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A Request from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress - Alberta Provincial Council -
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re: Poll - Canadian Museum for Human Rights!


The publicly funded Human Rights Museum should not focus on only one historical tragedy over all others.
Singling out the Holocaust is inequitable.

Canadian Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg, MB
Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, MB

The Globe and Mail poll:

Should the Canadian Museum for Human Rights devote a section to the Holocaust?

Results as of March 23, 2011, 18:17   

79 % (201 votes): NO. Singling out the Holocaust this way is inequitable.

21%
(54 votes):Yes.The Holocaust's historical significance merits this specific treatment.

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The Ukrainian community position is that there will be one exhibit which covers all genocides equally (incl. Holodomor-Genocide in Ukraine 1932-33) and that there will no be one gallery that highlights a particular genocide (Holocaust) permanently while all others are grouped together in a separate exhibit. The publicly funded Human Rights Museum should not focus on only one historical tragedy over all others.


The Ukrainian Canadian Congress has asked the Government of Canada to:

1.  Reconstitute the Museum's Board of Trustees;

2.    Conduct an independent  review of the Museum's design, layout and content in a public and transparent manner to ensure that it is decided upon and displayed in a fair and equitable manner;

3.    Ensure that the contents of the CMHR be reviewed by a newly appointed, independent and impartial Content Advisory Committee; and

4.    Make sure that all work and procurement relating to content, design or that may impact on these aspects, be immediately suspended until its design, layout and content has been publicly presented.
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