This is such a good letter, & I think equally applies to lawyers. I went to a CLE where a presenter argued with a straight face that within two years, *not* using AI would be unethical. This is nonsense and they're trying to scare/intimidate people b/c they see people won't adopt it voluntarily.

Toronto synagogue struck by gunfire, police investigating Toronto police are investigating after a synagogue in North York was struck by gunfire late Monday night.

I will never understand how we have reached the point in Canada where synagogue shootings have become so common that they fail to shock. Yet many politicians still stay on the sidelines and those who regularly speak out on social justice remain silent.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

📣 Call for Papers for the 2026 Annual ISHTIP Workshop is out now 📣

Theme: Intellectual Property and Democracy

When: 25-26 June 2026

Where: Faculty of Law, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract & CV deadline: 22 December 2025

More details:
ishtip.org/forthcoming-...

“ What is shocking is no longer the antisemitic violence, but the willingness of so many to ignore or justify it. It is the ease with which otherwise progressive voices remain silent when the targets of racism or exclusion are Jews.” So true and it makes me so unbearably sad.

ICYMI

Professeur(e) adjoint(e), agrégé(e) ou titulaire et Directrice ou Directeur de la Clinique d'intérêt public et de politique d'Internet du Canada (CIPPIC) Samuelson-Glushko - Assistant, Associate, or F... Posting Reason: Permanent - Replacement Job Family: Academic Leadership and Faculty Union affiliation: APUO Faculty/Department: Faculty of Law - Common Law Section_FT Campus: Main Campus Date Posted (...

. @cippic.bsky.social is hiring! This is an incredible opportunity to lead Canada’s foremost digital rights public interest clinic and join our technology law group at the University of Ottawa. Deadline to apply is January 9th.
uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uOttaw...

Modular walls at UWindsor Faculty at the University of Windsor are building Canada's first 3D multi-storey student residence. CTV Windsor’s Michelle Maluske reports.

Faculty at the University of Windsor are building Canada's first 3D multi-storey student residence. #Windsor #Ontario #Canada

www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/vide...

I imagine there cld be a moral rights claim too? Changing the title w/o permission = a distortion of the work to the prejudice of the author’s honour/reputation. I can’t imagine a case where that would ever be ok unless moral rights were waived or it was a title on its own &not part of a larger work

Open Science’s progressive potential. A critical IP perspective, Seminar ISHTIP 2025 YouTube video by ISHTIP Video

Our online seminar with Prof @kathybowrey.bsky.social on"Open Science's Progressive Potential. A Critical IP Perspective" is on youtube now, in which she diagnoses the potential and limitations of Open Science in relation to IP & other proprietary practices.

More online seminars to come in autumn!

How to improve university EDI policies so they address Jewish identity and antisemitism Universities need to resist the urge to treat difficult conversations as too controversial. Antisemitism must be recognized as a form of racism, not merely religious intolerance.

theconversation.com/how-to-impro...

Antisemitism in Ontario’s K-12 Schools

Full report on antisemitism in Ontario schools posted online. It finds a “climate of fear” where students are afraid to report antisemitic incidents, hide their identity, and actively engage in self-censorship which leads to undercounting of the problem.
www.canada.ca/en/canadian-...

Letter from Amelia Griffiths containing four specimens of seaweed pressed and pasted onto a sheet in a variety of shades of pink and maroon. Her scrawl contains descriptions of locations an characteristics of her findings.

Second leaf of a letter from Amelia Griffiths containing 3 sections of a seaweed specimen pressed and pasted onto a sheet alongside her writing.

These beautiful pressed seaweeds are the work of 19th-century botanist Amelia Griffiths. Sent to Dawson Turner, writer of 𝘚𝘺𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘍𝘶𝘤𝘪, around 1808, this volume is currently on display as part of our exhibition 𝘐𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵: 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦’𝘴 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘴.

Today is the final day to submit a proposal!

Government Remains Silent as it Eviscerates Political Party Privacy in Canada By Fast Tracking Bill C-4 - Michael Geist The government is moving to eviscerate political party privacy in Canada as it fast tracks Bill C-4, proposed legislation framed as implementing affordability measures, but which also exempts politica...

Government Remains Silent as it Eviscerates Political Party Privacy in Canada By Fast Tracking Bill C-4
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/gove...

This is shameful and horrible. Shame on those who did this. Hang your heads and apologize.

Never forget.

LaSalle’s Strawberry Festival to take place this weekend LaSalle’s 37th Strawberry Festival is set to take place this weekend.

LaSalle’s Strawberry Festival to take place this weekend #Ontario

www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti...

Important to celebrate the London 9. You can find more about Eliza Orme’s education and career in my Open Access book. (See pinned post.)

Announcement on Congress 2026 | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada The following email from Karine Morin was received by the CHA on Thursday, May 8, 2025: I am writing to inform you that after over a year of discussions with a potential institutional host for Congres...

Some unfortunate news from the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. It looks like Congress 2026 has stalled out due to financial/logistical issues, and the future of the event may be in jeopardy. cha-shc.ca/announcement...

𝐍𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐝’é𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, colloque annuel de la Société bibliographique du Canada, les 5-6 juin 2025, à Toronto. Trois membres du GRÉLQ y participeront : @anthonyglinoer.bsky.social, Eli MacLaren et Rachel Nadon.
Programme complet: www.usherbrooke.ca/grelq/actual...

To fight U.S. tariffs, Canada should suspend U.S. patents on medicines, one expert argues To fight U.S. tariffs, the Canadian government should consider suspending patent rights held by U.S. companies, including drugmakers, one expert argues.

From richardgold.bsky.social: To fight U.S. tariffs, Canada should suspend U.S. patents on medicines, one expert argues

www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20... via @statnews.com

The National Antisemitism Forum: Why Failing to Act Now Must Not Be An Option - Michael Geist Months of relentless antisemitism seems to have finally sparked a response in a growing number of countries with political initiatives in the United States, Australia, France and Germany aimed at coun...

The National Antisemitism Forum: Why Failing to Act Now Must Not Be An Option
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/03/the-...

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 226: Richard Gold on Why Canada Should Target U.S. Patents To Help Counter Tariff Trade Pressure - Michael Geist The trade battle between Canada and the U.S. took a brief break last week as hours before the Trump tariffs were scheduled to take effect, President Trump agreed to a 30 day delay in return for variou...

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 226: @richardgold.bsky.social on Why Canada Should Target U.S. Patents To Help Counter Tariff Trade Pressure
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/02/law-...

The @wipo.int Global Innovation Index does not consider intellectual property rights to be the most important inputs or outputs to measure or score innovative activity or capacity.

Old sculptors
Do not die
They grind to a halt
(Ian Coffin 2012)

Happy #PublicDomainDay 2025!⁠ It's the day at the start of each year on which works enter the #publicdomain. See our highlights — featuring Frida Kahlo, Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner and others — here: publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/01...

I don’t know what to say…! I am so chuffed. I believe I did something original within the discipline of law but having your book history endorsement means so much. Thank you!

The Explosion of Jew-Hate in Trudeau’s Canada There has been a 670% increase in antisemitic incidents in the past year. ‘It was like a dam burst.’ What happened and why? The Free Press investigates.

This is a must-read piece on antisemitism in Canada. But there is something more in the lived experience: ubiquitous security at synagogues and schools, removal of mezuzahs, hiding Jewish identity on campus, and desperate calls for action that often go unanswered.
www.thefp.com/p/explosion-...

Last year, I asked ChatGPT for the names of three people who’d died in 1953, because I wanted examples of people whose work would go out of copyright in 2024, and to see how it dealt with factual questions.

None of the examples it gave actually died in 1953. @pronounced-ing.bsky.social is spot on.