Peacebuilding Through Truth and Reconciliation – International Network of Museums for Peace Conference
This conference will provide opportunity for knowledge keepers, community leaders, museum workers, artists, activists, and scholars to gather and explore the transformative role museums can play in fostering empathy, decolonization, rematriation/repatriation, promoting human rights and cultivating a culture of peace.
For the first time ever, the International Network of Museums for Peace Conference is coming to North America. We invite you to join us in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
This conference will provide an opportunity for knowledge keepers, community leaders, museum workers, artists, activists, and scholars to gather in Winnipeg, on Treaty 1 Territory and the homeland of the Red River Métis, to explore the transformative role museums can play in fostering empathy, decolonization, rematriation/repatriation, promoting human rights and cultivating a culture of peace.
Breakfast, lunches and refreshments are included along with an evening reception and program with renowned Indigenous Water Rights Activist, Autumn Peltier.
Accessibility Notes: French and Spanish translation. ASL interpretation upon request.
Main Conference Sessions (Wednesday, August 12 – Friday, August 14)
Time: 5:00 PM CST (Wednesday, August 12)
Time: 6:30 PM CST (Friday, August 14)
