Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
When I was in law school in the early 1990s, I wrote a paper on the criminalization of pregnant women who were addicted to illegal drugs. I was horrified to learn that there were virtually no treatment facilities for pregnant Continue reading “Better than morphine”
When my partner and I recently made a quick stop at Costco (yes, such a thing is possible if you arrive right when the doors open in the morning and stick to your grocery list), we were struck, not for Continue reading 2020 commitments
As 2019 comes to a close, three recent sexual assault cases make apparent the continuing and desperate need for judges to receive proper education in the dynamics of sexual violence. As Patricia Hughes wrote recently in Slaw: “Will we ever Continue reading When will they ever learn?
It will come as no revelation to those who know me that I like – no, need – to have a lot of control in my daily life: over the space I am in and the events that involve and Continue reading Letting go of control