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Gillian Calder (she/her)
@gcalder.bsky.social
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Law prof at UVic; parent to extraordinary Inuk artist; climber; lover of the penguin; scholar of critical pedagogies
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 1d
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Building new pathways for Indigenous Law   - UVic News
UVic's Faculty of Law is now home to a new Indigenous Law wing, supporting the movement of Indigenous Laws empowering communities.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 2d
Whoa.
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 2d
New ceremonial robes vs old ceremonial robes. #SCC
2026 photo of the Supreme Court of Canada, where the new robes are black with red piping. 2025 photo of the Supreme Court of Canada, with the red velvet and ermine robes.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 12d
Hands up to colleagues at UVic and UBC, taking on this troubling narrative. vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Opinion: Who counts as 'real people'? Premier Eby’s comment perpetuates legacy of erasure
Aboriginal title decisions, including the landmark Cowichan decision, are an affirmation of justice long delayed.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 13d
Aaaaaaah.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Sep 8
The Trump Administration is going after abortion care.

Let's be clear: medication abortion is safe and RFK Jr. is a misinformation peddler who needs to resign.
Guardian headline that reads "RFK Jr hints access to key abortion drug could be cut back"
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 18d
Welcoming Mary Anne Vallianatos (back) to UVicLaw! www.uvic.ca/law/news-and...
Q&A with UVic Law's newest faculty member: Mary Anne Vallianatos - Law - University of Victoria
Q&A with UVic Law's newest faculty member: Dr. Mary Anne Vallianatos
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 27d
Poster for a law and emotions, conference at the University of Liverpool, September 25, 2025. A list of the speakers.
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · Sep 1
😞 RIP Graham Greene ♥️
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · Aug 20
Legacy Art Galleries, the curator is Uumati Kisoun-Inuarak.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · Aug 20
Yes! On campus at the University of Victoria.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · Aug 17
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Support for E.M. Thank you for your courage.
On July 24th, Justice Maria Carroccia delivered her decision in the World Junior hockey sexual assault trial — a case that dates back to 2018. All five former players were acquitted on charges of sexu...
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · Aug 15
Back to school TS12 style.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · Aug 12
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Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision paves way for pronoun law to potentially be struck down  - LEAF
Toronto, August 11, 2025  –  Today, in a critical victory for Saskatchewan’s trans and non-binary youth, a majority of the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan decided that the challenge to Saskatchewan’s...
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Aug 11
An Israeli airstrike killed five Al Jazeera journalists, including one of the most prominent reporting from Gaza, the network said.
Israel Killed Five Al Jazeera Journalists in Airstrike, Network Says
Israel accused Anas Al-Sharif of heading a Hamas cell, allegations his network denied.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · Aug 8
Welcome to #UVicLaw…
An owl on a branch.
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Devin Heroux @devinheroux.bsky.social · Aug 3
GOLD #4 🇨🇦 SUMMER MCINTOSH

CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD

Summer McIntosh breaks her own 400m IM championship record to win her fourth individual gold medal, tying Katie Ledecky as the only two women to have won 4 gold at one worlds.

Five medals overall. One of the greatest meets ever.
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Shireen Ahmed @shireenahmed.bsky.social · Jul 29
I decided to address an uncomfortable truth: the rise of women's sports creates an increase in racist and misogynistic abuse.

www.cbc.ca/sports/shire...
OPINION | As women's sports grows, so do the threats to racialized athletes | CBC Sports
Online abuse poisoned the recent Women's Euros championship. The reality is that despite all the well-intentioned programs in the world, racialized and misogynist hatred can fester.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 1
Cecile Dionne, who with her siblings found fame as the first quintuplets known to have survived infancy and who, of the five, was the most outspoken about the suffocating effects of celebrity, died on Monday in Montreal. She was 91.
Cecile Dionne, Who Found Fame and Despair as a Quintuplet, Dies at 91
The Dionnes, the first quints known to have survived infancy, became a global sensation and prey for the greedy. And Cecile came to resent it all. Only one of the five now survives.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · Jul 31
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UVic president leaves for job outside Canada
Kevin Hall’s departure comes months after he was approved for another five-year term at the university
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · Jul 31
Brutal.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · Jul 30
Oooh, let’s go to this! #VicTheatre #VicFilmFest @elizabethsankey.bsky.social 🩷
Film poster showing several faces from popular culture, depicting witches Film poster for the documentary witches, showing an image of a woman who may or may not be a witch
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Jamey Jesperson @jameyj.bsky.social · Jul 18
There are less trans woman History Professors in the US than I have fingers on one hand, and one of them was just FIRED 🚨

Why? Anti-trans alumni/donors threatened to pull support form the university...

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I was Hired as an Expert in Transgender History—Then Fired for it
My year at Washington & Lee University
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Devin Heroux @devinheroux.bsky.social · Jul 28
CANADIAN DOUBLE DOUBLE

Summer McIntosh wins her second gold medal in as many nights. Another dominant win. Two for two.

And how about this. After so many 4th place finishes Mary-Sophie Harvey wins her first individual world championship medal. What a moment for her.
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Ruth Fletcher @ruthfletcher.bsky.social · Jul 27
A note from me on the significance of the recent move partially to decriminalise #abortion in England and Wales

Against a backdrop of rising prosecutions for ‘later’ pregnancy endings, #decrim in Northern Ireland through human rights mechanisms, and uneven commitment to decriminalisation as a whole
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Jul 21
British MPs recently decriminalised abortion-seekers. But this success occurred in a Bill that threatens to criminalise poverty and restrict protest rights.

RUTH FLETCHER explains on what a holistic legal approach to reproductive freedom ought to look like.

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Daniel Del Gobbo @danieldelgobbo.bsky.social · Jul 26
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.
Opinion: Restorative justice could have offered a better path for everyone involved in the Hockey Canada trial
Despite myths that restorative justice is about leniency for the accused, Canada is well placed to invest in a rigorous process that offers a path to accountability and meaningful change
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Sean Rehaag @seanrehaag.bsky.social · Jul 24
Judges who say witnesses are "not credible" mean: I think they're lying

Saying that to a person who has reported experiencing sexual violence is deeply problematic

There are other ways to find that the Crown has not met the burden of proof required to put someone in jail
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