On July 29, 2022 the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released the Kirkpatrick decision. In a split concurring decision, the majority concluded that when condom use is a condition to engage in sex, a...
In the first part of this two-part blog series, I argued that Quebec’s new court division that will exclusively hear sexual violence and domestic violence cases has the potential to increase access...
In September 2021, Andréanne Ouellet, a 32-year-old mother of five young children, was killed by her ex-partner. Her death drew attention to what some have called “the parallel epidemic” of...
“This is not a drunkenness case” is how the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) opens the second paragraph of the recent R v Brown decision. Despite this explicit instruction, some news media and viral...