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Three people asleep in public spaces: on a park bench, in a garden, and on a curved bench.
December 2019 / Society

Solving Homelessness Starts With Access to a Safe Bed

November 12, 2019June 5, 2022 - by Sarah Schulman

Lack of sleep compounds the challenges of precarious housing

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Illustration by Lauren Crazybull
April 2018 / Justice

Inside the Legal Battle to Preserve Land As Sacred Space

April 2, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Arno Kopecky

How one First Nation tried to use freedom of religion to stop a ski resort

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Illustration of a Judge's Gavel Squishing a Miniature Woman
Year in Action

Why Many Women Can’t Get Justice from Sexual-Assault Trials

February 20, 2018February 4, 2022 - by Sejla Rizvic

A new book dismantles the myth of a fair legal system for sexual-assault complainants

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Illustration of Lady Justice Using a Laptop
Justice / March 2018

How Technology Can Help Create a Better Justice System

February 13, 2018July 11, 2021 - by Paul Gallant

Canada’s out-of-date court system leads to costly delays that let criminals go free

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Year in Action

Why We Need a Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Sexual Violence

January 24, 2018November 11, 2019 - by Kim Samuel

Together, we can confront our history and envision a better future

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Justice

Why Sexual-Assault Survivors Look Outside the Criminal System for Justice

November 23, 2017November 1, 2021 - by H.G. Watson

People are often pushed towards prosecution, but survivors deserve to be educated on the alternatives

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Photo by Michael R. Holzworth
Media

Omar Khadr and the Shame of the Canadian Press 

July 11, 2017July 21, 2021 - by Omer Aziz

Anger over the settlement has never been about law or even policy. It’s about how we see the crimes of people who do not look like us

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Photo by Georgie Pauwels
Justice

On the Role of a Bystander

July 5, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Samia Madwar

We admire the heroes who intervene and save strangers from violence. But it’s not always that simple

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Justice

Let Justice Speak

November 28, 2016November 19, 2019 - by Breese Davies

Being a good criminal lawyer doesn’t make you a bad feminist

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Justice

Half Way There

October 8, 2015September 23, 2021 - by Alexander Tesar

Will the Supreme Court finally define what it means to be Metis?

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