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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 · 07/09/2026
www.timescolonist.com/life/heated-...
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Heated Rivalry goes to university, with pair of classes at UVic
Heated Rivalry will be the focus of an English and a law course starting this month.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
An interview with the fabulous Kathryn Marlow about teaching with #HeatedRivalry at UVicLaw www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
😉 www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/va...
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Heated Rivalry becomes the focus of new university courses as second season begins filming
A show about two hockey players falling in love has become something bigger than television, and now students at the University of Victoria (UVic) will have a chance to study exactly why.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
xtramagazine.com/culture/tim-... Sigh.
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Tim Hortons and the no good very bad ‘Harry Potter’ collaboration | Xtra Magazine
Tim Hortons licensing “Harry Potter” in 2026 essentially means directly funding J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans crusade
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
www.facebook.com/share/p/18rT...
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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LEX Network @lexnetwork.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
#Announcement 👇 @snappyalligator.bsky.social @aoifemod.bsky.social @profkarenboyle.bsky.social @gcalder.bsky.social @egeertsphd.bsky.social @fdelond.bsky.social @jonathanherring.bsky.social @jekantol.bsky.social @katefitzgibbon.bsky.social @lawatleeds.bsky.social @fmeasham.bsky.social
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Canada has the information to help prevent the next mass shooting
As calls intensify for a public inquiry into the Tumbler Ridge killings, we can look to the Mass Casualty Commission for policy direction
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Highly recommend Lynda's book to supplement particularly 1L learning. My review is published here: utppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3...
Hand holding a book entitled “How to Succeed (and stay human) in Law School”
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
youtu.be/EaMtVAqJzOs?...
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Forever, Forever
YouTube video by Harry Styles
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
www.gofundme.com/f/4xfvk?attr...
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Donate to Ensure ISH Sexual Health Care Services Continue, organized by ISLAND SEXUAL HEALTH SOCIETY
Island Sexual Health Community Health Centre, an inclusive, p… ISLAND SEXUAL HEALTH SOCIETY needs your support for Ensure ISH Sexual Health Care Services Continue
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Dave Thompson 🇨🇦 @davethompsonvic.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Victoria ranked coziest city in Canada! ☺️ And the only Canadian city in the global top 10. ("Cozy" is measured by density of cafes, bookstores, cinemas, theatres and museums and more). www.allcleartravel.co.uk/blog/worlds-... #yyj
Image of chart showing rankings from linked article
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
news.uvic.ca/2025/buildin...
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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 · 06/10/2025
Whoa.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Hands up to colleagues at UVic and UBC, taking on this troubling narrative. vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
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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 · 25/09/2025
Aaaaaaah.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Welcoming Mary Anne Vallianatos (back) to UVicLaw! www.uvic.ca/law/news-and...
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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 · 12/09/2025
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 · 02/09/2025
😞 RIP Graham Greene ♥️
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
actionnetwork.org/forms/em-we-...
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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 · 15/08/2025
Back to school TS12 style.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
www.leaf.ca/news/saskatc...
leaf.ca
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 · 11/08/2025
An Israeli airstrike killed five Al Jazeera journalists, including one of the most prominent reporting from Gaza, the network said.
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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 · 08/08/2025
Welcome to #UVicLaw…
An owl on a branch.
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Devin Heroux @devinheroux.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
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 · 29/07/2025
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...
cbc.ca
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 · 01/08/2025
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.
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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 · 31/07/2025
www.timescolonist.com/local-news/u...
timescolonist.com
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 · 30/07/2025
Oooh, let’s go to this! #VicTheatre #VicFilmFest @elizabethsankey.bsky.social 🩷
Film poster showing several faces from popular culture, depicting witchesFilm 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 · 18/07/2025
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... substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com
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 · 28/07/2025
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 · 27/07/2025
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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Daniel Del Gobbo @danieldelgobbo.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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.
theglobeandmail.com
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 · 24/07/2025
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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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Support, strength and allyship for all survivors today.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Hockey Canada and Kloubakov. Raging.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
If you see a professor sobbing in the foyer of the Hickman building, don’t worry it’s just this proud parent. #InuitArt #SilapInua
Inuit art installation, signage and sculptures behind glass.Text describing the show.Biography for the curator, Uumati Kisoun-Inuarak.Display case of Inuit sculpture.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/e...
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Losing Malcolm-Jamal Warner is losing family, says Van Jones | CNN
For millions of us, especially those of us who grew up Black in America during the 1980s, he wasn’t just an actor. He was family. He was possibility. He was hope.
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Eeep. Kloubakov coming down next Thursday! decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/news...
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Judgment to be Rendered on Appeal - SCC Cases
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Peter A. Allard School of Law - University of British Columbia @allard.ubc.ca · 18/07/2025
Today’s Supreme Court decision in R. v. I.M. cites Prof. Debra Parkes’ research, which shows that courts often order adult life sentences for youth convicted of murder, despite the constitutional presumption of diminished moral responsibility of youth. decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-...
decisions.scc-csc.ca
R. v. I.M. - SCC Cases
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
TUESDAY: Stephen Colbert criticizes CBS News' $16 million settlement with Trump, calling the payment to resolve Trump's absurd lawsuit it a "big fat bribe." THURSDAY: CBS News announcing it is canceling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Last episode will be May 2026
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CanLII @canlii.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
The Indigenous Law Journal is now available on CanLII! Only the 2023 issue is currently live, but the whole catalogue has been added to our publication queue. Many thanks to Professor Douglas Sanderson and ILJ editors Brianna Brumen and Navya Sheth for making this possible! zurl.co/ctvqu
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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
The GoA demands that Canada undertake not re-introduce Bill C-61, First Nations Clean Water Act. This post, with @molszyns.bsky.social, argues that Bill C-61 should be re-introduced but also strengthened to recognize the right of First Nations to protect their source water supplies. 1/2
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Who’s Afraid of the Proposed First Nations Clean Water Act? - ABLawg
By: Nigel Bankes and Martin Olszynski Matter Commented On: Bill C-61, An Act respecting water, source water, drinking water, wastewater and related infrastructure on First Nation lands, First Session,...
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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
The Welsh Government are doing a consultation on its pro-trans schools policy. UK GCs are trying to push it in an anti-trans direction. If you possibly can, please join me in filling out the consultation to reinforce the pro-trans stance. Deadline 31 July. www.gov.wales/rights-respe...
gov.wales
Rights, respect, equality anti-bullying guidance | GOV.WALES
We are seeking your views on revising the draft statutory guidance on anti-bullying.
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Feminist Legal Studies @flsjournal.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
“This moment necessitates that we trace & map the linkages between the various forms of oppression & harm we witness, locate their manifestations in the spaces we move in, & draw on these lessons to fight back.” @norajaber.bsky.social & @leilaullrich.bsky.social reflect on being feminist fugitives.
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Reflections on Fugitive Practices in the University: Labouring in the Wake of Violence - Feminist Legal Studies
Feminist Legal Studies -
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RCYBC @rcybc.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Representative for Children and Youth data shows gender diverse young people are twice as likely to experience life-altering injuries and suicidality than their cis-gender peers. Read our report, The Right to Thrive. rcybc.ca/wp-content/u...
A photo of a young adult looking at the camera. They have blue eyes and short hair, along with a septum piercing. Text on the image says "I deserve... to be accepted for who I am".
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Important insights from @jcyliew.bsky.social and Natasha Bakht on academic freedoms, intersectionality, missed opportunities for dialogue, and Jane Doe. A model for how to move through conflict and misjudgment, constructively and with care. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 🤲
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Reflections from An Erstwhile Signature Feminist Lecture: Cancellation, Academic Freedom and the Model Minority Academic
<p><span>We are two full professors who have held or currently (at the time of writing) hold the Shirley E. Greenberg Chair in Women and the Legal Profession at
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Audrey Fried @audreyfried.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I presented @futureoflawassoc.bsky.social on AI & the Future of #LegalEd abt building crucial #problemsetting skills through writing, along w Jonny Hall & @csimmonds.bsky.social (#Problembasedlearning & AI), Brian Tang (Authentic Team #Projectbasedlearning) & Samuel Dahan (No-code Legal AI Creation)
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International Future of Law Association Conference 2025 | Future of Law Association
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Gillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Favourite Queer Reads: 2024-2025: Ocean Vuong, On Earth we are Briefly Gorgeous; Jacob Tobia, Sissy; Henry Hoke, Open Throat; Sarah Winman, Tinman; Eric Chacour, What I Know About You; Laurie Frankel, This is How it Always Is; Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers; Yael van der Wouden, The Safekeep 🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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