Personal Choice v. Systemic Issue
By: Farrah Rajan Justice Minister Peter Mackay claims that women are not applying to be judges because it may take them away from time with their children. Although his comments were made in reference to…
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Niqab, Sex Assault, And The Court: An Examination Of R v NS
In a unanimous decision in October 2010, the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed that a sexual assault complainant may wear a niqab, a Muslim facial veil, while testifying. The Muslim Canadian Congress had intervened on…
The Glass Ceiling is Breaking! Umm…kind of…
“…[P]robably the most exciting day was the day I found out I became dean. And I remember the person who phoned me said, ‘Are you sitting down?’ And I said, ‘No.’ And the person said,…
Murder in German court
This woman is dead, and her husband is in critical condition in a hospital. A man accused of screaming “terrorist” and “Islamist whore” at her on a children’s playground, stabbed the woman, who was pregnant, 18…