Reel Asian is at a crossroads, and we are looking to sustain our 27-year-old organization by raising $50,000 before the end of the year.
Read our urgent call which includes changes to this year's upcoming festival and support our cause at https://t.co/8bZJA9LUuW
This is the most pernicious belief about African people who were enslaved. It is, intentionally or not, how we justify the sins of slavery: The belief that Africans had no particular knowledge or skills or value outside of brute labor. It's ahistorical and illogical.
In the most recent issue of @PrecedentMag, I delved into Bay Street’s billable-hour targets: where they sit today, how they become so massive and whether it’s possible for lawyers to work fewer hours without sacrificing client service.
https://t.co/9YhEZtLGPp
If you’re like me, you work to a deadline. The deadline for voting in the @LawSocietyLSO#BencherElections2023 is today at 5pm. Under 8 hrs to go in this all important election for the future of our profession. Pls vote for me and all 40 members of the @BGG_Coalition
Some final thoughts on the eve of the Bencher election voting period. I am enormously proud to be a lawyer. I didn’t grow up around lawyers. I wasn’t encouraged to go into law because of a perception in the Asian Canadian community that the profession was inaccessible to us. /1
@WeirFoulds It was a rewarding experience to do this! The students were actually engaged and asked thoughtful questions and participated. A very different experience than last year when it was virtual. Thanks @jshindoi and Jessica Hardy-Henry for giving me this opportunity.
What in the “A BLACK GUY DID IT!” is going on?
Silicon Valley Bank, a bank worth $175 billion goes down to ZERO, & Wall Street Journal writer @andykessler provides several theories including THEY DID TOO MUCH DIVERSITY! Because they had a “Black”, an “LGBTQ+, & 2 veterans? 🗑️
A lawyer on TikTok is performing a weekly list of recently arrested pedophiles in America simply to point out that it’s all youth pastors and politicians, not drag queens
Our Queen Michelle Yeoh just won the #Oscar for Everything Everywhere All At Once for Best Actress!!! #EEAAO
This makes her only the first Asian actress to win this award.
HOLY SHIT. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert win Best Director for Everything Everywhere All at Once. These guys are the best. They are literally the best. #Oscars
It's time to meet another Bencher candidate running with the @FullStopTeam - say hello to Duncan J. Brown (aka D. Jared Brown aka @LitigationGuy)! As FullStop's resident #LitigationGuy, Duncan is involved in all kinds of high profile litigation...