Tess Sheldon (@tesssheldon) 's Twitter Profile
Tess Sheldon

@tesssheldon

Lawyer & Associate Prof @WindsorLaw || disability, human rights, Madness & health justice || she/her || check it out @CALD_ACJSH @DJNOntario

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Windsor Law (@windsorlaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Professor irina isn't here any more is the keynote speaker at the REVOLUTIONARY ADVOCACY: Law Union of Ontario 50th Anniversary Conference happening on October 18 & 19 in Toronto. Many Windsor Law alum, professors and staff will also be speaking in panels, including Esensei Pangowish,

Professor <a href="/irinaceric/">irina isn't here any more</a> is the keynote speaker at the REVOLUTIONARY ADVOCACY: Law Union of Ontario 50th Anniversary Conference happening on October 18 &amp; 19 in Toronto. 

Many Windsor Law alum, professors and staff will also be speaking in panels, including Esensei Pangowish,
LEAF (Women's Legal Education and Action Fund) (@leafnational) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Canada is facing a crisis of disability poverty that disproportionately impacts women and gender-diverse people. As feminists, we’re amplifying the disability community's demands for a better Canada Disability Benefit. Read the letter: leaf.ca/submission/fem…

Canada is facing a crisis of disability poverty that disproportionately impacts women and gender-diverse people.  

As feminists, we’re amplifying the disability community's demands for a better Canada Disability Benefit.  

Read the letter: leaf.ca/submission/fem…
Disability Justice Network of Ontario (@djnontario) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We talk a lot about the need to Raise the Rates with Raise The Rates Coalition, but folks have to understand the chasm between the current rates and what Disabled People need to not just survive, but thrive in Ontario.

We talk a lot about the need to Raise the Rates with <a href="/RTRCoalition/">Raise The Rates Coalition</a>, but folks have to understand the chasm between the current rates and what Disabled People need to not just survive, but thrive in Ontario.
CALD-ACJSH (@cald_acjsh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join us for an engaging panel with disabled law students & lawyers, featuring Aria Lorenz, on Oct 24th, 7-9 pm ET. ASL, LSQ, English/French interpretation, and closed captioning provided. Registration is required! Learn more and sign up with NEADS at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Diana Chan McNally (@diana_c_mcnally) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you oppose this suggested abuse of the notwithstanding clause to remove encampments, all so that Doug Ford and local governments do not have to provide actual solutions like housing, shelter, and voluntary treatment, then please sign and share! change.org/OntarioEncampm…

If you oppose this suggested abuse of the notwithstanding clause to remove encampments, all so that <a href="/fordnation/">Doug Ford</a> and local governments do not have to provide actual solutions like housing, shelter, and voluntary treatment, then please sign and share! change.org/OntarioEncampm…
Gillian Kolla, PhD (@gilliankolla) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The lack of affordable housing is the root cause of this issue. How dystopian is it that rather than advocate for building housing for their citizens, these mayors are pushing for a suspension of Charter Rights to use police to displace them…to where exactly???

The Walrus (@thewalrus) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Racialized professors at one of Canada’s leading law schools faced the institutional challenges of being underpaid, bullied, and ignored. Julie Sobowale investigates the tensions at University of British Columbia’s Allard School of Law school: thewalrus.ca/an-elite-law-s…

TNG Community Services (@tngcommunityto) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Live: Intervenor, Emily Hill, Aboriginal Legal Services, chose to honour courage of people to access service so they can continue to live. Indigenous people are more likely to use drugs due to trauma of colonialism and to experience barriers to basic health services.

TNG Community Services (@tngcommunityto) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’re headed back to court. On April 7, Justice Callaghan will reconvene to provide an update on the case impacting Safe Consumption Sites in Ontario. 10:00 am onwards | 330 University Ave, Courtroom 8-1 (Overflow in 8-5 & 8-6) tngcommunityto.org/News/Articles/… #SaveOurSites

We’re headed back to court.

On April 7, Justice Callaghan will reconvene to provide an update on the case impacting Safe Consumption Sites in Ontario.

10:00 am onwards | 330 University Ave, Courtroom 8-1 (Overflow in 8-5 &amp; 8-6)

tngcommunityto.org/News/Articles/…

#SaveOurSites
Law, Disability & SC (@lawdisabilitysc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join us for “Leadership in Canadian Disabled Youth Advocacy: Pathways & Intersections” May 23, 12-1:30pm EDT w/our panelists anna | disability advocate✨, Jay B, Logan W, Nicole C. Moderated by Carly Fox w/opening + closing remarks by Prof Laverne Jacobs! tinyurl.com/2vszyeyu

Laverne Jacobs (@lavjacobs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Truly thrilled for this upcoming webinar on disabled youth advocacy with four amazing panellists, and excited that Carly Fox is collaborating with us at Law, Disability & SC ! Friday, May 23 at noon EDT. More info below.

Ottawa Health Law, Policy and Ethics (@ottawahealthlaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Registration is OPEN! Join us Oct 2–3, hosted by Ottawa Health Law, Policy and Ethics, for a national conference on Reframing mental health law: Emerging controversies and cross-sector perspectives. Keynotes: @Kwame_McKenzie & Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt. ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/me…

Jennifer Chandler (@jnfrchandler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join Ottawa Health Law, Policy and Ethics Oct 2–3 for a national conference: Reframing Mental Health Law: Emerging Controversies and Cross-Sector Perspectives. Keynotes: Dr. Kwame McKenzie & Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt. Student rates available. Hope to see you there! ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/me…

Ottawa Health Law, Policy and Ethics (@ottawahealthlaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join @ottawahealthlaw.ca Mental Health Law Conference (Oct2/3). Check out Session 2: New Approaches to Care & Coercion w/ Sheila Wildeman (supported decision-making),Vanessa Gruben (mandated treatment & rights) & Archibald Kaiser (restraints/seclusion) ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/me…

Ottawa Health Law, Policy and Ethics (@ottawahealthlaw) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Registration open Ottawa Health Law, Policy and Ethics’s Mental Health Law Conference (Oct 2–3)! Lucy Costa, Deputy Exec., Empowerment Council, will discuss the importance of patient voices and the past and future roles of the Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office (Oct. 2). ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/me…

Kasari Govender (@kasarigovender) 's Twitter Profile Photo

No data, no answers: Fatal shooting of autistic teen exposes gaps in B.C. policing. In order to ensure that we’re truly addressing discrimination in our systems and respecting human dignity, we need the information to back up our policy decisions. ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…