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Janice Dickson
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Reporter covering international affairs for the @globeandmail 🗞️
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Janice Dickson @janicedickson.bsky.social · 14d
Ukrainian human-rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk says Russia is building an army out of Ukrainian children living under occupation and that it’s “naïve” to think that they would only be used to fight against Ukraine. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Russia militarizing Ukrainian children, human rights lawyer says
Children living under occupation will be forcibly recruited to the Russian army, Oleksandra Matviichuk says
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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 15d
"Don't provoke the hero!” or it could be "the last peaceful word of the day.”

Pamphlet shows Ukrainian children being held in Russian detention centres - guarded by Russian military veterans - are being darkly warned that "politeness saves lives!"

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Investigators cite pamphlet given to detained Ukrainian children as evidence of Russia’s militarization
Kids are being told not to speak ‘foreign languages’ and how to behave around former Russian soldiers who guard them
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Janice Dickson @janicedickson.bsky.social · 16d
“I’m not going to sit in Lviv or Kyiv and do nothing while there’s a war going on, you know? That’s outrageous behaviour.” Canadian injured while fighting in Ukraine vows to return to battle www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Canadian in Ukraine takes first steps to recovery and a return to the fight
Calgary native Mackenzie Hughes was serving in Zaporizhzhia region when Russia attacked. His comrades saved him – and he hopes to rejoin them on the battlefield
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 23d
FBI investigating death of Canadian man detained by ICE in Florida
Johnny Noviello, 49, was found unresponsive by prison staff on June 23
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Wency Leung @wencyleung.bsky.social · Aug 15
“What does due process look like for a toddler?” Incredible reporting by @saramojtehedz.bsky.social, Kathryn Blaze Baum, @mahima-singh.bsky.social, @janicedickson.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Ottawa has duty to ensure welfare of Canadians in ICE custody, advocates say
Nearly 150 Canadians have been held at some point since Trump returned to office in January, U.S. enforcement data show
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Janice Dickson @janicedickson.bsky.social · Aug 15
Nearly 150 Canadians held in ICE custody this year, including two toddlers, data show www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Nearly 150 Canadians held in ICE custody this year, including two toddlers, data show
One child was detained for 51 days, more than double the legal detention period, a Globe and Mail analysis found
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · Aug 14
Two toddlers are among nearly 150 Canadians held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody this year, data show

From @saramojtehedz.bsky.social, Kathryn Blaze Baum, @mahima-singh.bsky.social, @janicedickson.bsky.social
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Nearly 150 Canadians held in ICE custody this year, including two toddlers, data show
One child was detained for 51 days, more than double the legal detention period, a Globe and Mail analysis found
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Janice Dickson @janicedickson.bsky.social · Aug 6
Family of hostage held by Hamas pleads for international response after release of videos www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Family of hostage held by Hamas pleads for international response after release of videos
At a UN Security Council session, Evyatar David’s brother Ilay said silence was ‘complicity’
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Janice Dickson @janicedickson.bsky.social · Aug 4
Subsidiary of Canadian security company cleared to provide up to $138-million in ‘emergency detention’ services to ICE www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Subsidiary of Canadian security company cleared to provide up to $138-million in ‘emergency detention’ services to ICE
GardaWorld Federal Services is vying for orders to help with immigration crackdown
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Janice Dickson @janicedickson.bsky.social · Aug 2
“I’m seeing 13- and 15-year-olds coming in with gunshots because they went to go get food. It’s hard to describe what has become normal here.” Canadian health care workers treat Palestinians wounded while seeking aid www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Canadian health care workers treat Palestinians wounded while seeking aid
The United Nations said since May 27, nearly 1,400 Palestinians have been killed while seeking food, with most near the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites
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Janice Dickson @janicedickson.bsky.social · Jul 31
Carney says Canada intends to recognize a Palestinian state in September www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Carney says Canada intends to recognize a Palestinian state in September
Prime Minister says the decision is based on the Palestinian Authority’s commitments to essential reforms
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Janice Dickson @janicedickson.bsky.social · Jul 23
Canadian man with epilepsy who died in ICE custody was flagged for health concerns www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Canadian man with epilepsy who died in ICE custody was flagged for health concerns
Johnny Noviello was referred for medical and mental health care weeks before he died in a federally-run prison in Miami, an ICE report says
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Janice Dickson @janicedickson.bsky.social · Jul 12
A Canadian man died in ICE custody. Now, his family is searching for answers. Our story on what happened to Johnny Noviello:
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A Canadian man died in ICE custody. Now, his family is searching for answers
With the Trump administration ramping up its immigration crackdown, the concerns Johnny Noviello’s case raises about due process and detention conditions have become more pressing
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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · Jun 3
“This is not how you do famine relief. Famine relief is not about making people walk very, very long distances carrying very heavy boxes of food."

Great reporting by @janicedickson.bsky.social on #Gaza, including controversial relief efforts: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Trump administration says Israel has accepted its proposal for temporary ceasefire in Gaza
Hamas has not yet accepted the terms of the deal, White House says
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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · May 8
“What ceasefire?” Few in Kyiv expect peace as Russia plans massive Victory Day military parade on Red Square.

@janicedickson.bsky.social and I report

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‘What ceasefire?’ On V-E Day, Moscow’s talk of peace faces incredulity in Kyiv
Putin declared Thursday the first of three days of quiet in the war. Kyiv called it a farce, and both sides accused each other of violations
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Janice Dickson @janicedickson.bsky.social · May 6
Very loud explosions tonight in Kyiv.
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Janice Dickson @janicedickson.bsky.social · Apr 9
Trump to impose additional 50% tariff on China www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Trump to impose additional 50% tariff on China
The U.S. President on Monday threatened to impose the additional levy unless China reversed course on its reciprocal 34% tariff on U.S. imports
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · Apr 8
China vows to ‘fight to the end,’ calls Trump’s bluff on tariffs
Beijing vows further countermeasures as trade war with U.S. intensifies
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Jane Lytvynenko @janelytv.bsky.social · Apr 8
Russia’s killing of nine children in a missile strike has brought into focus the failure of President Trump to fulfill his campaign pledge of a swift end to the war.

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Russian Killing of Ukrainian Children Shows Limits of Trump’s Peace Efforts
Ukraine held funerals for some of the children on Monday as Kremlin demands concessions for a cease-fire.
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Janice Dickson @janicedickson.bsky.social · Apr 8
Countries seek relief from trade war as Trump threatens higher tariffs on China www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Countries seek relief from trade war as Trump threatens higher tariffs on China
Trump threatened additional 50-per-cent tariffs on China, saying it had until noon on Tuesday to withdraw the 34-per-cent tariffs it had imposed on U.S. products
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Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) @cajournalists.bsky.social · Apr 4
WRITTEN FEATURE/REPORTAGE ÉCRIT:
⭐Fabrice de Pierrebourg – L’actualité
⭐Janice Dickson – Globe and Mail
⭐Lindsay Jones – Globe and Mail
⭐Jana Pruden – Globe and Mail
⭐Rachel Browne – Maclean’s
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Janice Dickson @janicedickson.bsky.social · Apr 2
Alexander Vindman, the man who helped set in motion the first impeachment trial against Donald Trump, says that when it comes to the U.S. administration’s approach to Russia and Ukraine, the President is repeating the worst mistakes of the past. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
U.S. repeating its worst mistakes with Russia and Ukraine, says former soldier central to Trump’s first impeachment
Alexander Vindman is cautioning of what he calls a pattern of foreign-policy missteps undertaken by successive U.S. governments when it comes to Russia and Ukraine
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · Apr 1
Greenland and Canada share a border, albeit a small one, and are both facing threats of annexation from the United States. Why haven't Canadian politicians been more vocal about having their back? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Justin Ling: The international community has been silent on this growing threat. Worse, Mark Carney’s Liberals mostly have been too
Thanks to tactful diplomacy, Canada and Greenland share a border. Thanks to increasingly an increasingly aggressive foreign policy coming out of Washington, the two countries now share an existential ...
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Janice Dickson @janicedickson.bsky.social · Mar 28
Karim Qayumi, a physician and professor of surgery a UBC, created the first online medical school and deployed it to train women in Afghanistan. His students say the school is boosting their skills and giving them hope: www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Canadian online medical school provides training, and hope, for Afghan women
CyberPatient virtual hospital allows students to treat patients and practise clinical skills
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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · Mar 19
Poland and the Baltic States move to exit the 1997 Ottawa Treaty - which ban the use of anti-personnel land mines - citing the threat posed by Russia.

As @janicedickson.bsky.social reports, that could cause problems for the Canadian troops stationed in Latvia...
Poland, Baltic states exit Mine Ban Treaty, citing rising threats from Russia’s war on Ukraine
Agreement outlawing anti-personnel landmines was signed by 122 states in Ottawa in 1997
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