Great day; great kids. Just a wonderful way to end the semester. Absolutely extraordinary work by these kids, the level of which far surpasses the expectations of any grade 11 Canadian law class. I am running out of superlatives to describe Bloor students year after year!

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we commemorate the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945 and honour the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the millions targeted and murdered. This day serves as a reminder of the consequences of

OJEN thanks the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation for funding our new project, Youth Social Justice Vibes. With their help, we'll empower 100 Black, Indigenous, racialized, & equity-deserving youth in the GTA, Peel region, & Hamilton, to share their stories. @FriendlyFuture @TELUS

2025 Blue Jays may not be immortalized with a trophy, but they will be legends forever. An incredible team that met the moment over and over again, taking a country along with them. Can only say thanks, for all of it.

Some @OHASSTA executive members at the @OJEN_ROEJ Summer Law Institute!

Hey! I did a thing where I talked about teaching law for OJEN’s Law Syrup podcast 🙂

What does it take to make law come alive for high school students? In this episode of Law Syrup 🎙️ , Marija Apostolovski, Luís Filipe & Matthew Wilks, high-school educators, share what drew them to the profession, & the challenges & surprises in teaching legal topics to youth.

Take advantage of the Summer Law Institute (SLI) early-bird rates! SLI is the go-to professional development event for Law and Civics teachers. It features insights into emerging legal issues presented by experts in the field. Learn more & register: https://t.co/TBSlCBkWsb

A new season of the Law Syrup podcast is here! In our first episode, explore the world of Gladue Courts with Justice André Chamberlain, Jonathan Rudin (Aboriginal Legal Services), Crown Attorney Emma Haydon (Ministry of the Attorney General) & Lysandra Moreno (@LegalAidOntario).

I'm pleased to share the cover of my upcoming book, Black Aces! It features essential stories from some of hockey's most iconic and prominent Black figures. It'll be available for all on Feb. 3, 2026. But you can pre-order your copy now: https://t.co/SrKRuzbv2c

It’s a privilege to have the mental capacity/leisure time to follow & care about a sport. It’s nice to have some collective experiences, shared with millions of people. But I feel bad for these guys on the team - some of them kids, really - this will follow them around forever.

OBA-OJEN Competitive Mock Trial (#OOCMT) tournaments continue throughout May. A total of 19 tournaments will take place across the province by the end of the month. Hear from some of the participants! Thank you to @OBAlawyers & @LawFoundationOn for their support of the program.

Thirty two schools from across the Toronto region competed in the 2025 OBA-OJEN Competitive Mock Trials. Students brought their A game and amazed all the judges!

The volunteer judges were so generous with their time and feedback, our lawyer coaches were awesome, and it was just a great way to put an exclamation mark on a year of learning about the law. Can’t believe it’s already been 8 years of doing these!

In our case, we had a brand new group try this for the first time, and even one student has had been on the periphery of every team, watching, since grade 9 and finally taking the plunge in their final year!

A huge thank you to the amazing work of Amelia and @OJEN_ROEJ for a wonderful mock trial experience last night. Another cohort of kids were captivated by the legal advocacy experience.

OJEN’s Summer Law Institute takes place on Tuesday, August 26 & Wednesday, August 27 at Osgoode Hall, Toronto. This professional development conference brings teachers together with legal professionals & academics to explore emerging issues in law. 🔗: https://t.co/TBSlCBkWsb

WOW. A teacher just told me, "I gave one of my 2nd grade (dyslexic) students your nature poetry prompt. He is reluctant to write because of challenges with spelling, but I suspect he’s gifted. I told him just to write and we’d sort out the spelling later. This is what he wrote."

Nominations are being accepted for the 2025 Hux-Kiteley Exemplary Justice Educator Award. This annual award recognizes an educator in Ontario who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in justice education. Send nominations by June 13, 2025. More info: https://t.co/Yidpw9wp7h

Volunteer profile: Cassandra Dhanapala 💡 Cassandra’s involvement with OJEN’s Waterloo Braiding Diversity Committee began over 2 years ago. “This year, Justice Braid asked me to help run the inaugural event for undergraduate students.” Read more: https://t.co/cTUjqQQfbv

Harriette Mackenzie is such a rare athlete: she’s a BC college basketball star, and she is trans. This is the story of her season: an in-game attack, anti-trans hatred, outing herself, a lifetime of trauma, and how she kept going, despite it all.