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This report documents the impacts of serious and prolonged drinking water and sanitation problems for thousands of indigenous people – known as “First Nations” – living on reserves. It assesses why there are problems with safe water and sanitation on reserves, including a lack of binding water quality regulations, erratic and insufficient funding, faulty or sub-standard infrastructure, and degraded source waters. The federal government’s own audits over two decades show a pattern of overpromising and underperforming on water and sanitation for reserves.

Thursday October 29, 6:30-8 pm

The Gardiner Museum | 111 Queen’s Park, Toronto

Prchase Tickets: $15 General | $10 Gardiner Members

Amanda Klasing, Senior Researcher in the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch presents a talk about the human rights to water and sanitation and their intersectionality with the rights of indigenous women. 

Following the lecture there will be a screening of the VICE Documentary Canada’s Waterless Communities: Neskantaga, introduced by VICE News Producer Allya Davidson.

The lecture and screening are presented in conjunction with the Gardiner Museum's special exhibition Kent Monkman: The Rise and Fall of Civilization.

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Amanda Klasing is a senior researcher in the women’s rights division at Human Rights Watch. Her work focuses on sexual and domestic violence, reproductive rights, and economic and social rights. She is a specialist in the rights to water and sanitation.

Amanda has carried out a research and advocacy on a number of human rights issues including: the rights of women and girls in Haiti after the earthquake; sexual violence and other forms of violence against women displaced by conflict in Colombia; and the rights to water and sanitation in schools. Most recently, Amanda has been conducting research on the rights to water and sanitation in First Nations communities in Ontario for a report to be published in early 2016.

Amanda has been published in peer-reviewed journals on the right to water and on human rights and humanitarian response, and she is a contributing author of an academic book on health and human rights. Her op-eds have run in Jurist, The Hill, and the Huffington Post. She has made radio and TV appearances on outlets including the BBC, CCTV, and CNN Spanish.

The Gardiner Museum - Women, Art, and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise

Wednesday, March 11, 2015 | 6:30 - 8:00 PM | 111 Queen's Park

One in seven people worldwide lives with a disability. Yet, despite their numbers, people with disabilities - particularly women - remain invisible: neglected, abused and isolated, facing insurmountable obstacles to accessing justice and equal rights. Shantha Rau Barriga, Director of Disability Rights at Human Rights Watch, will share her experiences documenting violence against women and girls with disabilities in different parts of the world and some of the efforts underway to give these women a voice.

$10 Gardiner Members / $15 General, Call 416.586.8080 for tickets or get them online at gardinermuseum.com

Please join us for the 12th annual Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival, taking place at the TIFF Bell Lightbox from March 24 to April 2, 2015.

Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. We work tenaciously to lay the legal and moral groundwork for deep rooted change and fight to bring greater justice and security to people around the world.

Through our Human Rights Watch Film Festival, we bear witness to human rights violations and create a forum for courageous individuals on both sides of the lens to empower audiences with the knowledge that personal commitment can make a difference. The film festival brings to life human rights abuses through storytelling in a way that challenges each individual to empathize and demand justice for all people.

For complete film descriptions, visit: http://ff.hrw.org/toronto.

Thurs., Jan. 29, 2015 | 6:00 – 8:00pm | Campbell Conference Facility | 1 Devonshire Place | Munk School for Global Affairs | University of Toronto

Join us for an intimate conversation with James Stewart (LLB75), Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, & Richard Dicker, Director of International Justice Program, HRW.

Just over 10 years after the ICC began hearing cases, two of the world’s most prominent international lawyers will discuss the Court’s successes and ongoing challenges. They will address the jurisdictional limitations that impede the Court’s engagement in Syria, explore whether the Court promotes “victor’s justice” or “selective justice,” and debate whether peace and justice can co-exist.

6-8 PM | Alumni Hall, Victoria College | University of Toronto | 73 Queens Park Cres. E. | RSVP: canada@hrw.org

Join us for the release of our report focusing on the LGBT community in Jamaica and discussion of opportunities for Canadians to respond. Featuring: Graeme Reid, LGBT Director and Rhon Reynolds, LGBT Researcher.

LGBT Jamaicans face an intolerable level of violence, both physical and sexual, perpetrated on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. Police investigations into such violence are often inadequate or lacking altogether. This report documents cases of such violence, in addition to cases of discrimination from government institutions, including healthcare facilities, as well as in the private sector.

Wednesday, September 17, 2014
11:30 AM – 2:00 PM
E-Team screening at 2:00pm

Please join Human Rights Watch for this unique Inform & Inspire session.
Learn about our work, hear from our researchers and stay for an optional screening of the critically acclaimed documentary, the E-Team.

Bloor Hot Docs Cinema
506 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON
Fee $50 (includes a box lunch)

For tickets & more information, please contact the HRW Canada office at 416.322.8448 or canada@hrw.org

Presentations By:
FRED ABRAHAMS, Special Advisor
AMANDA KLASING, Women’s Rights Researcher
SAMER MUSCATI, Emergencies Researcher
MEGHAN RHOAD, Women’s Rights Researcher

MAY 8–MAY 31, 2014
OCAD U Student Gallery, 52 McCaul Street, Toronto, Ontario

For more than five years, Human Rights Watch researcher Samer Muscati has been documenting some of humanity’s darkest acts, focusing his attention on the violation of the rights of women and girls around the world. Increasingly, he has explored photography’s capacities to expand our understanding of the plight and perseverance of others.

Gathering the testimony of his subjects is often harrowing, and Muscati has found the medium invaluable in processing his experience, and connecting with his subjects. This exhibition pulls together the highs and lows Muscati has borne witness to, offering a moving account of the shifting fates of women and girls in a period of profound global transition.

Through our Human Rights Watch Film Festival we bear witness to human rights violations and create a forum for courageous individuals on both sides of the lens to empower audiences with the knowledge that personal commitment can make a difference. The film festival brings to life human rights abuses through storytelling in a way that challenges each individual to empathize and demand justice for all people. It begins on Tuesday, February 26 and runs through Thursday, March 7 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.