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The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) is a national museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, located adjacent to The Forks. The purpose of the museum is to "explore the subject of human rights with a special but not exclusive reference to Canada, in order to enhance the public's understanding of human rights, to promote respect for others and to encourage reflection and dialogue." It held its opening ceremonies on 19 September 2014. Established in 2008 through the enactment of Bill C-42, an amendment of the Canadian Museums Act, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is the first new national museum created in Canada since 1967, and it is the first new national museum ever to be located outside the National Capital Region.〔"Backgrounder: Canadian Museum for Human Rights," Office of the Prime Minister, Government of Canada, 19 December 2008 http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=2355〕 ==History== On 17 April 2003, the 21st anniversary of the signing of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the establishment of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights was announced as a joint partnership of the Asper Foundation, the Government of Canada, the Province of Manitoba, City of Winnipeg and The Forks North Portage Partnership. The Asper Foundation donated $20 million. Israel Harold Asper, , known as Izzy Asper, is credited with the idea and vision to establish the CMHR. He was a Canadian lawyer, politician and founder of the now-defunct media conglomerate Canwest Global Communications. Asper hoped it would become a place where students from across Canada could come to learn about human rights. He also saw it as an opportunity to revitalize downtown Winnipeg and increase tourism to the city, as well as to increase understanding and awareness of human rights, promote respect for others, and encourage reflection, dialogue, and action. After Izzy's death in 2003, his daughter Gail Asper spearheaded the project.〔 On 20 April 2007, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the Government of Canada's intention to make the CMHR into a national museum. On 13 March 2008, Bill C-42, an Act amending the Museums Act and making consequential amendments to other Acts, received Royal Assent in Parliament, with support from all political parties, creating the Canadian Museum for Human Rights as a national museum. By the middle of 2008, a government-funded opinion research project had been completed by the TNS/The Antima Group. The ensuing report〔("Focus Group Testing of the Content for the Proposed Canadian Museum for Human Rights" ). ''Library and Archives Canada'', 2 April 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2011.〕—based primarily on focus group participants—listed the following: which topics (not in order of preference) might be covered by the CMHR; key milestones in human rights achievements, both in Canada and throughout the world; current debates about human rights; and events where Canada showed a betrayal of or a commitment to human rights.〔O'Malley, Kady (7 August 2008). ((Still more) Behind the scenes at the museum ). ''Macleans''. Retrieved 5 February 2011.〕 19 December 2008 marked the groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the CMHR,〔Mia Rabson, "Museum sod to be turned – no matter how cold," ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 19 December 2008 http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/museum_sod_to_be_turned_--_no_matter_how_cold.html〕 and official construction on the site began in April 2009. Construction was initially expected to be completed in 2012.〔The Canadian Museum for Human Rights: Building the Museum, http://humanrightsmuseum.ca/building-museum〕 The chair of the board resigned before his term was up, and a new interim chair was appointed.〔(Rights museum left in lurch. ) ''Winnipeg Free Press'', 17 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.〕〔(Statement by the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, on the Interim Chairperson of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. ) ''CMHR News'', 20 December 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2011.〕 The base building has been substantially complete since the end of 2012, and the Museum's inauguration took place in 2014.〔(Canadian Museum for Human Rights )〕〔(Human rights museum a gong show. ) ''Winnipeg Sun'', 19 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.〕 The museum's official opening on 19 September 2014, was protested by several activist groups, who expressed the view that their own human rights histories had been inaccurately depicted or excluded from the museum.〔 The First Nations musical group A Tribe Called Red, who had been scheduled to perform at the opening ceremony, pulled out in protest against the museum's coverage of First Nations issues.〔("A Tribe Called Red cancels performance at human rights museum" ). CBC News, 19 September 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canadian Museum for Human Rights」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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