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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her)

@jcyliew.bsky.social
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Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
So glad sthg like this is finally happening, largely thx to @kristenthomasen.bsky.social. Been ~2.5 years now of layers of disheartenment & sustained moral injury (5 if count covid), and a public discussion focused specifically on Canadian complicity, from a tech /tech law angle, is long overdue.
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Technical Collaborators: Canada's Tech-Facilitated Complicity with ICE and Beyond
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026 Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Location: Zoom (Virtual) - Link to be shared prior to event Registration is required....
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Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The panel will feature the brilliant: @jcyliew.bsky.social @jamesyap.bsky.social @jeff.doctor and Jason Toney @cjpme.org. Tuesday Mar 10, from 4-5:30pm. CC: @cyn-k.bsky.social @anabrandusescu.bsky.social @jroselkim.bsky.social @windsorlaw.bsky.social
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Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
For anyone unsettled by the threads of violence unspooling around the world, looking for steps forward, esp in the Canadian context, please join this: Panel Discussion untangling Canada’s tech-involvement w/ ICE and Beyond. Free, via Zoom, register here: uwindsor-law.libcal.com/event/4000495
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Technical Collaborators: Canada's Tech-Facilitated Complicity with ICE and Beyond
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026 Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Location: Zoom (Virtual) - Link to be shared prior to event Registration is required....
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Cynthia Khoo @cyn-k.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We have an incredible speaker line-up, too!! Ft Kristen as moderator; feminist migration & public law expert @jcyliew.bsky.social; @jamesyap.bsky.social, counsel in Nevsun v Araya(!!); @jeff.doctor, never lacking for 🔥 takes, esp re Indigenous sovereignty; & Jason Toney @cjpme.org, already on it.
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) @jcyliew.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Greenberg Chair’s 1st event on Friday Sep 19 4-7pm. Film screening, book signing and panel with Sook Yin Lee, Chester Brown, Chris Bruckert and Ummni Khan!! Join us #sexwork #sexworkiswork #law #greenbergchair #payingforit
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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
I devoured two vacation reads already, both focusing on themes of migration, anti-Asian racism and resistance. Both totally addictive. Highly recommend both. And the author of Dandelion (@jcyliew.bsky.social) is from Ottawa, with scenes set in Chinatown.
Hand holding the book Dandelion by  Jamie Chai Yun Liew, a dog asleep on the blanket in front of her Hand holding the cover of the book Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Great post from Bijal Shah on administrative law and immigration law under the Trump regime.
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Abandoning Administrative Law During a Presidential Immigration Crisis
While the Administrative Procedure Act can constrain the worst abuses of the Trump administration's immigration regime, the Supreme Court has shown little appetite for such administrative review.
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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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NPR @npr.org · 15/05/2025
A pair of U.K. scholars discovered the mislabeled document in Harvard Law School's digital archives. The university bought it for just $27.50 in 1946. It turned out to be an authentic copy dating to 1300.
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Harvard learned it has an authentic Magna Carta. In 1946, it paid less than $28 for it
A pair of U.K. scholars discovered the mislabled document in Harvard Law School's digital archives. The university bought it for just $27.50 in 1946. It turned out to be an authentic copy dating to 1...
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) @jcyliew.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Important case being heard at the #SCC on equality rights of immigrants/migrants in Canada and access to important services like child care. The Canadian Council for Refugees is intervening but so is FCJ Refugee Centre and the Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre. Watch: www.scc-csc.ca/cases-dossie...
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Supreme Court of Canada | Live hearing
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) @jcyliew.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Appearing virtually #SCC today re Dorsey & Salah v Can deals w security classification of persons in prisons. @jendagsvik.bsky.social & I rep Canadian Council for Refugees Watch live. www.scc-csc.ca/.../hearings... #law #scc #habeascorpus #cdnimm #prisonlaw #immdetention #lawyering #lawyerlife
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) @jcyliew.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Tomorrow, @jendagsvik.bsky.social & I rep intervener Canadian Council for Refugees #SCC in Dorsey & Salah re habeas corpus & security classifications in prisons. We focus on how imm status informs classifications. Read subs here: www.scc-csc.ca/cases-dossie... #SCC #law #habeascorpus
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) @jcyliew.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Honoured that #GhostCitizens is shortlisted for the Canadian Law and Society W Wesley Pue Book Prize ❤️ #stateless #statelessness #law
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
American. Citizens. Cannot. Be. Deported. I know we all want to be concise, but we simply cannot use the shorthand terms of the fascists when they describe wildly illegal & unconstitutional things. Extrajudicial renditions. Kidnappings. Wildly unconstitutional fascism. All right there as options.
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Y.Y. Brandon Chen @yybrandonc.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Supreme Court of Canada is scheduled to hear the Kanyinda case in 2 weeks. I'm honoured to act as counsel for @fcjrefugeecentre.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy & @madhucentre.bsky.social in their joint intervention. We argue the Canadian Charter must meaningfully protect substantive equality of migrants.
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) @jcyliew.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
The story of the night. How hitting the pavement and connecting with your community counts #elxn2025
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Roojin Habibi روژین (she/elle) @roojinhabibi.org · 10/04/2025
I'm honoured to receive this year’s @uocommonlaw.bsky.social Emerging Researcher Award. Big thanks to very generous colleagues @yybrandonc.bsky.social, @jcyliew.bsky.social & @vgruben.bsky.social for the nomination. This meant a lot, especially coming from you 💚 More here: lnkd.in/gtX6rbRf
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NPR @npr.org · 09/04/2025
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
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U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
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Roojin Habibi روژین (she/elle) @roojinhabibi.org · 31/03/2025
Lovely to see the local bookstore giving a S/O to the brilliant @jcyliew.bsky.social 💫
Bookstore with window front celebrating Liew’s “Dandelion” book
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NPR @npr.org · 28/03/2025
The American Civil Liberties Union and Democracy Forward sued the Trump administration over its use of the wartime law to quickly deport people, which they say violates due process.
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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow deportations under Alien Enemies Act
The American Civil Liberties Union and Democracy Forward sued the Trump administration over its use of the wartime law to quickly deport people, which they say violates due process.
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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Identifying and finding the remains of murdered women feels like the most sorrowful of victories, the least a state can do. It almost didn't happen.
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Alex Neve @alexneve.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
If only this was farce & satire. From yesterday's New Yorker.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 28/03/2025
While Ukrainian is the official state language, many Ukrainians speak Russian, a consequence of centuries of Russification under the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.
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Explainer: Some Ukrainians speak Russian language — it doesn’t make them Russian
Born in Crimea and raised in Kherson, journalist Yevheniia Virlych grew up speaking both Ukrainian and Russian in her daily life. It wasn’t until 2022, when she and her family lived through the Russia...
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) @jcyliew.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
🆕🎙️Migration Conversations Podcast Episode: A Seismic Change in Int'l Law & Ardi Imseis. Find wherever u listen to podcasts. This is a master class on int'l #law & the Int'l Ct of Justice Advisory Opinion on Israel's Illegal Presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory & how to use for BDS Movement
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Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
If you haven’t yet read Dandelion by the brilliant @jcyliew.bsky.social, now’s the time. 💛
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) @jcyliew.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Our last Greenberg Chair Lecture is tomorrow! Please join our visiting scholar Prof Pagedar deliver her talk. www.eventbrite.ca/e/consent-in...
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Consent in Context: Judicial Analysis of Marital Rape Judgements in India
The Shirley E. Greenberg Chair for Women and the Legal Profession Speaker Series is hosting a new speaker series
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poojaparmar.bsky.social @poojaparmar.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Congratulations @jcyliew.bsky.social !
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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
"The intake began with slaps. One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, 'I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.' I believed him. But maybe it’s only because he didn’t look like what I had expected—he wasn’t a tattooed monster." time.com/7269604/el-s...
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What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
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Roojin Habibi روژین (she/elle) @roojinhabibi.org · 22/03/2025
So richly deserved - way to go @jcyliew.bsky.social !!
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Alex Neve @alexneve.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
So exciting that Canada is being widely introduced to this magnificent & compelling human rights book. Especially now, when we need more attention & deeper understanding than ever. Way to go @jcyliew.bsky.social!
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UOttawa, Section de common law | Common Law Section @uocommonlaw.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
🎉 Toutes nos félicitations à la professeure @jcyliew.bsky.social pour la 2e place de Dandelion au Combat national des livres 2025! 📚 Votre récit poignant sur l'identité et l'appartenance continue d'inspirer. Nous sommes si fiers de vous compter parmi nous! 👏 #uOttawaDroit @uottawa.bsky.social
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UOttawa, Section de common law | Common Law Section @uocommonlaw.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
🎉 Huge congratulations to Professor @jcyliew.bsky.social on Dandelion finishing as the runner-up in the 2025 #CanadaReads competition! 📚 Your storytelling on identity & belonging continues to inspire. So proud to have you in our community! 👏 #uOttawaLaw @uottawa.bsky.social
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) @jcyliew.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Day 2 of #CanadaReads and I could not feel luckier that Saïd M’Dahoma is championing #Dandelion. Cheering on this bright star!
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Susan Johnston @joycuriosity.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Thinking back to the construction of the #Chinatown arch and the vibrancy it offers the neighbourhood. Appreciating @jcyliew.bsky.social’s visceral characterizations of it, and some of my favourite hangouts in #Dandelion @arsenalpulp.bsky.social. #WriteOttawa.
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Books BC @booksbc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
#CanadaReads begins this week! We'll be at the edge of our seats, cheering for the BC-published book (@arsenalpulp.bsky.social), Dandelion, championed by Pastry chef Saïd M'Dahoma. More about Dandelion by author @jcyliew.bsky.social here: buff.ly/9o0818u
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Pastry chef Saïd M'Dahoma gives us something to chew on this Canada Reads | CBC Books
Calgary-based Saïd M'Dahoma will champion Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew. Canada Reads will air March 17-20 on CBC TV, CBC Radio and CBC Books!
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) @jcyliew.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Congratulations to Rachel Bendayan @rachelbendayan.bsky.social our new Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship I am looking forward to seeing what she brings to this porfolio #cdnimm
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Christine Gibson MD @christygibson.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Really enjoyed seeing @jcyliew.bsky.social at @wordfest.com last night. As a refugee doc who does mental health work, I can’t wait to read #Dandelion. We are so lucky to have Wordfest in Calgary. Now I’ve pivoted back to fiction, it’s like the beat of my heart. Watch these on CBC Canada Reads too!
2 authors and 2 champions of the books Dandelion and Otto & Etta & Russel & James at Wordfest in Calgary.  2 authors and 2 champions of the books Dandelion and Otto & Etta & Russel & James at Wordfest in Calgary.
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Petra Molnar @petramolnar.com · 06/03/2025
6. Ghost Citizens: Decolonial Apparitions of Stateless, Foreign and Wayward Figures in Law by @jcyliew.bsky.social fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/ghost-c... 🧵
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Ghost Citizens: Decolonial Apparitions of Stateless, Foreign and Wayward Figures in Law
As nationalism and oppression of minority racialized groups proliferate globally, the plight of stateless people becomes ever more urgent. Legal scholar Jamie Liew explores what statelessness means as...
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Gulzar R. Charania @grcharania.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
A photo from this evening's sold out event. Omar El Akkad in conversation with @jcyliew.bsky.social. A wonderful and difficult conversation. Looking forward to reading El Akkad's book.
Omar El Akkad seated on a chair, looking at the audience with book in hand. Next to him is Jamie Chai Yung Liew, also seated, looking at him as he responds to her questions. There is a table between them with 2 glasses of water. Behind them a banner with Writers Festival. Also visible in front of El Akkad and Liew are the backs of many seated audience members.
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Aragi @aragiauthors.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The brilliant Omar El Akkad is speaking tomorrow at the Ottowa Writers Festival, in conversation with @jcyliew.bsky.social In-person tickets are already sold out, but you can still register to watch online! writersfestival.org/events/sprin... @writersfest.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
7:00pm, Thursday Mar 6 at St. John the Evangelist in Ottawa — "It is difficult to understand the nature of a true rupture while it is still tearing through the fabric of our world. Yet that is precis...
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) @jcyliew.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The Statelessness & Citizenship Review published a generous review of #GhostCitizens 👇 #statelessness #law statelessnessandcitizenshipreview.com/index.php/jo...
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) @jcyliew.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Touched by this review in @jotwell.bsky.social by Prof. Betsy Fisher on my book #GhostCitizens. Read 👇 lex.jotwell.com/stateless-ci....
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) @jcyliew.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I wrote a book review of Canisia Lubrin's Code Noir: Metamorphosis. It is breathtaking work providing counter narratives to the French Code that created conditions for #slavery. #law is a fiction and sometimes oppressive and violent. Read: doi.org/10.1017/cls.....
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Canisia Lubrin. Code Noir: Metamorphosis. Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2024, 346 pp. | Canadian Journal of Law and Society / La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société | Cambridge Core
Canisia Lubrin. Code Noir: Metamorphosis. Toronto: Knopf Canada, 2024, 346 pp.
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) @jcyliew.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Great new piece for those thinking about international students and how our education and immigration systems exploit them. By @vwlegal.bsky.social and Arman Sohi. #cdnimm digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/dlj/vol48/is...
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Racial Capitalism, Neocolonial Wealth Transfer, and Canadian International Student Policy
This paper examines historical and contemporary trends in Canadian international student policy through the lens of racial capitalism, arguing that current policy facilitates a significant neocolonial...
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) @jcyliew.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Feb 25th! Migrant Workers' Right to Health Care. Come join this panel moderated by the brilliant @yybrandonc.bsky.social in Fauteux Hall Room 359 at 11:30am.
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) @jcyliew.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Victoria! I am visiting with #GhostCitizens!! Join me and a dream panel of readers on Feb 27 👇🏼
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Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca · 11/02/2025
Canada Reads is back! Join @jcyliew.bsky.social, author of the shortlisted novel Dandelion, and her champion Saïd M’Dahoma for a thought-provoking conversation on Monday, March 3, leading up to Canada Reads. Tickets: buff.ly/4hUWRgp
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) @jcyliew.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
#Calgary! I'm coming home March 10 to talk about #DANDELION and #CanadaReads. Join me and Saïd M'Dahoma at Wordfest. Family and friends, if you do come, DM me so I can make sure I give you a hug! Info for the event and tix below. wordfest.com/2025/event/w...
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Wordfest presents Jamie Chai Yun Liew & Saïd M'Dohoma - Wordfest
Join Wordfest for our yearly Insider's Canada Reads Celebration (airing March 17-20). We're pairing Jamie Chai Yun Liew, the author of 2025's shortlisted Dandelion, with her champion, chef Saïd M’Daho...
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Luna Vives @lunavives.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
People coming *into* Canada *from* the US. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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One dead and 15 in custody after RCMP respond to recent Prairies border crossings | CBC News
Police revealed details about a trio of recent border crossings in Alberta and Manitoba in recent weeks
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Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) @jcyliew.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Come to our Valentines Day Event on MONDAY!! www.eventbrite.ca/e/speaking-p...
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Speaking Pleasure to Power: A Bratty Response to the Feminist Killjoy
The Shirley E. Greenberg Chair for Women and the Legal Profession Speaker Series
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