Passing this trophy along to its next deserving holder. Proud to be part of the legacy of #FeministAsFuck Badass women! @jgdownie.bsky.social @profbcrawford.bsky.social

Consent, Power & Accountability: Lessons from a Landmark Trial Une table ronde juridique en ligne | An online legal panel discussion

Please join us on August 7th from 12-1:30 Professor Jane Bailey and I, together with CBC journalist Kate Dubinski, unpack the recent decision in the sexual assault trial of 5 former World Junior hockey players.
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So proud of my colleague and friend!! My book club loved this book.

you won't often see a judge come closer to calling a DOJ attorney a Nazi than Judge Coughenour does here:

"There are other times in world history where we look back and people of goodwill can say where were the judges, where were the lawyers?"

On the eve of Ottawa’s first snowfall.

Wow. Now we can understand why so many Americans are obsessed with trans issues and panicking about being replaced. They think there are 21x more trans people, 27x more muslims, 15x more jews, 5x more asians, 3x more black people, and 2x more immigrants than there actually are.

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... and the President who named them all was found civilly liable for sexual assault. So much for progress in ending gender-based violence against women.

The 25 Recipes That Changed It All in American Cooking Over the Past 100 Years A century of American braising, baking, and imbibing, just in time for Thanksgiving.

This is a fascinating list of the 25 "defining" recipes of the past 100 years-- and it features Ottawa's own "Logan's Cucumbers" as the final entry!
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I know it’s only November but I do need the light right now.

I have to be honest... if it is true, as Robert Kennedy Jr alleges, that the FDA has been "aggressively suppressing sunshine", it should stop doing so immediately. The nerve.

Ever the optimist, I hoped maybe he wouldn't care about all of his most nefarious election promises. I hoped winning would be enough. After all-- he doesn't have to aim for re-election and he cares nothing about the future of the Republican Party. I see now how misplaced my hopes are.

Iran announces ‘treatment clinic’ for women who defy strict hijab laws The move has been described as ‘chilling’ by activists and rights groups as arrests mount over dress code breaches

Chilling, even for the Iranian regime.

"She said the clinic will offer “scientific and psychological treatment for hijab removal”."