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Kerri Froc

@kerrifroc.bsky.social
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This IS the Bad Place! Women's rights and obscure Charter stuff. University of New Brunswick law prof.

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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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Nicole O’Byrne @nobyrne.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
My colleague @kerrifroc.bsky.social is hosting a conference marking the 40th anniversary of the coming into force of section 15 of the Charter. Looks like a great event! See the CFP below:
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Kerri Froc @kerrifroc.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Some quotes from me on the LG appointment case going up to the SCC: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Supreme Court case over unilingual N.B. lieutenant-governor could have broader implications | CBC News
Legal experts say a pending Supreme Court of Canada case about whether New Brunswick's lieutenant-governor must be bilingual could have much broader implications and be precedent-setting.
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
New from me at @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social: Concern for the future of the Charter #cdnpoli #cdnlaw With thanks to @emmettmacfarlane.com @kerrifroc.bsky.social
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Concern for the future of the Charter
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is sounding the alarm about growing use of the notwithstanding clause and launching a campaign to have more guardrails put in place
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Kerri Froc @kerrifroc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
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Kerri Froc @kerrifroc.bsky.social · 06/01/2024
This is what drives me nuts about bureaucracies, who never fail to let the letter interfere with the spirit of the law: The Globe and Mail (Ontario Edition) Sat, Jan 6, 2024 Canada blocks citizenship for Russian activist convicted for blog posts opposing war pressreader.com/article/2816...
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Kerri Froc @kerrifroc.bsky.social · 26/12/2023
Latest column from me about the emergency declaration from St Stephen: www.google.com/amp/s/tj.new...
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Kerri Froc @kerrifroc.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
Me explaining stuff about interveners: www.google.com/amp/s/www.cb...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/12/2023
A crowd of several hundred women gathered near the UN on Monday to protest what they believe has been a slow response by the international institution to allegations of widespread rape of Israeli women and girls by Hamas on Oct. 7.
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Women push for broader condemnation of sexual violence on Oct. 7 .
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Jonnette Watson Hamilton @jwatsonhamilton.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
A thorough & persuasive argument by colleague @jenniferkoshan.bsky.social that gov't name & pronoun policies enable family violence against gender diverse youth &, so far as they are based on “parental rights” at the expense of the best interests of children, they have no legal basis.
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Kerri Froc @kerrifroc.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
It's frigging hard to build up my feed from what I had on x. Who are the constitutionalists and/or feminists and/or cool people who are interested in similar stuff who O should be following?
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Kerri Froc @kerrifroc.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
So I guess I have to shamelessly promote myself on three platforms now? Do we fight here, or nah?
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