Civilitas honorary board member Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg and Stuart Murray, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) signed a memorandum of understanding that will see their organizations work jointly to fulfill their common goals of promoting human rights education and encouraging people to take action for human rights.

"The University of Winnipeg continues to be a leader in human rights and social justice education as it encourages students to turn education into action to create a better world," said Mr. Murray. "It is through strong partnerships such as this one, that we will be able to achieve our common objectives and move Winnipeg closer to becoming the human rights capital of Canada." "The goals of the University of Winnipeg and CMHR are very similar – providing human rights education and empowering people to take action – it is a natural fit to be working together," said Dr. Axworthy.

This memorandum will serve a basis for the appointment of several CMHR employees as adjunct professors at UWinnipeg and a collaborative project that will see the CMHR partner with the University in delivering a three-week summer institute on human rights issues, Adventures in Global Citizenship, in August 2011 that is geared towards first and second year students.