(Wikipedia) People have debated and wondered, and theorized why there was never one Nazi officer who ever stood up to the SS in public, and at the risk of their own life, said: “no” to the Holocaust. ~ Christine Duhaime in The true crime story of a Nazi lawyer who defied the SS to save... Continue Reading →
Stephen Lindsay – Human Memory: From Facts to Falsehoods (#31)
Moment by moment the mind-brain is making inferences or attributions about the origins or sources of its own contents. ~ Professor Stephen Lindsay Professor Stephen Lindsay (@dstephenlindsay) is a cognitive psychologist and the head of The Lindsay Lab at the University of Victoria. Much of his work focuses on human memory. While Steve is deep... Continue Reading →
Glenn Tkach – Really Gay Legal History (#30)
It’s a history of an entire society that became more accepting of the diversity within it. ~ Glenn Tkach Glen Tkach (web) is a voiceover artist, storyteller and tour guide with the Forbidden Vancouver Walking Tours (Twitter | Instagram) company. Glenn is also the creator of Vancouver’s Really Gay History Walking Tour, which he leads... Continue Reading →
Nicole Aylwin – Managing Stress through Mindfulness and Yoga Therapy (#29)
We can’t think our way out of stress. The body keeps the score. ~ Nicole Aylwin Nicole Aylwin (web) is a Canadian leader in access to justice research and the design of modern, flexible, user-focused dispute resolution processes. Nicole is a part-time Member of Ontario’s Condominium Authority Tribunal where she mediates and adjudicates disputes through... Continue Reading →
Brandon Hastings – Hacking, Access and the Young Lawyers’ Soapbox (#28)
Make sure you're not getting trapped in a path you're not interested in. ~ Brandon Hastings Brandon Hastings (@BHastingsLaw) is a Vancouver-based lawyer and mediator. He is also a co-founder of Vancouver Legal Hackers (@LegalHackersVAN), founder of The Justice Hack (@thejusticehack) and a director (& Young Lawyers' Representative) with the Canadian Bar Association BC Branch... Continue Reading →
Major Sherry MacLeod – the Armed Forces Lawyer (#27)
Anytime you’re in conflict, you don’t have a perfect picture. You don’t have the luxury of time. ~ Major Sherry MacLeod Major Sherry MacLeod (linkedin) is a lawyer who has served with the Canadian Armed Forces in Canada, the US and overseas. As a legal professional, she already shows a commitment to principles and a... Continue Reading →
Monica Goyal – How to Engineer the Future of Law & Justice (#26)
There’s an engineering mindset. And there’s a lawyer mindset. The engineer in me hasn’t left. ~ Monica Goyal Monica Goyal (@MonicaNGoyal) is an engineer, a technologist, and adjunct law professor, legal startup founder and practicing lawyer. (I don't know how she does it all either!) In addition to her law practice in a range of... Continue Reading →
Brent Snook – Deception Detection and Using Science to Improve Justice (#25)
We need scientists giving guidance to the justice system. It ought to be science-first. ~ Dr. Brent Snook Dr. Brent Snook (faculty page) is a psychology professor at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is also the principal investigator at Memorial’s Psychology & Law Laboratory. Brent’s research in the field of forensic psychology covers topics... Continue Reading →
Robert Lapper – Covering 4 Corners of Legal Service (#24)
Be flexible. Be open. Be expansive in who we include in making decisions. ~ Robert Lapper, QC Rob Lapper (@wlap) has spent a career serving the public. He has covered off four corners of legal service, having worked in private practice, for government, for the regulator, and now in academia. Rob’s broad range of experience... Continue Reading →
Raven Lacerte – Moose Hide: the Indigenous-Led Innovation to End Violence Against Women and Children (#23)
We know violence is happening all over the place all the time. And it’s not okay. These are the people standing up against it. ~ Raven Lacerte Raven Lacerte (@Moose_Hide) is Carrier from the Lake Babine Nation in Western Canada. She is also a co-founder and national ambassador of the Moose Hide Campaign, a national... Continue Reading →