1867: Rebellion & Confederation

Temporary Exhibition: 5000 sq. ft. – Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Role: Design Director / Art Director

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1867: Rebellion & Confederation was developed by the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec and was adapted by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR).

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More than 100 artifacts on display include weapons, period furniture and clothing, and famous original documents such as the Durham Report of 1839, pages of the draft British North America Act, and legal records from the trial of outspoken Nova Scotia newspaper editor Joseph Howe. Gathered from 44 large and small institutions, these objects create a rare and unique collection.

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The exhibition at CMHR highlights a range of human rights issues that arose during this period, including abuse of state power, threats to liberty and freedom of the press, challenges to linguistic, religious and voting rights. It also examines how Indigenous peoples were excluded from the still‐unfinished process of Confederation, which for them marked a new period of dispossession and loss.