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Giazilo is a knowledge platform where scholars, intellectuals, and changemakers seek to make positive change by sharing knowledge and perspectives about human rights, social justice, and peace
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Confucianism, Ubuntu and the Right to Development
Excerpts of my keynote talk at the International Conference on the Ideas of Human Rights in Ancient Chinese Classics,” Yuelu Academy, Hunan University, in Changsha...
What Does the Canadian Mosiac Mean for the Newcomer?
An excerpt of my keynote remarks at the Special citizenship ceremony commemorating Human Rights Day, Hamilton, December 10, 2024
Today, as we commemorate Human Rights...
Where is the Other Half of the Story?: Erasures and Silences in the Human...
Archives, as repositories of collective memory, hold immense power. They are the guardians of narratives that shape our collective understanding of history, society, and...
Why the Universal Declaration of Human Rights wasn’t adopted until 1948
The adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the UN general assembly has been celebrated as a defining moment in international...
“We Were not Treated as Human Beings:” A Memoir on Canada’s Indian Residential Schools
I teach a course on historical atrocities, truth-seeking and reconciliation processes. Truth and Reconciliation after Atrocity examines truth and reconciliation commissions established globally to...
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HIST 3XX3 12 Conclusion - The Future of Human Rights
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HIST 3XX3 -11- Globalization, Mass Migration & Terrorism
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HIST 3XX3 10 Minority Rights
14:54
HIST 3XX3 09 Cold War
14:31
HIST 3XX3 -6A - The Industrial Age
14:06
HIST 3XX3 7B Self_Determination & the End of Empires
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HIST 3XX3 8B Genocides and Mass Atrocities
14:07
HIST 3XX3 8A International Human Rights System
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HIST 3XX3 7A The World Wars
10:47
HIST 3XX3 - 6B -Socialism
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HIST 3XX3 -5- The Antislavery Movement
15:37
HIST 3XX3 3B - Secular
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HIST 3XX3 4B - Political Revolutions of the 19th Century
18:02
HIST 3XX3 3A - Religious Traditions and Human Rights
17:20
HIST 3XX3 1B - Introduction
17:37
HIST 3XX3 1A Introduction
11:02
HIST 3XX3 4A - Enlightenment
16:55
HIST 3XX3 2A - Current Debates in Human Rights
12:39
HIST 3XX3 2B - Current Debates in Human Rights
15:57
Implications of the Military intervvention in Egypt
02:58
Pondering Mandela's Legacies
01:59
Is Mali the next Afghanistan
02:00
Putting Kony in context
01:55
Somali famine one of the most urgent humanitarian crises in the world
02:10
Pondering the Future of Libya 1
10:00
Obama's Military Plan for Afghanistan
01:56
Congo Mission
06:46
A Brother from Niger
09:50
From Dust to Gold
08:34
Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade in Africa (Part 2)
09:45
Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade in Africa (Part 1)
08:19