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irina cerić @irinaceric.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨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
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Four (4) Tenure-Track Assistant or Tenured Associate Professor Positions - Faculty of Law

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CanLII @canlii.bsky.social · Sep 2

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

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Bruce B Ryder @bbryder.bsky.social · Aug 31

The Border Is Invading America www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...

Opinion | The Border Is Invading America

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Liam Michaud @liammichaud.bsky.social · Jul 17

Police interference w/ harm reduction services is a growing crisis. Surveilling services, arresting clients & other abuses cause service avoidance, violate peoples right to healthcare & highlights urgent need for binding non-interference policies. @filtermag.bsky.social @hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social

Police in Ontario Increasingly Obstruct Harm Reduction Service Delivery

Police surveillance and interference block life-saving care as the province becomes more hostile to harm reduction, our study shows.

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Alex Neve @alexneve.bsky.social · Jul 17

The Federal Court clearly sees the risk of persecution in the Trump era. When will @mark-carney.bsky.social’s government do the right thing & scrap our #STCA with the US?

Judge halts deportation of non-binary American in ruling after Trump’s gender edicts

Advocates have been calling on Ottawa to provide a safe haven for gender-diverse U.S. residents

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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · Jul 15

“My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people,” writes Omer Bartov, a professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University. “I have been teaching classes on genocide for a quarter of a century. I can recognize one when I see one.”

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

A scholar of genocide comes to a painful conclusion about Israel’s actions in Gaza.

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Egale Canada @egalecanada.bsky.social · Jun 30

1/ We're hiring two (2) Staff Lawyers! The Staff Lawyer (Public Legal Education) will primarily work to enhance public understanding of the litigation efforts of Egale Canada as well as other key legal issues for 2SLGBTQI communities in Canada.

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irina cerić @irinaceric.bsky.social · Jun 9

I'm one of the 412 lawyers, academics, human rights advocates and other experts who have signed an open letter to PM Carney demanding that Canada do everything in its power to stop the genocide in Gaza and support efforts to bring those responsible to account www.alexneve.ca/blog/prime-m...

Prime Minister Carney must take decisive action to end genocide in Gaza — Alex Neve: Moving Rights Along

We write because of the catastrophic human rights and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, now into its twentieth month, which is broadly understood by international law experts and leading human rights organ...

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Bruce B Ryder @bbryder.bsky.social · May 21

Congrats to shortlisted authors & presses!
Margaret Boittin ‪@cambridgeup.bsky.social‬‬
Elaine Craig @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
A Iavarone-Turcotte @pulaval.bsky.social
@james-kelly.bsky.social @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
@jcyliew.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social
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Nicole O’Byrne @nobyrne.bsky.social · May 8

I'm pleased to announce that the Canadian Law and Society Association's prize committee has decided on its shortlist of books for the W. Wesley Pue Book Prize. The winner will be announced at the conference to be held at the U of Saskatchewan College of Law, 11-13 June 2025. @bbryder.bsky.social

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Jeff Gray @jeffreybgray.bsky.social · May 20

These Ford government proposals to give itself even more control over how it appoints lower-court judges are being debated in the shadow of Premier's recent comments that judicial independence is a "joke." #ONpoli
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Ontario Bar Association says province’s proposal to change how it picks judges could ‘politicize’ the process

Lawyers’ group says proposal risks affecting judicial independence, in wake of Ford ‘rant’ about judges

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Bruce B Ryder @bbryder.bsky.social · May 21

The Ford government continues its efforts to undermine the integrity of the process for appointing judges to the ONCJ. The rule of law requires judicial independence and is best served by a merit-based appointment process insulated from political interference. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Ontario Bar Association says province’s proposal to change how it picks judges could politicize the process

Lawyers’ group says proposal risks affecting judicial independence, in wake of Ford ‘rant’ about judges

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Nicole O’Byrne @nobyrne.bsky.social · May 8

I'm pleased to announce that the Canadian Law and Society Association's prize committee has decided on its shortlist of books for the W. Wesley Pue Book Prize. The winner will be announced at the conference to be held at the U of Saskatchewan College of Law, 11-13 June 2025. @bbryder.bsky.social

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Canadian Forum on Civil Justice (CFCJ / FCJC) @cfcj-fcjc.bsky.social · Apr 30

Ontario's Premier – calling judicial independence “a joke” – says he supports U.S.-style elected judges and that many on the bench are “bleeding hearts” afflicted by “ideology,” who allow too many accused criminals out on bail: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls for U.S.-style elected judges

Ford calls judicial independence a ‘joke,’ suggests Ontario should take over responsibility for the Criminal Code

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Bruce B Ryder @bbryder.bsky.social · Apr 29

I hope the PM will consider forming a national unity Cabinet with members from outside the Liberal party. Seems especially important to improve representation from AB & SK. Perhaps invite Heather McPherson (NDP Edmonton Strathcona) and several Senators from AB & SK to join Cabinet?

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Bruce B Ryder @bbryder.bsky.social · Apr 28

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Opinion | A Road Map of Trump’s Lawless Presidency (Gift Article)

A diverse group of legal scholars flash red warning lights about the future of America.

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · Apr 24

In just 100 days, the Trump administration has inflicted enormous damage to human rights in the United States and around the world.

To mark the first 100 days of President Trump's second term, Human Rights Watch has cataloged 100 of the administration’s human rights harms 🧵⤵️

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · Apr 24

NEW: The number of writers jailed around the world has increased for the sixth year in a row. Our latest #FreedomToWrite Index recorded at least 375 writers jailed for their work in 40 countries during 2024. Read more: pen.org/press-releas...

Number of Jailed Writers Increases Worldwide - PEN America

The number of writers jailed around the world has increased for the sixth year in a row according to the 2024 Freedom to Write Index.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Apr 16

Trump’s expulsions are jaw-droppingly cruel. But they’re part of an American tradition | Steven Hahn

Since colonial times, self-designated ‘communities’ have used expulsions to address supposed threats. It helps to explain how easy it has been for Trump to win support

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Bruce B Ryder @bbryder.bsky.social · Apr 21

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Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over Threats to Cut Funding (Gift Article)

Harvard’s lawsuit comes after the administration sought to force the university to comply with a list of demands by cutting billions in federal funding the school receives.

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AAUP @aaup.org · Apr 21

“The Govt has not — & cannot — identify any rational connection between antisemitism & the medical, scientific, technological, & other research it has frozen that aims to save American lives, foster American success, preserve security, & maintain our position as a global leader in innovation.”

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Apr 21

BREAKING: Harvard sues the Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants.

Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants

Harvard University has announced that it's suing the Trump administration to halt a freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grants after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus.

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Lisa Kerr @coleenlisa.bsky.social · Apr 18

Here I argue the provocative claim that there is some misleading content in the Conservative crime platform.

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Opinion: Separating rhetoric from reality in the Conservative crime platform

Pierre Poilievre’s tough-on-crime proposals are performative at best, and will cause greater difficulty for the prison system at worst

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · Apr 18

"Our economy works best when trade is subject to the rule of law, not the whims of one man. Courts can bolster that vital principle by striking down Trump’s egregious tariff power grab."

@IlyaSomin.bsky.social discusses the lawsuits challenging President Trump's IEEPA tariffs.

The Constitutional Case Against Trump’s Trade War

A new lawsuit challenges Trump’s tariffs as a blatantly illegal usurpation of legislative power.

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Bruce B Ryder @bbryder.bsky.social · Apr 11

The Human Rights Legal Support Centre is seeking candidates for its full time Executive Director position. They are taking applications until May 9th, 2025 at 5pm.

More details available on the Centre's website here:

hrlsc.on.ca/about-us/car...

Careers - HRLSC

Find out about new career opportunities at the HRLSC.

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Bruce B Ryder @bbryder.bsky.social · Apr 9

Justice Callaghan was understandably annoyed. "I think I'm entitled to a set of facts that's accurate," he said. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Judge seeks more clarity on facts in supervised consumption site legal challenge | CBC News

The Ontario judge overseeing the legal challenge of the province's ban on supervised consumption sites that are within 200 metres of schools and daycares says he's concerned he does not have all the f...

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Bruce B Ryder @bbryder.bsky.social · Apr 9

Lawyers for the Ontario government stated in court that the objective of the Community Care and Recovery Act was not to shut down supervised consumption sites, but simply to relocate them. Did counsel mislead the court by not sharing what it knew about the government's true policy objectives?

HIV Legal Network @hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social · Apr 7

All parties involved in the constitutional challenge brought forward by The Neighbourhood Group Community Services (TNGCS) and two individual Applicants against Ontario's Community Care and Recover Act will reconvene at the request of the Court today.

We will be live-posting from this account.

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