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COVID-19 | Are Vaccine Passports Controversial?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Vaccine passports could be required to travel, to access some locations, or to receive goods and services. What should we be concerned about? As the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines...
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Ride at Your Own Risk: Amusement parks and liability
Reading Time: 6 minutes What does it mean to do something at “our own risk”? And who is ultimately responsible when accidents do happen? When I was young, winter officially ended with family outings to...
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If Forced Vaccination of Workers is Illegal, Why is Everyone Doing it?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The likely legal problems with forcing vaccines, and an explanation for why it still seems to be happening. Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich from Pexels The cascade of employers...
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A Primer on Municipal Law in Alberta
Reading Time: 4 minutes With local elections approaching, it’s a good time to brush up on municipal law and government in Alberta. Downtown Edmonton | Photo Credit: Jessica Nobert Municipal governments...
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Myths about Child Support
Reading Time: 3 minutes Debunking the myths and legends that haunt family law. Photo by Steve Johnson from Pexels This article continues our series on debunking the myths and legends that haunt family...
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A Few Facts on … Equalization
Reading Time: 4 minutes Let’s fact check a few common misconceptions on equalization and transfer payments. Photo by Social Soup Social Media from Pexels The terms “equalization” and “transfer...
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A Troubled Prosecutor on a Quest in Fujimori’s Peru
Reading Time: 5 minutes Santiago Roncagliolo’s Red April offers a gripping and insightful look into the terrors in Peru in 2000, especially towards Indigenous peoples. Photo by Errin Casano from Pexels...
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Should Non-Citizen Residents be Allowed to Vote in Canada?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canadians voted federally in September, and Albertans head back to the polls in October for municipal elections. But who has the right to vote in these elections? Photo by...
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Wills, Personal Directives and Powers of Attorney: What’s the difference?
Reading Time: 4 minutes A complete estate plan includes three documents: a Will, Enduring Power of Attorney, and Personal Directive. Are you prepared? Photo from Pixabay/Pexels A complete estate plan...
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Absolute and Conditional Discharges in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Absolute and conditional discharges are types of sentences in Canada’s criminal justice system. Want to learn more? Photo from Pexels/Pixabay What is a discharge? A discharge is...
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Alberta Court Adds New Tort about Protecting Private Information
Reading Time: 4 minutes The tort of Public Disclosure of Private Information protects someone from having private information disclosed about them publicly. Photo by Nick Demou from Pexels In September...
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Bad Behaviour 7.0: Sexual Harassment & Wrongful Dismissal
Reading Time: 5 minutes Usually, the person claiming to have been harassed sues the employer. In a 2004 B.C. case, the harasser sued the employer for wrongful dismissal. Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from...
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So You Want to Make a Will in Alberta?
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta (CPLEA) receives many questions on making a Will. Let’s answer a few of them! Photo by cottonbro from Pexels At the Centre for...
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Family Violence and Family Law in Alberta: The need for legislative reform...
Reading Time: 5 minutes Alberta has made some progress in its response to family violence, but there are areas where we are falling behind, including family law. Photo by Tatiana from Pexels...
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(More) Myths About Child Support
Reading Time: 5 minutes Debunking the myths and legends that haunt family law. Photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels Most times when you ask a lawyer a question, the first words out of their mouth...
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The Divorce Act and Invisible Abuse: Coercive control in family law
Reading Time: 5 minutes Coercive control, regularly at the heart of family violence, is now listed in the Divorce Act as a factor in the best interest determinations for children. Photo by Alex Green...
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Toward a holistic approach to reform of the Canadian legal system
Reading Time: 4 minutes People experiencing domestic abuse must often deal with several legal matters while addressing that violence. Some matters will need urgent attention. But which ones? Photo by...
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WINning Through Courage, Vision & Conviction
Reading Time: 3 minutes WINning is the story of people – mostly women – whose courage, vision, and commitment provoked societal recognition of women’s realities and needs. Photo by Ketut Subiyanto from...
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Housing Affordability in Review
Reading Time: 4 minutes With November being housing month, it seems like the right time to reflect on the current housing affordability situation. Photo by RODNAE Productions from Pexels In November...
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2021 Employment Law Alberta Year in Review
Reading Time: 5 minutes The courts released several important employment law decisions in Alberta in 2021, including about bonuses, just cause, defamation and constructive dismissal. Photo by Ekaterina...
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