So glad sthg like this is finally happening, largely thx to @kristenthomasen.bsky.social. Been ~2.5 years now of layers of disheartenment & sustained moral injury (5 if count covid), and a public discussion focused specifically on Canadian complicity, from a tech /tech law angle, is long overdue.

The panel will feature the brilliant: @jcyliew.bsky.social @jamesyap.bsky.social @jeff.doctor and Jason Toney @cjpme.org. Tuesday Mar 10, from 4-5:30pm. CC: @cyn-k.bsky.social @anabrandusescu.bsky.social @jroselkim.bsky.social @windsorlaw.bsky.social

For anyone unsettled by the threads of violence unspooling around the world, looking for steps forward, esp in the Canadian context, please join this: Panel Discussion untangling Canada’s tech-involvement w/ ICE and Beyond. Free, via Zoom, register here: uwindsor-law.libcal.com/event/4000495

We have an incredible speaker line-up, too!! Ft Kristen as moderator; feminist migration & public law expert @jcyliew.bsky.social; @jamesyap.bsky.social, counsel in Nevsun v Araya(!!); @jeff.doctor, never lacking for 🔥 takes, esp re Indigenous sovereignty; & Jason Toney @cjpme.org, already on it.

Greenberg Chair’s 1st event on Friday Sep 19 4-7pm. Film screening, book signing and panel with Sook Yin Lee, Chester Brown, Chris Bruckert and Ummni Khan!! Join us #sexwork #sexworkiswork #law #greenbergchair #payingforit

I devoured two vacation reads already, both focusing on themes of migration, anti-Asian racism and resistance. Both totally addictive. Highly recommend both. And the author of Dandelion (@jcyliew.bsky.social) is from Ottawa, with scenes set in Chinatown.

Great post from Bijal Shah on administrative law and immigration law under the Trump regime.

Important insights from @jcyliew.bsky.social and Natasha Bakht on academic freedoms, intersectionality, missed opportunities for dialogue, and Jane Doe. A model for how to move through conflict and misjudgment, constructively and with care. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 🤲

A pair of U.K. scholars discovered the mislabeled document in Harvard Law School's digital archives. The university bought it for just $27.50 in 1946. It turned out to be an authentic copy dating to 1300.

Important case being heard at the #SCC on equality rights of immigrants/migrants in Canada and access to important services like child care. The Canadian Council for Refugees is intervening but so is FCJ Refugee Centre and the Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre. Watch: www.scc-csc.ca/cases-dossie...

Appearing virtually #SCC today re Dorsey & Salah v Can deals w security classification of persons in prisons. @jendagsvik.bsky.social & I rep Canadian Council for Refugees Watch live. www.scc-csc.ca/.../hearings... #law #scc #habeascorpus #cdnimm #prisonlaw #immdetention #lawyering #lawyerlife

Tomorrow, @jendagsvik.bsky.social & I rep intervener Canadian Council for Refugees #SCC in Dorsey & Salah re habeas corpus & security classifications in prisons. We focus on how imm status informs classifications. Read subs here: www.scc-csc.ca/cases-dossie... #SCC #law #habeascorpus

Honoured that #GhostCitizens is shortlisted for the Canadian Law and Society W Wesley Pue Book Prize ❤️ #stateless #statelessness #law

American. Citizens. Cannot. Be. Deported. I know we all want to be concise, but we simply cannot use the shorthand terms of the fascists when they describe wildly illegal & unconstitutional things. Extrajudicial renditions. Kidnappings. Wildly unconstitutional fascism. All right there as options.

Supreme Court of Canada is scheduled to hear the Kanyinda case in 2 weeks. I'm honoured to act as counsel for @fcjrefugeecentre.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy & @madhucentre.bsky.social in their joint intervention. We argue the Canadian Charter must meaningfully protect substantive equality of migrants.

The story of the night. How hitting the pavement and connecting with your community counts #elxn2025

I'm honoured to receive this year’s @uocommonlaw.bsky.social Emerging Researcher Award. Big thanks to very generous colleagues @yybrandonc.bsky.social, @jcyliew.bsky.social & @vgruben.bsky.social for the nomination. This meant a lot, especially coming from you 💚 More here: lnkd.in/gtX6rbRf

Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.

Lovely to see the local bookstore giving a S/O to the brilliant @jcyliew.bsky.social 💫

The American Civil Liberties Union and Democracy Forward sued the Trump administration over its use of the wartime law to quickly deport people, which they say violates due process.

Identifying and finding the remains of murdered women feels like the most sorrowful of victories, the least a state can do. It almost didn't happen.

If only this was farce & satire. From yesterday's New Yorker.

While Ukrainian is the official state language, many Ukrainians speak Russian, a consequence of centuries of Russification under the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.

🆕🎙️Migration Conversations Podcast Episode: A Seismic Change in Int'l Law & Ardi Imseis. Find wherever u listen to podcasts. This is a master class on int'l #law & the Int'l Ct of Justice Advisory Opinion on Israel's Illegal Presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory & how to use for BDS Movement

If you haven’t yet read Dandelion by the brilliant @jcyliew.bsky.social, now’s the time. 💛

Our last Greenberg Chair Lecture is tomorrow! Please join our visiting scholar Prof Pagedar deliver her talk. www.eventbrite.ca/e/consent-in...

Congratulations @jcyliew.bsky.social !

"The intake began with slaps. One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, 'I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.' I believed him. But maybe it’s only because he didn’t look like what I had expected—he wasn’t a tattooed monster." time.com/7269604/el-s...

So richly deserved - way to go @jcyliew.bsky.social !!

So exciting that Canada is being widely introduced to this magnificent & compelling human rights book. Especially now, when we need more attention & deeper understanding than ever. Way to go @jcyliew.bsky.social!

🎉 Toutes nos félicitations à la professeure @jcyliew.bsky.social pour la 2e place de Dandelion au Combat national des livres 2025! 📚 Votre récit poignant sur l'identité et l'appartenance continue d'inspirer. Nous sommes si fiers de vous compter parmi nous! 👏 #uOttawaDroit @uottawa.bsky.social

🎉 Huge congratulations to Professor @jcyliew.bsky.social on Dandelion finishing as the runner-up in the 2025 #CanadaReads competition! 📚 Your storytelling on identity & belonging continues to inspire. So proud to have you in our community! 👏 #uOttawaLaw @uottawa.bsky.social

Day 2 of #CanadaReads and I could not feel luckier that Saïd M’Dahoma is championing #Dandelion. Cheering on this bright star!

Thinking back to the construction of the #Chinatown arch and the vibrancy it offers the neighbourhood. Appreciating @jcyliew.bsky.social’s visceral characterizations of it, and some of my favourite hangouts in #Dandelion @arsenalpulp.bsky.social. #WriteOttawa.

#CanadaReads begins this week! We'll be at the edge of our seats, cheering for the BC-published book (@arsenalpulp.bsky.social), Dandelion, championed by Pastry chef Saïd M'Dahoma. More about Dandelion by author @jcyliew.bsky.social here: buff.ly/9o0818u

Congratulations to Rachel Bendayan @rachelbendayan.bsky.social our new Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship I am looking forward to seeing what she brings to this porfolio #cdnimm

Really enjoyed seeing @jcyliew.bsky.social at @wordfest.com last night. As a refugee doc who does mental health work, I can’t wait to read #Dandelion. We are so lucky to have Wordfest in Calgary. Now I’ve pivoted back to fiction, it’s like the beat of my heart. Watch these on CBC Canada Reads too!

6. Ghost Citizens: Decolonial Apparitions of Stateless, Foreign and Wayward Figures in Law by @jcyliew.bsky.social fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/ghost-c... 🧵

A photo from this evening's sold out event. Omar El Akkad in conversation with @jcyliew.bsky.social. A wonderful and difficult conversation. Looking forward to reading El Akkad's book.

The brilliant Omar El Akkad is speaking tomorrow at the Ottowa Writers Festival, in conversation with @jcyliew.bsky.social In-person tickets are already sold out, but you can still register to watch online! writersfestival.org/events/sprin... @writersfest.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social

The Statelessness & Citizenship Review published a generous review of #GhostCitizens 👇 #statelessness #law statelessnessandcitizenshipreview.com/index.php/jo...

Touched by this review in @jotwell.bsky.social by Prof. Betsy Fisher on my book #GhostCitizens. Read 👇 lex.jotwell.com/stateless-ci....

I wrote a book review of Canisia Lubrin's Code Noir: Metamorphosis. It is breathtaking work providing counter narratives to the French Code that created conditions for #slavery. #law is a fiction and sometimes oppressive and violent. Read: doi.org/10.1017/cls.....

Great new piece for those thinking about international students and how our education and immigration systems exploit them. By @vwlegal.bsky.social and Arman Sohi. #cdnimm digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/dlj/vol48/is...

Feb 25th! Migrant Workers' Right to Health Care. Come join this panel moderated by the brilliant @yybrandonc.bsky.social in Fauteux Hall Room 359 at 11:30am.

Victoria! I am visiting with #GhostCitizens!! Join me and a dream panel of readers on Feb 27 👇🏼

Canada Reads is back! Join @jcyliew.bsky.social, author of the shortlisted novel Dandelion, and her champion Saïd M’Dahoma for a thought-provoking conversation on Monday, March 3, leading up to Canada Reads. Tickets: https://buff.ly/4hUWRgp

#Calgary! I'm coming home March 10 to talk about #DANDELION and #CanadaReads. Join me and Saïd M'Dahoma at Wordfest. Family and friends, if you do come, DM me so I can make sure I give you a hug! Info for the event and tix below. wordfest.com/2025/event/w...

People coming *into* Canada *from* the US. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Come to our Valentines Day Event on MONDAY!! www.eventbrite.ca/e/speaking-p...