed, it would be the first Canadian national museum beyond the area of Canada's capital city, [[Ottawa]]. The museum is also seen as an opportunity to further revitalize the downtown core of Winnipeg and the city's tourism industry.
 The museum's design has been completed by [[architect]] [[Antoine Predock]], and features a "glass sculpture" stylization. The project has been primarily promoted by Asper's daughter, [[Gail Asper]], and the [[Asper Foundation]], which has committed [[C$]]20 million in funding.
-These parties envision the museum as a public-private partnership, in which the Canadian federal government would commit to a share of the development costs, estimated at C$311 million, and the operational costs, estimated at C$20 million annually. Ten percent of the total development costs will come from the Province of Manitoba, C$20 million from the City of Winnipeg, and the remainder (C$160 million) from the private sector.
+These parties envision the museum as a [[Public-private partnership|public-private partnership]], in which the Canadian federal government would commit to a share of the development costs, estimated at C$311 million, and the operational costs, estimated at C$22 million annually. Ten percent of the total development costs will come from the [[Province of Manitoba]], C$20 million from the City of Winnipeg, and the remaining C$160 million from the private sector.
+Depending on funding, construction will being in fall of 2007 and the Museum is targeted to open in [[2011]].
+;Funding Announcements Timeline
+*April 17, 2003 Premier [[Gary Doer]], on behalf of the Province of Manitoba announced a provincial commitment of $6 million as part of a broader commitment that could result in up to 10% of the capital project – or $20 million.
+*April 17, 2003 The Forks North Portage Partnership announced its support in areas of design and planning and, together with the City of Winnipeg, a donation of an 8.0 [[acre]] site at The Forks.
+*April 15th, 2005, the [[Government of Canada]] confirmed a total investment of up to $100 million.  The announcement was made by then [[President of the Treasury Board]] and [[Member of Parliament]] [[Reg Alcock]], [[Minister of Canadian Heritage]] and Minister Responsible for Status of Women [[Liza Frulla]], and [[Minister of Western Economic Diversification]] and [[Minister of State]] [[Stephen Owen]].  The $100 million includes the previously announced $30 million investment in the Museum.
+*January, 2006, The Asper Foundation announced a total donation to the Museum of $20 million.
+*June 28, 2006, [[Winnipeg City Council]], led by [[Mayor]] [[Sam Katz]], unanimously approved a $20 million contribution to the Museum in cash and in-kind donation in the form of land, [[infrastructure]], and forgiveness of [[property taxes]].
+* February 1, 2007, the Museum had raised $72 million from private donors leaving approximately $89 million to go.
+* April 20, 2007, [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Stephen Harper]] announced that the Canadian federal government would pay for building (price unknown) and the operating costs of the museum, which are estimated to be $22 million/year. This will make the Human Rights museum the first national museum outside of the [[National Capital Region (Canada)|National Capital Region]] and marks the first time that three levels of government and private donors have joined to create a national museum.
+===The Operation===
 In terms of economic impact, it is estimated that the museum will generate a minimum of C$171 million in direct expenditures and an estimated C$122.7 million in spin-off expenditures into the Canadian economy. 1,710 jobs will be created during construction and 495 direct and indirect jobs annually by the third year of operations. An expected 250,000 tourists will visit the museum in the first year.
-Half of the operational budget requested from the federal government will be allocated to fund a national student human rights education and travel program.  This program, unique to the CMHR, will bring 20,000 Grade 9 students from across Canada by the second year of operations  to participate in a special human rights educational trip.
+Half of the operational budget requested from the federal government will be allocated to fund a national student human rights education and travel program.  This program, unique to the CMHR, will bring 20,000 Grade 9 students from across Canada by the second year of operations to participate in a special human rights educational trip.
+The program is intended to make students aware of human rights issues,instill values of respect and tolerance and inspire them to become advocates for human rights in their respective communities and throughout their lives.
-The program is intended to make students aware of human rights issues,instill values of respect and tolerance and inspire them to become advocates for human rights in their respective communites and throughout their lives.
-As of February 2007, the Museum has raised $72 million from private donors leaving approximately $89 million to go.
-Depending on funding, construction will being in fall of 2007 and the Museum is targeted to open in 2011.
-On April 20, 2007, Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]] announced that the Canadian federal government would pay for building (price unknown) and the operating costs of the museum, which are estimated to be $22 million / year. This will make the Human Rights museum the first national museum outside of the Ottawa region and marks the first time that three levels of government and private donors have joined to create a national museum.
 == References ==