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I remain gobsmacked at how stupid Canada’s immigration conversation has become.
Northern Ontario municipalities are older and dying faster than the rest of the country. According to workforce planning boards, we need 10-20 times more immigrants than naturally occur, just to sustain our economies.
I was just scrolling through Instagram to look at all of the dogs and book people I follow and accidentally watched ICE execute another person. We can’t keep living this way.
Spotted in a downtown St Paul window in August. ❤️❤️❤️ and solidarity to the Twin Cities and our neighbours in Minnesota.
Congratulations Joan! Well deserved and wonderful news for all of us who get to work with you!!
CBC is doing an excellent series on Northern Ontario's jails. You need only climb the front stairs of Thunder Bay's District Jail to know how little the state cares for the people inside.Windows are boarded, paint is peeling, plants outside are dead. What I've seen and heard of the inside is worse.
The latest issue (vol 7 no 1) of the Lakehead Law Journal is now available on CanLII! With contributions from Jeffrey Warnock, Matt Austman, Chris Debicki, Michaela Hill, and Natasha Latina. #indigenousrights #aboriginallaw #legalcommentary zurl.co/5PCub
Excellent Northern Ontario legal content here.
Tell your (immigration and refugee lawyer) friends! The Newcomer Legal Clinic in Thunder Bay is hiring. We're a teaching clinic at Lakehead U, and a great place to work with wonderful clients, students, and community partners. Please reach out if you want more info.
New from the #CanLIIAuthorsProgram : "Access Denied: Understanding Structural Barriers to Justice in Black Canadian Communities" by Debra Olaniyi, Joyce Ayoson, Hannah Oommen and Efe Eghujovbo #antidiscrimination #antiracism #accesstojustice #a2j #legalcommentary zurl.co/CkH89
At the same time, the people who come to Thunder Bay and deal drugs aren't always powerful themselves. I remember heartbreaking testimony from aToronto mom at her son's TBay bail hearing. She'd worked so hard to keep him out of gangs, she'd driven him to soccer, helped him with school... Also this:
Here is a link to a summary of the article in The Conversation, but the article itself is much richer and a very accessible read. theconversation.com/topics/thund...
The authors call the phenomenon street colonization, and invite us to explore the other ways that more powerful groups move in from bigger cities and take over local spaces. I can't help but see parallels with other spheres, beyond the drug trade.
It's fascinating to read an ethnography of where you live and grew up. Careful research about how big-city drug dealers come into Thunder Bay for profit, take over poor people's homes, and harm people in ways that become visible only when you hear their stories. rdcu.be/eCTsC
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.... 🤲
I will be giving this webinar for the Centre on Research and Education on Aging and Health (CERAH) on Wednesday. Anyone interested in older adult issues or elder rights is welcome.
cerah.lakeheadu.ca/event/cerah-...
Thunder Bay Facebook Marketplace’s greatest hits continue.
I love everything about this story!
My most recent article was just published. It examines involuntary detentions under BC's Adult Guardianship Act. The topic is very relevant given the recent report on involuntary detentions by BC's Human Rights Commissioner.
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Great recs from @mattseybold.bsky.social on resisting technofeudal education: prioritize print, practice ungrading, "Luddify" the classroom; de-mobilize computer infrastructure (root technology in social place!); faculty governance over SaaS subscriptions; instructor choice re: ed-tech
Sadly, this is becoming true in Canada as well
Turns out "elbows up" means an incredible expansion of anti-migrant, policing, and surveillance powers under the guise of 'border security'. This is a must-read 🧵:
Newspaper clipping: MOBILE UNIT IN TERRACE BAY FRIDAY The Department of Manpower and Immigration Mobile Unit is making its last swing through the area, Tim Dodd, officer in charge of Thunder Bay's Immigration Centre said today. The mobile unit staffed by an immigration officer is travelling throught eh area to assist those people who are eligible to register under the immigration adjustment of status program. Anyone who is eligible to reghistere is urged to do so now, before the 15th of October. The fact that we have conditionally approved for landed status all who have been interviewed under the program is indicative of the relaxed regulations that are applied to people who are eligible for registration. Many of the early registrants, he said, were university or college students and able to interpret the new regulations for themselves. Our problem now, he said, is to get (continued on page 19....)
MOBILE UNIT - continued from page 16 the message to the rest of the people who are in Canada without proper status, and to convince them to register. They have Manpower Minister Robert Andras' assurance that no one who is eligible for registration that who registers by the 15th of October will be penalized for the manner in which they came to Canada. The mobile unit will be in Terrace Bay on Friday, October 5th.
I came across a clipping from the Terrace Bay (Ontario) News, Oct 3, 1973, inviting people without status to meet the immigration officer and do their paperwork for landing under the Adjustment of Status program.
No portal, no webform, no PDF forms that won't open. Just a human coming to town.
The so-called “Strong Borders Act” will significantly weaken Canada’s humanitarian tradition and commitment to human rights. Check out this statement from Canadian Council for Refugees:
🚨New Border Bill Raises Major Concerns for Civil Liberties, Privacy, and Refugee Rights!🚨 The
@iclmg-csilc.bsky.social coalition is calling for the withdrawal of Bill C-2, the "Strong Borders Act". 🧵1/23
Beautiful photos and great reporting. So many Thunder Bay places I live ten minutes away from and have never been to (😳).
Look @lakesuperior.bsky.social - it’s you!
I hope this email finds you no matter where you try to hide.
Check out this upcoming symposium querying: what is unique and important about human legal expertise and how should legal education support students in developing these capacities at this moment? educatinghumanlawyers.com Thrilled to present on some of the embodied work happening here at UVicLaw.
Check out the Lakehead Law Journal’s newest issue! @lakeheaduniversity.bsky.social
