A Summer Spent at the Intersection of Human Rights Issues

By Kayla Maria Rolland This summer, I enjoyed working with the Disability Inclusive Climate Action Program (DICARP), a new initiative and partnership between...
September 13, 2020

The Humans in the Housing Crisis

By Gemma Dingwall Since 1876, the Federal Government has been responsible for housing on Indian reserves. In 2016, 27.4% of people on reserves lived...
September 3, 2020

Understanding Workplace Sexual Harassment

By Sara Wright During my December interview for the internship, then-Acting Director, Vida Nelson, told me about the $2.6 million of federal funding...
September 3, 2020

Reflecting on COVID-19 and Human Rights

By Alice Jeon A silver lining of this quarantine-filled summer was that it left me with a lot of time to sit down...
August 30, 2020

Sur le plaisir de se sentir utile

Par Jasmine Razavi Comme toutes les bonnes choses doivent un jour prendre fin, cette semaine est la dernière semaine de mon stage à...
August 26, 2020

Learning about International Law – Home edition

By Andrea Salguero The old adage “life is what happens to you when you are making other plans” was never so true than...
June 23, 2020

Tracking the impact of COVID-19 on the right to information

By Hanna Rioseco This summer I had the unique opportunity to explore, in real-time, how public health emergencies affect information policy and the...
June 16, 2020

Le pouvoir de l’humilité

Par Lauriane Palardy-Desrosiers Il m’aura pris beaucoup plus de temps que prévu pour partager avec vous le dernier épisode de mon stage chez...
September 9, 2019

High up in the Empire State Building

By Jessica Michelin One of the first images that comes to mind when I think about New York City is the Empire State...
September 9, 2019

On being an “international” intern in my home country:

While the majority of the other interns in McGill’s international human rights internship program this year spent their summers in different countries, I...
September 9, 2019

Human Rights Advocacy: More than Just Words and the Importance of Inclusion

By Kathleen Barera During my internship, especially throughout the second half, I was exposed to a diversity of human rights advocacy work. I...
September 9, 2019

Wood and Glass

By Bianca Braganza   Wide eyed, eager eyed Notes jotted; stomach knotted I gaze in awe At the Prime Minister. Visceral, majestic, larger...
September 9, 2019