Engineering report prepared for province estimates Queen's Park's plan to remove Toronto bike lanes could increase collisions by 54 per cent. thetrillium.ca/news/municipal…

Dear Canada, I felt compelled to make something. To stick up for, and to honour. To show our strength, beauty, genius, empathy, light & heart. It's made with deep gratitude for the people and places of this beautiful land. Vive le Canada 🇨🇦❤️✌️💪 vimeo.com/1056619122/f6e…

Harriette Mackenzie is such a rare athlete: she’s a BC college basketball star, and she is trans. This is the story of her season: an in-game attack, anti-trans hatred, outing herself, a lifetime of trauma, and how she kept going, despite it all. thestar.com/sports/basketb…

Volunteer profile: Cassandra Dhanapala 💡 Cassandra’s involvement with OJEN’s Waterloo Braiding Diversity Committee began over 2 years ago. “This year, Justice Braid asked me to help run the inaugural event for undergraduate students.” Read more: ojen.ca/en/profile-cas…

Nominations are being accepted for the 2025 Hux-Kiteley Exemplary Justice Educator Award. This annual award recognizes an educator in Ontario who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in justice education. Send nominations by June 13, 2025. More info: ojen.ca/en/about/ojen-…

WOW. A teacher just told me, "I gave one of my 2nd grade (dyslexic) students your nature poetry prompt. He is reluctant to write because of challenges with spelling, but I suspect he’s gifted. I told him just to write and we’d sort out the spelling later. This is what he wrote."

OJEN’s Summer Law Institute takes place on Tuesday, August 26 & Wednesday, August 27 at Osgoode Hall, Toronto. This professional development conference brings teachers together with legal professionals & academics to explore emerging issues in law. 🔗: ojen.ca/en/training/te…

Thirty two schools from across the Toronto region competed in the 2025 OBA-OJEN Competitive Mock Trials. Students brought their A game and amazed all the judges!

OBA-OJEN Competitive Mock Trial (#OOCMT) tournaments continue throughout May. A total of 19 tournaments will take place across the province by the end of the month. Hear from some of the participants! Thank you to Ontario Bar Association & The Law Foundation of Ontario for their support of the program.

It’s a privilege to have the mental capacity/leisure time to follow & care about a sport. It’s nice to have some collective experiences, shared with millions of people. But I feel bad for these guys on the team - some of them kids, really - this will follow them around forever.

I'm pleased to share the cover of my upcoming book, Black Aces! It features essential stories from some of hockey's most iconic and prominent Black figures. It'll be available for all on Feb. 3, 2026. But you can pre-order your copy now: amazon.ca/Black-Aces-Jul…

A new season of the Law Syrup podcast is here! In our first episode, explore the world of Gladue Courts with Justice André Chamberlain, Jonathan Rudin (Aboriginal Legal Services), Crown Attorney Emma Haydon (Ministry of the Attorney General) & Lysandra Moreno (Legal Aid Ontario).

Take advantage of the Summer Law Institute (SLI) early-bird rates! SLI is the go-to professional development event for Law and Civics teachers. It features insights into emerging legal issues presented by experts in the field. Learn more & register: ojen.ca/en/training/te…

What does it take to make law come alive for high school students? In this episode of Law Syrup 🎙️ , Marija Apostolovski, Luís Filipe & Matthew Wilks, high-school educators, share what drew them to the profession, & the challenges & surprises in teaching legal topics to youth.

Hey! I did a thing where I talked about teaching law for OJEN’s Law Syrup podcast 🙂

Some OHASSTA executive members at the OJEN / ROEJ Summer Law Institute!

2025 Blue Jays may not be immortalized with a trophy, but they will be legends forever. An incredible team that met the moment over and over again, taking a country along with them. Can only say thanks, for all of it.