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Event in Winnipeg on the ongoing crises facing the Rohingya people and Canada鈥檚 response

By University of Ottawa

Human Rights Research and Education Centre, HRREC

Speakers at the event in Winnipeg.
With HRREC鈥檚 cooperation, on March 18th, 2024, a panel convened at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) - https://humanrights.ca/ - to screen two short films from M茅decins Sans Frontiers (MSF) and to discuss the ongoing crises facing the Rohingya people and Canada鈥檚 response.

The panel included Dr Kawser Ahmed of the Conflict and Resilience Research Institute, Canada and the University of Winnipeg, Michael Lawson from MSF, Senator Marilou McPhedran, and Bailey Pelletier, a graduating 91精品黑料吃瓜 Common Law student who delivered opening remarks on behalf of HRREC Director and 91精品黑料吃瓜 Professor John Packer (who was unfortunately unable to attend in-person).  Dr Shayna Plaut, Director of Research for the , moderated the discussion.

One of the films highlighted the current situation of the Rohingya near the city of Cox鈥檚 Bazar, Bangladesh鈥攈osting, since the 2017 genocide, the world鈥檚 largest refugee camp with over one million Rohingya refugees. The population in the camp has been growing as has violence and incidents of disease, meanwhile aid is on the decline. The panel focused on the need to bring the Rohingya crisis back into mainstream discourse to revive aid channels that are desperately needed.

The films are available to watch on the MSF Asia and MSF-USA YouTube channels:

Professor Packer's remarks were also published in the .