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4 For more information or to arrange a media visit, contact Karen Goossen at 204.230.8728 or karen@tourismwinnipeg.com What's New JOURNEY TO CHURCHILL - ASSINIBOINE PARK ZOO Now open, Assiniboine Park Zoo's new permanent Arctic species exhibit Journey to Churchill is one of the most significant projects in North American zoo history. Visitors can not only view Arctic species, such as polar bears, Arctic fox, muskox and caribou, but also learn how climate change has affected their habitats and the fragile Arctic ecosystem. Currently, there are seven polar bears (five of them orphaned polar bears from Churchill): Hudson, Aurora, Kaska, Storm, Blizzard, Star, and Hudson's baby brother cub from the Toronto Zoo, Humphrey. www.assiniboinepark.ca Highlights • Marvel at polar bears and harbour seals as they swim overhead through a 10-foot wide acrylic tunnel. • Connect with experts in the polar bear research field. The zoo is home to the International Polar Bear Conservation Centre. • For the meetings and conventions crowd, host a magical reception in Gateway to the Arctic near the acrylic tunnels where the polar bears swim. Dinner can also be served after hours in the Aurora Borealis Theatre, or Tundra Grill, a restaurant and private reception space with front-row seating to the polar bear enclosure. • NEW for 2015: Set to open in summer, the new zoo's 4.7 acre McFeetors Heavy Horse Centre features four Percheron horses year-round — these gentle giants are a poignant reminder of our rural roots and a formative time in Manitoba's history. The experience will include barn tours and the opportunity to enjoy wagon rides within the exhibit in the summer and sleigh rides into Assiniboine Park in the winter. Highlights • Only museum in the world dedicated to human rights education and awareness. • Explore human rights through guided tours, including Discover the Building (architecture) and Explore the Galleries (museum content). • Special programming offered for International Human Rights Day on December 10, 2015. • Suggested story angles in connection to greater Winnipeg: women's rights (Nellie McClung), labour rights (Winnipeg General Strike), Métis and language rights (Louis Riel). • NEW for 2015: Developed in partnership with seven elders, The Spirit Tour launched January 2015. The 90-minute tour explores how the symbolism in the building's architecture relates to the Seven Sacred Laws. CMHR architect Antoine Predock and Dr. Frank Albo, an architectural historian whose research inspired The Hermetic Code tour of the Manitoba Legislative Building, assisted in the development of the project. CANADIAN MUSEUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS The Canadian Museum for Human Rights welcomes visitors from around the globe. Situated in Winnipeg – the site of great human rights triumphs and struggles, Canada's new national museum takes visitors on a journey of inspiration. A stunning architectural icon designed by Antoine Predock, this unique building sits at the forks of two mighty rivers on land that has been an aboriginal meeting place for thousands of years. Inside, multi-sensory exhibits explore human rights stories about Canada and around the world. www.humanrightsmuseum.ca