For hate crime legislation to be more than symbolic, crimes motivated by hatred must be reported, recorded, prosecuted and sentenced as hate crimes for all identifiable groups — not just some of them. With Myrna Dawson @theconversation.com theconversation.com/sex-motivate...

The road to reconciliation begins with truth Mishiikenh Kwe ~ Anishinaabe c. 2022

Good discussion of balancing autonomy and harm. Also important: “The science of decision making tells us that there are two fundamental things. What do you think of the evidence, and what are your values and preferences around applying that evidence.” www.statnews.com/2025/09/22/e...

I'm pleased to see that sex is included as an identifiable group for the purpose of proposed hate crime and intimidation offences. But see my co-authored article w Myrna Dawson addressing current failures to treat male violence as hate (link in comment) www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en...

Mr. Williams is alleged to have sexually assaulted more than 300 victims between the ages of 12 and 18 at a provincially run youth detention centre www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.

“The science on the subject is pretty clear: according to the New England Journal of Medicine, rape is about four times more likely to result in diagnosable PTSD than combat."

Pamela Cross on why we should pay attention to a Kingston sexual assault trial involving 98 charges and 28 complainants pamelacross.ca/taking-back-...

Air Canada flight attendants overwhelmingly reject tentative agreement

🚨Windsor Law is hiring! 🚨 @windsorlaw.bsky.social is looking for 4 asst/assoc profs who bring social justice & critical perspectives to our core curriculum, esp environmental law, torts, constitutional, family, evidence, int'l trade & Indigenous law. Deadline: Sep 24 www.uwindsor.ca/faculty/recr...

We are delighted to share the news that the second edition of The Canadian Constitutional Law Open Access Casebook (co-edited by Richard Moon, Howard Kislowicz, and Asha Kaushal) is now available on CanLII! #constitutionallaw #legalcommentary zurl.co/1159f

Welcoming our incoming class to Queen’s Law and Professor Jacob Weinrib introduces their keen minds to the language and narratives of law.

Bought my 4 year old grandson pajamas with dinosaurs on them (because he loves dinosaurs). He told me the name of each dinosaur but he was uncertain about one. So he went to get his dinosaurus (yes he has a book). The pride! #academicgrandma #mormor

Videos (and slides and transcripts) from the symposium on Legal Education and the Human Lawyer are now posted educatinghumanlawyers.com/recordings/ Check them out! #educatinghumanlawyers #legaled @osgoodenews.bsky.social @altlaw.bsky.social @theltjournal.bsky.social

New from the #CanLIIAuthorsProgram: "Litigation Abuse in Ontario Family Law Cases" by Nicholas Bala #familylaw #litigationabuse #legalcommentary zurl.co/9M0Ur

If you are heading to law school this month and a bit worried if you “belong.” You do. Here is a letter to a 1L on the First Day of Law School. Free to read. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

"In response to America’s threats, Canada is in the middle of the greatest explosion of nationalism in the country’s history, far more substantial than the nationalism of the 1960s."

Political Science at Western University, Canada is searching for three tenure track assistant professors. There are two ads, one in International Politics (IR or comparative) and one in Comparative or Canadian. Ads are here: www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

Come work with us! Full-time International Human Rights Program Coordinator opportunity with @ihrp.bsky.social based in Toronto. The closing date is August 10th. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Excellent piece by Jennifer Llewellyn @restorativelab.bsky.social about how restorative justice offers a better way to address harm, engage communities, and bring about culture change in sexual violence cases.

Kloubakov is principally a statutory interpretation case that finally settles the question of whether new offence provisions enacted by PCEPA in response to Bedford prevent sex workers from taking safety enhancing measures found to have been prevented by offence provisions considered in Bedford 1/9

Decision in Kloubakov now available: SCC upholds two of Canada's criminal prostitution laws (material benefit and procuring) as constitutional #PCEPA #Kloubakov decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-...

Allard Law's Janine Benedet & Isabel Grant & @uottawa.ca's Elizabeth Sheehy discuss the Hockey Canada sexual-assault trial in a new op-ed. "It’s not the law that repeatedly falls short, but rather those in the justice system who sometimes fail to apply it." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Me and my book project

Excited to be hiring 1-2 research associates who will work through 2025-26, with the potential for future summer/articling position.opportunity! Check it out and feel free to share! criminaldefenceessentials.com/hiring/

Mark your calendar for July 24 - decision in the hockey trial and SCC decision on the constitutionality of some of Canada’s criminal prostitution laws enacted in 2014 #pcepa decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...

Come work with us and our incredible Advancement team, helping us steward amazing and generous donors to Queen's Law. You can work at a distance but there are also many opportunities to travel to beautiful Kingston to work together lnkd.in/gpdW2qFJ @queensulaw.bsky.social @darrylrobs.bsky.social

“Now thought to be the second most common cause of stroke in women under 40, it can also lead to difficulty swallowing, incontinence, seizures, memory problems, depression, anxiety and miscarriage” Spread the word! #callitstrangulation

The Sullivan Review part 2: 'Barriers to research on sex and gender' was published today. www.sullivanreview.uk/documents.php

“BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – In addition to signing a strategic partnership with the European Union, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has brokered a far more important deal allowing Canada to finally take part in the Eurovision Song Contest.” (@thebeaverton.com parody, but we badly want it to be true)

*I will be there! Looking forward to seeing you

Dr Kim Stanton's important report on BC's legal system and its treatment of intimate partner and sexual violence is out: www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/l...

Over 120 people from 19 different countries have registered for Legal Education & the Human Lawyer, coming up this Friday, June 27. The symposium is fully online and there is still time to register at educatinghumanlawyers.com @altlaw.bsky.social @theltjournal.bsky.social @osgoode.bsky.social

My partner (Connor) and l are moving to Saskatoon (permanently!) for my job at USask. Connor is looking for work in the city of Saskatoon or remote in Canada, starting July 1. He is a communications/marketing specialist, who has worked in such roles since 2017. Does anyone have any leads for him?

Law professor colleagues: We're hiring! 🗽 Brooklyn Law School is considering lateral hires in several areas, including constitutional law, civil procedure, criminal procedure, evidence, family law, and torts. If you're considering a move and have a special interest in joining us, please reach out!

Are you interested in leaving Ontario’s big urban centres? Are you interested in purchasing an established law practice? If you answered yes to either of these questions, join us on June 26 to explore options at "Buying a Law Practice and Practicing in a Small Town." www.cbapd.org/details_en.a...

“Without the surveillance and whipping of student sentiment on this issue,” the A.A.U.P. investigators wrote, “it is unlikely that the controversy and resulting crisis over Professor Finkelstein’s social media posts would have occurred ..." The call is coming from inside the house.

Nominate an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to advancing equality for women and girls in Canada for a Governor General’s Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case Deadline July 7 #women #equality www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...

Sex, Gender Recognition, and Equality Law: For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 @ssrn.bsky.social @michaelpforan.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

ICYMI 📢 Call for Papers: The Asper Centre invites abstracts for a symposium on litigating positive rights under the Charter (at U of T Law). Deadline for Abstracts: June 30, 2025. Details: aspercentre.ca/event/call-f... — please share!🙏

British Columbia's Supreme Court will consider whether the "deemed consent" provision of the province's Mental Health Act - which means you can be automatically treated involuntarily if you're hospitalized involuntarily - violates Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms. bc.cmha.ca/news/charter...

Extending 1999 prohibition on obtaining sexual services to obtaining sexual acts, Swedish authorities voted to criminalize purchase of remote sexual services like paying someone for pictures and videos through platforms like OnlyFans reason.com/2025/05/28/i...

This seems like a serious, good-faith effort to recognize that both sex and gender matter and to take a context specific approach to decisions where they come into tension cdn-contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-contenu/... Recommendations include: 1. Distinguer rigoureusement les notions de sexe et de genre. 🧵

"A commitment to free expression and to peaceful assembly means that we will sometimes be exposed to words we do not wish to hear and which we may find offensive and even hurtful...Democratic politics is possible only if we are able to speak to others...about difficult and contentious issues."

This is a beautiful book. I’m now almost done volume II. If you want to slow down, unplug, be fully present with words - this is your book. #summerreading thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

Interesting to compare the 45th Speech from the Throne with the 44th www.canada.ca/en/privy-cou...

An Alberta judge is making 14 recommendations for RCMP and the provincial government after scrutinizing the case of a young mother who was killed by her husband, less than two weeks after he was discharged from a mental health centre: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

⏳FINAL CfPs #LEXJointConferenece OPEN CALL🌎 ✅'A feminist politics of radical hope in a time of oppression’. ✅ Keynotes: #ProfMaggieO'Neill & #ProfAishaGill ✅ Liverpool University November 6-7 2025 ✅Registration on LEX website lexnetwork.org under ‘Events' ✅ Deadline May 30 2025 1/3 1/3