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Centre for the Study of Social and Legal Responses to Violence (see also @CAN_Femicide @DawsonMyrna)
Joined March 2017
From student to president, Dr. Rene Van Acker reflects on his #UofG roots and his vision for the future of higher education. Learn how president Van Acker’s U of G experience continues to guide the University’s mission to Improve Life: https://t.co/eKDlITsbyz
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This summer marks a historic milestone at #UofG—the first grads of the Justice & Legal Studies (JLS) program! They unveiled a commemorative bench, funded by the JLS Society, and are now fundraising for the first JLS undergrad scholarship. Learn more: https://t.co/S2g3OJtJko
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Toronto hit with $50M class action lawsuit over decision to deny refugees shelter beds https://t.co/S527Uw7Vdw
cp24.com
A proposed class action has been launched against the City of Toronto on behalf of refugees, refugee claimants, and asylum seekers who were denied access to shelter beds between November 2022 and...
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University of Ottawa to cover full tuition fees for Algonquin Anishinàbeg Nation students
ctvnews.ca
The University of Ottawa is offering to cover full tuition fees for Indigenous students who are members of the Algonquin community.
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Assembly of First Nations joins calls for Hudson’s Bay to return ceremonial items
ctvnews.ca
The Assembly of First Nations is joining calls for Hudson’s Bay to immediately halt the sale of artifacts and return any cultural, ceremonial and sacred items to the Indigenous communities that they...
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#UofG is pleased to announce that Amanda Etches has been appointed as university librarian, effective April 21. Learn more: https://t.co/uEzlZQ7NMO
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With deep sadness, we share the passing of Michael Burawoy. A towering figure in sociology, he shaped global debates & championed Public Sociology with passion. His legacy lives on. Read ESA’s full statement here: https://t.co/YjowFTE3Eo
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Our paper is 1 of 4 short-listed for @IS_sociology Best Paper Prize. Shout out to my co-authors @HaleakalaAngus & @AngelikaZecha w/out whom it would never have progressed to the submission stage. Check out all 4 shortlisted papers below: https://t.co/jGzCoepy8v
isa-sociology.org
Annual SAGE International Sociology Best Paper Prize
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Dangerous effort to push back important gains toward ending anti-black racism in Ontario schools. Remember that under police-in-school programs, Black children were being handcuffed in their spaces of learning. It was a vicious practice. Never again.
cbc.ca
The Ontario legislature passed a motion Wednesday for the Ministry of Education to encourage and support all publicly funded school boards in partnering with police services through community school...
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A man who was shot by Winnipeg police on Sunday has been identified as 24-year-old Jordan Charlie. Charlie, who was originally from Iqaluit, was released from a provincial jail just days before his death. https://t.co/9Cw0LVBpdN
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Record numbers of displaced and stateless people are in dire need of help. As @Refugees provides emergency aid and long-term solutions, greater global support is urgently needed to protect, assist and empower the world’s most vulnerable. https://t.co/dq5eC1KysP
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Another Indigenous person has been shot and killed by the RCMP. According to APTN News, this is the 11th person killed by RCMP/municipal police since August. MB police watchdog investigating RCMP shooting of 17-year-old boy in Norway House First Nation
aptnnews.ca
Police watchdog says RCMP were called to a house in Norway House about a young male who was high and armed according to reports.
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Did you know that in some regions of the world a coyote is a person who smuggles migrants? Migrants pay coyotes a fee to cross borders. Migrant smuggling is a #DeadlyBusiness!
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Family grieving after Indigenous man dies shortly after being in police custody Five children are grieving the loss of their father Eugene Joseph who passed away just days after being taken into RCMP custody. This was after he was detained for https://t.co/vEdSWsXfzr
ckpgtoday.ca
PRINCE GEORGE-Five children are grieving the loss of their father Eugene Joseph who passed away just days afte...
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An Alberta man who shot and killed two Métis hunters in 2020 was denied an appeal of his conviction by the Supreme Court of Canada. Anthony Bilodeau was sentenced to life in prison in July 2022 with no chance of parole for 13 years. https://t.co/wC0OjJk3yE
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Hamilton’s mayor and a city councillor are condemning demonstrators for calling for “mass deportations” in the city. #hamilton
https://t.co/7Lna7SZlpW
nowtoronto.com
Hamilton’s mayor and a city councillor are condemning demonstrators for calling for “mass deportations” in the city.
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We are devastated to learn of the loss of our beloved leader and Elder, Mizana Giizhik, His Honour, Murray Sinclair. His tireless work to advance the rights of Indigenous Peoples and ensure the legacy of residential school Survivors will never be forgotten.
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Conservative explanation for crime, folks.
This is gross. According to Poilievre’s Conservatives, people living in poverty are criminals. Conservative MP @mferreriptbokaw of Peterborough, everybody:
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