Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A very timely post from our new colleague Stefan-Michael Wedenig on the international context for Alberta separation. 030
Reposted by Jennifer KoshanNigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Methinks that AB's electoral mess just got a whole lot worse today with the promulgation of the [non] Lists of Electors Regulation to cover the next 4 months. Any new list will be devoid of useful information. #ableg #abpoli @reportrix.bsky.social 1/ kings-printer.alberta.ca/Documents/Or...kings-printer.alberta.ca 52414
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026One update to the Constitutional Law casebook is the equality rights chapter by Joshua Sealy-Harrington and me. Adding the SCC’s 2026 decision in Kanyinda required two new excerpts and several new questions, including those on grounds and intersectionality. Excited to teach that case this winter! 061
Reposted by Jennifer KoshanDr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 25/08/2026At a time of immense loss and sorrow in the 2SLGBTQI+ community, this thoughtful message from our Prime Minister is deeply appreciated. ❤️🙏🌈 1465
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026An important new resource developed by a pretty impressive group of people in Alberta: beforevoting.ca/aboutbeforevoting.caAbout | Get Informed Before You Vote — Before You VoteDiscover balanced insights and comprehensive resources about Alberta's future and its place within Canada. Make informed decisions on referendum questions today. 062
Reposted by Jennifer KoshanNigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026While I welcome the Court's decision in Democracy Watch, this post argues that provinces like Alberta will need to examine their statute books to reduce the risk of parallel proceedings in both the Court of Appeal and King's Bench. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli 073
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026An important post by colleague Gideon Christian on how lack of care with digital evidence can lead to wrongful convictions. 063
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026A fascinating story on CJ Richard Wagner and his role in the Bill 21 case and beyond. Sadly only available to subscribers: apple.news/AQuV_jG0zSKW...apple.newsBill 21 brings Chief Justice Richard Wagner to the decision of a lifetime — The Globe and MailEight years into the job, the Supreme Court’s leader weighs a country-shaping and career-defining judgment 030
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026This @ablawg.bsky.social post is the first in a series of 4 on Bill C22 by our transdisciplinary cybersecurity research team here at @ucalgary.bsky.social. It serves as an accessible primer on the Bill and introduces the critiques of its proposed lawful access regime 021
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Signed. Many of us in the @ucalgary.bsky.social law faculty have been advocating for anti-SLAPP legislation for some time. Our intrepid leader on this issue, Shaun Fluker of our public interest law clinic, is sadly not on Bluesky. 0198
Reposted by Jennifer KoshanNigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Here's a post for those interested in according legal personality to rivers. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli 075
Reposted by Jennifer KoshanABlawg UCalgary @ablawg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026New Post: Submission on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communicationsablawg.caSubmission on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and CommunicationsBy: Emily Laidlaw Matter Commented On: Study on the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) in the information and communication technology sector, Standing Senate Committee on… 021
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Justice Sheilah Martin heard her last case at the #SCC today. I was so fortunate to have her as a law professor, boss, and finally as a colleague and mentor when I joined the academy. I’m looking forward to reflecting on her legacy as a judge along with others across the country and beyond. 031
Reposted by Jennifer KoshanNigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026This post examines Justice Leonard’s ACFN decision quashing Sylvestre’s petition for a secession referendum. Meanwhile we wait to hear what the master puppeteer herself will have to say about a secession referendum this evening following yesterday’s SNAFU committee meeting. #abpoli #cdnpoli 1147
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Great to see our law dean Laura Spitz @ucalgary.bsky.social on the advisory panel for the #SCC appointment process to replace Justice Sheilah Martin. Some of us knew her as Dean Martin, so this seems like a full circle moment. 052
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Ugh. Of course the UCP is going down this path. Stay in your lane! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caAlberta government takes aim at bike lanes, with legislation expected this fall | CBC NewsTransportation Minister Devin Dreeshen says after a period of population growth, Alberta’s cities need more roads, not bike lanes. Edmonton’s mayor and cycling advocates have concerns. 131
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026During grading season it’s customary for the mind to wander. Today’s ramble took me to this perfectly sized Mason jar. It can shake your salad dressing, serve your butterscotch pudding, and hold your jam, thumbtacks, or extra buttons. A more perfect container was never made. 140
Reposted by Jennifer KoshanJonnette Watson Hamilton @jwatsonhamilton.bsky.social · 27/04/2026About problems with the diversity in limitations legislation across Canada in exempting claims of gender-based violence from the usual statutory barriers. 021
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 27/04/2026While we await the SCC decision in Ahluwalia on the tort of family violence (seriously where is it??) this new post discusses limitations issues in gender-based violence related torts. The recent decision in LeClair v. MacDonald, 2026 NSCA 18, canlii.ca/t/kjdg3, provides some needed clarity.canlii.ca 031
Reposted by Jennifer KoshanGillian Calder (she/her) @gcalder.bsky.social · 24/04/2026www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...theglobeandmail.comOpinion: Canada has the information to help prevent the next mass shootingAs calls intensify for a public inquiry into the Tumbler Ridge killings, we can look to the Mass Casualty Commission for policy direction 021
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Reasons to follow. Are you watching, Alberta? 👀 apple.news/AT3BI9yA9SfK...apple.newsSupreme Court rules Quebec’s move to delay adoption of new electoral map is unconstitutional — The Globe and MailNew electoral map cuts ridings in Gaspé Peninsula and Montreal, adds ridings in Centre-du-Québec and the Laurentians 053
Reposted by Jennifer KoshanJared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 23/04/2026A very important clarification about the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission report. The recommendation to consider increasing the number of seats was not a majority proposal. It was the Chair's. 26938
Reposted by Jennifer KoshanEuan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 23/04/2026SCOOP 🧵 A snitch law passed by provincial governments twenty years ago has been retooled by the Alberta government for use against nonprofit agencies it seeks to defund. 1/ drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...drugdatadecoded.caUnprecedented, "coordinated hit" by Alberta government used snitch law to spy on Turning Point SocietyThe Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act allows any citizen to trigger an investigation of a neighbour for drugs on the property. Since its adoption across Canada two decades ago, the snitch legis... 36357
Reposted by Jennifer KoshanDuane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 21/04/2026www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... Rachel Notley speaks out.theglobeandmail.comOpinion: Possible changes to Alberta’s electoral map put democracy at riskIf the UCP fiddles with the map, it could guarantee a conservative supermajority for a generation 56131
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Shaun Fluker predicted this on @ablawg.bsky.social, a must-read on the electoral commission report. A reminder that democratic rights under s 3 of the Charter are not subject to the notwithstanding clause. This is one instance where the UCP cannot try to avoid the courts. ablawg.ca/2026/04/13/t...ablawg.caThe Minority Report on Electoral Districts: Will the Law Protect Alberta from UCP Gerrymandering? – ABLawg 02114
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 03/04/2026In light of this recent news about “library inspectors” in Alberta, I cannot recommend this documentary enough. It’s a story of defiance and courage and a call to action in the face of ideological authoritarianism. Don’t think this can’t happen here, it is already underway: thelibrariansfilm.comthelibrariansfilm.comThe Librarians Film | Official SiteLibrarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting on the frontlines of democracy 1194
Reposted by Jennifer KoshanAlberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 01/04/2026This separatist government. That’s it. That’s the joke. 23110
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Sadly this is probably just what the UCP intended. But the Charter is the supreme law and civil disobedience is only unlawful if government restrictions on fundamental freedoms (expression, peaceful assembly) are found to be justified. Teachers have to be able to teach the Charter, right? Right? 182
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Re-upping now that the decision is finally available on CanLII: Alberta Teachers Association v Alberta (Attorney General), 2026 ABKB 190 (CanLII), canlii.ca/t/kjs9f.canlii.ca 052
Reposted by Jennifer KoshanFlorence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 31/03/2026My book Courtroom Science and Trans Youth is out TODAY, just in time for Trans Day of Visibility! It’s about how courts treat science and scientific expertise in family law cases involving trans children, and how we need to do better and stop medicalizing and gatekeeping them.utppublishing.comCourtroom Science and Trans Youth - University of Toronto Press 715876
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Signed. Hope others will too. ✊ www.womenfortransrights.cawomenfortransrights.caWomen for Trans RightsWomen for Trans Rights 1149
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 27/03/2026So true. And in Alberta, this policing has led to young women refusing to confirm their "biological sex" as a precondition to playing sports. Which has led to - guess what? Decreased participation of girls in sport, completely undermining the purported objective of the UCP. #abpoli 33513
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Also of note is that the official version of the decision, an unofficial version of which was shared in court on March 13, is not yet available on CanLII in spite of Justice Mah’s efforts to make his reasons accessible in other ways. Unofficial version is linked here. 020
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026New post on the ATA's injunction application re: the Alberta government's use of s 33 to send teachers back to work and "ram down their throats" a collective agreement. Justice Mah has a lot to say about the role of courts in a constitutional democracy and the Bill 21 case is influential here. 051
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Shoutout to “creative academics” everywhere. Some members of the SCC and other courts may say this with criticism, but academic writing is a key branch of the constitution’s living tree. As is the work of NGOs who provide critical context for these arguments 061
Reposted by Jennifer KoshanDr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 26/03/2026What does a progressive future look like to you? Join us for this important community dialogue! 0143
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Justice Rowe just commented on the unifying nature of the Charter in terms of Canadian values. Even he seems to be indirectly questioning the argument of AB, SK, ON & QB that they should have more say in judicial appointments to better reflect regional values. 054
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 25/03/2026At the SCC today the gov’t interveners are making submissions on the NWS clause. Only the feds, BC & MB support courts’ power to grant declarations of Charter violations while s 33 applies. AB, SK, ON & QB say no, and released this letter on judicial appointments yesterday www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caWho picks federal judges? Public confidence at stake in power struggle over judicial appointments | CBC NewsAn attempt by provincial governments to get more sway over who is chosen for Canada's highest courts could "erode the idea that judges are appointed based on their experience, based on their ability a... 2158
Reposted by Jennifer KoshanJonnette Watson Hamilton @jwatsonhamilton.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Apparently financially attacking Albertans with severe disabilities is not enough for our UCP government. Their new budget attacks seniors too, taking away dental and eye health coverage, increasing medication co-pays, clawing back employment income greater than minimum wage, etc. #abpol #ableg 1124
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Watched Pride vs Prejudice tonight. It’s a compelling take on such an important story in our constitutional history. But it really hits home how the Klein govt intensely debated using the NWS clause after Vriend and decided against. What a contrast to Danielle Smith and the UCP’s wanton use of s33. 080
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026It was terrific to chat with Morgan Meade, a student editor at the Dalhousie Law Journal, about my Christie Symposium paper "Legal Responses to Work-Related Intimate Partner Violence in Canada: Troubling Privatization." You can listen to this podcast on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/5xRM...open.spotify.comSpotify – Web Player 084
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Blog posts by @nigelb.bsky.social are always worth a read, especially when they involve my favourite river. Nigel concludes that the CRT modernization “disproportionately benefit[s] the US … at the expense of ecosystem values, Canadian priorities, and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.” 041
Reposted by Jennifer KoshanJonnette Watson Hamilton @jwatsonhamilton.bsky.social · 10/03/2026A thorough examination by colleague jenniferkoshan@bsky.social of recent cases involving provinces that preemptively invoked the Charter's notwithstanding clause, & the interesting legal arguments currently being made to keep our rights and freedoms effective. 031
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026In this @ablawg.bsky.social post I discuss litigation in AB, SK & QB that challenges the preemptive use of the notwithstanding clause. I agree with the SKCA’s approach that the Charter was not written in disappearing ink and courts continue to play an important role in declaring Charter violations 163
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 07/03/2026And she didn’t restrict herself to the CJ’s reasons. “Anyone in the world who shows up in Canada and makes an asylum claim is entitled to free subsidized daycare if citizens get it too, said all but one judge of the Supreme Court on Friday.” Pedalling xenophobia. The AB premier will no doubt jump on 040
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 06/03/2026And the good news is that the SCC majority in Kanyinda undertook an intersectional analysis focused on women refugee claimants. Section 15 Charter wins continue to be reason for celebration given the ongoing uncertainties with the Court’s commitment to equality rights, and with governments’ too. 175
Reposted by Jennifer KoshanEmily Kidd White @emilykiddwhite.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Please join us on April 10th, 2026 for the 29th Annual Osgoode Constitutional Cases Conference. An exceptional program of speakers will critically engage with the recent caselaw, and the peerless Jeremy Waldron will deliver the annual Laskin Lecture. Registration: www.yorku.ca/osgoode/conc... 053
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 17/02/2026A very hard hitting @ablawg.bsky.social post on the new limits on public consultation and the disappearance of previous studies of similar resort proposals from the NRCB website. Shaun Fluker appears to have uncovered something rotten in the state of Alberta… 295
Jennifer Koshan @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026And another new post from guest author Kent McNeil on issues surrounding recognition of Aboriginal title in Wolastoqey Nations v NB and Canada. 021