A plaque with a Canadian maple leaf sits prominently at the entrance Yangon Children's Hospital. It's a reminder of how the facility was made possible thanks to support from Canada.

A few years ago, a human rights film festival in Myanmar would have been unheard of. Now, with Canadian help, filmmakers in the country are taking the fight for human rights to the movie screen.

When it became clear that Myanmar was moving towards a new era of openness, Canada began to reconsider its ties with the once isolated nation.