Jen Rinaldi
@jenrinaldi.bsky.social
Legal studies associate professor | queercrip theorist | committed to deinstitutionalization and prison and police abolition | she/her
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Jen Rinaldi
@jenrinaldi.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Hi Bluesky. I'm a socio-legal scholar with a background in disability studies. I use artistic and community-based research methods to understand the conditions that cause institutional and carceral violence.
2025 Research Symposium teaser - Jen Rinaldi
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November 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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If you're keeping score this week, Carney is:
* Negotiating backroom deals on pipelines with Alberta and without BC or Indigenous folks.
* Undermining anti-greenwashing laws.
* Making deals with the UAE despite their role in Sudan.
* Cutting funding for infectious disease work in Africa.
* Negotiating backroom deals on pipelines with Alberta and without BC or Indigenous folks.
* Undermining anti-greenwashing laws.
* Making deals with the UAE despite their role in Sudan.
* Cutting funding for infectious disease work in Africa.
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If you're keeping score this week, Carney is:
* Negotiating backroom deals on pipelines with Alberta and without BC or Indigenous folks.
* Undermining anti-greenwashing laws.
* Making deals with the UAE despite their role in Sudan.
* Cutting funding for infectious disease work in Africa.
* Negotiating backroom deals on pipelines with Alberta and without BC or Indigenous folks.
* Undermining anti-greenwashing laws.
* Making deals with the UAE despite their role in Sudan.
* Cutting funding for infectious disease work in Africa.
This government lost in court the last time their efforts to undermine student organizing was constitutionally challenged.
The Bill:
- forces Universities/Colleges to follow ideologically-driven regulations on applications.
- forces regulations on Universities/Colleges that will undermine student and campus organizing/fees.
- does little meaningful to amend the Provincial Child Apprehension System.
- forces Universities/Colleges to follow ideologically-driven regulations on applications.
- forces regulations on Universities/Colleges that will undermine student and campus organizing/fees.
- does little meaningful to amend the Provincial Child Apprehension System.
November 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This government lost in court the last time their efforts to undermine student organizing was constitutionally challenged.
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BILL 33 HAS PASSED.
It will:
- ⏫ Ministerial power over school boards, allowing for a Minister to override local democracy and decision-making.
- ⏫ Ministerial power to force schools and school boards to abide by political directives, like forcing police back into schools.
It will:
- ⏫ Ministerial power over school boards, allowing for a Minister to override local democracy and decision-making.
- ⏫ Ministerial power to force schools and school boards to abide by political directives, like forcing police back into schools.
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
BILL 33 HAS PASSED.
It will:
- ⏫ Ministerial power over school boards, allowing for a Minister to override local democracy and decision-making.
- ⏫ Ministerial power to force schools and school boards to abide by political directives, like forcing police back into schools.
It will:
- ⏫ Ministerial power over school boards, allowing for a Minister to override local democracy and decision-making.
- ⏫ Ministerial power to force schools and school boards to abide by political directives, like forcing police back into schools.
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Nicely summarizes how the Carney government’s thoughtless, reckless AI strategy will reduce government capacity while making government more dependent on foreign tech firms.
As with a lot of things with this government, it comes down to a refusal to think about long-term governance issues.
As with a lot of things with this government, it comes down to a refusal to think about long-term governance issues.
Federal budget 2025: Is Canada Strong actually weak on AI?
Federal budget 2025: Is Canada Strong actually weak on AI?
Promoting AI as an economic driver within an unregulated environment risks disrupting key sectors and services that sustain Canadian democracy.
theconversation.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Nicely summarizes how the Carney government’s thoughtless, reckless AI strategy will reduce government capacity while making government more dependent on foreign tech firms.
As with a lot of things with this government, it comes down to a refusal to think about long-term governance issues.
As with a lot of things with this government, it comes down to a refusal to think about long-term governance issues.
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The UN approved a US plan for Gaza that hands control to foreign powers and delays Palestinian statehood, undermining national authority and sovereignty.
qudsnen.co/un-approves-...
qudsnen.co/un-approves-...
UN Approves US Plan, Paves Way for American Control Over Gaza and Delays Palestinian Statehood - Quds News Network
The UN approved a US plan for Gaza that hands control to foreign powers and delays Palestinian statehood, undermining national authority and sovereignty.
qudsnen.co
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The UN approved a US plan for Gaza that hands control to foreign powers and delays Palestinian statehood, undermining national authority and sovereignty.
qudsnen.co/un-approves-...
qudsnen.co/un-approves-...
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Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk was detained by 🇨🇦 customs agents and, for four hours, was asked a series of questions about his participation in the conference, his involvement in the Israel-Palestine conflict, and his position on Israel. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Border officers detain well-known legal scholar travelling to conference on Palestine | CBC News
A prominent academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk was detained by 🇨🇦 customs agents and, for four hours, was asked a series of questions about his participation in the conference, his involvement in the Israel-Palestine conflict, and his position on Israel. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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I'm cited in this piece in the Toronto Star today about the spread of generative AI, the challenges it poses for historians & history education, and the need for digital literacy.
www.thestar.com/news/how-fak...
www.thestar.com/news/how-fak...
How fake AI history is threatening Remembrance Day — with endless YouTube videos glamorizing Nazis
A search for any historical topic is sure to be met with a torrent of fake AI-generated garbage — at real cost to our history.
www.thestar.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I'm cited in this piece in the Toronto Star today about the spread of generative AI, the challenges it poses for historians & history education, and the need for digital literacy.
www.thestar.com/news/how-fak...
www.thestar.com/news/how-fak...
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Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
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“Razing Palestine” (Ed. Leila Marshy) comes out this week. Proud to stand in solidarity with every contributor & others who experienced personal & professional consequences for speaking out against Israel’s genocide. These stories represent just the tip of the iceberg of repression in Canada.
November 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“Razing Palestine” (Ed. Leila Marshy) comes out this week. Proud to stand in solidarity with every contributor & others who experienced personal & professional consequences for speaking out against Israel’s genocide. These stories represent just the tip of the iceberg of repression in Canada.
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You've probably heard of Bill C-12 and C-2, but there's a slate of other bills that, when assembled together transformer style, could create a freedom repression machine that rivals the one south of the border.
We broke down how it would work >> act.gp/4i9pU1b #Cdnpoli
📹 via leftiejane on IG
We broke down how it would work >> act.gp/4i9pU1b #Cdnpoli
📹 via leftiejane on IG
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
You've probably heard of Bill C-12 and C-2, but there's a slate of other bills that, when assembled together transformer style, could create a freedom repression machine that rivals the one south of the border.
We broke down how it would work >> act.gp/4i9pU1b #Cdnpoli
📹 via leftiejane on IG
We broke down how it would work >> act.gp/4i9pU1b #Cdnpoli
📹 via leftiejane on IG
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Another excerpt from Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. Red Schulte’s letter speaks to those organizing outside the law—a place more people of conscience will find themselves as authoritarianism tightens its grip.
When Everything Is Criminalized, We Must Unlearn the Language of “Innocence”
No one should be caged, tortured, detained, or deported by the state — all carceral violence is done wrongfully.
truthout.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Another excerpt from Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. Red Schulte’s letter speaks to those organizing outside the law—a place more people of conscience will find themselves as authoritarianism tightens its grip.
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With so much on the line, the new federal government has tabled a budget that in many ways could pass as a Conservative budget, write David Macdonald and Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood. #CanPoli
The Military Wins and Public Programs Lose in Carney’s Budget | The Tyee
But will the Liberals find enough support to survive a non-confidence vote?
thetyee.ca
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
With so much on the line, the new federal government has tabled a budget that in many ways could pass as a Conservative budget, write David Macdonald and Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood. #CanPoli
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If crime is way down, why are Canadians so afraid of crime? And what are politicians funnelling money into? My latest -- they are boosting policing to police us ... not keep us safe (unless you're rich, which trust me, you are not.)
noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-big-cr...
noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-big-cr...
The big crime lie
Crime is down but spending on cops and security is up. Why?
noraloreto.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If crime is way down, why are Canadians so afraid of crime? And what are politicians funnelling money into? My latest -- they are boosting policing to police us ... not keep us safe (unless you're rich, which trust me, you are not.)
noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-big-cr...
noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-big-cr...
Book award celebration. My heart feels full.
October 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Book award celebration. My heart feels full.
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Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’
www.theguardian.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.theguardian.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’
At the South Louisiana Ice Processing Center in Basile, detainees say they were forced into hard labor – and sexually assaulted and stalked by an assistant warden
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’
www.theguardian.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.theguardian.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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New analysis of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first 100 days after the federal election show oil and gas, mining and other industrial groups made up about 60 per cent of lobbying records. Environmental groups couldn’t get a word in. thenarwhal.ca/carney-natur...
Carney welcomed industry lobby, ignored environmental groups: records | The Narwhal
Records show resource industry lobbyists had regular access to Prime Minister Mark Carney in his first 100 days, while environmental groups were shut out
thenarwhal.ca
October 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
New analysis of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first 100 days after the federal election show oil and gas, mining and other industrial groups made up about 60 per cent of lobbying records. Environmental groups couldn’t get a word in. thenarwhal.ca/carney-natur...
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An Ohio University professor was removed from teaching a MFA class a day after returning home from an Israeli prison where he was detained upon being illegally abducted from the flotilla.
His students [solidarity!] walked out on the replacement prof in protest.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/s...
His students [solidarity!] walked out on the replacement prof in protest.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/s...
October 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
An Ohio University professor was removed from teaching a MFA class a day after returning home from an Israeli prison where he was detained upon being illegally abducted from the flotilla.
His students [solidarity!] walked out on the replacement prof in protest.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/s...
His students [solidarity!] walked out on the replacement prof in protest.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/s...
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"Prisons are built in remote locations, shielded behind wire and walls, and utterly severed from society’s truth-seekers—its journalists, its documentarians, and its scholars—and from the families and loved ones of those inside." Read more:
Prison Journalism Is a Disinfecting Light. That’s Why Prisons Suppress It. - Inquest
A new initiative on prison journalism from the Institute to End Mass Incarceration aims to restore prison transparency and First Amendment rights for incarcerated journalists.
inquest.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Prisons are built in remote locations, shielded behind wire and walls, and utterly severed from society’s truth-seekers—its journalists, its documentarians, and its scholars—and from the families and loved ones of those inside." Read more:
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At UNB, professors and students were surveilled for Palestine solidarity because, per campus security, the university is the President’s “house.”
“If I tell my kids my kids you can’t do this, I don’t need to write it down… He’s the President and he can set the rules.”
“If I tell my kids my kids you can’t do this, I don’t need to write it down… He’s the President and he can set the rules.”
October 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
At UNB, professors and students were surveilled for Palestine solidarity because, per campus security, the university is the President’s “house.”
“If I tell my kids my kids you can’t do this, I don’t need to write it down… He’s the President and he can set the rules.”
“If I tell my kids my kids you can’t do this, I don’t need to write it down… He’s the President and he can set the rules.”
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““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+
Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+
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As Mark Carney prepares to observe his first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation as prime minister on Tuesday, some of the country’s top Indigenous voices say his economic-growth agenda is putting other key priorities on the back burner.
Indigenous leaders worry PM prioritizes big economic projects over their communities’ needs
Mark Carney's relationship with First Nations, Inuit and Métis got off to a rocky start this year with his major projects law, which would let Ottawa skirt certain environmental regulations
www.thestar.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
As Mark Carney prepares to observe his first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation as prime minister on Tuesday, some of the country’s top Indigenous voices say his economic-growth agenda is putting other key priorities on the back burner.
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I started tracking the TRC's Calls to Action in 2016 and, since Eva Jewell and I stopped writing annual reports in 2023 out of despair, things have only become more bleak.
No meaningful structural changes have been made. They were never even attempted.
A clear-eyed take from @michellecyca.com
No meaningful structural changes have been made. They were never even attempted.
A clear-eyed take from @michellecyca.com
“We have to wonder: should we just abandon ‘reconciliation’ altogether?”
thewalrus.ca/trc-introduc...
thewalrus.ca/trc-introduc...
The Stark Reality Ten Years after the Truth and Reconciliation Report | The Walrus
“We have to wonder: should we just abandon ‘reconciliation’ altogether?”
thewalrus.ca
September 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I started tracking the TRC's Calls to Action in 2016 and, since Eva Jewell and I stopped writing annual reports in 2023 out of despair, things have only become more bleak.
No meaningful structural changes have been made. They were never even attempted.
A clear-eyed take from @michellecyca.com
No meaningful structural changes have been made. They were never even attempted.
A clear-eyed take from @michellecyca.com
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This is a probe. The IDF is dipping its toe in the water.
If the public reaction is muted Israel very well may blow up a bunch of these ships for the “crime” of bringing food and medical supplies to starving/suffering children.
If the public reaction is muted Israel very well may blow up a bunch of these ships for the “crime” of bringing food and medical supplies to starving/suffering children.
Brazilian activist Thiago Avilla reports six explosions on different boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters
September 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is a probe. The IDF is dipping its toe in the water.
If the public reaction is muted Israel very well may blow up a bunch of these ships for the “crime” of bringing food and medical supplies to starving/suffering children.
If the public reaction is muted Israel very well may blow up a bunch of these ships for the “crime” of bringing food and medical supplies to starving/suffering children.