OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 23, 2016
2016 Human Rights Award Recipients Announced
The Manitoba
Association for Rights and Liberties, the Canadian Human Rights Commission and
the Manitoba Human Rights Commission have just announced the recipient of the 2016
awards. These awards are given out
every year in celebration of International Human Rights Day.
Human Rights Commitment Award: The 2016 recipient is Tracia’s Trust-
Manitoba’s Strategy to Combat Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking. The members of this team will be accepting
the award.
Tracia’s Trust, named in honour of Tracia
Owen who died tragically at the age of 14, is Manitoba’s strategy responding to children and youth at risk of/or
survivors of sexual exploitation and human trafficking. These unsung
heroes of this made-in-Manitoba strategy team are worthy of the Human Rights Commitment
Award of Manitoba. Their daily, collaborative determination and dedication to
protecting and working with our most vulnerable embodies what human rights work
is all about.
The Human
Rights Commitment Award recognizes those who have promoted respect for human
rights and fundamental freedoms and have advanced the rights of Manitobans. The award itself is piece of art, designed this
year by Brandon artist, Chris Cooper.
In addition,
the Award Selection Committee selected two nominations for an Honourable Mention:
Ms Janet Baldwin and Dr. Joseph Kaufert.
Both are currently volunteers at Winnipeg Harvest and have demonstrated
a lifelong commitment to human rights.
Sybil Shack Human Rights Youth
Award: The 2016 recipient is Ms Lauren
Milne. She is a law student from
Manitoba currently studying at the University of North Dakota.
Lauren wrote “The Gender Development Index and Gender Empowerment Measure: An
Analysis of Strengths and Limitations in the Context of South Africa” which
was published in 2014 in Undercurrent: a Canadian Journal for International
Development Studies.
In addition, Lauren traveled to “The Projects
Abroad Human Rights Office” in Cape Town, South Africa to further her academic
and social awareness studies. Her volunteer activities include, Immigrant
Refugee Community of Manitoba, the Institute for International Women’s Rights
Organization, Canadian
Women for Women in Afghanistan and the
Legal Help Centre.
The Sybil
Shack Human Rights Youth Award recognizes the work of a person or group of
people, 25 years old and under, that has had an impact on the advancement of
human rights as guaranteed in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and
human rights legislation in Manitoba.
The
sponsoring partners encourage the public to meet the recipients and join in
celebrating the achievements of these remarkable Manitobans.
The Awards will be presented at a reception at the RBC
Convention Centre, on Wednesday December 8, from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm. This event is free but you must register to
attend. Light refreshments will be
served. To register please visit https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2016-human-rights-awards-tickets-29629752387 or www.manitobahumanrights.ca
and click on Register Here.
For further
Information or to set up interviews with the recipients, please contact
George Sarides
Assistant Director
Manitoba
Human Rights Commission
204 945 5815
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