Viviana Fernandez
@vfernand1217.bsky.social
Associate Director, Human Rights Research and Education Centre (@uottawahrrec.bsky.social) at uOttawa. Advocate, ally, wife and mother.
📢Last day to make an impact! Canada is matching donations to the @redcrosscanada.bsky.social and the Humanitarian Coalition to provide life-saving services to the communities affected by the #earthquakes in #Venezuela. To learn more and donate ⬇️ www.canada.ca/fr/affaires-...
Closing the 2nd Joint Intl Microcredential Program in the #Arts, #HumanRights and #SocialJustice w/ a powerful message: Believe and ACT! Thanks to @unisevilla.us.es, our leader Ramon Blanco-Barrera, @uottawahrrec.bsky.social members & instructors and to the great cohort of students!
Today marks the end of the 2nd Joint Intl Microcredential Progr on #Arts, #HumanRights & #SocialJustice. Thanks to our HRREC colleagues Suzanne Bouclin & Van Armenian who led separate sessions, Fellow Ramon Blanco-Barrera, Director of the Program and @unisevilla.us.es for their warm welcome!
Happy to have launched the 2nd Summer School on the #Arts, #HumanRights, & #SocialJustice at @unisevilla.us.es ! HRREC members shined in sessions on arts & worldmaking (Oonagh Fitzgerald), storytelling & #HumanRights (Omid Milani) & arts in the digital age (Jane Bailey + collaborators).
Great day in Écija, city of the sun, in the context of our Joint International Microcredential Program in the #Arts, #HumanRights and #SocialJustice with University of Seville. @uottawahrrec.bsky.social
And … the Joint Intl Microcredential Program on the Arts, Human Rights and Social Justice (Summer School) is now officially opened! So pleased to see our @uottawahrrec.bsky.social members, Univ of Seville partners and students finally here!
Delightful welcome dinner with partners and some of the instructors of our Arts and Human Rights Summer School in Seville. @uottawahrrec.bsky.social
HRREC is on the move! Looking forward to seeing our partners at University of Seville and to meet this year’s students in the arts and human rights summer school! @uottawahrrec.bsky.social
Always the most exciting and engaging day of the #IHLuOttawa2026 course!
#IHLuOttawa2026 The simulation day is the ideal occasion to apply these learnings! Thank you to our judges, academics, and Canadian Red Cross representatives who joined us and made the exercises more realistic. #IHL @redcrosscanada.bsky.social
Toujours la journée la plus attendue et la plus vivante du cours #IHLuOttawa2026!
#DIHuOttawa2026 La journée de simulation, l’occasion idéale de mettre ces apprentissages en pratique! Merci à nos juges, universitaires et représentants de la Croix-Rouge, qui ont passé la journée avec nous et qui ont rendu ces exercices encore plus réalistes! @redcrosscanada.bsky.social
#DIHuOttawa2026 La journée de simulation, l’occasion idéale de mettre ces apprentissages en pratique! Merci à nos juges, universitaires et représentants de la Croix-Rouge, qui ont passé la journée avec nous et qui ont rendu ces exercices encore plus réalistes! @redcrosscanada.bsky.social
#IHLuOttawa2026 The simulation day is the ideal occasion to apply these learnings! Thank you to our judges, academics, and Canadian Red Cross representatives who joined us and made the exercises more realistic. #IHL @redcrosscanada.bsky.social
#DIHuOttawa2026 Hier, nos participant·es ont découvert le statut de combattant et la protection des civils. Aujourd’hui, les moyens et méthodes de guerre, conduite des hostilités... Merci aux intervenant·es pour le partage de leurs connaissances et de leur expérience! @redcapseelie.bsky.social
#IHLuOttawa2026 Yesterday, our participants learned about combatant status and the protection of civilians. Today, they learned about means and methods of warfare, conduct of hostilities, etc. Many thanks to our speakers for sharing their knowledge and experience! @redcrosscanada.bsky.social
Conclusion du jour 1 du Cours d’été #DIH sur une note positive à l'Ambassade d'Ukraine au Canada. Merci à l’ambassadeur Andrii Plakhotniuk & son équipe pour l'accueil! Heureux de compter à nouveau des participants ukrainiens, dont la perspective enrichit les échanges. @redcrosscanada.bsky.social
Conclusion of Day 1 of the Summer Course on #IHL on a positive note at the Embassy of Ukraine to Canada. Many thanks to Ambassador Andrii Plakhotniuk & his team for their welcome! Glad to again have Ukrainian participants, whose perspectives enrich the discussions. @redcrosscanada.bsky.social
Ravis de lancer le 18e Cours d'été en droit international humanitaire 2026 en partenariat avec la @redcrosscanada.bsky.social! Bienvenue aux deux groupes – qui nous rejoignent en anglais et en français – pour ce qui s’annonce comme une semaine passionnante et intense. #DIH #DIHuOttawa2026
Excited to kick off the 18th Summer School on International Humanitarian Law 2026 in partnership with the @redcrosscanada.bsky.social! A warm welcome to both cohorts—joining us in English and French—for what promises to be an engaging and intensive week ahead. #IHLuOttawa2026 #IHL
And we are a go! The #IHLuOttawa2026 summer school, 18th edition has started! Delighted to welcome the new cohort of participants and looking forward to an exciting week. @uottawahrrec.bsky.social
Delighted to participate in this joint event today, representing the @uottawahrrec.bsky.social.
How can NGOs better support migrant workers under Canadian law? Join a public lecture hosted by the URC on Migration Protection and International Law and @uottawahrrec.bsky.social on May 25 to explore research and practical solutions. Register: bit.ly/4287Cpx
"The constitution is clear—universities are established by law, and their closure can only occur by law as well. But who cares?" he said. "In an era without justice or fair trials, it seems the next item on the agenda was to shut down an entire university... "
Terrible news from Turkey. Turkish internet rights pioneer @cyber-rights.org is quoted in the piece. www.newarab.com/news/turkeys...
Thank you to our colleagues at the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and #HumanRights for organizing two days of exchange about civil society mobilization. @uottawahrrec.bsky.social
Sharing the stage with brilliant colleagues during the Day of Dialogue - Human Rights Meeting between federal, provincial and territorial Ministers, partners and stakeholders. @uottawahrrec.bsky.social
Honoured to represent @uottawahrrec.bsky.social today at the Day of Dialogue - Human Rights Meeting between federal, provincial and territorial Ministers, partners and stakeholders. Strong CSO engagement and serious recommendations to strengthen human rights implementation in Canada.
Wrapping up activities today. Very productive discussions with long-term partners and coalition colleagues in the Scholars at Risk Network. @uottawahrrec.bsky.social
After a dynamic morning session of the Scholars at Risk International Advisory Committee, I am pleased to join the 2026 UNICA conference which is focusing on Academic Freedom, co-hosted by @unicanetwork.bsky.social. @uottawahrrec.bsky.social
Delighted to start the annual @scholarsatrisk.bsky.social (SAR) International Advisory Committee meetings at King's College London this morning, representing SAR Canada and the Coalition for Academic Freedom in the Americas. @uottawahrrec.bsky.social
📢 CONCOURS | #Postdoc Gordon F. Henderson au CREDP à @uottawa.ca! Pour un·e chercheuse/chercheur qui développera un projet de recherche sur les #Entreprises & #DroitsHumains. 📆 31.05.2026 🔗https://www.uottawa.ca/recherche-innovation/credp/recherche/concours-postdoc-gordon-henderson-2026-2027
📢 COMPETITION | Gordon F. Henderson #Postdoc at @uottawa.ca HRREC! For a researcher who will develop a research project on #Business & #HumanRights. 📆 May 31, 2026 🔗 www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...