31 March 2011 - 23:35

Having faith is divine. Being stuck in faith isn't. This is the effect evolution has on the Bible. Evolution can be shown to have the same effect on itself proving that man is divine. Focus on symbolism is what the museum stands for, not on the Holocaust.

Sent by Robert Hoffman, Winnipeg, Canada

22 February 2011 - 00:57

Sounds more like a museum of human wrongs than human rights! Methinks there is also something wrong in featuring some of these crimes against humanity to the comparative minimization of others, whatever the supposed quantifying and qualifying rationale. The federal government better be very careful and Solomonic, if that is possible.

Sent by Daniel Huzyk, Vancouver, Canada

21 February 2011 - 21:19

As the former Member of Parliament for Dauphin/SwanRiver/Marquette and the author of BillC-331, I cannot understand the position of the Board at the Canadian Human Rights Museum. The Board must make this musuem inclusive which means recognizing in an active way all the atrocities of mankind, not just the Holocaust. The Museum is call the Canadian Museum of Human Rights, it's not called the Canadian Holocaust Museum. The Board cannot risk alienating Canada's multicultural community. I hope the Board will in the end create a great museum dedicated to the people of the world.

Sent by Inky Mark, Dauphin, MB, Canada

21 February 2011 - 13:06

The holodomyr,the most tragic event in human history must be represented in a significant manner!

Sent by Peter Bihun, Kelowna, Canada

20 February 2011 - 21:36

If the CMHR is serious about being an "Idea Museum", as is claimed by Mr. Murray, President and Executive Officer of the institution, then it should place at its philosophical and physical centre the main codes of human rights and not a particular example of a selected human wrong. The most significant codification of these principles, and the ones which should form the lens through which to view past and present achievements as well as violations with regards to human rights, in Canada and in the world are: the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the UN Convention on Genocide. The present CMHR plans show a central gallery devoted to the Holocaust, which "will be examined in three stages", plus a Crystal Theatre with jagged panels of tempered glass, "designed to evoke the images of Nazi's breaking windows of Jewish businesses and homes". Now if this not memorialization of the Holocaust (as Ms. Cassie claims), then what is? Mr. Murray boasts that this museum will be a unique learning centre for Canada and the world. But as Ms. Cassie states, there are many museums to the Holocaust and other human tragedies. There are no world-class museums to honour human rights, and the CMHR could be this unique institution if we build it around humanity's achievements and not its failures.

Sent by Roman Serbyn, Montreal, Canada