...and my a2aj.ca project released a working paper by @simonwallace.bsky.social and me about bulk access to Canadian legal data, the role of @canlii.bsky.social, & our new open-source alternative (a2aj.ca/canadian-legal-data) Paper is here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

A busy week... My @refugeelab.ca released our report about tech and alternatives to immigration detention, co-authored by @danghez.bsky.social & @petramolnar.com, and co-published with @kaldorcentre.bsky.social and @idcoalition.bsky.social: www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/...

Hey Canadian JD students, and graduate students in any relevant discipline (including computer science, software engineering, data science): Interested in $10,000 to build open-source access to justice tools? a2aj.ca/student-inno...

Excellent new article involving an experiment in credibility assessments in trans refugee adjudication from folks at @mobileucph.bsky.social Great job ‪@astajarlner.bsky.social‬ ‬& Maya Ellen Hertz! doi.org/10.3389/fhum...

Delighted to share the news that the @refugeelab.ca has received a SSHRC Insight Grant to work on the use of technology at the Canada-US Border: www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/0...

The @refugeelab.ca has released a Consultation Report about research priorities in response to Canada's controversial Bill C-2, the Strong Borders Act: refugeelab.ca/publications...

Phew! My @refugeelab.ca, along with amazing 30 co-aps & partners, sent off our SSHRC Partnership Grant to build an Algorithmic Justice for Refugees Research Network. Many thanks to @osgoodenews.bsky.social and @crsyork.bsky.social for hosting this project. Fingers crossed!

MTM 2023 Fellow @vmreports.bsky.social writes about the demise of the CBP One applications and the impacts on border communities in the age of Trump 2.0: www.migrationtechmonitor.com/blog/the-sud... #humanrights #bordercrossing #asylumseekers #bordertech #usmexicoborder

The @theglobeandmail.com editorial board needs to work on its mathematical literacy They say 5% of claims were abandoned/withdrawn in 2015 vs 21% in 2024 Actually, it's 3.2% in 2015 vs 3.7% in 2024 Meanwhile, recognition rates have increased: 67.6% in 2015 vs 80.4% in 2024

Join the @refugeelawlab.bsky.social, the @citizenlab.ca and the @migrationtechmonitor.com for a conversation about migrant justice surveillance in the age of Trump 2.0 and beyond on December 19, 2024 at 12:00PM ET (online). For further details & registration: refugeelab.ca/event/migran...