We are so broken

Amarnath Amarasingam@amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 4w ago

Man used Grok to make 7000 sex images of stepdaughter, then shot himself while out on bail. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Just finished reading Flesh by David Szalay. Winner of the 2025 Booker Prize. It’s hard to put the experience of emptiness into words. It’s a meditation on what’s missing. Anyone else have thoughts?

Retired Nunavut Chief Justice Neil Sharkey worries Gladue sentencing principles are failing to protect Inuit victims of gender-based violence. He and Qajaq Robinson join @alisoncrawford.bsky.social on a new Verdicts & Voices. 🎧 Listen now: https://bit.ly/4ucpFHG

📢 COMPETITION | Gordon F. Henderson #Postdoc at @uottawa.ca HRREC! For a researcher who will develop a research project on #Business & #HumanRights. 📆 May 31, 2026 🔗 www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...

Prime Suspect The Bridge The Bear West Wing The Diplomat The Good Wife Succession Suits Peaky Blinders The Marvellous Mrs Maisel The Pitt Fleabag Slow Horses Scandal Love is Blind Ted Lasso

Dan Rohde@danrohde.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only Impulse only, no thoughts just vibes: Mythbusters (truly) Star Trek Voyager Derry Girls Somebody Somewhere Top Chef Bake Off X-Files Star Trek Original Series Star Trek TNG Twin Peaks (until Lynch left) Firefly Jeopardy Taskmaster

A great opportunity for students in the Feminist Legal Studies workshop @queensulaw.bsky.social

Canadian Bar Association@cba-news.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Are you a law student researching gender equity in Canadian law or legal history? The CBA Women Lawyers Forum invites submissions to its Writing Them In contest, with cash prizes and a publication opportunity. Submit your essay before April 26: https://bit.ly/4vrsh5q

"working conditions of faculty are learning conditions of students" 32% of Queen's faculty are non-tenure-stream. Adjuncts taught more than 1,200 courses at Queen's last year (base compensation = $9,544/course). They often lack job security & access to benefits www.queensjournal.ca/faculty-unio...

Faculty union highlights priorities ahead of bargaining period - The Queen's Journal

With a collective agreement on the horizon, the Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA) is preparing to negotiate.In an interview with The Journal, QUFA President Karen Rudie explained their cur...

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“More than 600 RCMP officers faced gender-based violence disciplinary charges since 2014.” Valuable data provided by Julie Ireton and her team at the CBC and featuring insight from my research partner @daniellemcnabb.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/investi...

More than 600 RCMP officers faced gender-based violence disciplinary charges since 2014, CBC analysis finds | CBC News

A CBC investigation of RCMP disciplinary records reveals hundreds of cases of alleged gender-based violence by members. Through a series of access requests, CBC received more than 10 years of discipli...

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Do you know an individual or an organisation who has excelled in promoting equality in the legal profession, the judiciary, or the legal community in Canada? If so, we want to honour them! Learn more: https://bit.ly/4ou6khx

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

A public law job at Sheffield: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPW952/l...

Lecturer in Public Law at University of Sheffield

An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in Public Law is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

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Good read on AI mediated scholarship and the provenance problem share.google/RqTgSFi8M2zA...

LLM use in scholarly writing poses a provenance problem

Nature Machine Intelligence - LLM use in scholarly writing poses a provenance problem

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For some further thoughts on Kloubakov and what has now been decided relevant to assessing the constitutionality of criminal prostitution laws in Canada, I have an article forthcoming in the Supreme Court Law Review dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Debra Haak@debrahaak.bsky.social · 9mo ago

PSA: sex work law in Canada Kloubakov clarified the law but researchers continue to misstate the law Sex work (involving sexual touching) is illegal. Purchasing is an offence. Providers are a party to that offence (however they will not be prosecuted) 1/2

Full text of C-16 - Protecting Victims Act now available www.parl.ca/DocumentView...

Government Bill (House of Commons) C-16 (45-1) - First Reading - Protecting Victims Act - Parliament of Canada

Government Bill (House of Commons) C-16 (45-1) - First Reading - Protecting Victims Act - Parliament of Canada

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🏆Recognize Legal Scholarship – Nominate a candidate for the CBA's Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award! Send us your nominations by February 9: https://bit.ly/3QrysUC

Watch for the Protecting Victims Act today www.youtube.com/live/7_dAbzr...

Protecting Victims Act/ Loi visant à protéger les victimes

YouTube video by Department of Justice Canada

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Today we remember the best known example of sex-motivated killing in Canada. On Dec. 6, 1989, a lone white male armed with a gun entered École Polytechnique at Université of Montréal and killed 14 women because they were women, towards whom he expressed hatred. theconversation.com/sex-motivate...

Sex-motivated violence should be treated as a hate crime

For hate crime legislation to be more than symbolic, crimes motivated by hatred must be reported, recorded, prosecuted and sentenced as hate crimes

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The University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law is inviting applications for an Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor who will also serve as Director of the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC). › www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...

It’s not certain that the invocation of the notwithstanding clause shields the laws from constitutional challenge. It is important for citizens to know IF/HOW/WHY rights have been violated. It is likely that invocation shields rights violation from remedy by courts. The remedy is at the ballot box.

Egale Canada@egalecanada.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Today, Alberta introduced Bill 9 and invoked the notwithstanding clause to shield three anti-trans laws from constitutional challenge. These laws deny gender-affirming care to youth, erase 2SLGBTQI identities from schools, and ban trans girls and women from sports.

Just arrived. Cannot wait

PSA: sex work law in Canada Kloubakov clarified the law but researchers continue to misstate the law Sex work (involving sexual touching) is illegal. Purchasing is an offence. Providers are a party to that offence (however they will not be prosecuted) 1/2

Debra Haak@debrahaak.bsky.social · 9mo ago

One of the most frustrating things about commentary on Canada's criminal prostitution laws & constitutional challenges is the consistent claim that sex work is legal. It is not legal 1/ Sex work on trial: What the recently dismissed Constitutional challenge means theconversation.com/sex-work-on-...

One of the most frustrating things about commentary on Canada's criminal prostitution laws & constitutional challenges is the consistent claim that sex work is legal. It is not legal 1/ Sex work on trial: What the recently dismissed Constitutional challenge means theconversation.com/sex-work-on-...

Sex work on trial: What the recently dismissed Constitutional challenge means

Canada’s criminalization framework continues to undermine sex workers’ safety and exclude their voices from shaping laws that govern their lives.

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Call for proposals is live! Join us!! Women, Disability, and Intersectionality: Designing for Equality and Leaving No One Behind Mar 13-14, 2026 #flsq #women #disability #intersectionality #feministlegalstudies #disabilitystudies femlaw.queensu.ca/sites/flswww...

In case you missed it ➡️ One exceptional post-grad law student will be awarded the $25K CBA Viscount Bennett Fellowship. Don't let this opportunity pass you by! Deadline: November 18. https://bit.ly/46y2RG6

Opportunity! See Gender & Justice website for details-please circulate in your networks @drlandislife.bsky.social @afipcollective.bsky.social @marissaesque.bsky.social @veronicagago.bsky.social @requenaaguilar.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social @fosfeminista.bsky.social @thinkcrea.bsky.social

📣General registration for4th joint annual conference 'A feminist Politics of Radical Hope in a Time of Oppression' is now open. Details: www.lexnetwork.org/radical-hope... LEX now reviewing membership applications Details: lexnetwork.org @sharronfitz.bsky.social @genderandjustice.bsky.social

Join us Oct 31-Nov 1 for the Vulnerability, Inequality and Justice Workshop, in person or virtually. This workshop brings together scholars from across Canada to explore the concept of vulnerability in law and its role in the equality & justice project. Register now: allard.ubc.ca/about-us/eve...

Vulnerability, Inequality and Justice Workshop

This workshop brings together scholars from across Canada to critically engage with the concept of vulnerability in different areas of law and its role in the equality and justice project.

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I’m in standing room at @torontobluejays.bsky.social , behind accessible seating, where a kid/teen in a wheelchair is distraught because he can’t see anything with everyone standing up. If anyone happens to be in a box or something with extra seats, this is your chance to do a good deed.

Help us spread the word! The $25,000 CBA Viscount Bennett Fellowship for post-grad law students is seeking applications. Deadline to apply is November 18: bit.ly/46y2RG6

Save the date! Feminist Legal Studies Queen's Annual Conference: March 13-14, 2026 @queensulaw.bsky.social Women, Disability, and Intersectionality: Designing for Equality and Leaving No One Behind Watch this space for further information including call for papers! femlaw.queensu.ca/conferences/...