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Josh A Singer Johnson – And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?
by Joshua Singer Johnson The title of this post is taken from the Talking Heads’ 1980 song Once in A Lifetime. In that...
July 24, 2022
Creating a System Navigator for People with Disabilities
by Laiba Asad This summer, I am interning with the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD): a national human rights organization that advocates...
July 22, 2022
A Balancing Act: freedom of expression and protection from harmful content
by Charlotte Ridsdale I started my internship with the Centre for Law and Democracy remotely, living the work-from-home life in Montreal. This was...
July 21, 2022
Wanting Power, Getting Rights
by Jack Ball The views expressed in this post are my own. At the beginning of my internship with the Yukon Human Rights...
July 20, 2022
Whose Law Is It Anyway?
by Eric Epp I was thrilled and grateful to get a spot in this program but still laughed when I read “Saskatchewan:” after...
July 19, 2022
Unique, all-encompassing and holistic; that’s human rights work!
by Angela Nassar It has been a few days since the end of my internship. I wanted to take this time to mark...
July 18, 2022
A Summer of Crossing Borders and Jurisdictions in Akwesasne
by Brandon Bonspiel This summer, I am interning at the Akwesasne Justice Department. The Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawk) community is geographically divided by the colonizing...
July 15, 2022
Centering love in HIV decriminalization advocacy
By Catherine Dunne I can distinctly remember learning about HIV criminalization in my first-year criminal law class. In Canada, it is criminalized to...
July 11, 2022
Queer Activism in Tunisia
Setting the Scene When I was on the plane crossing the ocean from Canada to Tunisia, I reflected on the fact I was...
June 30, 2022
An event or a process? Thinking about the origins of human rights abuses
by Ella Johnson The views expressed in this post are my own. My internship is already about halfway done. It has gone quite...
June 28, 2022
Time Travel & Tug of War in Sofia
by Aliya Behar The views expressed in this piece are my own. My first few days in Sofia made it clear that walking...
June 21, 2022
Bogotá: A Dynamic City of Contrasts
by Nathan Leung It has been over a month since I arrived in Bogotá for my internship at Avocats Sans Frontières Canada (ASFC),...
June 20, 2022