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Five key takeaways from a conversation with MP Leah Gazan on detention, public health, and constitutional limits Debates surrounding public safety and addiction often focus on visible disorder and political urgency. This episode shifts the focus to how these issues are experienced on the ground, and how legal responses can unintentionally deepen the very harms they seek to address.

Episode: Mind Control in the Digital Age (Mind Shaping and Cognitive Liberty) Speakers: Jayden; Andreas 0:00 Jayden: Hello everyone. I’m Jayden, and with me is my colleague and friend Andreas. Welcome back to our podcast. Today we’re diving into something that sounds like science fiction, but is happening right now: mind control in the digital age. Now, when we say “mind control,” we’re not talking about tinfoil hats or conspiracy theories. We’re talking about real technologi

A recent podcast by Amy and Georgia takes a close look at a question that is becoming increasingly common in Manitoba schools: how much control can school divisions have over what teachers do on social media, especially outside of working hours? The discussion begins with a simple but important observation. Policies across Manitoba are inconsistent. Some school divisions have detailed rules about social media and communication with students, while others provide only minimal

Produced by third-year Robson Hall law students Jayden and Andreas for Robson Crim, this episode looks at how AI is reshaping Canadian criminal law from both directions at once: the state’s growing use of AI in policing and surveillance, and criminals’ use of AI to scale fraud and identity theft. The first half sketches the privacy and Charter backdrop, then walks through tools like predictive policing and facial recognition, raising concerns about bias, and “feedback loops”

Amy and Georgia from Robson Hall discuss the evolution of victims' rights in Canada, highlighting historical exclusion and recent advancements. They explain how victims' rights have shifted from being nearly invisible to formally recognized, though still with limited enforcement. Key developments include the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982), provincial Victims' Bills of Rights, and the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights (2015)