By Rinna Diamantakos and Madhurie Dhanrajh

To Timothy Caulfield and Roger Brownsword, confusion regarding the use of dignity in bioethics can be boiled down to a conflict between the human-rights perspective of dignity and the "dignitarian alliance" perspective. The former position defends a conception of dignity that has founded modern human rights, while the latter uses dignity in various...

Abolition Democracy, one of Angela Davis's seminal contributions to feminist, abolitionist discourse, provides powerful and compelling frameworks for approaching the dissolution of slavery, the death penalty, and the carceral system. In her work, Davis adopts a critical approach to violence, defining it as both inherently institutionalized and...

In 2012, the Harper government made abrupt and fundamental changes to the Canadian asylum system, which were collectively recognized by many immigration scholars as the "2012 Immigration Reform" (Atak, 2018). Also known as the Protecting Canada's Immigration System Act, the enactment of Bill C-31 was amongst the most significant policy changes to...

On October 17th, 2017, the hashtag #MeToo made headlines. Three years later, #MeToo remains newsworthy, appearing on magazine covers and as subjects of conferences and conversations. But what is #MeToo and why has it captured the public imagination for so long?

According to Samuel Moyn, dignitarian constitutionalism refers to the contemporary prevalence of 'dignity' within national and international constitutionalism, as well as the term's increased use as justification for a wide array of moral viewpoints and beliefs (Moyn 40). For instance, dignity in the abortion debate is mainly a contention between...

On March 19, 2018, Robert Adams, a 19 year old Inuk boy, was allegedly stabbed to death in the village of Kangiqsujuaq, Québec, by 32-year-old Mattiusie Qamugaaluk. His case might present as unique to the majority of Canadian citizens, but it is unfortunately a tragic norm within indigenous communities across Canada. Though cases of indigenous...