Gillian Calder (she/her)

Gillian Calder (she/her)

@gcalder.bsky.social

Law prof at UVic; parent to extraordinary Inuk artist; climber; lover of the penguin; scholar of critical pedagogies

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Devin Heroux
@devinheroux.bsky.social

GOLD #4 🇨🇦 SUMMER MCINTOSH CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD Summer McIntosh breaks her own 400m IM championship record to win her fourth individual gold medal, tying Katie Ledecky as the only two women to have won 4 gold at one worlds. Five medals overall. One of the greatest meets ever.

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Shireen Ahmed
@shireenahmed.bsky.social

I decided to address an uncomfortable truth: the rise of women's sports creates an increase in racist and misogynistic abuse. www.cbc.ca/sports/shire...

cbc.caOPINION | As women's sports grows, so do the threats to racialized athletes | CBC SportsOnline abuse poisoned the recent Women's Euros championship. The reality is that despite all the well-intentioned programs in the world, racialized and misogynist hatred can fester.

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The New York Times
@nytimes.com

Cecile Dionne, who with her siblings found fame as the first quintuplets known to have survived infancy and who, of the five, was the most outspoken about the suffocating effects of celebrity, died on Monday in Montreal. She was 91.

nyti.msCecile Dionne, Who Found Fame and Despair as a Quintuplet, Dies at 91The Dionnes, the first quints known to have survived infancy, became a global sensation and prey for the greedy. And Cecile came to resent it all. Only one of the five now survives.

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Devin Heroux
@devinheroux.bsky.social

CANADIAN DOUBLE DOUBLE Summer McIntosh wins her second gold medal in as many nights. Another dominant win. Two for two. And how about this. After so many 4th place finishes Mary-Sophie Harvey wins her first individual world championship medal. What a moment for her.

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Ruth Fletcher
@ruthfletcher.bsky.social

A note from me on the significance of the recent move partially to decriminalise #abortion in England and Wales Against a backdrop of rising prosecutions for ‘later’ pregnancy endings, #decrim in Northern Ireland through human rights mechanisms, and uneven commitment to decriminalisation as a whole

Verfassungsblog@verfassungsblog.de

British MPs recently decriminalised abortion-seekers. But this success occurred in a Bill that threatens to criminalise poverty and restrict protest rights. RUTH FLETCHER explains on what a holistic legal approach to reproductive freedom ought to look like. verfassungsblog.de/decriminalis...

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Daniel Del Gobbo
@danieldelgobbo.bsky.social

Excellent piece by Jennifer Llewellyn @restorativelab.bsky.social about how restorative justice offers a better way to address harm, engage communities, and bring about culture change in sexual violence cases.

theglobeandmail.comOpinion: Restorative justice could have offered a better path for everyone involved in the Hockey Canada trialDespite myths that restorative justice is about leniency for the accused, Canada is well placed to invest in a rigorous process that offers a path to accountability and meaningful change

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Sean Rehaag
@seanrehaag.bsky.social

Judges who say witnesses are "not credible" mean: I think they're lying Saying that to a person who has reported experiencing sexual violence is deeply problematic There are other ways to find that the Crown has not met the burden of proof required to put someone in jail

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Judd Legum
@juddlegum.bsky.social

TUESDAY: Stephen Colbert criticizes CBS News' $16 million settlement with Trump, calling the payment to resolve Trump's absurd lawsuit it a "big fat bribe." THURSDAY: CBS News announcing it is canceling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Last episode will be May 2026

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CanLII
@canlii.bsky.social

The Indigenous Law Journal is now available on CanLII! Only the 2023 issue is currently live, but the whole catalogue has been added to our publication queue. Many thanks to Professor Douglas Sanderson and ILJ editors Brianna Brumen and Navya Sheth for making this possible! zurl.co/ctvqu

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NigelBankes
@nigelb.bsky.social

The GoA demands that Canada undertake not re-introduce Bill C-61, First Nations Clean Water Act. This post, with @molszyns.bsky.social, argues that Bill C-61 should be re-introduced but also strengthened to recognize the right of First Nations to protect their source water supplies. 1/2

ablawg.caWho’s Afraid of the Proposed First Nations Clean Water Act? - ABLawgBy: Nigel Bankes and Martin Olszynski Matter Commented On: Bill C-61, An Act respecting water, source water, drinking water, wastewater and related infrastructure on First Nation lands, First Session,...

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Philippa East (Author)
@philippaeast.bsky.social

The Welsh Government are doing a consultation on its pro-trans schools policy. UK GCs are trying to push it in an anti-trans direction. If you possibly can, please join me in filling out the consultation to reinforce the pro-trans stance. Deadline 31 July. www.gov.wales/rights-respe...

gov.walesRights, respect, equality anti-bullying guidance | GOV.WALESWe are seeking your views on revising the draft statutory guidance on anti-bullying.

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Feminist Legal Studies
@flsjournal.bsky.social

“This moment necessitates that we trace & map the linkages between the various forms of oppression & harm we witness, locate their manifestations in the spaces we move in, & draw on these lessons to fight back.” @norajaber.bsky.social & @leilaullrich.bsky.social reflect on being feminist fugitives.

link.springer.comReflections on Fugitive Practices in the University: Labouring in the Wake of Violence - Feminist Legal StudiesFeminist Legal Studies -

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RCYBC
@rcybc.bsky.social

Representative for Children and Youth data shows gender diverse young people are twice as likely to experience life-altering injuries and suicidality than their cis-gender peers. Read our report, The Right to Thrive. rcybc.ca/wp-content/u...

Gillian Calder (she/her)
@gcalder.bsky.social

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.... 🤲

papers.ssrn.comReflections 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