Behind the Tyndall stone walls of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, history stepped forward in January 2025.

The exhibition Love in a Dangerous Time opened, documenting Canada’s LGBT Purge. From the 1950s into the 1990s, federal policy erased more than 9,000 careers in the Armed Forces, RCMP, and public service. Investigators spent millions yet found no credible threat to national security.

More than 12,000 visitors walked the gallery in the first two months. A pop-up version began touring the country in August 2024, from Nanaimo to Toronto.

Nearby, the Witness Blanket, legally recognized as a living entity, returned to display in September 2024 after restoration. For a year, Camp Marcedes stood on the museum grounds until the remains of murdered Indigenous women Marcedes Myran and Morgan Harris were recovered in March 2025.

Ten years after opening, with 2.25 million onsite visitors recorded, the museum’s report shows buried chapters now fuel public reckoning.

This work ensures every citizen inherits a clearer record of where rights were lost, and how they can still be protected.