In the field
Assumptions revisited: the origins and meaning of the Charter
By Mark Dance Over my summer at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), I’ve had the occasion to get below the surface of...
August 13, 2017
National Aboriginal Day at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre
By Madeleine Macdonald On National Aboriginal Day, we went to Ottawa. Ottawa has been getting a lot of love this summer, as countless...
August 10, 2017
« J’accuse Trump, j’accuse la France, j’accuse Sarkozy »
Par Lucas Matthieu Ouagadougou ("Ouaga" pour les intimes) ressemble de plein de façons à ce à quoi l’on s’attendrait de la capitale d’un...
August 2, 2017
Ag Shame! We Can Only Do Law Reform
By Kevin Lee Pinkoski Law Reform and the Luxury of Legal Research: “Ag shame!” Exclaimed one of the legal researchers who works with...
July 31, 2017
Criminal Justice in Cambodia: A Corridor of Illusions
By: Andrew Rintoul Time and again, the Cambodian criminal justice system has proven to be an arbitrary construct built and operated at the...
July 28, 2017
Challenging Narratives: Development, Duvalier, and interning at ASFC
By: Sarah Cha “The solutions to Haiti’s suffering are usually characterized by images of engineers digging wells, construction workers building houses, and especially...
July 24, 2017
A Kindness Is Never Wasted
By Ailsa Miller I had a feeling I would jibe with Halifax. I’m an extrovert. I get it from my dad. My family...
July 24, 2017
Following the Herd
By David Matyas It’s a bumpy ride from Rankin to Chesterfield Inlet. A short 15 minute hop and the plane flies low. As...
July 22, 2017
Close to Home
By Sarah Grace Ross Unlike the majority of my fellow interns, my placement is not only within Canada, but in the very city...
July 20, 2017
On Oceans, Borders and Belonging
By Jessye Kilburn “How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean.” (Arthur Clarke) Recent birthday celebrations for Québec, Canada,...
July 16, 2017
Post #2
By Caroline Lavoie Hi everyone, In my last post, I didn't say much about where I was actually interning this summer. So here...
July 14, 2017
Access to Justice and Health Services for Women in Rural Uganda
by Jillian Ohayon I came to Uganda this summer to work as an intern for the Center for Health, Human Rights, and Development...
July 13, 2017