Queen's University Law Union

04/06/2022

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-06-28/fired-by-bot-amazon-turns-to-machine-managers-and-workers-are-losing-out

Contract drivers say algorithms terminate them by email—even when they have done nothing wrong.

03/02/2022

Come check out this great panel event, sign up required:

March 4th, 2022 at 4PM Online, as a part of the Colonialism in Modern Times Law School Conference: https://www.facebook.com/ColonialismModernTimesConference

10/14/2021

violent evictions and bandaid solutions solve nothing; we need to recognize the right to housing for all now!

The city will unveil two long-term housing and shelter plans this month, as anxiety mounts among some hotel occupants who fear a return to older, dorm...

05/22/2021

http://opiniojuris.org/2021/04/06/what-the-ihrp-hiring-scandal-tells-us-about-intersectional-privilege-in-canadian-legal-institutions/

Photo credit: University of Toronto [Vincent Wong is a Canadian Lawyer and PhD Student at Osgoode Hall Law School, where he examines barriers to education for undocumented youth in Canada and the r…

05/20/2021

“A state cannot simultaneously exercise control over territory it occupies and militarily attack that territory on the claim that it is ‘foreign’ and poses an exogenous national security threat. In doing precisely that, Israel is asserting rights that may be consistent with colonial domination but simply do not exist under international law.”

Biden is claiming that Israel’s war crimes against Palestinian civilians are justified in the name of “self-defense.”

05/20/2021

Law union folx are watching the human rights violations happening in Toronto.

TPS officers became physically violent with encampment supporters, with at least two arrests.

03/15/2021

INTRODUCING OUR FOURTH AND FINAL PANELIST!

Joshua Mandryk

Named one of the top class-action lawyers in Toronto, Josh is an audacious associate at Goldblatt Partners who is known for launching a class-action lawsuit against Goodlife for unpaid work of trainers and staff. Much of the preliminary work for this was done while he was an articling student! With this success, Josh continues to use class actions as a way advocate for working people at a broad, far reaching level.

03/14/2021

Meet our next panelist!

Omar Ha-Redeye:

Omar is both a distinguished litigator and educator. He has written extensively on an array of legal topics ranging from health law, disaster relief, e-commerce and more. This diversity of interests can be observed in his ingenuity. Omar is one of the great minds behind Fleet Street Law, a legal incubator which turns issues such as access-to-justice and articling shortages into occasions for mentorship, resource sharing and innovation among like-minded individuals. Omar also works for the Durham Community Legal Clinic, where he advocates and pursues legal reform on behalf of historically marginalized and low-income populations.

Link to event: https://www.facebook.com/events/247095310397082?active_tab=about