Winnipeg

Located on Treaty 1 territory at the meeting point of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers, Winnipeg offers students a powerful place to explore human rights, Indigenous cultures, and environmental stewardship. Long a gathering place for Indigenous Nations, the city reflects how land, water, and movement shape identity, responsibility, and community.

Through immersive learning at national institutions, urban conservation spaces, and Indigenous-led centers, students engage with Winnipeg as a city where questions of justice, reconciliation, and sustainability are deeply connected. The program invites learners to examine how rights, ecosystems, and history intersect in both local and global contexts.

Learning through the SDGs

Click an SDG below to see examples of how select SDGs are explored on our programs.

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Sustainable Cities and Communities

Winnipeg demonstrates how cities can support cultural vitality, environmental protection, and social well-being. Students explore how public spaces, museums, and conservation areas contribute to livability and inclusion, while examining how planning and policy decisions affect access, equity, and community health.

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Life On Land

Situated within the Prairie ecosystem, Winnipeg provides opportunities to explore biodiversity and conservation in an urban setting. Students engage with protected parks and waterways to examine species at risk, habitat health, and how cities play a role in sustaining life on land amid climate change.

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Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

As home to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Winnipeg offers a unique context for examining how institutions address justice, memory, and accountability. Students explore how rights are protected, challenged, and advanced through education, policy, and civic engagement.

Land, Water, and Human Rights

In Winnipeg, land and water are central to conversations about rights and responsibility. Students explore how rivers have sustained communities for thousands of years, and how access to clean water, healthy ecosystems, and cultural expression are fundamental human rights.

Through learning experiences that connect environmental science, Indigenous knowledge, and institutional responsibility, students examine how reconciliation and stewardship are ongoing processes shaped by both history and present-day action.

Sample itinerary

At Insight, our programs are designed to reflect the unique interests, goals, and needs of your students. Each itinerary is thoughtfully customized in collaboration with schools, ensuring meaningful alignment with your learning objectives.

Travel from home to Winnipeg. After settling into accommodations, gather for a welcome meal and program orientation to set the tone for the days ahead.

Spend the day at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, engaging with interactive exhibits that explore struggles for justice in Canada and around the world. Participate in a hands-on workshop focused on the rights of children and youth, examining access to education, safety, and participation.

Later, explore The Forks, a historic meeting place where rivers, land, and community have converged for thousands of years. Students examine how geography shapes culture, trade, and shared public space.

Visit Assiniboine Park Conservancy to examine conservation efforts and biodiversity protection within an urban environment. Through guided activities, students explore species at risk and the role of protected spaces in supporting ecological health.

At The Leaf, investigate the environmental, social, and economic impacts of plant-based food systems, connecting consumption choices to sustainability, climate resilience, and global equity.

Engage with Manitoba’s layered histories at the Manitoba Museum, exploring Indigenous heritage, settler narratives, and regional ecosystems. Take part in a hands-on soapstone carving activity that highlights Inuit artistic traditions and cultural continuity.

In the afternoon, visit the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, examining the legacy of residential schools and Canada’s ongoing responsibilities in reconciliation, education, and justice.

Participate in FortWhyte Alive’s Riverwatch Program, stepping into the role of environmental scientists as you collect water samples, test water quality, and study aquatic life. Learning emphasizes the connection between water health, ecosystems, and human rights.

In the afternoon, take to the water for kayaking on local waterways, building technical skills while strengthening connection to the natural environment. The day concludes with discussion around stewardship, access to water, and shared responsibility.

Explore one of the world’s largest collections of Inuit art at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, examining how art communicates identity, history, and resilience. Guided learning encourages students to consider how creative expression contributes to truth-telling, cultural survival, and social change.

The program concludes with closing activities that connect learning across human rights, biodiversity, and Indigenous knowledge before students begin their journey home.

Highlights

Human Rights in Practice

Engage with world-class institutions and workshops that explore justice, equity, and the lived realities of rights in Canada and beyond.

Water as Life

Investigate waterways through hands-on science and kayaking, examining how environmental health and human rights are inseparable.

Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Continuity

Learn through museums, art, and reconciliation-focused institutions that center Indigenous histories, voices, and responsibilities.

What’s included

  • All accommodations
  • All meals and water
  • All programs activities and experiences
  • All teacher chaperone costs at an 8:1 ratio
  • Comprehensive travel insurance (medical, travel and cancellation)
  • Curriculum units to accompany program themes
  • Global and locally-based facilitators
  • Pre-program orientations and post-program debriefing

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