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ablawreform.bsky.social @ablawreform.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

It was a delight to speak with students in taking Housing, Homelessness, and the law at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law. Thanks to the students for great questions and a thoughtful discussion. Thanks to Professor @annajanel.bsky.social for the invitation.

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Solidarity with the Faculty at Dalhousie, who were locked out as of this morning.

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

A new publication from UAlberta Law PHD Student Rachel Weary looks at how courts are interpreting an unusual piece of consumer protection the Guarantees Acknowledgement Act & whether it displaces the common-law defence of non est factum.👇

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Kerri Froc @kerrifroc.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

June 30 deadline for abstracts is coming soon. Let's see what you've got!

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

On Monday, I saw Flashback is a 2024 documentary about a queer nightclub that was open in Edmonton from the 1970s to the 1990s. It's also a story about the history of activism by the 2SLGBTQQIA+ community in Edmonton. It's well worth a watch if you get the opportunity!

Promotional poster for showing on June 23 of Flashback as part of Edmonton Public Libraries' Queer Stories Film Festival

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

This July, Cnds with disabilities are due to start receiving an extra $200 per month from the Canada Disability Benefit. Except in Alberta, where that income will flow to the prov'l government. The AB Gov't must reverse its decision to claw back this benefit: calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

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Opinion: In Alberta’s grab for federal cash, Albertans with disabilities pay the price

The Canada Disability Benefit has become a subsidy for the province's finances that will have no positive impact on those with disabilities.

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I spent my last sabbatical in court, observing mortgage enforcement proceedings. I thought I would be watching how judges handle hearings w/ represented lenders & self-represented borrowers, but the real story is about how judges manage the adversarial process when borrowers are frequently absent.

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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Check out this upcoming symposium querying: what is unique and important about human legal expertise and how should legal education support students in developing these capacities at this moment? educatinghumanlawyers.com Thrilled to present on some of the embodied work happening here at UVicLaw.

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Deep appreciation for everyone putting up with academics and their latest nerdy obsessions. Me to my spouse this morning: "Have a good day! Ride safe! I can't wait to tell you many things about corporate attribution doctrine tonight."

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Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Many thanks to @albertaviews.bsky.social for excerpting the open letter of Alberta law profs and staff on the rights of 2S, trans, and gender diverse youth in its latest issue. Those wanting to read the full letter can find it on @ablawg.bsky.social. @annajanel.bsky.social @floralashes.bsky.social

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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Historica Canada minute on 'Bora Laskin, the first Jewish Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Laskin’s legacy is brought to life by the iconic Victor Garber. Bora Laskin was born on 5 October 1912 in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario.' #scc #cdnpoli youtu.be/K9iGFZLOuio?...

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NEW Heritage Minute: Bora Laskin

YouTube video by Historica Canada

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

SCC decision today on student loans in bankruptcy. There's a 7 year non-dischargeability period in Cnd law & the Q before the court was whether the 7 years restarts if a student loan debtor goes back to school, even if no further $$ borrowed. SCC says yes. decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-...

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Piekut v. Canada (National Revenue) - SCC Cases

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Jonnette Watson Hamilton @jwatsonhamilton.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Excellent points made re the new Alberta Disability Assistance Program. As currently proposed, ADAP focuses on individual skills training, suggesting employment barriers are within a disabled person’s control, and not addressing society’s contribution to the systemic exclusion of disabled people.

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Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Joining the voices of those gravely concerned about Bill 39, which provides the gov’t with extraordinary powers in deciding how legal services are funded in AB. This list of defunded organizations reeks of ideology and seriously interferes with A2J. Hands off! #albertalawfoundation #ableg

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Alberta is implementing a new income support program designed to get people w/ disabilities working. Andrew Green, Emily Phillipos, Colton Stevenson & I think the aim is good, but the program doesn't address the barriers that exclude ppl w/ disabilities from work: edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

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Opinion: Alberta should support workplace inclusion for those with disabilities

The reality is that people with disabilities face discrimination in education and job searches.

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The Alberta Gov't is in the process of passing legislation that undermines the independence of the Alberta Law Foundation & threatens the financial sustainability of Legal Aid Alberta. This article, from Jonny Wakefield, summarizes what's at stake: edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

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Legal groups lose $10M in funding under new Alberta bill allowing minister to veto grants, law foundation says

The United Conservative government's Bill 39 is politicizing funding for legal groups, leading to $10 million in lost funding for low-income community law clinics and Indigenous legal services, a grou...

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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

This is the question that people should be asking Carney, Poilievre, Singh…..and Eby “What will we do instead?” Poilievre has an even larger emissions reduction gap to fill bc he wants to cancel industrial carbon pricing too. #cdnpoli #bcpoli

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

We have three, incredible new scholars joining my Faculty this summer: Jack Enman-Beech, Azar Mahmoudi & Caylee Hong! www.ualberta.ca/en/law/about...

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New Assistant Professors Bring Diverse Expertise to U of A Law in 2025

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Martin Z. Olszynski @molszyns.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

This deep dive is worth your time #Abpoli. Heck, #cdnpoli too. Great work @drewanderson.bsky.social!

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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Still not a word from the Alberta Government or any public health or emergency response officials in Edmonton about the huge spike in EMS calls for drug poisoning. The week of Feb 24 we hit a record high -- 232 or 33 per day. #yeg #ableg

Record number of EMS call outs for drug posioning recorded in Edmonton the week of Feb 24.

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

The UAlberta Faculty of Law is screening a documentary tomorrow about a groundbreaking human rights case. It's a beautiful film & I'd encourage you to come join us, if you're able!

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Court of King's Bench of Alberta @kingsbenchab.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Welcome to the official Bluesky feed for the Court of King’s of Alberta. For more information regarding social media terms of use, please refer to: www.albertacourts.ca/kb/resources... #ABKB

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

One of my new favourite traditions is finishing off the academic year by getting together with some other folks in Edmonton to watch the @osgoodenews.bsky.social Constitutional Cases Conference. Registration is now open! www.yorku.ca/osgoode/conc...

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Constitutional Cases Conference

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uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics @ottawahealthlaw.ca · 04/02/2025

uOttawa’s Faculty of Law is looking to fill a tenure-track position in the Common Law Section for July 1, 2025. Priority will be given to those with expertise and research interest in criminal law or health law. The application deadline is March 10, 2025. www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/opportunities

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Canadian Bar Association @cba-news.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

ICYMI: We are now accepting submissions for the 2025 CBA Student Essay Contests📝🏆! For more information regarding eligibility and rules for submissions, visit: bit.ly/40GqkoD #LawStudents #EssayContest

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Audrey Fried @audreyfried.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

We did it! We had a wonderful final day of the Certificate in Law Teaching, talking about everything from lecturing to reflection to AI to trauma-informed teaching. Thanks to today's fantastic faculty @gcalder.bsky.social, @annajanel.bsky.social, Allan Hutchinson, Jennifer Nadler @iozai.bsky.social.

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

University of Victoria, Faculty of Law is hiring for 2 TT research positions & 1 teaching stream position. TT ad: www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf... Teaching ad: www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...

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LAW 260-051/052 - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria

Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.

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Kate Leader @leader-kate.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

CFP: UNDERSTANDING MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE - One Day Conference 28 May @qmul.ac.uk. How and why do miscarriages of justice happen and what do we understand and learn (or not) from them? We welcome submissions on any relevant topics, such as #PostOffice #CCRC, #SJP docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Sharing for new friends on #Bluesky: reconciliationsyllabus.wordpress.com/about/ a clearinghouse of ways that legal educators have taken steps to bring the work of the #TRC into their classrooms. Check it out and please consider writing a post on things tried. #ReconciliationSyllabus

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The Alberta Court of King's Bench is hiring legal counsel (permanent, full time) to work out of their Edmonton office. Closing date is Friday January 17, 2025 jobpostings.alberta.ca/job/Edmonton...

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Good advice on how to format/draft a Table of Content for a legal argument 👇

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

A thing I like about living/working in Edmonton is the cross country skiing. Lots of golf courses (either City-owned and operated, or privately operated on land leased from the City) are turned into golf courses in the winter. Here's a shot from the trails at Riverside Golf Course this week

Sun shines out from behind a tree on a field of snow

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Waubgeshig Rice's novels are such beautiful reflections on how communities survive bad times. Bad Cree by Jessica Johns was one of the best books I read this year. John Vaillant's Fire Weather is a must read for understanding how climate change is fuelling forest fires in Canada's boreal forest.

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Acadia University (in Wolfville, NS) is hiring for a tenure stream appointment in their Law & Society Program. Application deadline is January 24, 2025. "Expertise in Indigenous law, race and law, or critical approaches to criminal law and justice are preferred." www2.acadiau.ca/files/files/...

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Adding this to my reading pile. Priya Gupta (McGill) has an article in the latest edition of the Canadian Bar Review entitled "Racial Disparity and Discrimination in Housing in Canada" cbr.cba.org/index.php/cb...

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Vol. 102 No. 3 (2024) | The Canadian Bar Review

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Bruce B Ryder @bbryder.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Heartbroken by the passing of dear friend and colleague Alan Young. Alan saw paths to justice before the rest of us and pursued them with vigour and wit. Remembering many laughs. A huge legacy. He gave so much to all of us who had the privilege of working with him. www.thestar.com/news/ontario...

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Alan Young, lawyer and scholar known for landmark legal challenges, dies at age 69

Young was a central figure in a landmark Supreme Court case that struck down Canada's prostitution laws as unconstitutional in 2013.

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

CFP for the Canadian Association of Law Teachers Annual Meeting, to be held in Saskatoon SK Jun 9-11, 2025. www.acpd-calt.org/conference It's one of my favourite events of the academic year. Deadline for proposals is January 15, 2025.

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

We're hiring a lawyer as an Experiential Learning Team Lead - to help steward & build experiential learning opportunities at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law. Consider applying or please share the ad with people who might be a good fit! apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...

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Experiential Learning Team Lead - Careers@UAlberta.ca

University of Alberta: Careers@UAlberta.ca

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Canadian Bar Association @cba-news.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

The Law Commission of Canada and the Canadian Bar Association are pleased to announce the establishment of the LCC-CBA Journalism Fellowship, a groundbreaking initiative designed to support in-depth journalistic exploration of critical and emerging law and justice issues in Canada: bit.ly/3ZdvuGB

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Braved the cold last night to hear @debthompsonphd.bsky.social's brilliant talk on race and racism in Canada & the USA. Huge thanks to her for coming to Edmonton (in November, nonetheless) & to @centreconststud.bsky.social for organizing at the event.

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

The Canadian Law and Society Association is seeking submissions for the Roderick A. Macdonald Graduate Student Essay Prize (2024-2025), which is awarded for the best essay on a topic in law and society. Please share widely!

This prize is awarded annually for the best essay on a topic in law and society written by a graduate student at a Canadian university. CLSA Graduate Student Representative Reakash Walters (University of California, Berkeley) is chairing this year's competition. Submissions should be made to reakash@berkeley.edu by 11:59pm EST on April 15, 2025 for consideration. The CLSA will announce the essay prize winner at the annual meeting in early summer2025. The winning submission will receive feedback from the Prize Committee and promotion through CLSA channels.
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L'ACDS lance un appel à candidatures pour son prix Roderick A. Macdonald pour la rédaction d'un essai par un étudiant diplômé (2024-2025) (veuillez consulter l'appel ci-dessous).
Ce prix est décerné chaque année au meilleur essai sur un suiet lié au droit et à la société rédigé par un étudiant diplômé d'une université canadienne. Reakash Walters (Université de Californie, Berkeley), représentant des étudiants diplômés de l'ACDS, préside le concours de cette année. Les soumissions doivent être envovées à reakash@berkeley.edu avant 23h59 HNE le 15 avril 2025 pour être prises en considération. L'ACDS annoncera le lauréat du prix de l'essai lors de la réunion annuelle au début de l'été 2025. Le lauréat recevra les commentaires du comité du prix et bénéficiera d'une promotion par l'intermédiaire des canaux de l'ACDS.

This prize is awarded annually for the best essay on a topic in law and society written by a graduate student at a Canadian university. Previous winners are listed on the CLSA website. Candidatures will be accepted until 11:59pm EST on April 15, 2025. The winning submission will receive feedback from the Prize Committee, and promotion through CLSA channels.

Eligibility:
• Participants must be graduate students enrolled in a graduate program at a Canadian University; and

Papers should not be published, or under consideration for publication, at the time of submission for the prize.
Application and Guidelines:
• Your submission package should include (1) an anonymized manuscript and (2) a title
page that includes your name and contact information, year of study, and graduate program and affiliation.
• Papers can be submitted in either English or French, and the content should concern
socio-legal issues, past, present and/or future.
Papers should be no less than 5,000 words and no more than 10,000 words long (including
footnotes, abstract, title, appendices, and bibliography), and should be submitted in .doc
or .docx format.
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Submissions should include an abstract of no more than 250 words that establishes the main arguments and contributions of the paper.
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Please submit your best work to the attention of Reakash Walters, Chair of the 2024-2025
Roderick A. Macdonald Graduate Student Essay Prize Committee, by 11:59pm EST, April
15, 2025 at reakash@berkeley.edu.
The winning submission will be announced in at the annual CLSA meeting in early summer 2025.
We look forward to your submissions!
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Appel à candidatures : Prix Roderick A. Macdonald pour les étudiants diplômés (2024-2025)

Ce prix est décerné annuellement pour le meilleur essai sur un suiet en droit et société écrit par un étudiant diplômé d'une université canadienne. La liste des lauréats précédents est publiée sur le site web de l'ASLC.
Les candidatures seront acceptées jusqu'au 15 avril 2025 à 23 h 59 (heure de l'Est). La soumission gagnante recevra les commentaires du comité du prix et fera l'objet d'une promotion par l'entremise des canaux de l'ACDS.
Eligibilité :
• Les participants doivent être des étudiants diplômés inscrits à un programme d'études
supérieures dans une université canadienne; et.
• Les articles ne doivent pas être publiés, ou en cours d'examen pour publication, au
moment de la soumission pour le prix.

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Nicole O’Byrne @nobyrne.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Hello new friends on Bluesky! As the President of the Canadian Law and Society Association, I’d like to invite submissions to present at our annual conference in lovely Saskatoon, Sk. Please share this call!

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annajanel.bsky.social @annajanel.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Last year, I was part of the legal team that helped the Coalition for Justice & Human Rights sue the City of Edmonton over its eviction of unhoused encampments. We lost (on standing) & I've now published an article on the constitutional arguments we would have made: wyaj.uwindsor.ca/index.php/wy...

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The Edmonton Encampment Litigation and The Charter Claims We Didn’t (Get to) Argue | Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice

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