Montreal Gazette » Appointments investigated after serious flaws found in IRB hiring practices: The Public Service Commission is investigating 13 appointments made by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, some involving its most senior…
Call for Participation Cyber-Surveillance in Everyday Life: An international workshop May 12-15, 2011, University of Toronto, Canada Digitally mediated surveillance (DMS) is an increasingly prevalent, but still largely invisible, aspect of daily life. As we…
They’re at it again. In November, 76 Tamil refugees escaped Sri Lanka on a rusty freighter. They arrived in Victoria, where they were met by RCMP and Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) officials, who promptly…
Confidentiality Notices in emails from law students make me roll my eyes. Except this one: “POSSIBLY†CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email communication may or may not contain private, confidential, or legally privileged information, depending on what…
May 18 is the national day of action against Bill 94, the proposed legislation in Quebec, which if approved, would deny essential government services, public employment, educational opportunities, and health care to Muslim women who…
Justicia for Migrant Workers and the Industrial Accidents Victims Group of Ontario Receive Intervener Status at Supreme Court of Canada: For the first time in Canadian legal history, arguments relating to the plight of Canada’s…
Vancouver Sun » “The IOC is accountable to no one — as female ski jumpers now know“: When the B.C. Court of Appeal tossed out the complaint from the female ski jumpers last week, it…
The recent arrival by boat in Vancouver of 76 Sri Lankan Tamil men has triggered heated debate about Canada’s refugee system. On October 28, the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British…
This story comes from Philadelphia: All Ciavarella juvie convictions vacated County judicial scandal ruling on about 6,500 cases is a victory for advocacy group Juvenile Law Center of Philadelphia Seeking to remedy what it deemed…
The Canadian Press reports: B.C. introduces law blasted by critics as means to hide homeless for Games The B.C. government introduced a controversial law Thursday that will allow police to take homeless people to shelters…
The arrival in Vancouver by boat two weeks ago of 76 refugees from Sri Lanka has triggered a predictable wave of paranoia and xenophobia, not the least of which has come from our own Ministry…
I’ve already posted about PIVOT’s and the BC Civil Liberties Association’s mobilisation around Vancouver’s stringent (and possibly unconstitutional) anti-dissent Olympic laws. It now appears that UBC students (undergrads, I think) are now also taking it…
